
Leather-Queen George will be there, bragging about his rubber bed sheets. So will The Lavender Guru, a loquacious flower child incessantly babbling hippie-speak. Read More »
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Death and the Maiden (1994) Roman Polanski, Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley, Stuart Wilson, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Paulina Escobar is a political activist whose husband is a prominent lawyer in an unnamed South American country just out of a dictatorship. Read More »
George White’s 1935 Scandals (1935) George White, Harry Lachman, Alice Faye, James Dunn, Ned Sparks, Comedy, Music, Romance

A vacationing Broadway producer, George White, stops off in a small Georgia town to send a telegram. Read More »
Bad Timing (1980) Nicolas Roeg, Art Garfunkel, Theresa Russell, Harvey Keitel, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

The setting is Vienna. A young American woman is brought to a hospital after overdosing on pills, apparently in a suicide attempt. Read More »
The Bells (1926) James Young, Lionel Barrymore, Caroline Frances Cooke, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Crime, Drama, Horror

Mathias, an Alsatian innkeeper, murders a rich Pole staying at his inn But Mathias’ conscience will not let him rest, and the murdered man’s spirit drives the innkeeper nearly mad. Read More »
Who Am I This Time? (1982) Jonathan Demme, Susan Sarandon, Christopher Walken, Robert Ridgely, Comedy, Drama, Romance

From a short story by Kurt Vonnegut. Christopher Walken is a shy hardware store employee. But whenever he takes a part in a local amateur theater production, he becomes the part completely–while on stage. Read More »
The Black Cat (1941) Albert S. Rogell, Basil Rathbone, Hugh Herbert, Broderick Crawford, Comedy, Horror, Mystery

Greedy heirs gather to wait for the death of Henrietta Winslow. Murder, thunder claps, howling cats, gun shots, screams in the night, hidden passages — all the proper ingredients. Read More »
Dimboola (1979) John Duigan, Bruce Spence, Natalie Bate, Max Gillies, Comedy, Drama

Dimboola follows the interaction of various characters at a country wedding reception. Read More »
Stamboul Quest (1934) Sam Wood, Myrna Loy, George Brent, Lionel Atwill, Romance, Thriller, Drama

In 1915, German Counter-Intelligence Chief Von Sturm learns that someone is providing the British with critical strategic planning for the Turkish theater. Read More »
Seven Days in May (1964) John Frankenheimer, Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Fredric March, Drama, Romance, Thriller

An unpopular U.S. President manages to get a nuclear disarmament treaty through the Senate, but finds that the nation is turning against him. Read More »