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Sunflower
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Directed by Vittorio De Sica • Drama • 1970 • Italy • Italian with English subtitles
Starring Sophia Loren, Marcello MastroianniAn Oscar nominee for Best Score (Henry Mancini), “Sunflower” is a grandly emotional melodrama from Vittorio De Sica. Sophia Loren plays a steel-willed Italian woman on...
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Picpus
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Directed by Richard Pottier • Mystery • 1943 • France • French with English subtitles
Starring Albert Préjean, Juliette Faber, Jean TissierWith trademark hat and pipe, Albert Préjean stars as the venerable Inspector Maigret in this first-rate Georges Simenon adaptation from the 1940s. Whilst mo...
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Jazz on a Summer's Day
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Directed by Bert Stern • Documentary • 1959 • US • English
Featuring Louis Armstrong, Thelonius Monk, Anita O'DayFilmed at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival and directed by renowned photographer Bert Stern, this film features intimate performances by an all-star line-up of musical legends includin...
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Maigret Sets a Trap
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Directed by Jean Delannoy • Crime • 1958 • France • French with English subtitles
Starring Jean Gabin, Annie Girardot, Lino VenturaInspector Maigret tries to trap a killer and discovers why a happily married, wealthy, and talented man should want to bump off women at night. Jean Gabin is perfec...
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Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case
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Directed by Jean Delannoy • Crime • 1958 • France • French with English subtitles
Starring Jean Gabin, Michel Auclair, Valentine TessierMaigret is summoned by the Countess to the Château de Saint-Fiacre, where she shows him a letter she has received predicting the day on which she will die. Jea...
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Lovers and Lollipops
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Directed by Morris Engel, Ruth Orkin • Drama • 1956 • US • English
Starring Lori March, Gerald O'Loughlin, Cathy DunnA follow-up to the hugely successful "Little Fugitive", Morris Engel and Ruth Orkin's "Lovers and Lollipops" is the enchanting tale of a seven-year-old girl's reaction to her mom...
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Asphalt
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Directed by Joe May • Silent • 1930 • Germany • German with English intertitles
Starring Albert Steinrück, Else Heller, Gustav FröhlichJoe May's sensual drama of life in the Berlin underworld is in many ways the perfect summation of German filmmaking in the silent era. A strait-laced traffic co...
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Marco Polo
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Directed by Piero Pierotti, Hugo Fregonese • Action • 1962 • Italy, France • English
Starring Rory Calhoun, Yôko Tani, Camillo PilottoIn this sumptuous sword-and-sandal feast, Rory Calhoun stars as Marco Polo, the legendary 13th-century explorer who journeys to China with the aim of expanding w...
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Anatahan
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Directed by Josef von Sternberg • Arthouse • 1954 • Japan • English, Japanese with English subtitles
Starring Akemi Negishi, Tadashi SuganumaDirected by Josef von Sternberg, this film follows a dozen Japanese sailors who are stranded on the remote island of Anatahan during the waning days of th...
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Little Fugitive
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Directed by Morris Engel, Ruth Orkin, Ray Ashley • Drama • 1953 • US • English
Starring Richard Brewster, Winifred Cushing, Richie AndruscoWidely regarded as one of the most influential films of American independent cinema and nominated for an Academy Award, “The Little Fugitive” is a charming ...
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Native Son
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Directed by Pierre Chenal • Drama • 1951 • Argentina • English
Starring Richard Wright, Jean Wallace, Gloria MadisonA new restoration of the 1951 film version of Richard Wright's novel, "Native Son" exposes the injustices of urban African-American life through the eyes of Bigger Thomas, played ...
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The Southerner
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Directed by Jean Renoir • Drama • 1945 • US • English
Starring Norman Lloyd, Carol Naish, Betty FieldJean Renoir wrote and directed this adaptation of George Sessions Perry's novel “Hold Autumn in Your Hand”. The story follows the struggles of an idealistic farmer trying to raise a family and a...
