Georges Bataille’s Story of the Eye (2004)
Based on the 1928 novella written by Georges Bataille, the film takes place in a seemingly abandoned house where a group of people engage in bizarre wordless acts. Just as the book does, the film spans several vignettes.
The Postman (1972)
A political metaphor based on Karl Buchner’s “Woyzeck”: a simpleminded mailman ends up committing a murder.
Jesse Stone: Thin Ice (2009)
Jesse Stone and Captain Healy are shot during an unauthorized stake-out in Boston. Meanwhile, a cryptic letter sent from Paradise leads the mother of a kidnapped child to Stone. Though…
Lay the Favorite (2012)
A former stripper’s talent with numbers lands her a job with a professional gambler who runs a sports book in Las Vegas.
Charm City Kings (2020)
Mouse desperately wants to join The Midnight Clique, the infamous Baltimore dirt bike riders who rule the summertime streets. When Midnight’s leader, Blax, takes 14-year-old Mouse under his wing, Mouse…
The Russian Singer (1993)
When a secretary at the Danish embassy in Russia dies in suspicious circumstances, the local police seem determined to close the case. But diplomat Jack Anderson, who has been brought…
The Bread, My Sweet (2001)
Dominic works round the clock: nights making biscotti for his family’s bakery in a working-class Italian neighborhood in Pittsburgh, then days downtown where he’s a specialist in firing people at…
Parched (2015)
In the arid landscape of Rajasthan, four women navigate their way through personal and cultural difficulties.
Best Man Down (2012)
A newlywed couple cancels their honeymoon and returns to the snowy Midwest to make the funeral arrangements for their best man, who died unexpectedly after their ceremony.