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Sanjuro (1962) Akira Kurosawa, Toshirô Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiju Kobayashi

A crafty samurai helps a young man and his fellow clansmen trying to save his uncle Read More »
Wild Strawberries / Smultronstället (1957) Ingmar Bergman, Victor Sjöström, Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin

After living a life marked by coldness, an aging professor is forced to confront the emptiness of his existence. Read More »
The Other Hell / L’altro inferno (1981) Bruno Mattei, Franca Stoppi, Carlo De Mejo, Francesca Carmeno

A priest investigates paranormal activity at a nuns’ convent where a deep, dark secret is about to resurface Read More »
Blood of the Vampire (1958) Henry Cass

A man and wife are terrorized by Mad Scientist Dr. Callistratus who was executed but has returned to life with a heart transplant. Read More »
My Heart Is That Eternal Rose (1989) Patrick Tam, Kenny Bee, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Joey Wang

Two Young couples Lap (Joey Wang) and Rick (Kenny Bee) separates when Lap’s Father (Kwan Hoi San) fails a mission Read More »
Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell (2008) Matt Wolf, Bob Blank, Ernie Brooks, David Byrne

Director Matt Wolf’s critically acclaimed documentary examines the life and work of Arthur Russell Read More »
Peking Opera Blues (1986) Hark Tsui, Brigitte Lin, Sally Yeh, Cherie Chung

The movie is set in chaotic 1920’s China, when warlords fought each other for power while Sun Yat-Sen’s Read More »
The Odd Job (1978) Peter Medak, Graham Chapman, David Jason, Diana Quick

When his wife leaves him, a neurotic husband hires an “odd job man” to kill him, but when she returns Read More »
A Woman’s Vengeance (1948) Zoltan Korda, Charles Boyer, Ann Blyth, Jessica Tandy

Country squire Henry Maurier is patient with his wife Emily, a neurotic invalid, but her brother surprises Henry with his young mistress Doris. Read More »