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Private Parts (1972) Paul Bartel, Ayn Ruymen, Lucille Benson, John Ventantonio
When Cheryl and her roommate quarrel, Cheryl moves into her aunt’s skid-row hotel in downtown L.A. rather than return home to Ohio. Read More »
Portrait of Jennie (1948) William Dieterle
Eben Adams is a talented but struggling artist in Depression era New York who has never been able to find inspiration for a painting. Read More »
Play It As It Lays (1972) Frank Perry
Maria Wyeth, an ex-model and B-movie actress, strolls on the grounds of a mental hospital Read More »
Black Orpheus AKA Orfeu Negro (1959) Marcel Camus, Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Lourdes de Oliveira
In the heady atmosphere of Rio’s carnival, two people meet and fall in love. Read More »
Happiness Ahead (1934) Mervyn LeRoy, Dick Powell, Josephine Hutchinson, John Halliday
Joan’s parents want her to marry young Travis, but Joan has no interest in him. Read More »
The Blue Bird (1940) Walter Lang, Shirley Temple, Spring Byington, Nigel Bruce
Mytyl and her brother Tyltyl, a woodchopper’s children, are led by the Fairy Berylune on a magical trip through the past Read More »
Low Tide (2012) Roberto Minervini, Daniel Blanchard, Melissa McKinney, Vernon Wilbanks
A 12 year old boy and his single mother live parallel lives. The boy spends his days alone while his mother works and goes out with her friends. Read More »
Spies Like Us (1985) John Landis, Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Steve Forrest
Looking for a way out of their mundane government jobs, Austin Millbarge (Dan Aykroyd) Read More »
The Subject Was Roses (1968) Ulu Grosbard, Patricia Neal
When Timmy Cleary (Sheen), comes home from soldiering, he’s greeted by the open but strained arms Read More »