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Howard Zieff – Slither (1973)
Plot Synopsis - by Hal Erickson In Slither, James Caan plays Dick Kanipsia, a recently paroled car thief whose plans to go straight are interrupted when his best pal Harry Moss (Richard B. Schull) is...
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Philippe de Broca – Le diable par la queue AKA The Devil by the Tail (1969)
Synopsis: ‘A family of aristocrats have fallen on hard times. To pay for repairs to their crumbling country chateau they are forced to use their home as a hotel. The local garage mechanic, Charlie,...
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James Foley – After Dark, My Sweet (1990)
The movie, based on a novel by Jim Thompson, the poet of circa-1950 pulp noir, has a stubborn, sullen truth to it, focusing on its handful of characters during the course of a particularly incompetent...
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Michel Deville & Charles Gérard – Une Balle dans le Canon AKA A Bullet in the...
Synopsis The story concerns a couple of ex-servicemen who engineer a robbery, only to run afoul of professional criminals. Dick et Tony, parachutistes rapatriés d’Indochine ont accepté de rendre un...
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Brian Knappenberger – The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz (2014)
The Internet’s Own Boy follows the story of programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz. From Swartz’s help in the development of the basic internet protocol RSS to his co-founding of...
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Howard Hawks & W.S. Van Dyke – The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933)
Plot: Steve is just a heavy duty bartender when Edwin J. Bennett, known as the Professor, starts training him for the ring. While doing road work, he is almost killed by a speeding car which crashes...
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Lucas Belvaux – 38 témoins AKA One Night (2012)
A brutal murder in Le Havre: 38 people must have noticed, but say they heard or saw nothing. A claustrophobic, moving, beautifully shot film with a strong cast including Yvan Attal, Sophie Quinton and...
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Robert Wise – Odds against tomorrow (1959)
SYNOPSIS ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW, a crackling crime caper with an undercurrent of racial tension, combines the desperation of three men–two of whom hate each other–and the culmination of that...
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Jean-Pierre Melville – Bob le Flambeur aka Bob the Gambler [+Extras] (1956)
Plot Outline : Bob, a middle-aged gambler and thief, plans a complicated heist. He deals with a number of underworld characters while planning the robbery of the Deauville Casino. Bob eventually hires...
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Luis Buñuel – Los Olvidados AKA The Young and the Damned [+Extras] (1950)
Quote: Luis Bunuel classic from 1950. It is a tale of savage acts committed by impoverished youths in Mexico City. It is a film that has been kept fresh by its spirit and its style. Far from being...
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Henry Hathaway – Kiss of Death [+Extras] (1947)
Quote: Based in part on a true story, Kiss of Death is given a veneer of reality by being filmed on location in New York, with a bare minimum of studio work. In one of his best performances, Victor...
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Massimo Dallamano – Quelli della calibro 38 aka Colt 38 Special Squad...
IMDB: form A to B coolness!, 16 June 2007 8/10 Author: jvanmaare from Netherlands Colt 38 special squad is a rare breed in the poliziotteschi genre. Excellent shot and filled with great casting,...
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Dominik Graf – Die reichen Leichen. Ein Starnbergkrimi (2014)
German plot description: Quote: Polizeimeisteranwärterin Ariane Fink aus Dortmund verschlägt es ausgerechnet nach Starnberg: gesichtsloses Städtchen, Wahnsinnssee. Höchste Millionärsdichte Bayerns....
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Doris Dörrie – Happy Birthday, Türke! (1992)
Kemal Kayankaya, a private detective, was hired by a Turkish women, Ilter, to search for his husband, Amend, who has been missing since the death of her father, Vassif. Unknownst to him, he was about...
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Sergio Martino – Graffiante Desiderio AKA Craving Desire (1993)
Luigi is engaged to Cinzia, he has a good job and his life runs quietly. But unexpectedly his cousin Sonia knocks at his door. She lived in Venezuela with her parents but they have disappeared and she...
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Nabil Ayouch – Ali Zaoua, prince de la rue AKA Ali Zoua: Prince of the...
A movie from Morroco about street kids in casablanca. Some voices from IMDB. From Morroco This movie brings back memories of growing up in morocco, although the movie puts you in the front seat of the...
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Yannis Economides – To Mikro Psari AKA Stratos (2014)
Synopsis By night, Stratos works in a bread factory but by day, he’s a professional hit man. He needs the cash to free Leonidas from prison because the latter once saved his life when he was behind...
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Henry Hathaway – Johnny Apollo (1940)
The son of a jailed Wall Street broker turns to crime to pay for his father’s release. synopsis Tyrone Power plays the college-grad son of jailed-embezzler Edward Arnold. Power tries to find work,...
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Jim Jarmusch – The Limits of Control [+Extras] (2009)
The Limits of Control is the new movie from filmmaker Jim Jarmusch (Broken Flowers, Down by Law). The film is set in the striking and varied landscapes of contemporary Spain (both urban and...
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Daniel Geller & Dayna Goldfine – The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden (2013)
“This overlong documentary lacks something in structure and focus – and I wanted to know a little more about the exact provenance of all of its home‑movie footage. But it has an extraordinary true...
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