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  • Tom Roberts – Every Last Child (2014)

    2011-2020DocumentaryTom RobertsUSA

    Law enforcement, the World Health Organization and volunteers join forces to combat the Taliban’s opposition to polio vaccinations in Pakistan.Read More »

  • Bernard Hirschenson – Pick-up (1975)

    1971-1980Bernard HirschensonExploitationThrillerUSA

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    Carol and Maureen have just been picked up by Chuck, a young man driving a giant mobile home through the Florida Everglades. After getting caught in a rainstorm and finding themselves stranded in the wilderness, their senses of reality begin to diminish as the trio of travelers find themselves engulfed in a dreamlike world of sensual delights, with an ever increasing threat of violence…

    Director/cinematographer Bernard Hirschenson’s ode to mysticism is a surreal and erotic trip which stars Gini Eastwood, Jill Senter, and Alan Long. Originally titled PAZUZU, Vinegar Syndrome brings this under-seen visual feast to Blu-ray, newly restored to its original cut.Read More »

  • Francis Ford Coppola – Tetro (2009)

    2001-2010DramaFrancis Ford CoppolaUSA

    The week of his 18th birthday, Bennie, who’s a waiter on a cruise ship, has a layover in Buenos Aires. He seeks out his older brother, Tetro, whom he hasn’t seen in years. Tetro, who lives with Miranda, is a burned-out case; he’s hot and cold toward his brother, introducing him as a “friend,” refusing to talk about their family, telling Bennie not to tell Miranda who their father is. Thoughts of their father cast a shadow over both brothers. Who is he, and what past has Tetro left behind? Bennie finds pages of Tetro’s unfinished novel, and he pushes both to know his own history and to become a part of his brother’s life again. What can come of Bennie’s pushing?
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  • William A. Wellman – Safe in Hell (1931)

    Drama1931-1940CrimeUSAWilliam A. Wellman

    Sought by the New Orleans police for accidentally killing the man who raped her and forced her into prostitution, a woman flees New Orleans for a Caribbean island. Surrounded by lecherous criminals, she awaits the return of her fiancé and seems to be holding her own until the treachery of the local police chief leaves her but one choice to gain her freedom.Read More »

  • Gary Graver – ‘V’: The Hot One (1978)

    1971-1980DramaEroticaGary GraverUSA

    Unhappy housewife Valerie decides to explore her sexuality by becoming a high class prostitute specialized in sexual role play. This makes her question her unhappy marriage to a meek lawyer.Read More »

  • Robert Thornby – The Trap (1922)

    1921-1930DramaRobert ThornbySilentUSA

    The Trap is a grand story of romance and betrayal that includes the first starring role of the legendary “Man of a Thousand Faces” Lon Chaney. Chaney plays Gaspard, a French-Canadian trapper whose beloved Thalie (Dagmar Godowsky) throws him over for Benson (Alan Hale), the scoundrel who tricked Gaspard out of a mine claim. Gaspard nurses his resentments over a decade, and traps a half-starved wolf as his agent of vengeance. Shot against the awe-inspiring backdrop of Yosemite National Park, The Trap is a wildly entertaining melodrama.Read More »

  • Douglas Sirk – Sign of the Pagan (1954)

    1951-1960Douglas SirkEpicUSA

    Roman centurion Marcian is captured by Attila the Hun en route to Constantinople, but escapes. On arrival, he finds the eastern Roman emperor Theodosius plotting with Attila to look the other way while the latter marches against Rome. But Marcian gains the favor of Pulcheria, lovely sister of Theodosius, who favors a united Empire. As Attila marches, things look bleak for the weakened imperial forces. But the conqueror has an awe of the power of the Christians’ God…Read More »

  • Mark Sobel – Fall Into Darkness (1996)

    1991-2000Mark SobelThrillerUSA

    In Deerview, Washington, Jerry Price dies in a suspicious accident shortly after a love triangle among local and Californian students there went sour. His flippant sister Ann Price decides to blame his last flirt, immature pianist Sharon McKay. Ann enlists Jerry’s athletic roommate Paul Lear to set up Ann as her apparent killer in a staged climbing accident in the woods. Detective Porter is played and outsmarted repeatedly, for Ann’s plan proves twisted and her victims fight back, only leading up to further twists. Written by KGF VissersRead More »

  • Robert Moore – Murder by Death (1976)

    USA1971-1980ComedyMysteryRobert Moore

    Despite not knowing him, the world’s most famous detectives can’t pass up the offer of a “dinner and murder” invitation from wealthy Lionel Twain. Each has no idea until their arrival at Two Two Twain who else will be in attendance. Those detectives are: amateur sleuths and New York City socialites Dick and Dora Charleston, accompanied by their pet terrier, Myron; Belgian detective Monsieur Milo Perrier, accompanied by his chauffeur, Marcel; Shanghainese Inspector Sidney Wang, accompanied by his Japanese adopted son, Willie Wang; frumpish Brit Miss Jessica Marbles, accompanied by her invalid nurse, Miss Withers; and San Francisco gumshoe Sam Diamond, accompanied by his femme fatale sidekick, Tess Skeffington. The dinner part of the invitation runs into problems due to the non-communication between Twain’s blind butler, Jamesir Bensonmum, and Twain’s new deaf-mute and non-Anglophone cook, Yetta. On the murder side, the guests initially believe Twain will try to kill each of them…Read More »

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