Oslo, April 19th 1945, as the Third Reich is living its last days, a group of Nazis and sympathizers Read More »
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Street of Shame AKA Akasen Chitai (1956) Kenji Mizoguchi, Machiko Kyô, Aiko Mimasu, Ayako Wakao
Five prostitutes work at Dreamland, in Tokyo’s Yoshiwara district. As the Diet considers a ban on prostitution, the women’s daily dramas play out. Read More »
Nights and Weekends (2008) Greta Gerwig, Joe Swanberg, Jay Duplass
The film recounts a long-distance relationship between two people, Mattie and James Read More »
Patrick (1978) Richard Franklin, Susan Penhaligon, Robert Helpmann, Rod Mullinar
After the shocking bathtub death of his mother and her lover, the sinister Patrick lays comatose in a small private hospital Read More »
The Grissom Gang (1971) Robert Aldrich, Kim Darby, Scott Wilson, Tony Musante
Set in the Depression, a gang of half-witted small-time hoods led by Slim Grissom kidnap heiress Barbara Blandish Read More »
Cheyenne Autumn (1964) John Ford, Richard Widmark, Carroll Baker, Karl Malden
When the government agency fails to deliver even the meager supplies due by treaty to the proud Cheyenne Read More »
Cradle Will Rock (1999) Tim Robbins, Hank Azaria, Rubén Blades, Joan Cusack
In 1930s New York Orson Welles tries to stage a musical on a steel strike under the Federal Theater Program Read More »
Cahill U.S. Marshall (1973) Andrew V. McLaglen, John Wayne, George Kennedy, Gary Grimes
J.D. Cahill is the toughest U.S. Marshal they’ve got, just the sound of his name makes bad guys stop in their tracks Read More »
Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness (1927) Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack, Kru, Chantui, Nah
Kru is a pioneer, living deeper in the jungle of northern Siam than any of his predecessors. Read More »
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasaku, Martin Balsam, Sô Yamamura, Jason Robards
This dramatic retelling of the Pearl Harbor attack details everything in the days that led up to that tragic moment in American history. Read More »