Starring: Cassandra Forêt, Charlotte Eugène Guibeaud, Marie Bos, Biancamaria D’Amato
Searing memories and carnal desires rule the mind of Ana, a young woman in thrall to her own fantasies in this French psychological thriller that blends eroticism with European slasher movie traditions and a haunted house on the Côte d’Azur. The film’s enigmatic, intimate cinematography builds an atmosphere thick with the pall of evil, as Ana’s visions and obsessions draw her toward deeper eroticism — and deeper danger.
Starring: Sid Haig, Bill Moseley, Sheri Moon Zombie, William Bassett, Karen Black, Erin Daniels, Walton Goggins, Chris Hardwick
An empty fuel tank and a flat tire lead two couples down a terror-riddled road to the House of 1000 Corpses. House of 1000 Corpses is at its core a story of family – a cast of twisted individuals who, with each slash of a throat or stab thru the chest, add bodies to their sick human menagerie.
Starring: Jimmy Cliff, Janet Bartley, Carl Bradshaw, Ras Daniel Hartman
Ivanhoe Martin (Jimmy Cliff) arrives in Kingston, Jamaica, looking for work and, after some initial struggles, lands a recording contract as a reggae singer. He records his first song, “The Harder They Come,” but after a bitter dispute with a manipulative producer named Hilton (Bob Charlton), soon finds himself resorting to petty crime in order to pay the bills. He deals marijuana, kills some abusive cops and earns local folk hero status. Meanwhile, his record is topping the charts.
Starring: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Brontis Jodorowski, José Legarreta, Alfonso Arau
Originally released in 1970, Alejandro Jodorowsky’s El Topo quickly caught the imagination of movie audiences, becoming a landmark in independent film-making. The early screenings at New York’s Elgin Theater sparked the Midnight Movie phenomena, catalyzed by an endorsement from John Lennon and Yoko Ono.
Classic Americana and avant-garde European sensibilities collide with Zen Buddhism and the Bible as master gunfighter and mystic El Topo (played by writer/director Alejandro Jodorowsky) tries to defeat sharp-shooting rivals on a bizarre path to allegorical self-awareness and resurrection. As it seeks an alternative to the Hollywood mainstream, El Topo is also the most controversial quasi-Western head trip ever made!
Starring: Tura Satana, Haji, Lori Williams, Ray Barlow, Susan Bernard
Russ Meyer’s cult favorite follows sadistic go-go dancers Varla, Rosie and Billie as they break free from the nightclub where they perform and race out to the desert to stir up a little mayhem. After karate expert Varla kills an innocent man, the voluptuous trio takes his girlfriend hostage as they attempt to wheedle a hidden fortune from a misogynistic old man and his muscle-bound, brain-damaged son.
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Albert Brooks, Bryan Cranston, Oscar Issac
Driver is a skilled Hollywood stuntman who moonlights as a getaway driver for criminals. Though he projects an icy exterior, lately he’s been warming up to a pretty neighbor named Irene and her young son, Benicio. When Irene’s husband gets out of jail, he enlists Driver’s help in a million-dollar heist. The job goes horribly wrong, and Driver must risk his life to protect Irene and Benicio from the vengeful masterminds behind the robbery.
Starring: Mara Wilson, Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Pam Ferris
This film adaptation of a Roald Dahl work tells the story of Matilda Wormwood, a gifted girl forced to put up with a crude, distant father and mother. Worse, Agatha Trunchbull, the evil principal at Matilda’s school, is a terrifyingly strict bully. However, when Matilda realizes she has the power of telekinesis, she begins to defend her friends from Trunchbull’s wrath and fight back against her unkind parents
Starring: Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Tom Skerritt, Sally Kellerman, Robert Duvall
One of the world’s most acclaimed comedies, M*A*S*H focuses on three Korean War Army surgeons brilliantly brought to life by Donald Sutherland, Tom Skerritt and Elliott Gould. Though highly skilled and deeply dedicated, they adopt a hilarious, lunatic lifestyle as an antidote to the tragedies of their Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, and in the process infuriate Army bureaucrats. Robert Duvall, Gary Burghoff and Sally Kellerman co-star as a sanctimonious Major, an other-worldly Corporal, and a self-righteous yet lusty nurse.
Starring: Bruce Lee, John Saxon, Jim Kelly, Ahna Capri
In his final film appearance, Bruce Lee goes undercover to spy on a reclusive crime lord named Han (believed to control an Opium trade) by participating in his brutal martial arts tournament. At the tournament Lee encounters two Vietnam war buddies, Roper and Williams, who are each having to fight for different reasons. Lee’s job is to get the information and the three off of the crazy island alive! Enter the Dragon is the first Chinese martial arts film produced by a Hollywood studio and includes some of the most badass fight scenes in movie history!
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Jonah Hill, Rooney Mara
After nearly dying in a car accident, the last thing Oregon slacker John Callahan intends to do is give up alcohol. Encouraged by his girlfriend and a charismatic sponsor, Callahan reluctantly enters a treatment program and discovers that he has a knack for drawing. The budding artist soon finds himself with a new lease on life when his edgy and irreverent newspaper cartoons gain a national and devoted following.
