Will Henderson is the new boy at the high school. He befriends outcast Melinda Grant, whose illegitimacy marks her and her unstable mother. Read More »
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Chappaqua (1966) Conrad Rooks, Jean-Louis Barrault, William S. Burroughs
The bizarre hallucinations of a heroin addict in withdrawal provide the basis for this unstructured, autobiographical film by director Conrad Rooks. Read More »
The Balloon Goes Up (1942) Redd Davis, Ethel Revnell, Ronald Shiner, Donald Peers
The Balloon Goes Up is a British amalgam of music hall vulgarities and radio one-liners. Read More »
Shadow of a Doubt (1943) Alfred Hitchcock, Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, Macdonald Carey
Uncle Charlie (Joseph Cotten) visits his relatives in Santa Rosa. Read More »
Next of Kin (1982) Tony Williams, Jacki Kerin, John Jarratt, Alex Scott
In a rest home for elderly people, a daughter reads her mother’s diary. Read More »
The Outsider (1939) Paul L. Stein, George Sanders, Mary Maguire, Barbara Blair
A controversial osteopath sets out to cure the daughter of a famous surgeon – and falls in love with her in the process. Read More »
The Nutty Professor (1963) Jerry Lewis, Stella Stevens, Del Moore
Nerd. Milquetoast. Klutz. These are just three of the many undesirable words that can be used to describe Professor Julius Kelp. Read More »
Count Three and Pray (1955) George Sherman, Van Heflin, Joanne Woodward, Philip Carey
This laid-back western manages to deliver a full quota of action, an agreeable dash of sentiment, and quite a few three-dimensional characterizations. Read More »
Black Samson (1974) Charles Bail, Rockne Tarkington, William Smith, Connie Strickland
Noble nightclub owner Samson does his best to keep his neighborhood clean of crime and drugs. Read More »
Mystery Junction (1951) Michael McCarthy, Sydney Tafler, Barbara Murray, Martin Benson
Larry Gordon, well-known crime writer, is on a train journey when a scream is heard. Read More »