Simple Cruelties

A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.

Runtime

2h 19m

Director

Sergio Leone

Cast

Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern

A semi-documentary experimental 1930 German silent film created by amateurs with a small budget. With authentic scenes of the metropolis city of Berlin, it's the first film from the later famous screenwriters/directors Billy Wilder and Fred Zinnemann.

Runtime

1h 14m

Director

Fred Zinnemann, Curt Siodmak

Cast

Erwin Splettstößer, Brigitte Borchert

Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.

Runtime

1h 55m

Director

Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Cast

Gabriel Byrne, Marcia Gay Harden, John Turturro

A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant ...

Runtime

2h 43m

Director

Bernardo Bertolucci

Cast

John Lone, Peter O'Toole, Joan Chen

Somewhere in Australia in the early 20th century outback, an Aboriginal man is accused of murdering a white woman. Three white men are on a mission to capture him with the help of an experienced Indigenous man.

Runtime

1h 30m

Director

Rolf de Heer

Cast

David Gulpilil, Gary Sweet, Damon Gameau