Release Date: 1960-04-04

Overview: To convince the prison warden against releasing him, a middle-aged Polish man recounts his life, one he considers to have been characterized by exceptionally bad luck.

Rating: 6.667 (27 votes)

Release Date: 1931-04-18

Overview: Bootlegger/cafe owner, Johnny Franks recruits crude working man Scorpio to join his gang, masterminded by crooked criminal defense lawyer Newton. Scorpio eventually takes over Frank's operation, beats a rival gang, becomes wealthy, and dominates the city for several years until a secret group of six masked businessmen have him prosecuted and sent to the electric chair.

Rating: 5.8 (15 votes)

Release Date: 2021-06-02

Overview: B., a film-maker and insomniac, decides to rescue his hours of insomnia from the void by filming his quest for sleep. The insomniac asks questions about these different states of consciousness and about the difficulties humans have in synchronising their social rhythms and biological ones.

Rating: 8 (1 votes)

Release Date: 2007-01-01

Overview: This 15-minute DVD follows the adaptation of LOTR for the stage, and features rehearsal and show footage of the initial production in Toronto as well as interviews with the creative team now preparing for the London production.

Rating: 8.833 (3 votes)

Release Date: 1994-11-30

Overview: This French film chronicles the amazing-but-true story of Lisa Alling who in 1928 successfully walked from New York City to Siberia via the Bering Straight by following telegraph poles. It was shot entirely in the Ukraine. Lisa, a chambermaid, has had enough of American life and wants go home to Siberia. Because she had no money, she decided it was better to walk than stay in the U.S. any longer. An opportunist, she takes whatever food, warmth and even romance that is offered along the way.

Rating: 4 (1 votes)

Release Date: 2020-10-23

Overview: A girl needs her brother to fulfill an odd request, a good trip turns bad, a CEO gets invited to a mysterious party, and it all centers around the iconic red crustacean.

Rating: 10 (1 votes)

Release Date: 1978-01-02

Overview: Part of BFI collection "The Age of the Train."

Rating: 8 (1 votes)

Release Date: 2022-10-08

Overview: Gage and Hannah are a young couple making a new home off the coast of Florida. Their marriage has been rocky, but all of that changes when the new girl, Julie, moves in next door. When Gage begins to fall for the girl next door, only time will tell if it sets him free or tears him apart.

Rating: 6 (1 votes)

Release Date: 1973-07-13

Overview: For some time now, the residents of the placid little village of Sonnenthal talk only about one topic: Football! The ambitious mayor wants to promote the Sonnenthal team to the district league at any price because this success would also boost his own popularity. But he did not expect the resistance of the new head of school, Barbara, who is heavily annoyed by the one-sided focus. To bring Sonnenthal′s men and the mayor in particular to their senses, Barbara sets up a women′s football team that soon turns out to be a serious competition for the men′s team.

Rating: 4 (1 votes)

Release Date: 1975-10-02

Overview: A photographer shoots a documentary film in a small town in Argentina (Uribelarrea) about the filming that a foreign producer is doing on the spot.

Rating: 8 (2 votes)

Release Date: 2023-11-12

Overview: When ICE raids the Diaz home and business, Mother Marisol is detained, son Koke is deported, and father Jorge goes into sanctuary. As the siblings Milo and Valentina fight to reunify the family, they also fight for the love that connects them.

Rating: 0 (0 votes)

Release Date: 2017-07-18

Overview: A comedy-drama, King Rat examines the possibility that years after graduation - whether it's ten years or thirty - we may be stuck with the same issues we had before crossing that stage at commencement.

Rating: 6.3 (3 votes)

Release Date: 1968-11-16

Overview: Love-hate drama of three beautiful sisters in Ooku in Edo Castle.

Rating: 4.3 (3 votes)

Release Date: 2007-03-27

Overview: Bass virtuoso Stanley Clarke, the performer, composer, bandleader who rose to prominence in the 1970s and single-handedly brought the electric bass to the forefront of jazz, R&B, funk and beyond, presents the 90-minute DVD Night School, which chronicles the third annual Stanley Clarke Scholarship Concert, recorded at Musicians Institute in Hollywood, CA, in October 2002. With guest performances by Stevie Wonder, Wallace Roney, Bela Fleck, Sheila E., Stewart Copeland, Flea, Wayman Tisdale, Marcus Miller and more, Night School captures performances that range from straight-ahead jazz to full-tilt rock fusion to twenty-two-piece string arrangements - all on one stage, all in a single night!

Rating: 9 (1 votes)

Release Date: 1998-10-16

Overview: A history of the racially stereotyped portrayal of African Americans in cinema, hosted by film pioneer Melvin Van Peebles.

Rating: 4.5 (5 votes)

Release Date: 1994-01-01

Overview: This documentary chronicles the life of expatriate writer Paul Bowles through archival footage, photos and interviews with the author, who talks about his writing, his friendships with artists such as Tennessee Williams and Aaron Copland and more. Shot in Tangier, Morocco (Bowles's longtime home), this revealing portrait sketches out Bowles's rebellious life story, including his love relationships with men and women, his drug use and his music. - Paul Bowles, Edouard Roditi, Allen Ginsberg

Rating: 5.5 (4 votes)