Powerful Stories
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Princess Tam Tam
Movie
Directed by Edmond T. Greville • Drama • 1935 • French • French with English subtitles
Starring Josephine Baker, Albert Préjean, Jean Gallande"Princess Tam Tam" is a 1935 French black-and-white film starring Josephine Baker as Alwina, a Tunisian girl who is introduced to Parisian high society a...
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The Scent of Green Papaya
Movie
Directed by Anh Hung Tran • Drama • 1993 • Vietnam, France • Vietnamese with English subtitles
Starring Nu Yen Khe Tran, Thi Loc Truong, Anh Hoa NguyenAn Academy Award nominee for Best Foreign Language Film, Cannes winner ”The Scent of Green Papaya” is set in 1951 Saigon, where 10-year-old Mui...
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The Haunting of Rosalind
Movie
Directed by Lela Swift • Horror • 1973 • US • English
Starring Pamela Payton-Wright, Susan SarandonIn this 19th-century American gothic, Rosalind (Pamela Payton-Wright) loses her beau to her younger sister (Susan Sarandon). She summons the spirit of his dead wife, only to learn that vengeful...
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Metropolis
Movie
Directed by Fritz Lang • Silent • 1927 • Germany • German with English intertitles
Starring Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Gustav Froelich, Alfred AbelWith more than 25 minutes of rediscovered footage, this restoration of “Metropolis” is the definitive edition of Fritz Lang’s influential sci-fi masterpiec...
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Marius
Movie
Directed by Daniel Auteuil • Arthouse • 2014 • France • French with English subtitles
Starring Daniel Auteuil, Raphaël Personnaz, Jean-Pierre DarroussinActor and director Daniel Auteuil’s sumptuous adaptation of Marcel Pagnol's classic trilogy following the loves and losses of a Marseille port ...
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Lovers and Lollipops
Movie
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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The Last Laugh
Movie
Directed by F. W. Murnau • Silent • 1924 • Germany • German with English intertitles
Starring Emil JanningsOne of the crowning achievements of the German expressionist movement, F. W. Murnau’s “The Last Laugh” stars Emil Jannings as an aging doorman whose happiness crumbles when he is relieved ...
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Laila in Haifa
Movie
Directed by Amos Gitai • Arthouse • 2020 • Israel, France • English, Arabic, Hebrew with English subtitles
Starring Maria Zreik, Khawla Ibraheem, Hana LasloWith an ensemble cast of both Israeli and Palestinian actors, “Laila in Haifa” explores the interweaving stories of five women set over one...
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The Tenth Man
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Directed by Daniel Burman • Drama • 2016 • Argentina • Spanish with English subtitles
Starring Alan Sabbagh, Julieta Zylberberg, Usher BarilkaAri, who has built a successful career in New York, thinks he has left his past behind. But his distant father Usher, who runs a Jewish aid foundation in...
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A Delicate Balance
Movie
Directed by Tony Richardson • Theatre • 1976 • US • English
Starring Katharine Hepburn, Paul ScofieldAn invasion of friends and family pushes the repressed problems of a complacent marriage to the fore in this exceptional adaptation of Edward Albee's Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Oscar-winners K...
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The Iceman Cometh
Movie
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...
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The Homecoming
Movie
Directed by Peter Hall • Theatre • 1973 • UK, US • English
Starring Paul Rogers, Ian Holm, Cyril CusackA professor returns home after a long absence to introduce his wife to his father and two brothers, but the family reunion has unexpected and disturbing consequences. Based on one of Harold Pi...
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The Man in the Glass Booth
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Directed by Arthur Hiller • Theatre • 1975 • US • English
Starring Maximilian Schell, Lois Nettleton, Lawrence PressmanArthur Goldman is a rich Jewish industrialist, living in luxury in a Manhattan high-rise. He banters with his assistant Charlie, often shocking him with his outrageousness and ...
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The Maids
Movie
Directed by Christopher Miles • Theatre • 1975 • US • English
Starring Glenda Jackson, Susannah York, Vivien MerchantGlenda Jackson and Susannah York play Paris maids who tend to a cruel socialite's unending domestic needs. Whenever Madame is away, the sisters obsessively act out a complex role...
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Three Sisters
Movie
Directed by Laurence Olivier, John Sichel • Theatre • 1970 • US, Europe • English
Starring Jeanne Watts, Joan Plowright, Louise PurnellAnton Chekhov's classic play about the lives of three sisters living in exile in a remote Russian village is given the all-star treatment by director and star L...
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Variety
Movie
Directed by Bette Gordon • Arthouse • 1985 • US • English
Starring Sandy McLeod, Will Patton, Richard DavidsonEmerging out of the underground NYC arts scene that produced the late 80's boom in American independent cinema, Bette Gordon's "Variety" is a sexually charged tale of a woman's journey ...
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Luther
Movie
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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Lost in the Stars
Movie
Directed by Daniel Mann • Theatre • 1974 • US • English
Starring Brock Peters, Melba Moore, Raymond St. JacquesDaniel Mann ("The Rose Tattoo") transforms Alan Paton's novel of racial oppression “Cry the Beloved Country” into a tragic and beautiful film musical. Gilded by Maxwell Anderson's luci...
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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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In Celebration
Movie
Directed by Lindsay Anderson • Theatre • 1975 • UK, US • English
Starring Alan Bates, Brian Cox, Gabrielle DayeLindsay Anderson turns his acclaimed Royal Court Theater run into a riveting cinematic interpretation of David Storey's ferocious play. In their tiny Yorkshire house, God-fearing and h...
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Galileo
Movie
Directed by Joseph Losey • Theatre • 1974 • US • English
Starring Topol, Edward Fox, Colin BlakelyTopol ("Fiddler on the Roof") and a cast of British theatrical aristocracy ground Bertolt Brecht's famous interpretation of the troubled life and anxious times of 17th century physicist and astrono...
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Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
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Directed by Denis Heroux • Theatre • 1975 • US • English
Starring Elly Stone, Mort Shuman, Jacques BrelEschewing conventional narrative, “Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris” transforms Mort Shuman and Eric Blau's beloved 35-song stage revue into an infectious movie musical that ...
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La Syndicaliste
Movie
Directed by Jean-Paul Salomé • Thriller • 2023 • France • French with English subtitles
Starring Isabelle Huppert, Grégory Gadebois, Yvan AttalIsabelle Huppert stars in this investigative thriller set in the world of nuclear power and corrupt politics that traces the true story of Maureen Kearn...
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Prey for Rock & Roll
Movie
Directed by Alex Steyermark • Drama • 2003 • US • English • Mature Content
Starring Gina Gershon, Drea de Matteo, Lori PettyThis fist-pumping LGBTQ+ touchstone and rock and roll cult classic stars the electrifying Gina Gershon as Jacki, a rocker who worries she may never make it big. Along with...