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The Set-Up (1949) Robert Wise, Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias

Over-the-hill boxer Bill ‘Stoker’ Thompson insists he can still win, though his wife Julie pleads with him to quit. Read More »
Deadly Embrace (1989) David DeCoteau, Jan-Michael Vincent, Jack Carter, Mindi Miller

The pulsating, passion-driven story of a man, his wife, and the lovers they play their nasty cat and mouse games with. Read More »
The Addiction (1995) Abel Ferrara, Lili Taylor, Christopher Walken, Annabella Sciorra

A vampiric doctoral student tries to follow the philosophy of a nocturnal comrade and control her thirst for blood. Read More »
Five Easy Pieces (1970) Bob Rafelson, Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Billy Green Bush

Following Jack Nicholson’s breakout supporting turn in Easy Rider, director Bob Rafelson devised a powerful leading Read More »
Time Bandits (1981) Terry Gilliam, Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall, John Cleese

Intrigued by history but neglected by his parents, Kevin, an eleven-year-old schoolboy Read More »
The First Great Train Robbery (1978) Michael Crichton, Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland, Lesley-Anne Down

Sutherland and Connery wish to rob a moving train’s safe in Victorian England. Read More »
The Far Country (1954) Anthony Mann, James Stewart, Ruth Roman, Corinne Calvet

In 1896, Jeff Webster sees the start of the Klondike gold rush as a golden opportunity Read More »
Diaries Notes and Sketches AKA Walden (1969) Jonas Mekas, Timothy Leary, Ed Emshwiller, Franz Fuenstler

Jonas Mekas, the godfather of American “underground” cinema, shot literally miles of impromptu film on a tiny Read More »
Ride Lonesome (1959) Budd Boetticher, Randolph Scott, Karen Steele, Pernell Roberts

A wanted murderer, Billy John, is captured by Ben Brigade, a bounty hunter, who intends to take him to Santa Cruz to be hanged. Read More »