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    Madame X (1966)

    The wife of a wealthy diplomat carries on an affair with a playboy. When her lover is accidentally...

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    The Three Sisters

    A videotape-to-film record of the Actor's Studio production directed by Lee Strasberg.

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    Ariel (1990)

    When the mines close down in his snowbound town, a young man leaves Lapland for Helsinki and a new...

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    No Kidding (1961)

    This is one of the rare comedies by director Gerald Thomas that does not have the words "Carry...

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    Le Fou

    George (Francois Simon) takes care of his invalid wife and holds down a full-time job. When an...

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    Mata Hari, Agent H-21 (1964)

    Based on the real-life spy, Mata Hari seduces a young soldier during World War II in order to get...

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    The Keeper

    This macabre horror satire from Canada features an arch performance from Christopher Lee as the...

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    The Rats Wake Up

    A lonely and jaded old man travels across the countryside to bring some money to his sick sister,...

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    Emile des Roses

    In turn of the cenutry Berlin, a young man driven to a life of petty thievery by perennial bad luck...

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    Marie (1985)

    A woman is determined to reveal the truth about an insidious political corruption. In doing so she...

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    Ilheu de Contenda

    Incorporating themes of nostalgia, exile, miscegenation and covetousness, a tale set in early '60s...

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    Staccato Purr of the Exhaust (1997)

    A young Latino man tries to change his miserable life by telling off all those who supposedly love...

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    Ah-Chung

    Ah-Chung's family, living in a Taipei shanty town, has not had a happy existence. His younger...

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    Life Is All You Get (1997)

    After he loses his job, his father, and his girlfriend, Jan's life is a shambles. Then suddenly he...

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    Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity

    A child (Valerie Tian) unwittingly wreaks havoc around her when she tries magic spells to find a new...

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    Paparazzi (1998)

    The story of a group of kamikaze celebrity photographers.

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    The Town That Was

    Portrait of John Lokitis, the youngest of 11 remaining residents of Centralia, Pennsylvania, a town...

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    Heartaches

    At least Heartaches looks more ambitious than it is-no small feat for a PRC production. Ken Farrell...

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    Pandora's Box

    G.W. Pabst's account of a promiscuous young woman's downfall after years of catering to her sexual...

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    Pittsburgh (1942)

    Filmmakers Chris Bradley and Kyle LaBrache follow Jeff Goldblum as he puts his Hollywood career on...

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    Seven Years Bad Luck

    A superstitious man (Max Linder) experiences numerous calamities after breaking a mirror. Silent.

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    Helpmates

    Most Laurel and Hardy aficionados consider this film among the comic duo's very best two-reelers,...

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    Alias the Deacon

    Jean Hersholt stars in this Universal "jewel," which was based on the Broadway success by John B....

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    All Night

    Carmel Myers' co-star in this amusing farce is a handsome newcomer named Rodolpho de Valentina --...

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    Beware of Ladies

    Beware of Ladies is a lightweight attempt at romantic comedy from the Republic studio mills. Donald...

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    The Blue Idol

    This romantic comedy is the first Hungarian sound film. It is set in the US and chronicles the...

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    Burnt Evidence

    The British quickie Burnt Evidence began life as a short story by Percy Hoskins. Duncan Lamont plays...

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    The California Trail

    Yankee Buck Jones turns into a south-of-the-border Robin Hood in this fine, if flawed, Western from...

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    The Cheaters (2000)

    A boozing actor (Joseph Schildkraut) confounds the Christmas of an eccentric, wealthy family (Billie...

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    Crooner

    Sudden success can be a double-edged sword as this drama aptly proves. An aspiring musician finds...