Miracles for Sale
A maker of illusions for magicians protects an ingenue likely to be murdered.
Director: Tod Browning
Actors: Astrid Allwyn, Cliff Clark, Florence Rice, Frank Craven, Frederick Worlock, Gloria Holden, Henry Hull, Lee Bowman, Robert Young, Walter Kingsford
R
The R of the title stands for the young protagonist, Rune, fearlessly played by Pilou Asbæk. Imprisoned for violent assault, he’s a cocky, good-looking young man placed in the hardcore…
Crossover
Out of desperation, a struggling hairstylist turns to a charming drug dealer for a favor. Only to later find herself caught up in his hidden agenda
The Great Jewel Robber
Director Peter Godfrey’s 1950 drama, inspired by true events, dramatizes the crime spree of the notorious jewel thief known as “The Hollywood Raffles”, whose famous robbery victims included such real-life…
Monster
An emotionally scarred highway drifter shoots a sadistic trick who rapes her, and ultimately becomes the United States’ first female serial killer.
The Set-Up
Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.
The Fear
In this disturbing family drama, a prosperous middle-aged farmer takes up gambling and whoring at the expense of his devoted second wife. Meanwhile, his son the pervert becomes fascinated with…
Close-Up
This fiction-documentary hybrid uses a sensational real-life event—the arrest of a young man on charges that he fraudulently impersonated the well-known filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf—as the basis for a stunning, multilayered…