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Darling
(1965) [M]

Julie Christie stars as the immensely charming Darling, a young, attractive and vivacious model and socialite who is determined to become rich and famous. Although married, she falls hard for television interviewer Robert Gold (Dirk Bogarde), and their friendship blossoms into a full-blown affair...  More

Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday
(1991) [E]

This sparkling documentary lets us see and hear the miracle that was Billie Holiday. Featured are rare TV and movie clips. Along with commentary by a stellar group of jazz instrumentalists and singers who knew her well. Among those recalling Lady Day are the vocalists Carmen McRae and Annie...  More

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
(1990) [PG]

From Tom Stoppard the Oscar Winning Writer/Director of "Shakespeare in Love" comes another unique twist on the work of William Shakespeare. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (Gary Oldman & Tim Roth) are two incidental characters in "Hamlet", summoned to the court of the King of Denmark. This story is...  More

Hairspray
(1988)

Forever interested in the kitsch built into past eras, director John Waters chooses the TV dance show craze of the early '60s for his playful focus in Hairspray. Ricki Lake plays Tracy Turnblad, just one of several alliteratively named characters coming of age in 1962 Baltimore, where "The Corny...  More

My Beautiful Laundrette
(1985) [M]

Set within the Asian community in London, My Beautiful Laundrette is an unusual love story concerned with identity and entrepreneurial spirit during the Thatcher years. Omar (Gordon Warnecke) takes over the running of his wheeler-dealer uncle's laundrette with the intention of turning it into a...  More

Chinatown
(1974) [M]

A landmark movie in the film noir tradition, Roman Polanski's Chinatown stands as a true screen classic. Jack Nicholson is private eye Jake Gittes, living off the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-war Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite (Faye Dunaway) to investigate her...  More

Alice
(1990) [PG]

Alice Tate, mother of two, with a marriage of 16 years, finds herself falling for the handsome sax player, Joe. Stricken with a backache, she consults Dr. Yang, an oriental herbalist who realizes that her problems are not related to her back, but in her mind and heart. Dr. Yang's magical herbs...  More

Henry And June
(1990) [M]

In 1931 Paris, Anais Nin (Maria de Medeiros) meets Henry Miller (Fred Ward) and his wife June (Uma Thuman). Intrigued by them both, she begins expanding her sexual horizons with her husband Hugo (Richard E Grant) as well as with Henry and others. June shuttles between Paris and New York trying to...  More

Frantic
(1988) [M]

Ford plays an American doctor whose wife suddenly vanishes while the couple is visiting Paris. To recover her, he navigates a puzzling web of language, locale, laissez-faire cops and triplicate-form bureaucrats. Ultimately - and reluctantly - he must try a defiant, mysterious waif who knows more...  More

Eating Raoul
(1982) [M]

A black comedy. Paul and Mary Bland are a charming middle-class couple who would like open a restaurant. But as Paul has lost his job and real estate is expensive it doesn't seem possible. When a swinger from an upstairs apartment makes a pass at Mary, Paul accidently kills him. They discover...  More