Shelley Winters
1) The visitor
Publisher
Drafthouse Films
Language
English
Formats
Description
An intergalactic warrior is in battle against a demonic 8-year-old girl while the fate of the universe hangs in the balance. THE VISITOR fuses elements of The Omen, Rosemary's Baby and even Star Wars creating the greatest of all '70s mindwarps.
Language
English
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Description
Previously filmed in 1931 under its original title, Theodore Dreiser's bulky but brilliant novel An American Tragedy was remade in 1951 by George Stevens as A PLACE IN THE SUN. Montgomery Clift stars as George Eastman, a handsome and charming but basically aimless young man who goes to work in a factory run by a distant, wealthy relative. Feeling lonely one evening, he has a brief rendezvous with assembly-line worker Alice Tripp (Shelley Winters),...
4) Alfie
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Alfie is the ultimate Ladykiller. He is wonderfully successful with women -- and rarely gets emotionally involved with them. But in this charming comedic drama, Alfie experiences a series of reversals that threaten his carefree lifestyle: his health is put into question, his child is adopted by another man, he gets a married woman pregnant, and when he finally does decide to settle down, he is rejected for a younger man. Capturing the changing attitudes...
6) The tenant
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Director Roman Polanski casts himself in the lead of the psychological thriller THE TENANT. Trelkovsky (Polanski) rents an apartment in a spooky old residential building, where his neighbors — mostly old recluses — eye him with suspicious contempt. Upon discovering that the apartment's previous tenant, a beautiful young woman, jumped from the window in a suicide attempt, Trelkovsky begins obsessing over the dead woman. Growing increasingly paranoid,...
Language
English
Formats
Description
Frank Pierson's energetic and ambitious film KING OF THE GYPSIES is a fascinating saga of three generations of a violent Romani family. Eric Roberts makes an impressive screen debut as Dave, grandson of the aging King Zharko, who is chosen by him to lead the clan at his death. Dave's only inclination is to join the American mainstream, but he knows that the mantle of Romani power cannot be taken lightly or denied. Based on the best-selling non-fiction...
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
The endearing story between Pete and his invisible dragon friend Elliott as they develop a special bond and share a magical friendship, with memorable characters and heartwarming songs including the 1977 Academy Award best original song nominee, 'Candle On The Water.'
9) Larceny
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Smooth-talking grifter Rick Maxon tries to swindle wealthy war widow Deborah into giving up her savings for a nonexistent memorial. When Rick falls in love with Deborah he has pangs of remorse, but he must contend with his gang boss, Silky, and the tough-as-nails moll, Tory, who is enamored with Rick but is considered Silky's girl.
Series
Criterion collection volume 541
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
A demented preacher stalks two young children, a brother and sister, because he is certain they know where their late bank-robbing father hid his money.
14) Lolita
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Formats
Description
Humbert, a divorced British professor, travels to small-town America for a teaching position. He allows himself to be swept into a relationship with Charlotte, whom he marries in order that he might pursue her 14-year-old daughter, Lolita.
15) A patch of blue
Series
Language
English
Description
Accidentally blinded as a child, 18-year-old Selina D'Arcey falls in love with a gentle and charming man, Gordon Ralfe, whom she meets in a rare visit to a park. Her racist mother declares that because Gordon is black, their relationship cannot continue, forcing Selina to choose between her family and her heart.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A demented preacher stalks two young children, a brother and sister, because he is certain they know where their late bank-robbing father hid his money. Graced by images of eerie beauty and a sneaky sense of humor, this is an ethereal, expressionistic American classic.
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Dave Burke has hired two men to assist him in a bank robbery, Earl Slater, a white ex-convict, and Johnny Ingram, a black gambler. Both are reluctant, but eventually accept. But Slater despises blacks, and the tensions in the gang rapidly mount.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Humbert, a divorced British professor, travels to small-town America for a teaching position. He allows himself to be swept into a relationship with Charlotte, whom he marries in order that he might pursue her 14-year-old daughter, Lolita.
19) Winchester '73
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
An engaging frontiersman attempts to track down his father's murderer and the whereabouts of his one-of-a-kind rifle, the Winchester '73, as it passes among a rogue's gallery of owners including a crazed highwayman, an immoral gunrunner, a young Indian chief, and Stewart's own murderous brother.
Publisher
20th Century Fox
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
A plane crash puts an end to the sufferings of three ill-fated passengers, Binky Gay (Winter), Dr. Fortness (Rennie), and Eddie Hoke (Wynn), but leads to a second chance for a fourth, Trask (Merrill), a lawyer who believes his wife no longer loves him. Airline officials prepare to inform the loves ones of those killed, but Trask asks to be allowed to carry the news to the families of Gay, Fortness, and Hoke himself. While visiting the bedridden...
