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Widows’ Peak (1994) John Irvin, Joan Plowright, Mia Farrow, Natasha Richardson
In 1934, an English widow moves to Widows’ Peak, Ireland. She befriends other widows and the son of one. Read More »
Removal (2010) Nick Simon, Billy Burke, Mark Kelly, Osgood Perkins
Gothic horror meets industrial-strength cleaning products in this spine-tingler about a pill-popping Read More »
Always Goodbye (1938) Sidney Lanfield, Barbara Stanwyck, Herbert Marshall, Ian Hunter
Following the death of her fiancé, Margot Weston is left pregnant and unmarried. Read More »
The Lady Eve (1941) Preston Sturges, Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn
Returning from a year up the Amazon studying snakes, the rich but unsophisticated Charles Pike meets con-artist Jean Harrington on a ship. Read More »
Escape to Burma (1955) Allan Dwan, Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Ryan, David Farrar
A local prince in British Burma has been killed, apparently by his prospecting partner Jim Brecan. Read More »
Stella Dallas (1937) King Vidor, Barbara Stanwyck
Working-class Stella Martin marries high-end Stephen Dallas and soon they have a daughter named Laurel. Read More »
Secrets of a Nurse / Bisturi, la mafia bianca (1973) Luigi Zampa, Gabriele Ferzetti, Senta Berger, Enrico Maria Salerno
The surgeon Daniel Vallotti owns a luxurious private clinic, where patients admitted selling according to financial resources. Read More »
The Projectionist (1971) Harry Hurwitz, Chuck McCann, Ina Balin, Rodney Dangerfield
A projectionist operating in a nyc cinema adores the “film” facet of his role Read More »
Crush (1992) Alison Maclean, Marcia Gay Harden, Donogh Rees, Caitlin Bossley
On the way to interview a novelist, Lane and Christina are involved in a car crash Read More »