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Kasi Lemmons – Eve’s Bayou (1997)
A father’s philandering nature is only one of several problems for a black southern family, but, to 9 year-old Eve, it is the most immediate. As her suspicions deepen, so does her desire to bring the...
View ArticleBilly Wilder – Sunset Blvd. (1950) (HD)
Quote:An aging silent film queen refuses to accept that her stardom has ended. She hires a young screenwriter to help set up her movie comeback. The screenwriter believes he can manipulate her, but he...
View ArticleAntónio-Pedro Vasconcelos – Call Girl (2007)
Maria (Soraia Chaves) a sensual call girl, is hired by Mouros (Joaquim de Almeida) to seduce Meireles (Nicolau Breyner), the Mayor of Vilanova, so that he can authorize a multinational to build a high...
View ArticleHoward Hawks – Sergeant York (1941)
Synopsis:Somewhat fictionalized account of the life and war service of Alvin York, who went from humble beginnings to being one of the most celebrated American servicemen to fight in World War I. As...
View ArticleJohn Gilling – The Quiet Woman (1951)
Quote:Having previously been married to a criminal, Jane Foster (Jane Hylton) takes over a coastal pub named ‘The Quiet Woman’ to start a new life with the help of her loyal and protective employee...
View ArticleKris Niklison – Vergel (2017)
Quote:An unashamedly erotic look at female queer sexuality viewed through the prism of emotional trauma, Vergel is guaranteed to stir. A sudden mourning brings a woman to the edge of madness. Funeral...
View ArticleElmer Clifton & Ida Lupino – Not Wanted (1949)
After a beautiful but unsophisticated girl is seduced by a worldly piano player and gives up her out-of-wedlock baby, her guilt compels her to kidnap another child. 2.94GB | 1 h 31 min | 1480×1080 |...
View ArticleJean Renoir – Toni (1935)
Masters of Cinema wrote:Financed by Marcel Pagnol’s production company, Jean Renoir’s Toni is a landmark in French filmmaking. Based on a police dossier concerning a provincial crime of passion, it...
View ArticleJohn Glenister & Robin Phillips – Miss Julie (1972)
IMDB:A televised Royal Shakespeare Company production of August Strindberg’s classic play. Miss Julie (Helen Mirren), a 19th century aristocrat’s daughter, is attracted to one of the servants in her...
View ArticleMervyn LeRoy – Gentleman’s Fate (1931)
Synopsis:Pre-code melodrama starring John Gilbert as Jack Thomas, rich, penthouse-dwelling playboy with a brand new fiancee named Marjorie (Leila Hyams) and his own English “gentleman’s gentleman”...
View ArticleJulien Duvivier – Maria Chapdelaine (1934)
MG REVIEW“Maria Chapdelaine” beautifully supports and sustains French filmmaker Julien Duvivier’s gift for “poetic realism.” At base, this is a simple 19th century romantic triangle. Canadian lass...
View ArticleSergei Yutkevich – Otello (1955)
The Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality it is all part of the scheme of a...
View ArticleVincent Sherman – Old Acquaintance [+Extras] (1943)
Robert Horton, Amazon.com wrote:Bette Davis and Miriam Hopkins–a pair of actresses who hated each other–re-mix their chemistry from The Old Maid in Old Acquaintance, an entertaining adaptation of John...
View ArticleMaurice Pialat –À nos amours AKA To Our Loves [+Extras] (1983)
Synopsis:With his raw style of filmmaking, Maurice Pialat has been called the John Cassavetes of French cinema, and the scorching À nos amours is one of his greatest achievements. In a revelatory film...
View ArticleIgor Sterk – Ljubljana (2002)
Quote:Mare’s youth is almost over and he, just like his peers, has no idea what to do with his life. The med school is an unclear guideline at best, the women are coming and going, and there is no...
View ArticleGary Walkow – Notes from Underground (1995)
Adapted from Dostoevsky’s novella, Henry Czerny plays the narrator, Underground Man. Filled with self-hatred, he keeps a video diary where he discusses his own shortcomings and what he thinks is wrong...
View ArticleSergei Yutkevich – Syuzhet dlya nebolshogo rasskaza AKA Subject for a Short...
The life and love of Anton P. Chekhov at the crucial point when Чайка (Seagull) is to be premiered in St. Petersburg. The French and sometimes Russian title points the relation with Lika Mizinova,...
View ArticleStuart Heisler – Tokyo Joe (1949)
Synopsis:An American returns to Tokyo, try to pick up threads of his pre-WW2 life there, but finds himself squeezed between criminals and the authorities. 1.58GB | 1h 28mn | 716×537 | mkv...
View ArticleRichard Fleischer – Compulsion (1959)
Quote:Compulsion is a compelling, stylish thriller, loosely based on the famous 1924 murder trial of thrill-killers Loeb and Leopold, two homosexual students who murdered a young boy to demonstrate...
View ArticleLars von Trier – Dogville (2003) (HD)
SynopsisA woman on the run from the mob is reluctantly accepted in a small Colorado town. In exchange, she agrees to work for them. As a search visits the town, she finds out that their support has a...
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