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Muriel Box – Subway in the Sky (1959)
Berlin provides the backdrop for this crime drama that centres on a military doctor falselyaccused of dealing illegal drugs. Determined to prove his innocence, he escapes from theMPs and ends up...
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Robert Parrish – Duffy (1968)
Plot Synopsis by Mark DemingIn this caper comedy, Duffy (James Coburn) is a shaggy bohemian living in Tangiers who is approached for a less-than-legal business proposition by two half-brothers,...
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Raoul Walsh – Regeneration (1915)
Raoul Walsh had just come off The Birth of a Nation both as one of Griffith’s assistant directors and as an actor (most prominently as John Wilkes Booth), when he made this film. In his autobiography,...
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Arthur Crabtree – Dear Murderer (1947)
When a wealthy man discovers that his wife is having an affair, he murders her lover, committing the perfect crime. Low budget noir with deep shadows. Greta Gynt is great as the nasal-voiced...
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William Wyler – How to Steal a Million (1966)
Based on the short story “Venus Rising” by George Bradshaw, How to Steal a Million features a rather contrived plot about a wealthy art forger (Academy Award winner Hugh Griffith, Ben Hur) and his...
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Claude Lelouch – La Vie, l’amour, la mort aka Life, Love, Death (1969)
Review SummaryThe title Life Love Death (originally La Vie, L’amour, la Mort) pretty much runs the gamut of the subject matter which normally appeals to French filmmaker Claude Lelouch. Awaiting...
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Sharunas Bartas – Indigène d’Eurasie (2010)
Gena is under no illusions about his situation. In the prologue of the film, he briefly sketches out his life in a monotone voiceover: growing up without parents, receiving an “education” from his...
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João Canijo – Filha da Mãe AKA Lovely Child [+ Extras] (1990)
Quote:The bitch is called Maria and she is a sweet child. She has no father and does not like her mother. She has a boyfriend who is a bandit who would like to change his class. There are two more...
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Alonso Ruizpalacios – Museo (2018)
Synopsis:Juan and Benjamín, who are well into their thirties, do not seem to be prompt to finish their university degree in veterinary. As if that was not enough, they are not so keen to fly the nest...
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Edgar G. Ulmer – Detour (1945)
Review“Detour” is a movie so filled with imperfections that it would not earn the director a passing grade in film school. This movie from Hollywood’s poverty row, shot in six days, filled with...
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Alan Clarke – Scum (1979)
Quote:Alan Clarke first released Scum in 1977 as a BBC TV-film, yet the BBC disapproved of the film due to the amount of raw, harrowing realism which had been packed into a short running-time....
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Terence Fisher – Wings of Danger (1952)
Quote:“A former pilot suffering from blackouts discovers that a fellow flyer is suspected of being mixed up with a web of smugglers. While searching for his missing buddy, he unwittingly becomes...
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Mario Caiano –…a tutte le auto della polizia aka Calling All Police Cars (1975)
Plot / SynopsisAt the core of Without Trace is a story about a young girl who is the daughter a prominent doctor. When the girl goes missing her father gets the police to jump into action because of...
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Benny Safdie & Josh Safdie – Good Time (2017)
Quote:After a heist goes awry, a bank robber tries to free his brother from Rikers Island, all in one night. 2.17GB | 1 h 41 min | 1024×428 | mkv...
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Nagisa Ôshima – Kôshikei AKA Death by Hanging (1968)
Quote: A clinically presented series of stark white, unembellished placards illustrates the sobering statistical data for the overwhelming public sentiment against the abolition of the death penalty...
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Michael Cimino – Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)
Plot Synopsis [AMG]As much an eccentric character study as a road movie, Michael Cimino’s directorial debut follows the adventures of a quartet of misfits in their life of crime. Retired thief...
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Charles Barton – Smooth as Silk (1946)
Lawyer Kent Taylor (Mark) helps writer John Litel (Steve) by defending his relative Danny Morton (Don) in a drink-driving case where he is guilty. Taylor manipulates witness accounts so that Morton...
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Romain Gavras – Le monde est à toi AKA The World Is Yours (2018)
Synopsis:A small-time dealer dreams of another life but can’t afford it. To escape, he must accept one last job involving Spain, drugs, the Illuminati and his overbearing mother. 2.17GB | 01:40:36 |...
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Fritz Lang – M [Universum, 80th Anniversary Edition] (1931)
Quote:The horror of the faces: That is the overwhelming image that remains from a recent viewing of the restored version of “M,” Fritz Lang’s famous 1931 film about a child murderer in Germany. In my...
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Eduardo Mignogna – La fuga (2001)
Quote:Argentinean helmer Eduardo Mignogna is best known for mellers like the award-winning “Autumn Sun” (1996) and “The Southern Lighthouse” (1998), but the ambitiously-structured crowd pleaser “The...
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