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Chelsea Girls (1966) Paul Morrissey, Andy Warhol, Brigid Berlin, Randy Borscheidt, Christian Päffgen
Lacking a formal narrative, Warhol’s art house classic follows various residents of the Chelsea Hotel in 1966 New York City Read More »
The Second Woman (1950) James V. Kern, Robert Young, Betsy Drake, John Sutton
In flashback from a ‘Rebecca’-style beginning: Ellen Foster, visiting her aunt on the California coast, meets neighbor Jeff Cohalan and his ultramodern clifftop house. Read More »
The Big Night (1951) Joseph Losey, John Drew Barrymore, Preston Foster, Joan Lorring
George La Main, just turned 17, suffers growing pains and is anxious to prove his manhood. Read More »
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England (1960) John Guillermin, Aldo Ray, Elizabeth Sellars, Peter O’Toole
London at the turn of the century in 1901. Three men are on a mission from the IRA to steal all the gold in the vaults of the Bank of England. Read More »
The Disorderly Orderly (1964) Frank Tashlin, Jerry Lewis, Glenda Farrell, Susan Oliver
When he flunks out of med school, Jerome Littlefield goes to work as an orderly in a private rest home where he wreaks havoc for everyone concerned. Read More »
Ruthless (1948) Edgar G. Ulmer, Zachary Scott, Louis Hayward, Diana Lynn
Horace Vendig shows himself to the world as a rich philanthropist. In fact, the history of his rise from his unhappy broken home shows this to be far from the case. Read More »
The Golden Coach (1952) Jean Renoir, Anna Magnani, Odoardo Spadaro, Nada Fiorelli
In Peru in the eighteenth century. Camilla, the star of a theater company, hesitates between three men. Read More »
Fortunes of Captain Blood (1950) Gordon Douglas, Louis Hayward, Patricia Medina, George Macready
When he unwittingly sends some of his men into a trap, pirate Captain Peter Blood decides to rescue them. Read More »
Prick Up Your Ears (1987) Stephen Frears, Gary Oldman, Alfred Molina, Vanessa Redgrave
This film is the story of the spectacular life and violent death of British playwright Joe Orton. Read More »