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Malcolm (1986) Nadia Tass, Colin Friels, John Hargreaves, Lindy Davies
Malcolm is a chronically shy mechanical genius who has just been fired for building his own tram. Read More »
Deep Waters (1948) Henry King, Dana Andrews, Jean Peters, Cesar Romero
A Maine lobster fisherman, trained as an architect, prefers to be a fisherman over the objections of his fiancée. Read More »
The Patent Leather Kid (1927) Alfred Santell, Richard Barthelmess, Molly O’Day, Lawford Davidson
A boxer has difficulty balancing his sport with a budding romance Read More »
Johnny Eager (1941) Mervyn LeRoy, Robert Taylor, Lana Turner, Edward Arnold
Ruthless hood Johnny Eager is pretending to his parole officer that he has chucked the rackets and is now a full-time taxi driver. Read More »
The Geisha Boy (1958) Frank Tashlin, Jerry Lewis, Marie McDonald, Sessue Hayakawa
Gilbert Wooley is a second-rate magician who is sent to entertain the troops in the pacific. Read More »
The Canadians (1961) Burt Kennedy, Robert Ryan, John Dehner, Torin Thatcher
When the Sioux come to Canada, the Canadians permit them to stay in Canada if they come peacefully. Read More »
Several Friends (1969) Charles Burnett, Andy Burnett, Eugene Cherry, Charles Bracy
An improvised late ’60’s short-subject student film, and debut movie of Director Read More »
Cry, the Beloved Country (1995) Darrell Roodt, Richard Harris, James Earl Jones, Vusi Kunene
South African church minister Steven Kumalo is summoned from his village to Johannesburg. Read More »
A Day in the Life of Willie Faust, or Death on the Installment Plan (1972) Jamaa Fanaka, Katina Gordon Fanaka, Carmen Gordon
Jamaa Fanaka’s first project plays off the Blaxploitation’s genre conventions Read More »