Of the World's Horrors

Tells the life story of Danish author Karen Blixen, who at the beginning of the 20th century moved to Africa to build a new life for herself. The film is based on her 1937 autobiographical novel.

Runtime

2h 41m

Director

Sydney Pollack

Cast

Robert Redford, Meryl Streep, Klaus Maria Brandauer

The story of John Wilmot, a.k.a. the Earl of Rochester, a 17th century poet who famously drank and debauched his way to an early grave, only to earn posthumous critical acclaim for his life's work.

Runtime

1h 54m

Director

Laurence Dunmore

Cast

Johnny Depp, Samantha Morton, John Malkovich

A group of bored, disaffected New York City teenagers spend a day skating, smoking, drinking, partying, deflowering virgins, and getting into fights.

Runtime

1h 31m

Director

Larry Clark

Cast

Leo Fitzpatrick, Justin Pierce, Chloë Sevigny

A young army surgeon, Kyoji Fujisaki, accidentally contracts syphilis during a WWII field operation. Back at his father’s clinic, he treats himself in secret and breaks off his engagement rather than risk his fiancée’s future, even as he confronts the irresponsible patient who infected him—testing his ethics, pride, and capacity for sa...

Runtime

1h 35m

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Cast

Toshirō Mifune, Miki Sanjō, Takashi Shimura

A young beauty queen travels to New York to further her modelling career, but contracts syphilis after being tricked into a sexual encounter. She is torn between the prospect of a slow, intensive but proven therapy and a supposed miracle cure.

Runtime

59m

Director

Dwain Esper

Cast

Vivian McGill, Rose Tapley, Al Rigali