The Bloody Child
This film was inspired by a real event—a young US Marine, recently back from the Gulf War, was found digging a grave for his murdered wife in the middle of the California Mojave.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nina Menkes
Actors: Jack O'Hara, Robert Mueller, Russ Little, Sherry Sibley, Tinka Menkes
The Mesmerist
Made by re-editing a deteriorated nitrate print of The Bells (1926), starring Lionel Barrymore and Boris Karloff, this work shows the fragility of the film image while foreshadowing the Holocaust.
Agnes
Rumors of demonic possession at a religious convent prompts a church investigation into the strange goings-on among its nuns. A disaffected priest and his neophyte are confronted with temptation, bloodshed…
The Pilot’s Wife
Kathryn is distraught at the news of her husband’s death delivered by a stranger from the airline for whom he was a pilot. She starts however to uncover information which…
The Singing Kid
Neurotic Broadway star Al Jackson faces professional ruin when he loses his voice. While recuperating in the country, he falls in love with farm girl Ruth Haines, the pretty aunt…
Bartleby
An adaptation of Herman Melville’s short story “Bartleby, the Scrivener” told in the setting of a modern office.
Vanity Street
A New York policeman helps a hungry and penniless young woman start life anew by arranging to get her a job in “The Follies”.
A Deadly Secret
A treasure hunt sparks the continuing violence in this Hong Kong action film, yet the film does not focus only on the violent nature of some of the characters. An…
Back Page
A former New York reporter (Peggy Shannon) is hired as editor of a failing, small town newspaper in California.
Oranges and Sunshine
The story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker from Nottingham, who uncovers one of the most significant social scandals in recent times – the forced migration of children from the…