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Tag Archives: USA
Wicked Stepmother (1989) Larry Cohen, Bette Davis, Barbara Carrera, Colleen Camp

A mother/daughter pair of witches descend on a yuppie family’s home and cause havoc Read More »
Love Streams (1984) John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, Diahnne Abbott

The film describes a few days in the life of the writer Robert Harmon and his sister Sarah. Read More »
Heat Lightning (1934) Mervyn LeRoy, Aline MacMahon, Ann Dvorak, Preston Foster

In the Mohave Desert, Olga runs a gas station, lunch counter, and auto camp with her younger sister Myra. Read More »
Hard, Fast and Beautiful (1951) Ida Lupino, Claire Trevor, Sally Forrest, Carleton G. Young

Boy (Gordon) meets girl (Florence), sharing an interest in tennis. Read More »
Love (1927) Edmund Goulding, John Gilbert, Greta Garbo, George Fawcett

In Czarist Russia, Anna Karenina falls in love with the dashing military officer Count Vronsky Read More »
Hot Spell (1958) Daniel Mann, George Cukor, Shirley Booth, Anthony Quinn, Shirley MacLaine

A housewife is doing her best to keep her family together as it’s slowly falling apart, a fact she’s trying to ignore. Read More »
Marlowe (1969) Paul Bogart, James Garner, Gayle Hunnicutt, Carroll O’Connor

Quiet young Orfamay Quest from Kansas has hired private detective Philip Marlowe to find her brother. Read More »
The Black King (1932) Bud Pollard, A.B. DeComathiere, Vivianne Baber, Knolly Mitchell

Fiery preacher Charcoal Johnson, though no model of sanctity, gains control of a Mississippi Baptist church Read More »
Splendor in the Grass (1981) Richard C. Sarafian, Melissa Gilbert, Cyril O’Reilly, Ned Beatty

Two teenagers, in love in pre-Depression Kansas, cope with parental pressure and the strict sexual mores of the day. Read More »