Gargoyles

Gargoyles 1972

5.71

After receiving word about a mysterious carcass/skeleton unearthed in the Arizona desert, a father and his daughter decide to remove it from the burial grounds for further study. Once they do so, they, as well as the town, are besieged by a colony of gargoyles living in some nearby caverns.

1972

Born Innocent

Born Innocent 1976

6.30

A constant runaway is given over to the care of the state and finds herself in a remand centre for girls. She is soon caught between the uncaring bureaucracy, the sometimes brutal treatment from her peers and her own abusive family, and only one care worker sees her potential to rise above her tragic circumstances.

1976

Things in Their Season

Things in Their Season 1974

1

The son in a close-knit family of Wisconsin dairy farmers decides to get married and move out of the house, just as his mother discovers she has incurable leukemia and only a short time to live.

1974

Bad Guys

Bad Guys 1986

10.00

Two LA cops turn to professional wrestling for money and revenge after being suspended from the force for a bar brawl.

1986

Gnomes

Gnomes 1980

6.60

A family of gnomes preparing for the wedding of their eldest son must engage in a battle of wits with an enemy family of vicious trolls.

1980

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman 1974

6.30

In February, 1962, as the civil rights movement reaches Bayonne, Louisiana, a New York journalist arrives to interview Jane Pittman, who has just turned 110. She tells him her story dating back to her earliest memories before slavery ended. In between the chapters of her life, the present-day struggles of Blacks in Bayonne, urged on by Jimmy, are dramatized.

1974

The Disappearance of Aimee

The Disappearance of Aimee 1976

8.00

In 1926, celebrated evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson mysteriously disappeared. She turned up several weeks later and recounted the details of her kidnapping and escape to authorities. Not everyone believed her, however, and she was accused of having gone away to have an affair with a married man. A court hearing took place to reveal the truth.

1976

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1979

3.70

Based on writer Maya Angelou's eloquent reminiscences of her days as a gifted youngster growing up in the South during the Depression years where she and her older brother were raised by their grandmother after the divorce of their parents.

1979

Lady Ice

Lady Ice 1973

4.80

An insurance investigator romances a wealthy young beauty when he suspects she may be involved in fencing stolen jewels.

1973

Faeries

Faeries 1981

5.20

The king of the faeries sends for a young hunter after his shadow escapes and threatens his kingdom.

1981

The Glass House

The Glass House 1972

6.30

Adapted from a story by Truman Capote ("In Cold Blood"), the world of the prison convict is open to the viewer. As the story develops, one thing becomes clear. As in the outside world, there is a "system"; and just as on the outside, there is accommodation, honesty, cynicism, violence and all the other factors that make up our society. The film follows the three newcomers, it records the grim, terrifying, sometimes fascinating events that occur.

1972

In This House of Brede

In This House of Brede 1975

6.00

Philippa Talbot is a talented London businesswoman who has decided to give up her position and power to become a nun. The man who loves her is in shock over her departure from his life. When Philippa arrives at Brede, a cloistered Benedictine monastery, the abbess who was responsible for convincing her to enter this vocation suddenly dies. Her successor is Catherine, a sensitive leader who's the first to tell the newcomer to the community that all nuns are to love without a preference for one over another. This becomes very difficult when Joanna, a young nun, singles Sister Philippa out and grows very attached to her.

1975

Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys

Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys 1976

6.00

In 1930s Alabama, nine young black men are accused of raping two white women. The judge in the case, unlike the rest of the town, comes to believe that the boys are innocent and, against all advice from his friends and family, sets them free, which turns the entire community against him.

1976

Queen of the Stardust Ballroom

Queen of the Stardust Ballroom 1975

6.60

A middle-aged woman finds herself simply a widow, a grandmother and a person when a friend takes her to the Stardust Ballroom, a dance hall which recreates the music and atmosphere of the 1940s. There she encounters a most unlikely Prince Charming, a middle-aged mailman. With this encounter, life takes on a new meaning for the film's heroine.

1975

A Killing Affair

A Killing Affair 1985

6.00

Peter Weller stars as Baton Morris, a drifter suspected of murder, in this crime drama. A widow (Kathy Baker) living in West Virginia takes in the man (Weller) whom she believes murdered her husband. As she spends more time with him, she begins to fall for him, but continues to question whether or not she can trust him. Directed by David Saperstein and based on a novel by Robert Houston, A Killing Affair features twists and turns up until the end.

1985

Birds of Prey

Birds of Prey 1973

5.00

Harry Walker, a former military pilot, works as a helicopter pilot and traffic reporter for a Salt Lake City radio station. One day while working he observes a bank robbery in progress and the kidnapping of a young woman who worked at the bank. Harry goes into pursuit which leads to an exciting conclusion.

1973

Miles To Go Before I Sleep

Miles To Go Before I Sleep 1975

6.00

A lonely old man (Martin Balsam) finds his life beginning to have some meaning when he helps a teenager living in a rehab center.

1975

The Dion Brothers

The Dion Brothers 1974

5.50

Two rural West Virginia brothers leave home, rob an armored car and become fugitives.

1974

Minstrel Man

Minstrel Man 1977

1

Two black brothers in a traveling minstrel show in the early part of the twentieth century have two different goals. One brother is determined to succeed in a field that is dominated by white performers in blackface, and the other is a composer fighting to break away from the stereotypes associated with black minstrel performers.

1977