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Cécile is Dead!
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Directed by Maurice Tourneur • Crime • 1944 • France • French with English subtitles
Starring Albert Préjean, Santa Relli, Germaine KerjeanWith trademark hat and pipe, Albert Préjean stars as the venerable Inspector Maigret in this first-rate Georges Simenon adaptation. A young woman named Céci...
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Damaged Lives
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Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer • Drama • 1933 • US • English
Starring Diane Sinclair, Lyman Williams, George IrvingEugène Brieux’s play "Les Avaries" endeavored to bring syphilis out of the shadows and erase the stigma surrounding it. Later adapted by Upton Sinclair into the novel "Damaged Goods", ...
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Cold Sweat
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Directed by Terence Young • Action • 1970 • US • English
Starring Charles Bronson, Liv Ullmann, James MasonScreen legend Charles Bronson is Joe Martin, a quiet American living the quiet life in the South of France renting boats to tourists. He’s happily married to Fabienne (Liv Ullmann) and has...
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Weddings and Babies
Movie
Directed by Morris Engel • Drama • 1958 • US • English
Starring Viveca Lindfors, John Myhers, Chiarina BarileA work of artistic finesse and great emotional candor by celebrated independent filmmaker Morris Engel, “Weddings and Babies” is a bittersweet tale of love, hope and sacrifice, staged t...
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Love & Anarchy
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Directed by Lina Wertmüller • Comedy • 1973 • Italy • Italian with English subtitles
Starring Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato, Lina PolitoAn epic tragicomedy from director Lina Wertmüller, "Love and Anarchy" plumbs the depths of fascist Italy from the perspective of a simple farm boy sent...
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The Sinful Nuns of St. Valentine
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Directed by Sergio Grieco • Erotic Horror • 1974 • Italy • Italian with English subtitles • Mature Content
Starring Françoise Prévost, Jenny Tamburi, Paolo MalcoBy turns erotic, horrific, and shamelessly melodramatic, “The Sinful Nuns of St. Valentine” has well earned its reputation as a notori...
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Butley
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Directed by Harold Pinter • Theatre • 1974 • UK, US • English
Starring Alan Bates, Jessica Tandy, Georgina HaleAlan Bates turns his Tony-winning role into one of his greatest film performances as a self-made train wreck of an English Literature professor who experiences a truly awful day. Accla...
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Rhinoceros
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Directed by Tom O'Horgan • Theatre • 1974 • US • English
Starring Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Karen BlackThe film version of Eugene Ionesco's absurdist play tells of a French city where the citizens begin to turn mysteriously into rhinoceroses. Zero Mostel creates his Tony-winning Broadway role, ...
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Luther
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Directed by Guy Green • Theatre • 1974 • US • English
Starring Stacy Keach, Peter Cellier, Judi DenchJohn Osborne's play is a fascinating and powerful psychological study of the Augustinian monk Martin Luther, examining his central role in the birth of Protestantism and revolt against the Roman...
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Sherlock Jr.
Movie
Directed by Buster Keaton • Comedy • 1924 • US • Silent with English intertitles
Starring Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire, Joe KeatonThis dazzling comedy presented in a new restoration has never looked better. “Sherlock Jr.” is a brilliant deconstruction of the filmmaking process. Buster Keaton ...
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The Great Kidnapping
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Directed by Roberto Infascelli • Crime • 1973 • Italy • Italian with English subtitles
Starring Lee J. Cobb, Luciana Paluzzi, Enrico Maria SalernoCommissioner Cardone arrives in a small town in Northern Italy, where he declares war on a criminal gang that specializes in kidnapping young rich bo...
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The Iceman Cometh
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Directed by John Frankenheimer • Theatre • 1973 • US • English
Starring Lee Marvin, Fredric March, Robert RyanConsidered the definitive film version of Eugene O'Neill's play, this simple tale of a birthday celebration at a saloon takes a devastating look at disillusionment and dashed hopes. Lee...