
Three robbers escape with loot from a heist before one of them shoots them; their corpses wash up near the aftermath of a maritime calamity, provoking a policeman’s interest. Read More »
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The Quiet Duel (1949) Akira Kurosawa, Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Miki Sanjô, Drama

In 1944, in WWII, Dr. Kyoji Fujisaki cuts his finger with the scalpel during a surgery in a field hospital and is infected by spirochete from his patient Susumu Nakada. Read More »
The Scarlet and the Black (1983) Jerry London, Gregory Peck, Christopher Plummer, John Gielgud, Drama, History, War

Fr. Hugh O’Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian Resistance families. Read More »
Talking Head (1992) Mamoru Oshii, Shigeru Chiba, Yoshikazu Fujiki, Keishi Hunt, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Talking Head (1992) is a live action film written and directed by Mamoru Oshii. Its a surreal meta-film mystery involving the production of an anime called Talking Head. Read More »
Barren Illusion (1999) Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Shinji Aoyama, Shirô Atami, Shingo Ichizawa, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi

The female lead, a postal worker, is shown involved in activities (in two different scenes) which surely would result in her death–jumping off a building and being severely beaten by a gang of thugs. Read More »
Sweets (2013) Joseph Pitchhadze, Sarah Adler, Ayal Beeri, Dvir Benedek, Comedy, Crime, Drama

Salah, an Israeli-Arab enterpriser, strives to bring happiness for the children of the Arab sector in Israel by opening a new chain of candy stores. Read More »
A Free Woman (1954) Vittorio Cottafavi, Françoise Christophe, Pierre Cressoy, Gino Cervi, Drama

Liana, a girl with a good family, is about to marry an engineer, but the meeting with the musician Gerardo makes her change her mind. Read More »
Blood Is Dry (1960) Yoshishige Yoshida, Keiji Sada, Kaneko Iwasaki, Shin’ichirô Mikami, Drama

An assurance company employee threatens suicide after a massive layoff is announced by the management. Read More »
Night Editor (1946) Henry Levin, William Gargan, Janis Carter, Jeff Donnell, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

“Night Editor” was based on the already existing radio program in which a newspaper editor would recount the ‘inside story’ of some bit newspaper story Read More »
Family Hero (2006) Thierry Klifa, Gérard Lanvin, Catherine Deneuve, Emmanuelle Béart, Drama

Gabriel’s heritage for their family is the cabaret “The Blue Parrot”. The survivors are about to discover what that cabaret means actually. Read More »
Brothers of Capones (1970) Takashi Harada, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Shingo Yamashiro, Fumio Watanabe, Action, Crime

Three aspiring assassins seek their education from Chicago returnees. Read More »
Interview (2003) Theo van Gogh, Katja Schuurman, Pierre Bokma, Theo Maassen, Drama

A middle-aged journalist interviews the real-life Dutch star Katja Schuurman, in her own loft. Read More »
Martí, the Eye of the Canary (2010) Fernando Pérez, Daniel Romero Bildaín, Rolando Brito, Broselianda Hernández, Drama, History

In his new film, acclaimed Cuban director Fernando Perez (Suite Havana, Madrigal) focuses on the early years of famed revolutionary José Martí (1853 – 1895) Read More »
Imitation of Life (1959) Douglas Sirk, Lana Turner, John Gavin, Sandra Dee, Drama

Aspiring actress Lora Meredith meets Annie Johnson, a homeless black woman at Coney Island and soon they share a tiny apartment. Read More »
Love and Death on Long Island (1997) Richard Kwietniowski, John Hurt, Jason Priestley, Fiona Loewi, Comedy, Drama

Giles De’Ath is a widower who doesn’t like anything modern. He goes to movies and falls in love with film star Ronnie Bostock. Read More »