Intimidation
Koreyoshi Kurahara’s ingeniously plotted, pocket-size noir concerns the intertwined fates of a desperate bank manager, blackmailed for book-cooking, and his resentful but timid underling, passed over for a promotion. The…
Satan’s Sword
The Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy is based on Kaizan Nakazatos unfinished long series of novels (41 books, written from 1913 to 1941). Set in the last period of the Tokugawa Shogunate,…
Startime
A white employer swapping identities with his Black employee to experience each other’s lives and whatever blessings and burdens they bring with.
The Spider’s Web
Integration Report 1
Integration Report 1, Madeline Anderson’s trailblazing debut, was the first known documentary by an African American female director. With tenacity, empathy and skill, Anderson assembles a vital record of desegregation…
Presentation, or Charlotte and Her Steak
Two young people, Walter and Charlotte, are walking through a small village in Switzerland a snowy winter day. Walter introduces Charlotte to Clara, hoping to make Charlotte jealous. After saying…
The Second Bullet is Marked
Tsunokichi and Ken face off against a rival yakuza in Kyushu.
Stop! Look! and Laugh!
Moe, Larry and Curly appear in short subjects linked by ventriloquist Paul Winchell and his dummies.
Prefabricated Houses
A student work by Jiří Menzel, filmed during his second year at the FAMU film school. Views of old Prague and its tenement buildings, symbolizing the obsolete past, alternate with…
Jigoku
A group of sinners involved in interconnected tales of murder, revenge, deceit and adultery all meet at the Gates of Hell.
The Housemaid
A piano composer’s family moves into a new house; when his pregnant wife collapses from working to support the family, he hires a hot housemaid to help with housework.
Mission of Danger
After his Rangers are caught during a raid, a major must infiltrate the French army to save his men.
Half Way to Hell
Maria San Carlos, the only daughter of a wealthy landowner, is betrothed to Escobar, a General in the Mexican Revolution, but she does not love him. Escobar sends a mixed…
America as Seen by a Frenchman
This documentary is a general, unquestioning travelog of the United States through the eyes of French director and co-cameraman Francois Reichenbach, a director often fascinated with life in the home…
Blitz on Britain
Featuring archival footage from both German and UK sources, this documentary examines the defense of Britain during the early years of World War II.
The Nature of Things
The Nature of Things is a Canadian television series of documentary programs. It debuted on CBC Television on November 6, 1960. Many of the programs document nature and the effect…
Popeye the Sailor (1960)
Follows the adventures of the famed spinach-eating sailor man.
The Warped Ones
A juvenile delinquent gets out of the pen and immediately embarks on a rampage of untethered anger, most of it directed at the girlfriend of the journalist who helped send…
The Tell-Tale Heart
When Edgar sees his girlfriend Betty getting up close and personal with his best friend Carl, he murders Carl in a jealous rage and hides the corpse under the floor…
The Naked Island
A family of four are the sole inhabitants of a small island, where they struggle each day to irrigate their crops.
For Members Only
A somewhat prudish young lady inherits a nudist camp. She wants to shut it down, but is persuaded by its members to give the place a look before she takes…
Beat Girl
When her architect father brings home a much younger new wife, rebellious and resentful teen Jenny goes to extreme lengths to sabotage their relationship.
Rocket Attack U.S.A.
It’s the height of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union with the Communists launching a spy satellite that has the Free World leaders in a…
Revolt of the Slaves
A rich man’s daughter (Rhonda Fleming) sides with a Christian rebel during the fall of the Roman Empire.
Messalina
Messalina was the Roman noblewoman who inveigled ageing emperor Claudio into marriage. Once ensconced on the throne, Messalina launched a reign of terror that shook the empire to its very…
Man in the Moon
William is an unsuccessful guinea pig for a medical group interested in researching the common cold. He is soon fired and offered a job by the nearby National Atomic Research…
Man in the Moon
William is an unsuccessful guinea pig for a medical group interested in researching the common cold. He is soon fired and offered a job by the nearby National Atomic Research…
Girl In Room 13
A letter summons American detective Steve Marshall to Sao Paulo, Brazil, in search of fugitive murderess Louise Dunning. Marshall contacts Louise and learns that she murdered her husband only in…
Foxhole in Cairo
A German spy in Cairo must report back to Rommel with information on British positions.
Five Guns to Tombstone
Billy Wade (James Brown) is an ex-gunslinger who is approached by his outlaw brother Matt (Robert Karnes), not long out of prison, to help him with a big-time robbery. Matt…
Cone of Silence
A seasoned pilot is condemned for an error which causes a crash. The pilot later dies in a crash with similar circumstances and an examiner looks for scientific reasons for…
Two Women
Widowed shopkeeper Cesira and her 13-year-old daughter Rosetta flee from the allied bombs in Rome during the second World War; they travel to the remote village where Cesira was born….
Bad Luck
The story is an odyssey of a little man through Poland of 1930 to 1950. It shows his attempts to cope with a changing world which seems to have no…
Zazie dans le Métro
A brash and precocious ten-year-old comes to Paris for a whirlwind weekend with her rakish uncle. He and the viewer get more than they bargained for, however, in this anarchic…
Your Money or Your Wife
A domestic comedy about a couple who take in boarders to pay the rent on their large house.