Monday, Jan. 30 - The Big Boodle

The Big Boodle (1957)

Ned Sherwood, dealer in a Havana casino (pre-Castro), gets 500 counterfeit pesos from an anonymous, attractive blonde. Then he's beaten and wounded by two thugs trying to retrieve the bills. Then the police suspect him of being the counterfeiter. Then the real counterfeiter suspects him of having the missing plates. And someone is trying to kill Ned, who has little choice but to pursue the case himself, through a Cuban underworld where no one is what they seem.

Sunday, Jan. 29 - Rulers of the City

Mr. Scarface (1976)
I padroni della città

Tony, a mob loan collector, is dissatisfied with his station in life. Though he dreams of one day being rich, he is stuck with the dead-end job of beating up borrowers who fall behind in their payments. After meeting up with Rick, another mob enforcer who's just been fired from his job, the two hatch a plan. Together, they will con mob boss Manzari out of a fortune, after which they can retire and live in luxury. Manzari, however, is not about to let them go so easily.

Saturday, Jan. 28 - Double Feature! Take Aim at the Police Van

Take Aim At the Police Van ( Sono gosôsha wo nerae: 'Jûsangô taihisen' yori) (1960)

At the beginning of Seijun Suzuki’s taut and twisty whodunit, a prison truck is attacked and a convict inside is murdered. The penitentiary warden on duty, Daijiro, is accused of negligence and suspended, only to take it upon himself to track down the killers.

Saturday, Jan. 28 - Brighton Rock

Brighton Rock (2010)

An adaptation of Graham Greene's classic novel about a small-town hood who marries a waitress who witnessed him murdering a rival thug in order to keep her quiet. As his gang begins to doubt his abilities, the man becomes more desperate and violent.

Friday, Jan. 27 - Hell Bound

Hell Bound (1957)

A criminal gang plots the robbery of a ship carrying $2 million worth of surplus narcotics left over from World War II. The plan goes awry when the gang leader's girlfriend falls for an ambulance attendant who is an unsuspecting pawn in the scheme.

Thursday, Jan. 26 - The Dance of Death

The Dance of Death (1960)
Le Saint mène la danse (original title)

A French Saint film starring Felix Marten as Simon Templar. The film begins with a gangster being chased on foot by the police. As he tries to make his getaway he is struck by a passerby and falls. The gangster is then shot dead by the police. Fast forward to a year later and the passerby who helped the police kill the gangster has received threatening letters. The passerby it turns out is a very wealthy man who is afraid that a friend of the gangster has marked him for death. The wealthy man then contacts Templar, who he wants to hire to protect him from an unknown assassin. The Saint is sceptical but agrees to take the job for a hefty fee.

Wednesday, Jan. 25 - The Boss

The Boss (1956)

World War I veteran Matt Brady (John Payne) returns home and is given a government job by his brother Tim (Roy Roberts), boss of a local political machine. During a drinking binge, Matt alienates his fiancee and impulsively marries a complete stranger, angering his brother in the process. After Tim passes away from a heart attack, Matt assumes control of the political machine, his influence eventually reaching across the entire state. However, his ruthlessness and mob ties bode ill for his political survival.

Tuesday, Jan. 24 - The Runaway Bus

The Runaway Bus (1954)

When heavy fog prevents all aircraft from leaving London airport, a group of passengers take an airline bus to get them to an alternative airport. However, one among their number is the mastermind behind a bullion robbery at the airport... and particularly keen to escape the fog!

Monday, Jan. 23 - Doctor in the House

Doctor in the House (1954)

Simon Sparrow is a newly arrived medical student at St Swithin's hospital in London. Falling in with three longer-serving hopefuls he is soon immersed in the wooing, imbibing and fast sports-car driving that constitute 1950's medical training. There is, however, always the looming and formidable figure of chief surgeon Sir Lancelot Spratt to remind them of their real purpose.

Sunday, Jan. 22 - Double Feature! Shinobi No Mono 3: Resurrection

Shinobi No Mono 3: Resurrection (1963)
Shin shinobi no mono (original title)

Picking up where the last film left off (with the hero, ninja Ishikawa Goemon, about to be boiled alive), this 1963 action classic follows Ishikawa as he stealthily hunts down the evil warlord who has long tried to kill him.

Sunday, Jan. 22 - The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond

The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960)

Jack Diamond and his sickly brother arrive in prohibition New York as jewellery thieves. After a spell in jail the coldly ambitious Diamond hits on the idea of stealing from thieves himself, and sets about getting close to gangster boss Arnold Rothstein to move in on his booze, girls, gambling, and drugs operations.

Saturday, Jan. 21 - The Hucksters

The Hucksters (1947)

Victor Norman is just out of the service and looking for a job in advertising. By playing hard to get, he figures that he can get a good job and a large salary. The first thing he has to do is get a war widow to endorse Beautee Soap - a client of the Kimberly Agency. He meets with Kay Dorrance and gets the endorsement and Mr. Evans, the head of Beautee Soap is temporarily happy. Victors job is now to work with Mr. Evans, a man who is a strict and demanding client. Everything should be rosy, but Victor, a bachelor, finds himself more attracted to Kay, a widow, than young single Jean Ogilvie.

