The Earrings of Madame de… (1953)
Director: Max Ophüls
Actors: Charles Boyer, Danielle Darrieux, Jean Debucourt, Jean Galland, Mireille Perrey, Vittorio De Sica
Country: France
Sex and Zen II (1996)
Wealthy Sai Moon-Kin works hard to please as many women as he possibly can. When marrying off his mentally handicapped son, he finds himself attracted to his new daughter in…
Runaway Train (1985)
A hardened convict and a younger prisoner escape from a brutal prison in the middle of winter only to find themselves on an out-of-control train with a female railway worker…
Hooking Up (2009)
After “hooking up” with a series of guys at a house party, April is the talk of her high school.
12 Years a Slave (2013)
In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon…
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971)
It’s Christmas Eve, early 1930s on Walton’s Mountain. As the family prepares for the holiday, they anxiously await Pa’s return home from his job in the city some 50 miles…
My Childhood (1972)
The first part of Bill Douglas’ influential trilogy harks back to his impoverished upbringing in early-’40s Scotland. Cinema was his only escape – he paid for it with the money…
The Prodigal (1955)
A wealthy young Hebrew traveling in Damascus renounces his faith after he is seduced by an alluring pagan priestess and cheated of his fortune by the High Priest as well.
Who’s the Man? (1993)
Ed Lover and Doctor Dre are two inept barbers. Deciding that maybe they ought to find another line of work, they join the police. A big mistake, as far as…
The Shakedown (1960)
Augie comes out of prison and finds his old vice racket has been taken over by the sinister Gollar, so he dreams up a new scam.
Mrs. Soffel (1984)
Kate Soffel is married to a prison warden in Pittsburgh, and is the mother of their four children. Ed Biddle is a convicted murderer awaiting execution on death row with…