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  • John Sayles – Honeydripper (2007)

    2001-2010ArthouseDramaJohn SaylesUSA

    1950. Rural Alabama. Cotton harvest. It’s a make-or-break weekend for the Honeydripper Lounge and its owner, piano player Tyrone “Pine Top” Purvis. Deep in debt to the liquor man, the chicken man, and the landlord, Tyrone is desperate to lure the young cotton pickers and local Army base recruits into his juke joint, away from Touissant’s, the rival joint across the way. His plan to hire a guitar legend goes awry and Tyrone is forced to take drastic action in a final scheme to save the club.Read More »

  • Harold Becker – The Onion Field (1979)

    1971-1980CrimeDramaHarold BeckerUSA

    Synopsis:
    Gregory Ulas Powell is a disturbed ex-con who recruits Jimmy Lee “Youngblood” Smith, a petty thief, as his partner in crime. Powell panics one night when the two of them are pulled over by a pair of cops for broken brake lights. Powell decides to kidnap the cops, and Smith, as always, reluctantly goes along with Powell’s crazy scheme. The group drives out to a deserted onion field in Bakersfield, California, and one officer is shot while the other escapes. The remainder of the film explores the nature of the American justice system, as well as the devastating psychological effects of this event, and the trial on the surviving officer.Read More »

  • R.G. Springsteen – Hellfire (1949)

    1941-1950R.G. SpringsteenRepublic PicturesUSAWestern

    Zeb Smith is a gambler with a larcenous streak, but when an itinerant preacher takes a bullet meant for him, Zeb vows to fulfill the preacher’s mission of building a church. Frustrated in his attempts to get donations, Zeb attempts to capture fugitive Doll Brown in order to obtain the reward. But he finds that there’s more to Doll than meets the eye. When his old friend Bucky McLean shows up gunning for Doll, Zeb sees a chance to redeem them all… one way or another. Written by Jim BeaverRead More »

  • John Sayles – Amigo (2010)

    2001-2010DramaJohn SaylesUSAWar

    AMIGO, the 17th feature film from Academy Award-nominated writer-director John Sayles, stars legendary Filipino actor Joel Torre as Rafael, a village mayor caught in the murderous crossfire of the Philippine-American War. When U.S. troops occupy his village, Rafael comes under pressure from a tough-as-nails officer (Chris Cooper) to help the Americans in their hunt for Filipino guerilla fighters. But Rafaels brother (Ronnie Lazaro) is the head of the local guerillas, and considers anyone who cooperates with the Americans to be a traitor. Rafael quickly finds himself forced to make the impossible, potentially deadly decisions faced by ordinary civilians in an occupied country. A powerful drama of friendship, betrayal, romance and heartbreaking violence, AMIGO is a page torn from the untold history of the Philippines, and a mirror of todays unresolvable conflicts.Read More »

  • Franklin J. Schaffner – Welcome Home (1989)

    1981-1990DramaFranklin J. SchaffnerThrillerUSA

    Jake died in Vietnam; his family mourned him, then moved on. When he reappears, quite alive, the question is, what must he do and how will his family respond to him?Read More »

  • Heather Young – Murmur (2019)

    2011-2020CanadaDocumentaryDramaHeather Young

    When an elderly dog is scheduled to be euthanized, Donna decides to take the dog home to fill the emptiness she feels, Donna begins to take home more and more animals and she is soon in over her head.Read More »

  • Paul Rotha – Cat and Mouse (1958)

    1951-1960CrimePaul RothaUnited Kingdom

    Paul Rotha directs this thriller adapted from the novel by Michael Halliday. Army deserter Rod Fenner (Lee Patterson) kidnaps Ann Coltby (Ann Sears), in an attempt to find out where her father, an executed murderer, left his stolen stash of diamonds.Read More »

  • Joseph Kane – The Crooked Circle (1957)

    1951-1960CrimeFilm NoirJoseph KaneUSA

    A young prizefighter finds himself being squeezed on all sides to throw a fight.Read More »

  • John Herzfeld – A Father’s Revenge (1988)

    1981-1990ActionDramaJohn HerzfeldUSA

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    German terrorists kidnap the crew of an aeroplane as they leave the airport. The terrorists demand the release of two of their colleagues, who are to be extradited to the USA. The father of one of the stewardesses decides he can no longer wait for diplomacy, and so flies out to Germany. There, frustration leads him to hire a former SAS counter-terrorism expert. Together they hunt down the terrorists.Read More »

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