Friday, Jan. 20 - Crooked House

Crooked House (TV Series 2008)

Crooked House sets out the story of Ben, a teacher who finders an antique door knocker in his garden and takes it to a local museum to find out what it might be, he here encounters a mysterious curator who informs him of the dark and forbidding Geap Manor, from whence the knocker came. He has two tales for Ben, before in the final chapter of this three part miniseries the horrors of the past come to have disturbing consequences for Ben in the present.

Thursday, Jan. 19 - The Hit

The Hit (1984)

Ex-gangster Willie Parker has betrayed his former "colleagues" and now lives in Spain where he thinks he can hide from their vengeance. But one day, ten years later, two hitmen (Braddock and Myron) show up and kidnap Willie. They are ordered to escort him back to Paris where he should stand trial. But it is a long way to Paris...

Wednesday, Jan. 18 - Twilight Zone

Twilight Zone (TV Series 1959–1964)

The Fugitive
Little Jenny wears a brace on her leg. Her best friend, an old man named Old Ben, brightens her life by performing magic -- he can turn into anything he wants. One day, two men show up looking for Old Ben and Jenny asks if they are policemen. Not exactly. Old Ben evades them and confesses to Jenny that he's from another planet. Old Ben is a fugitive, but he is not a criminal.

Little Girl Lost
Awoken in the middle of the night by the cries of his daughter, a father enters the girl's room to find that she has vanished - even though he can still her crying out for help.

Tuesday, Jan. 17 - Riot in Juvenile Prison

Riot in Juvenile Prison (1959)

After two teenage jailbirds are gunned down during an escape attempt, a crusading psychologist proposes a reform model that has male and female prisoners sharing the same building.

Monday, Jan. 16 - The Warped Ones

The Warped Ones (1960)
Kyonetsu no kisetsu (original title)

Two teenage convicts and a young prostitute wreak havoc in Tokyo. Dynamic photography and a cool jazz score augment the air of pure anarchy as our three anti-heroes plow through society, p***ing off as many people as possible. Some breathtaking location scenery of urban Japan, and stark illustrations of sociopathic nihilism make this a real eye-opener, and a fascinating look at early 60s Japan youth culture.

Sunday, Jan. 15 - The Riddle of the Sands

The Riddle of the Sands (1979)

In the early years of the 20th Century, two British yachtsmen (Michael York and Simon MacCorkindale) stumble upon a German plot to invade the east coast of England in a flotilla of specially designed barges. They set out to thwart this terrible scheme, but must outwit not only the cream of the German Navy, but the feared Kaiser Wilhelm himself.

Saturday, Jan. 14 - Something Wild

Something Wild (1961)

Mary Ann Robinson, a young woman living in The Bronx, New York, with her neurotic, overbearing mother and kindly but ineffectual stepfather, is raped while walking home one night. Keeping the attack to herself, Mary Ann runs away, seeking to lose herself in Manhattan by renting a seedy flat and taking a job in a dime store. Overwhelmed by people's hostility and her own despair, Mary Ann tries to jump off the Manhattan Bridge, only to be stopped by Mike, a garage mechanic who takes her back to his modest basement apartment nearby. At first appreciative of Mike's kindness, Mary Ann becomes terrified when he refuses to let her leave.

Friday, Jan. 13 - In Caliente

In Caliente (1935)

Hard-drinking Larry MacArthur, editor of a sophisticated magazine, is taken to the Auga Caliente resort by his publisher, Harold Brandon, in order to dry out and sober up. Larry becomes interested in Rita Gomez without knowing she is a famous Spanish dancer about whom he had once written a vicious review regarding her talents. Her conniving uncle, Jose Gomez, quickly tries to cash in on her charms when he notes Larry's interest. Rita agrees to flirt and keep him in Caliente for revenge. However they fall in love but their romance is menaced by Miss Clara Thorne, a blonde gold-digger who has staked out her own claim on Larry.

Thursday, Jan. 12 - Twilight Zone

Twilight Zone (TV Series 1959–1964)
"The Twilight Zone" (original title)

Season 2, Episode 28: Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?
Original Air Date—26 May 1961
Following a frantic phone call about a crashed spaceship, two policeman try and determine who among the passengers of a bus at a snowed-in roadside diner is from another world.

Wednesday, Jan. 11- Twilight Zone (3 Episodes)

Twilight Zone (TV Series 1959–1964)
"The Twilight Zone" (original title)

Season 2, Episode 25: The Silence
Original Air Date—28 April 1961
Annoyed by a club member's constant chatter, a man bets him he cannot remain silent for a year, living in a glass enclosure in the club basement.
Twilight Zone: Season 2: Episode 26 -- Trapped in a recurring nightmare, a man tries to persuade those who are sentencing him to death that the whole scenario is not real.

Season 2, Episode 26: Shadow Play
Original Air Date—5 May 1961
Adam Grant is trapped in a recurring nightmare, in which he is sentenced to death and executed. He tries to convince the people around him that they are imaginary and that they will cease to exist if the execution is carried out.

