Jerzy Hoffman & Edward Skórzewski – Gangsterzy i filantropi AKA Gangsters and...
Quote:A criminal mastermind responsible for a failed robbery and an accidental petty conman meet inside a prison carriage. Soon they are both going to hear the court verdict. 2.12GB | 1h 25m | 790×576...
View ArticleAlain Corneau – Le choix des armes AKA Choice of Arms (1981)
Synopsis:Two men break out of prison; a rival gang ambushes them. One is mortally wounded and tells the other, Mickey, to take him to the estate of a retired robber, Noel, who lives in comfort with...
View ArticleGeorges Lautner – Le Pacha AKA Pasha [+commentary] (1968)
Synopsis:Early one morning, an armoured van loaded with diamonds sets out from the Place Vendôme in the heart of Paris to Bourget airport, accompanied by a police escort. Before it can reach its...
View ArticleRobert Day – Two Way Stretch (1960)
From fictionmachine.com “Dodger” Lane (Peter Sellers) is a convicted robber days away from his prison release, along with his fellow criminals “Jelly” (David Lodge) and Lennie (Bernard Cribbins). When...
View ArticleWojciech Wójcik – Tam i z powrotem AKA There and Back (2002)
In the mid-1960s, a respected surgeon dreams of leaving Poland to see his wife and daughter in England. To get the money for his escape, he needs to consider taking part in a bank robbery. 1.49GB | 1h...
View ArticleToshiaki Toyoda – Poruno sutâ AKA Pornostar (1998)
Quote:A young and almost autistic-acting man arrives in Tokyo and wanders the streets, running afoul of some Yakuza and proving to be more than he appears to be. The young man speaks very little and...
View ArticleAnatole Litvak – The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)
Plot:A wealthy society doctor decides to research the medical aspects of criminal behaviour by becoming one himself. He joins a gang of thieves and proceeds to wrest leadership of the gang away from...
View ArticleLuigi Zampa – Processo alla città aka The City Stands Trial (1952)
IMDB PLOTTurn-of-the-century Naples. Salvatore Ruotolo and his wife are murdered and their bodies are found in different locations. Since the evidence points to a crime by the Neapolitan crime...
View ArticleKiyoshi Kurosawa – Katte ni shiyagare!! Narikin keikaku AKA Suit Yourself or...
Quote:Although it contains few directorial flourishes (apparently Kurosawa was saving those for the last movie), The Nouveau Riche has the best story of the series, a twisty plot that manages to be...
View ArticleWilliam Martin – The Naked Road (1959)
Synopsis:After giving up his girlfriend to a rural sheriff as collateral for a speeding ticket, a sleazy modeling agent drives to the big city to get the cash. Unfortunately, the sheriff had other...
View ArticleSidney Hayers – Revenge (1971)
A family plots to take its revenge on the man who raped and murdered their daughter. 1.18GB | 1h 25m | 940×564 | mkv https://nitro.download/view/93EE2D948BBA43C/Revenge_1971.mkv or...
View ArticleJohnnie To – Yesterday Once More (2004)
Romance blossoms again for a divorced jewel-thief couple as they try to rekindle the love they once had for each. 4.37GB | 1h 34m | 1280×720 | mkv...
View ArticleReginald Le Borg – The Mummy’s Ghost (1944)
An Egyptian high priest travels to America to reclaim the bodies of ancient Egyptian princess Ananka and her living guardian mummy Kharis. Learning that Ananka’s spirit has been reincarnated into...
View ArticleKôji Wakamatsu – Gendai sei hanzai zekkyô hen: riyû naki bôkô AKA Violence...
Quote: Part of Wakamatsu’s ongoing fascination with sexual predators. It’s an incel film avant la lettre, executed in true Wakamatsu style. Certainly not his most prominent or polished work, though...
View ArticleLeslie Goodwins – The Mummy’s Curse (1944)
Draining of a bayou swamp area in Louisiana is halted when superstitious Cajun workmen learn one of their crew has been mysteriously murdered. They whisper fantastic tales about mummies being buried...
View ArticleHarold Young – The Mummy’s Tomb (1942)
You cannot keep a good mummy down forever and Kharis is back in this sequel to The Mummy’s Hand, which itself was something of a remake of the classic Boris Karloff thriller of 1935, The Mummy....
View ArticleYasuzo Masumura – Akumyo: shima arashi AKA Bad Reputation: Notorious Dragon...
Quote:Set in 1937, this is the story of Asakichi, who is played by Shiuntaro Katsu, best known as being Zatoichi in 26 films. Asakichi has been disowned by his father for gambling, so he heads off to...
View ArticleIván Zulueta –Ágata (1966)
Quote:Short film in black and white directed by legendary Iván Zulueta as practice for the second year of the Official School of Cinema (Escuela Oficial de Cine). Despite not appearing in the credits,...
View ArticleArthur Harari – Diamant noir AKA Dark Diamond AKA Dark Inclusion (2016)
Quote:A revenge thriller in which, following his estranged father’s death, a man vows vengeance against his relatives who had abandoned him and returns to the family diamond business with an elaborate...
View ArticleAlberto Cavallone – Afrika (1973)
from the Roberto Curti article at esotika’s site:“Decolonized Africa as a modern-day Little Big Horn, white men as general Custer’s soldiers: that’s how Cavallone described the concept that spawned...
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