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In 1937 Nevada, silver mine caretaker Jess Tyler is reunited with his teenage daughter Kady who will do anything to persuade Jess to let her have claim to the mine

The Moorish General Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his Lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality, it is all part of the scheme of a bitter Ensign named Iago

An American World War I soldier whose disfigured face is reconstructed by Austrian plastic surgeons returns home after 20 years, but no one recognizes him, his widow is married to another man, and his son is a grown young man

After a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a mysterious manor house, to care for his young daughter

Hypnotist uses his powers for revenge against King Louis XVs court

A strange young woman lives in a fantasy world where she can never grow up

Facing the decline of everything he has worked to obtain, conqueror Napoleon Bonaparte and his army confront the British at the Battle of Waterloo

In the spirit of Its a Wonderful Life 1946, a young woman must give up her dream and remain in her small hometown as head of her familys Building and Loan business

Fascinated by gorgeous Mrs Bannister, seaman Michael OHara joins a bizarre yachting cruise, and ends up mired in a complex murder plot

Young Jim Hawkins has an unforgettable encounter with pirate Captain Long John Silver and his murderous mates

A young playboy inherits 13 antique chairs and decides to sell them for money then finds out where the real money is

Documentary that chronicles how Francis Ford Coppolas Apocalypse Now 1979 was plagued by extraordinary script, shooting, budget, and casting problems nearly destroying the life and career of the celebrated director

Three performers for six roles this is the game of the film A melodrama about two love triangles In the first, Hagalin is killed by his mistress and her lover In the second, attorney Lamorciere discovers her woman would like t

An American ballistics expert in Turkey finds himself targeted by German agents Safe passage home by ship is arranged for him, but he soon discovers that his pursuers are also on board

The professional and romantic misadventures of an advertising executive in 1960s swinging London

An elusive billionaire hires an American smuggler to investigate his past, leading to a dizzying descent into a cold war European landscape

A look at the life and work of the great theatre, radio and film artist

Martin Scorsese narrates this tribute to Val Lewton, the producer of a series of memorable low budget horror films for RKO Studios Raised by his mother and his aunt, his films often included strong female characters who find th

Following the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance Rosebud

Virgil Renchler owns most of the town, providing a thriving economy When his men go too far and kill one of his migrant workmen, the sheriff goes after him, even if it means his job and everyone elses

Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, Harry Lime

Events that are prophesied in the Bible are illustrated to show that civilization is headed for doomsday

When King Henry IV ascends to the throne, his heir, the Prince of Wales, is befriended by Sir John Falstaff, an old, overweight, fun loving habitual liar Through Falstaffs eyes we see the reign of King Henry IV and the rise of

A woman has two lovers When one man finds out about the other, he acts as a villain and chases after the protagonist

Its All True Based on an Unfinished Film by Orson Welles is a 1993 documentary feature about Orson Welless ill fated Pan American anthology film Its All True, shot in 1941 42 but never completed

A stark, perverse story of murder, kidnapping and police corruption in a Mexican border town

An unassuming office worker is arrested and stands trial, but he is never made aware of his charges

A trilogy of fantastic stories involving murder and the supernatural

An unscrupulous agent for the Borgias suffers a change of heart when asked to betray a noble count and his much younger, very beautiful wife

In 1960s Paris, an American boxer stumbles upon an international fascist conspiracy that aims to create a new world order

Mr Cato is the head of a witches coven in the town of Lilith, where he needs the powers of Lori Brandon to raise his son from the dead

In 1937, a teenager is cast in the Mercury Theatre production of Julius Caesar, directed by a young Orson Welles

In Macao, a wealthy merchant named Charles Clay hires two people to recreate a story of a sailor who is paid to impregnate a mans wife

A documentary about fraud and fakery

Join us on this unique and captivating documentary concerning the most unusual phenomena on our strange planet With headlines that are reminiscent of your favorite science fiction films, these spectacles appear almost too good

Essay film shot for TV including Orson Welles reflections on Othello close to the Moviola, a chat with Hilton Edwards and Micheal MacLiammoir and fragments of a conversation with the audience in Boston after a screening of the