In order to regain custody of her daughter, whom she left in the care of her fortune-telling aunt, Mona must tell a social worker her story. Read More »
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Owning Mahowny (2003) Richard Kwietniowski, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Minnie Driver, John Hurt
Dan Mahowny was a rising star at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. Read More »
The Curse of the Swastika (1940) Roy de Groot, Bob Danvers Walker
The Curse of the Swastika, a classic British Pathé documentary from 1940 Read More »
Pennies from Heaven (1978) Piers Haggard
Arthur, a sheet music salesman, has an ear for the hit tunes, but nobody will trust it. Read More »
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1989) Peter Greenaway, Richard Bohringer, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren
The wife of a barbaric crime boss engages in a secretive romance with a gentle bookseller between meals at her husband’s restaurant. Read More »
The Dogs of War (1980) John Irvin, Christopher Walken, Tom Berenger, Colin Blakely
Jamie Shannon is a soldier of fortune — a mercenary who will stage a coup or a revolution for the right price. Read More »
A Woman of Mystery (1958) Ernest Morris, Dermot Walsh, Hazel Court, Jennifer Jayne
Feature writer Ray Savage is assigned to uncover the facts leading to the sudden death of Jayne Hayle. Read More »
Gypo (2005) Jan Dunn, Pauline McLynn, Chloe Sirene, Paul McGann
It charts the breakdown of a working class family when the teenage daughter befriends a refugee girl. Read More »
The Last Valley (1971) James Clavell, Michael Caine, Omar Sharif, Florinda Bolkan
People in a small German village in the last valley to remain untouched by the devastating Read More »
Black Sheep of Whitehall (1942) Basil Dearden, Will Hay, John Mills, Basil Sydney
Professor Davis, who teaches at a correspondence school, discovers that a Nazi Agent is trying to prevent Read More »