The Spring of the Scorpions

Living in rural Texas is a dysfunctional family: an abusive dad, a Vietnam vet with a war wound that's left him impotent; a compliant wife and a son of about 20, two small sons who look a lot like their brother. The dad harbors a secret, and he goes to murderous lengths to keep it hidden. The young man, Jimmy, who has suspicions, but l...

Runtime

1h 45m

Director

Antonio Tibaldi

Cast

Ryan Phillippe, Nastassja Kinski, John Savage

Magdalena makes a journey to find her son, who has disappeared on his way to the Mexican border with the United States. Her odyssey takes her to meet Miguel, a man recently deported from the US. They start to travel together, Magdalena looking for her son, and Miguel hoping to see his mother again.

Runtime

1h 35m

Director

Fernanda Valadez

Cast

Mercedes Hernández, David Illescas, Juan Jesús Varela

Julián, a middle-aged single doctor, is reunited with Pablo, a childhood friend who has just married Elena, a beautiful young woman.

Runtime

1h 30m

Director

Carlos Saura

Cast

Geraldine Chaplin, José Luis López Vázquez, Alfredo Mayo

Two men commit a robbery. One is caught but the other escapes. He ends his escape on a lonely and deserted beach where he meets a beautiful woman named Erótica. They start a passionate love affair that is interrupted when the other con man escapes from prison and joins them. A sexual/sentimental love triangle begins leading to a violen...

Runtime

1h 22m

Director

Emilio Fernández

Cast

Jorge Rivero, Rebeca Silva, Elizabeth Dupeyrón

On a winter day in a southside Queens high school, events collide and six students are suddenly in an armed standoff with the NYPD. At the school, classrooms freeze, teachers come and go, resources are scant.

Runtime

1h 39m

Director

Craig Bolotin

Cast

Usher, Vanessa Williams, Forest Whitaker

Marshal Chris Adams turns down a friend's request to help stop the depredations of a gang of Mexican bandits. When his wife is killed by bank robbers and his friend is killed capturing the last thief, Chris feels obligated to take up his friend's cause and recruits a writer and five prisoners to destroy the desperadoes.

Runtime

1h 40m

Director

George McCowan

Cast

Lee Van Cleef, Stefanie Powers, Michael Callan

On a flight to London, a note is found stating that there will be murders taking place on the airliner before it lands.

Runtime

1h 37m

Director

George McCowan

Cast

Ralph Bellamy, Farrah Fawcett, Polly Bergen

After years of living in the city and working in a business world altogether apart from his roots, Mike, a westernized First Nations, is contacted by freelance reporter Maureen, who was enlisted by his grandfather, shaman Old Man Hawk, to track his grandson. When Mike assents to returning with Maureen, they find that the village is bes...

Runtime

1h 32m

Director

George McCowan, Daryl Duke

Cast

Jan-Michael Vincent, Marilyn Hassett, Chief Dan George

A love story involving a Canadian professional hockey player and a hippie folk singer. Their union is tumultuous, as both try to come to terms with their differences in careers and lifestyles. Several National Hockey League players also appear in the film.

Runtime

1h 45m

Director

George McCowan

Cast

Art Hindle, Trudy Young, John Vernon

Planet Earth is a devastated wasteland, and what's left of humanity has colonized the Moon in domed cities. Humanity's continued survival depends on an anti-radiation drug only available on planet Delta Three, which has been taken over by Omus, a brilliant but mad mechanic who places no value on human life. Omus wants to come to the Mo...

Runtime

1h 38m

Director

George McCowan

Cast

Jack Palance, Carol Lynley, Barry Morse