When struggling magician Greg Biche has his signature trick, his Vanishing Act, stolen by his former glamorous assistant, Fanny Sparks, he goes to extreme lengths by hiring hitman, Marco Steele, to help him get his revenge. Will he succeed? Will he return to his former magical glory? Will he make Fanny disappear… for good!
A heartbroken detective investigates the disappearance of his right hand man.
Emotions clash with rules and regulation on an interstellar cruise as Del, a "Pleasure Unit" on the ship, begins to develop feelings for his human companion Lux. Android Handlers Joney and Mack must intervene as they repress their personal feelings on the matter in service of their corporate responsibilities.
A long term couple sit down for a romantic meal, she is unaware it could be their very last.
Richard Schickel and Oliver Stone are among the experts who talk about the film noir Crime Wave.
Documentary on the film noir Decoy, with Dick Cavett and Molly Haskell.
Documentary on the film noir Side Street with director Oliver Stone and critic Richard Schickel.
Short documentary on the film noir, Tension.
A new short film from Trance Productions.
Sojourning in Macau, Su Erning by chance helps Pan Meiniang resuscitate his younger brother and fends off the thug. In her admiration, Pan calls off the engagement arranged by her mother to exchange vows with Su despite having known him for only three days. To raise the money for the wedding, Su plans to sell his family yacht to the rich wife of his classmate Lu Zuhua in Hong Kong and promises to buy Pan a pearl necklace. The promiscuous Mrs Lu seduces Su on the yacht and then dumps him. 18 years later, Pan's daughter is getting married. Su prepares a wedding gift—a stolen pearl necklace—for the bride but is too ashamed to show himself.
Private Eye Alexandre LeGland uses the naive recently connected Adam Duchêne to spy on the Portici crime family. But Adam will soon find himself torn between the machiavelian detective and the cruel mobster Eugène Serra.
An old-school butch lesbian, who has made the local cafe her everyday hangout, while ignoring the timid waitress that pours her cup after cup of coffee, is blindsided after meeting the high femme of her dreams.
Romy goes into exile after murdering her boyfriend. She meets Louis, also guilty of a murder.
When Baby Sam is told his pet bunny rabbit has gone on vacation he suspects foul play.
A pandemic parable mixing film-noir and silent-film styles, "Out For Delivery" is a short film about a delivery driver named Al who only needs to make one more stop before he has enough money to get tested for the virus.
Film noir, which enjoyed particular success in the 1930s and 1940s, is probably the most profound genre of classic Hollywood cinema. Eckhart Schmidt tries to show the background and developments and speaks, among others, with directors such as Richard Fleischer and Robert Wise as well as with "femme fatale" actresses. Filmmakers of the following generations explain how the style and themes of noir continue to shape cinema today.
Monroe, an author, is trapped by their creation, Avery, in an anonymous basement. Avery attempts to extract further details of his existence from them and films the encounter, yet the prospect of having their thoughts exposed terrifies Monroe. This nightmare ends the only way it can: in violent confrontation.
A detective and his partner attempt to catch a criminal.