Season 2, Episode 27: The Mind and the Matter
Original Air Date—12 May 1961
Using the power of mind over matter, Archibald Beechcroft remakes the world to his own specifications.

Tuesday, Jan. 10 - Gog

Gog (1954)

At a secret US underground military/space/research base, a series of bizarre deaths occur which may have been caused by the supercomputer that runs the installation. Or a pair of killer robots.

Monday, Jan. 9 - The Purple Gang

The Purple Gang (1959)

A teen-age rat pack of the Detroit slums, the Purple Gang, headed by psychotic William Joseph "Honeyboy" Willard, teams with adult hijackers during prohibition and in three years controls the city's underworld. Detective Bill Harley is given a special assignment to break the gang.

Sunday, Jan. 8 - Another Thin Man

Another Thin Man (1939)

The Charles' are back in New York with Asta and a new arrival: Nicky Jr. They are invited by Colonel MacFey to spend the weekend at his house in Long Island as he desperately wants Charles to help him out. It seems he has been receiving threats from Phil Church, a very shady character. When McFey is killed Church seems to be the obvious suspect but Nick suspects there is something far more complicated going on. McFey's housekeeper, daughter and various hangers-on may all have had an interest in seeking the old man's demise.

Saturday, Jan. 7 - Double Feature: Black Test Car

The Black Test Car (1962)
Kuro no tesuto kaa (original title)

Two car manufacturers spy on each other to try to find out details and prices of a new sports car each is about to launch. While industrial spies from each of the manufacturers attempt to learn details about their opponent's newest sports car, they get involved in an adventure packed with espionage, blackmail and excitement.

Saturday, Jan. 7 - The Caller

The Caller (1987)

A young woman alone in a remote cabin expects friends for dinner, but instead a man who has car trouble knocks at her door and asks her help in calling for a tow truck. She sees him the next day in the village and inexplicably takes a ride with him into the mountains. Their nocturnal romantic rendezvous turns into a bizarre night of manipulation and psychological game-playing.

Friday, Jan. 6 - To Paris With Love

To Paris with Love (1955)

In this lively British romantic comedy, a baronet decides that his son needs to experience life outside of his blue-blooded world and so takes him to Paris to sample its earthy pleasures. Meanwhile, the son has his own plans; he wants to find his father a good woman because he believes his father has spent too much time cooped up on his lonely estate in Scotland. Many merry mix-ups ensue as the two well-meaning fellows try to find the right woman for the other.

Thursday, Jan. 5 - Winky Dink and You, etc.

Winky-Dink and You (TV Series 1953–1957)
Sky King (TV Series 1951–1962)
Rootie Kazootie (TV Series 1950)

Sky King
Season 4, Episode 3: A Dog Named Barney
Original Air Date—28 December 1958
Sky follows the seeing-eye dog of a blind newsboy, who he believes will lead him to a holdup man living with a party of wolf hunters.

Wednesday, Jan 4 - Incident in an Alley

Incident in an Alley (1962)

Chris Warfield plays a police officer who breaks up what he thinks is a robbery and possibly an assault in an alley, and shoots one of the suspected robbers who runs away. That takes place in the first five minutes. After that, the film surveys exactly what happened, looks at the incident from multiple perspectives, has a trial where the officer is charged with manslaughter, and THEN starts another plot which becomes just as exciting as the first one, and finally it all comes to wild but satisfying close in just over an hour!

Tuesday, Jan. 3 - Sky Liner

Sky Liner (1949)

This film involves espionage in the air, on the Sky Liner of the title. Richard Travis plays a sky marshal for the government tailing a spy network.

Monday, Jan. 2 - The Hooked Generation

The Hooked Generation (1968)

Meet Daisy, Acid, and Dumb Dumb. Three small-time drug dealers with a combined I.Q. of 73, and three matching mean-streaks, aspire to be, you guessed it, big-time drug dealers.

Sunday, Jan. 1 - The Women

The Women (1939)

Wealthy Mary Haines is unaware her husband is having an affair with shopgirl Crystal Allen: a study of the lives and romantic entanglements of various interconnected women.

Saturday, Dec. 31 - Double Feature!: Junction 88

Junction 88 (1947)

In Junction 88, a small all-black community, pretty Lolly Simpkins loves gentle songwriter Buster Jenkins, who makes too little money to marry. Her father favors rival suitor Onnie, crude but with a better income. Buster's best chance comes when impresario Bob Howard, to whom he's sent songs, comes to town looking for him. But Bob is looking for a pseudonym, 'Hewlett Green', that nobody's ever heard of.

Saturday, Dec. 31 - Wisconsin Death Trip

Wisconsin Death Trip (1999)

Wisconsin Death Trip is an intimate, shocking and sometimes hilarious account of the disasters that befell one small town in Wisconsin during the final decade of the 19th century. The film is inspired by Michael Lesy's book of the same name which was first published in 1973. Lesy discovered a striking archive of black and white photographs in the town of Black River Falls dating from the 1890s and married a selection of these images to extracts from the town's newspaper from the same decade.