A Thousand and One follows unapologetic and free-spirited Inez (Teyana Taylor), who kidnaps her six-year-old son, Terry, from the foster care system. Holding onto their secret and each other, mother and son set out to reclaim their sense of home, identity, and stability in a rapidly changing New York City.
Reporter Peter Barter gets murdered while driving to his tv station. Commissioner Kras gets a phone call from clairvoyant Cornelius who saw Barters death in a vision. But a dark force prevents Cornelius from seeing the man behind the crime. Meanwhile the policemen concentrate their activities on the hotel Luxor.
During World War II, German forces crush the Americans at the 'Battle of Kasserine Pass'. A lone Sergeant, Roland Rothach, becomes separated from his platoon in the North African deserts, and subsequently captured by German soldiers. Back home, Rothach, struggles with reintegrating into his former life as he suffers bouts of PTSD and constantly relives the trauma of Kasserine Pass.
The story concerns aerialist-turned-G.I. Gene Kelly (mopping up the dance floor with a mop for a partner) romancing colonel's daughter Kathryn Grayson. But the real story is the most spectacular camp show in military history, featuring skits and songs with Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, Red Skelton, Lucille Ball, Lena Horne, Eleanor Powell, Jose Iturbi and just about everybody else in Hollywood. Start cheering!!
Stranded on the highway home from broken dreams in Los Angeles, pregnant Chloe (Allison Fay Brown) and her elderly, incontinent dog find unwelcome rescue from her dad, Mac (Christian Kohn). Stuck in a car with thousands of miles ahead and years of estrangement behind, Chloe and Mac take a disastrous detour on the road to second chances.
Killer Red Kluger (Charles McGraw) busts out of Folsom Prison and makes for a bleak desert hideout. But first he makes a violent detour to Los Angeles to kidnap the three people he blames for his ticket to the gas chamber: a cop (Michael O'Shea), the DA (Frank Conroy) and ex-girlfriend (Virginia Grey) he believes betrayed him. Before Red gets out of the country, he's going to get even, one sweating, sadistic murder at a time. In this gripping, relentlessly paced B-movie, film noir great McGraw...
The misadventures of Buster in three separate historical periods.
Three conversations with noteworthy American writers about their work and the process of writing. Frank McCourt discusses his first book, "Angela's Ashes," a memoir celebrating his Irish childhood. Toni Morrison, winner of both the Pulitzer and Nobel prizes, discusses "Paradise." And, shortly after receiving the PEN-Malamud Award for excellence in short fiction, John Barth talks about his novels and short stories and the process of writing.
A millionaire dies in a plane crash, leaving one evil daughter to conspire against her siblings for the family inheritance.
Award-winning actress Frances McDormand (Fargo) delivers a stunningly powerful performance in this darkly comic drama that has been hailed as one of the year's best films. A murdered girl's defiant mother (McDormand) boldly paints three local billboards, each with a controversial message, igniting a furious battle with a volatile cop (Sam Rockwell) and the town's revered chief of police (Woody Harrelson).
A mild-mannered Englishman leading a bus tour across Italy, Stanley Thrumm (David McCallum), wins a fortune at a Riviera casino, making him a target for Carla Moretti (Sylva Koscina), a beautiful adventuress. Convincing he love-struck Stanley to invest his winnings in Switzerland to avoid paying British taxes, Carla persuades him to hand over the cash to her partner in crime (Domenico Modugno), who promptly absconds with the loot. Realizing he's been swindled, Stanley embarks on a madcap chase...
Abi is going cold turkey; her family has taken her to a cabin in the woods so she can be away from the city and all her troubles. However, little do they know, The Three Blind Mice is more than just a fairy tale, and they may be next up on the menu.
Three sisters from Kansas move to California to try to snare themselves millionaire husbands. Academy Award winner David Niven stars.
Consummate actor Ernest Borgnine stars in this tale based on the true story of a Navy employee who was fired as a security risk, who then took the case to court to prove his loyalty to the United States.
"Throughout the Ages, half of the women of the world have been working women -- and the rest of the women have been working men! Gal pals Schatzi Sutro and Polaire Quinn are a couple of sexy blondes fresh off the chorus line. They're both on the make for a rich husband, and playboy Dey Emery and concert pianist Boris Feldman look like the perfect suckers. Their plans for lives filled with expensive champagne and French lingerie are thrown into chaos by the arrival of an old friend from Europe,...
Sophisticated comedy: a trio of money hungry women who all have sugar daddies who keep them in the lap of luxury, even as they drive the men crazy. Each woman represents a different personality type, from sensitive, to kind-hearted, to difficult and untrustworthy. Set in the age of jazz, the twenties come roaring back with immorality and in-fighting.
The true story of Agnes Newton Keith's imprisonment in several Japanese prisoner-of-war camps from 1941 to the end of WWII.
Claudette Colbert stars in this harrowing war drama based on the autobiography of American author Agnes Newton Keith. Trapped on Borneo when the Japanese invade the island during World War II, Mrs. Keith and her husband, a British administrator (Patric Knowles), are sent to separate prison camps with other American and British subjects. Mrs. Keith's camp is overseen by Colonel Suga (Sessue Hayakawa), who takes an avid interest in the American authoress. Despite his humanitarian views, he is...
As part of a plot to assassinate a visiting Middle-Eastern premier, professional killers invade the home of a flight controller and hold his terrified family hostage.
Proud Irish police officer Peter Casey (Thomas Mitchell) is forced into retirement after 20 years of devoted service. To add insult to injury, he's replaced by rookie Angus Ferguson (Dennis Morgan), who, according to Casey, is a "contemptuous Scottishman." While delivering a complaint one night to the Casey apartment, Ferguson meets Casey's eldest daughter, Maureen (Priscilla Lane). The two fall for each other, but fearing the wrath of their feuding families, they hide their romance and elope...
A charming romantic comedy about three American roommates working in Italy who wish for the men of their dreams after throwing coins into Rome's magnificent Trevi Fountain.
World War I is over, let the living begin. So three German soldiers open a repair ship and get on with their lives. Erich (Robert Taylor) finds unexpected love with frail Patricia (Margaret Sullavan), Gottfried (Robert Young) falls in with a verboten anti-nationalist group, Otto (Franchot Tone) approaches each day with worldly cynicism. And through all that's to come, the men know they will remain Three Comrades. This lyrical adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque's novel is one of F. Scott...