Precious Is the Night

Two wealthy young brothers living on a plush estate give refuge to a petty criminal who is on the run from the police. Neither the boys' parents or their staff know about the fugitive's presence, which leads them open to exploitation. Sure enough, they soon discover the fugitive has no intention of leaving.

Runtime

1h 30m

Director

Arno Dierickx

Cast

Erik van Heijningen, Matthijs van de Sande Bakhuyzen, Sander van Amsterdam

A German intelligence officer investigates a prostitute's killing in Warsaw during World War II. He lands on three major Nazi generals as suspects, two of whom are also involved in a plot to kill Adolf Hitler.

Runtime

2h 28m

Director

Anatole Litvak

Cast

Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Tom Courtenay

After yakuza boss Kurata dissolves his own criminal empire, a rival kingpin offers a position to Kurata's top operative, Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo. When the fiercely loyal Tetsu declines, Otsuka taps unstoppable Tatsuzo the "Viper", a ruthless gun-for-hire, to assassinate him. As the Viper trails his target through the countryside,...

Runtime

1h 23m

Director

Seijun Suzuki

Cast

Tetsuya Watari, Chieko Matsubara, Hideaki Nitani

Locked in a school closet during Halloween 1962, young Frank witnesses the ghost of a young girl and the man who murdered her years ago.

Runtime

1h 53m

Director

Frank LaLoggia

Cast

Lukas Haas, Len Cariou, Alex Rocco

England, 1969. The fascinating Abbie and the troubled Lydia are great friends. After an unexpected tragedy occurs in the strict girls' school they attend, a mysterious epidemic of fainting breaks out that threatens the mental sanity and beliefs of the tormented people involved, both teachers and students.

Runtime

1h 43m

Director

Carol Morley

Cast

Maisie Williams, Maxine Peake, Greta Scacchi