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March 15, 2018 / Film Noir

In this convoluted thriller, an unlucky wanderer falls for a woman whom he meets on the beach. She begs the drifter to murder her husband. The man refuses, but when the husband learns that he has been cuckolded, he fakes his own death in an attempt to frame his wife.

March 14, 2018 / Drama
March 14, 2018 / Drama
March 14, 2018 / Comedy

Father Dan, an aging priest whose parish is in the slums, is warned by his church-superior to improve his own and the parish financial position rather than giving all he has to members of his congregation and strangers, or he will be transferred. In spite of this warning he becomes involved with a couple of race-track bums, a newly-wed ex-convict with job problems, and a bank-robbery of which he is accused. None of this sets well with the monsignor.

March 14, 2018 / Politics
March 13, 2018 / Drama

Hoping to make a fresh start, Léo, a jazz musician, takes up temporary residence with his friend Bony, a young writer who is struggling to get his work published. One evening, Léo strikes up an acquaintance with a woman taxi driver, Cora; in spite of her impulsive and moody temperament, he cannot help being attracted to her. When Bony meets Cora, he too finds her irresistible, but he lacks Léo’s self-confidence to make his move. Cora is not a woman that any man can possess readily. She is like a wild animal, a creature that revels in its freedom. Will either Léo or Bony be able to tame her…?

March 13, 2018 / Horror

Dissatisfied with the family architectural business, a man and his wife pack up and move out to his great-grandfather’s old house in the country. While trying to patch it up, the house starts to make it clear to him that it doesn’t want him there, but the local church (with some off-kilter practices of their own) seems to take a shine to him…

March 13, 2018 / Drama

——UPGRADED——

Plain Jane Hartman hates her life. She’s goofy, boring and only has sex if she reads Iris Murdoch novels out loud to her loopy boyfriend. Her oldest friend Antonia McGill knows about everything. She orders the right food; she can complain and get results. She’s beautiful and has a brilliant career. Is it any wonder that they hate each other’s guts?