An investigator is assigned to investigate a man’s family after he is found dead only hours after taking out a million dollar insurance policy. Read More »
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Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010) Craig McCall, Jack Cardiff, Martin Scorsese, Kirk Douglas
In 2001 Jack Cardiff (1914-2009) became the first director of photography in the history of the Academy Awards to win an Honorary Oscar. Read More »
The Inland Sea (1991) Lucille Carra
In Lucille Carra’s all too short, invigorating new film, “The Inland Sea,” as in the Donald Richie travel memoir on which it is based Read More »
City Streets (1931) Rouben Mamoulian, Gary Cooper, Sylvia Sidney, Paul Lukas
Nan, a racketeer’s daughter, is in love with The Kid, a shooting gallery showman. Read More »
Carefree (1938) Mark Sandrich, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Ralph Bellamy
Dr. Tony Flagg’s friend, Steven, has problems in the relationship with his fiancee, Amanda, so he persuades her to visit Dr. Flagg. Read More »
Hollywood Party (1934) Richard Boleslawski, Allan Dwan, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jimmy Durante
Jimmy Durante is jungle star Schnarzan the Conqueror, but the public is tiring of his fake lions. Read More »
The Lovers! (1973) Herbert Wise, Richard Beckinsale, Paula Wilcox, Susan Littler
Big-screen version of the TV sit-com about the ups-and-downs of a young courting couple’s relationship. Read More »
Cornered (1945) Edward Dmytryk, Dick Powell, Walter Slezak, Micheline Cheirel
On being demobbed at the end of the war, Canadian flyer Laurence Gerard returns to France to discover who ordered the killing Read More »
Yours for the Asking (1936) Alexander Hall, George Raft, Dolores Costello, Ida Lupino
Casino operator Johnny Lamb hires down-on-her-luck socialite Lucille Sutton as his casino hostess Read More »
Up the Down Staircase (1967) Robert Mulligan, Patrick Bedford, Sandy Dennis, Eileen Heckart
Sylvia Barrett is a rookie teacher at New York’s inner-city Calvin Coolidge High Read More »