The story takes place in 1890 San Francisco, where a series of gruesome murders attracts the attention Read More »
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The Last Picture Show (1971) Peter Bogdanovich, Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd
In tiny Anarene, Texas, in the lull between World War Two and the Korean Conflict, Sonny and Duane are best friends. Read More »
How Green Was My Valley (1941) John Ford, Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O’Hara, Anna Lee
Life is hard in a Welsh mining town and no less so for the Morgan family. Read More »
Horror Rises from the Tomb / El espanto surge de la tumba (1973) Carlos Aured, Paul Naschy, Emma Cohen, Víctor Alcázar
In Medieval France a warlock is be-headed and his wife tortured and executed. Read More »
Europa Europa (1990) Agnieszka Holland, Solomon Perel, Marco Hofschneider, René Hofschneider
A Jewish boy separated from his family in the early days of WWII poses as a German orphan Read More »
La chinoise (1967) Jean-Luc Godard
A small group of French students are studying Mao, trying to find out their position Read More »
Lilies of the Field (1963) Ralph Nelson, Sidney Poitier, Lilia Skala, Lisa Mann
Homer Smith, an unemployed construction worker heading out west, stops at a remote farm in the desert to get water when his car overheats. Read More »
The Mad Fox AKA Koiya koi nasuna koi (1962) Tomu Uchida, Hashizô Ôkawa, Michiko Saga, Ryûnosuke Tsukigata
In the reign of the Emperor Suzaku (930- 946 A.D.), various mishaps happen after a strange white Read More »
The Monster That Challenged the World (1957) Arnold Laven, Tim Holt, Audrey Dalton, Hans Conried
An earthquake in the Salton Sea unleashes a horde of prehistoric mollusk monsters. Read More »
My Wife Is an Actress / Ma femme est une actrice (2001) Yvan Attal, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Terence Stamp
Paris can boast a population of 2,125,246. Of these 1,153,000 are women and 10,000 are actresses. Read More »