Crooked political boss Paul Madvig (Brian Donlevy) deciding to clean up his past finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.
The Glass Key
Crooked political boss Paul Madvig (Brian Donlevy) deciding to clean up his past finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.
When Baines’ wife is found murdered and Baines is implicated, Philippe, an impressionable young boy idolizes Baines, tries everything to point the investigation away from Baines but incriminates him instead in what was, in fact, an accidental death.
Glimpses of Chaucer penning his famous work are sprinkled through this re-enactment of several of his stories. A host of passionate lovers unite for a glorious, sometimes unexpected journey through Chaucer’s medieval England.
While awaiting the outcome of her husbands surgery, Julie Messinger discovers he has been carrying on numerous affairs, even some of them with her close friends.
The film centers on Jos Bakker, a Dutch painter living in Berlin, who is on a crossroad in his life. He needs to choose between an unattached way of life or settling down.
A young African American man, reeling from the tragic loss of his wife, travels to rural Maine to seek answers from his cancer-stricken, estranged mother-in-law (Dianne Wiest).
Gone for a decade, Terry Noonan (Sean Penn) is welcomed back into the fold in his Irish-American neighborhood in New York City. Soon, however, Terry is torn between his loyalty to his friends who are involved in the Irish mob and his loyalties to others.
The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, Spartacus leads a violent revolt against the decadent Roman Republic.
The film tells the story of the sheriff of the town of Rio Bravo, Texas, who arrests the brother of a powerful local rancher with the help of a cripple, a town drunk, and a young gunfighter.
Through a series of real and imagined encounters with angels, demons, and England’s pagan past, a pastor’s son begins to question his religion and politics, and comes to terms with his sexuality.
Sybylla (Judy Davis), a headstrong, free-spirited girl growing up in late 19th century Australia, dreams of becoming a famous writer. When the man she loves proposes, Sybylla must choose between romance an the brilliant career she craves.
Set in 1944 Italy, the film tells the story of four black American soldiers who get trapped in a Tuscan village during WWII after one of them risks his life to save an Italian boy.
Childhood abuse triggers a man (Joe Spinell) to kill women and use their scalps to dress his mannequins. Will he find the perfect woman in a photographer, and end his killing spree?
The film is a portrait of a woman grappling with aging, self-perception, and transformation in a technologically optimized world who is drawn to an experimental treatment center.
When a chance to save his ailing diner goes belly up, Onassis Hernandez, an émigré and single-father living in affluent Singapore, is pushed over the edge. He then takes several Singaporeans hostage and broadcasts his demands for social change on YouTube.