Paul Schrader's directorial debut examines the trials of Detroit autoworkers living at the mercy of
a heartless corporation and a corrupt union. Surviving from paycheck to paycheck, Checker Cab assembly linemen Zeke (Richard Pryor), Jerry (Harvey Keitel), and Smokey (Yaphet ...
A bright, optimistic caper comedy from first-time director Wes Anderson, Bottle Rocket focuses on a
group of young Texans aspiring to become master thieves. Their leader is Dignan (Owen C. Wilson, who also co-wrote the screenplay), an upbeat if naive ...
At the turn of the century, West African slaves were brought to a small island
near South Carolina to labor in the indigo trade. Isolated in the swampy atmosphere, the Gullah community was built based on ancient Yoruba traditions. They ...
Donald Barry plays the legendary outlaw of the title in this Roy Rogers Western which,
needless to say, plays fast and loose with history. Returning to Missouri from the gold fields of California, Gabby Whittaker (George Gabby Hayes) is persuaded ...
Tossing wristwatches away, two bikers hit the road to find America in Dennis Hopper's anti-establishment
classic. After a major cocaine sale to an L.A. connection (Phil Spector), free-wheeling potheads Billy (Hopper) and Wyatt, aka Captain America (Peter Fonda, who also ...
The jazz world of 1930s Kansas City serves as the backdrop for an offbeat story
of kidnapping, political corruption, and organized crime in director Robert Altman's loving but unsentimental look at his childhood hometown. The film's intricate story is triggered ...
I love to shoot film is the sanguine motto of TV lensman John Cassellis (Robert
Forster) in Haskell Wexler's 1969 Medium Cool, a semi-documentary investigation of image-making and politics. With his soundman, Gus (Peter Bonerz), John films such events as ...
An animated re-telling of the George A. Romero classic, as realized by a diverse group
of talented visual artists. After selecting a specific scene from the film, each artist brought it to life in their own chosen medium. Each individual ...