A young boy tries to cope with rural life circa 1950s and his fantasies become a way to interpret events. Read More »
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Bad Taste (1987) Peter Jackson, Terry Potter, Pete O’Herne, Craig Smith
Derek and his friends must investigate the missing people in a small village. Read More »
The Long Gray Line (1955) John Ford
The life story of a salt-of-the-earth Irish immigrant, who becomes an Army Noncommissioned Officer Read More »
Pieces AKA Mil gritos tiene la noche (1982) Juan Piquer Simón, Christopher George, Lynda Day George, Frank Braña
While playing with a puzzle, a teenager is repressed by his mother, and he kills her and severs her body with an ax. Read More »
The Duellists (1977) Ridley Scott, Keith Carradine, Harvey Keitel, Albert Finney
Set during the grand, sweeping Napoleonic age, an officer in the French army insults another officer and sets off a life-long enmity. Read More »
The Magnetic Monster (1953) Curt Siodmak, Herbert L. Strock, Richard Carlson, King Donovan, Jean Byron
Working for O.S.I., the Office of Scientific Investigation, A-Man agent Jeffrey Stewart Read More »
The Baby (1973) Ted Post, Anjanette Comer, Ruth Roman, Marianna Hill
A social worker who recently lost her husband investigates the strange Wadsworth family. Read More »
The Damned AKA Les maudits (1947) René Clément, Marcel Dalio, Henri Vidal, Florence Marly
Oslo, April 19th 1945, as the Third Reich is living its last days, a group of Nazis and sympathizers Read More »
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 »