Sunday, April 29 - Bait

Bait (2002)

Reclusive Britisher Jack Blake (John Hurt) comes to the rescue when motorists Pam Raeburn (Sheila Hancock) and her daughter, Stephanie (Rachael Stirling), are stranded on a lonely road during a heavy rain. Offering the ladies shelter in his stately but rather gloomy mansion, Jack cannot help but notice that Stephanie bears a remarkable resemblance to his own daughter, who had been brutally murdered by an unknown assailant several years earlier. Then and there, Jack decides to use Stephanie as bait to trap the man whom he thinks is his daughter's killer

Saturday, April 28 - Blue Sunshine

Blue Sunshine (1978)

Hippies took bad acid in the 60's and the delayed effect 10 years later is making them all homicidal bald lunatics who go berserk and kill, and only one guy can stop it all but he's on the run...

Friday, April 27 - George Gently: Bomber's Moon

Inspector George Gently (2007)
TV Series

Bomber's Moon
S1, Ep2
Jul. 20, 2008

Chief Inspector George Gently and Detective Sergeant John Bacchus investigate the murder of Gunter Schmeikel, who is found at the bottom of the harbor. The man drowned but his back had been broken, so it clearly wasn't an accident. Gunter had lived in England as a POW during World War II and had worked on Old Jim Hardyment's farm. It's only been 20 years since the end of the war and there is still a good deal of anti-German sentiment. The dead man's son and daughter-in-law, Wilhelm and Trudi Schmeikel, are lying to the police about their whereabouts on the evening of Gunter's death. It also appears that Wilhelm is under investigation for embezzling funds from his father's business. As well, young Jimmy Hardyment may hold hard feelings against Gunter who had an affair with his mother. Meanwhile, Gently is concerned when he learns that Sgt. Bacchus is having money troubles.

Wednesday, April 25 - Brief Encounter

Brief Encounter (1945)

On a café at a railway station, housewife Laura Jesson meets doctor Alec Harvey. Although she is already married, they gradually fall in love with each other. They continue to meet every Thursday on the small café, although they know that their love is impossible.

Tuesday, April 24 - Midnight Alibi

Midnight Alibi (1934)

Returning from Europe to New York City, suave Irish gangster Richard Barthelmess (as Lance McGowan) falls in love with sexy Ann Dvorak (as Joan Morley), then learns she's the kid sister of rival gambling crime lord Robert Barrat (as "Angie the Ox"). When accused of Mr. Barrat's murder, Mr. Barthelmess receives assistance from wealthy old Helen Lowell (as Abigail "The Old Doll" Ardsley).

Monday, April 23 - R.I.P. & Four O'Clock

U.S. Marshal (1958–1960)
TV Series - 30 min

Suspicion (1957–1959)
TV Series - 60 min

R.I.P.:

A tense 1959 episode from the modern western crime series US MARSHALL directed by Robert Altman. A bank guard who can identify bank robbers is shot and left paralyzed and unable to speak.

Four O'Clock:

In the 1950s, Alfred Hitchcock produced an anthology show titled Suspicion, and directed the initial episode himself. Based on a Cornell Woolrich story, “Four O’Clock” stars E. G. Marshall as a cuckolded watchmaker who decides to get a little revenge.

Sunday, April 22 - Stop Me Before I Kill!

Stop Me Before I Kill! (1960)
The Full Treatment (original title)

High-strung race car driver Alan Colby is trying to recover from a serious head injury. Alan and his lovely new wife Denise go on vacation to the South of France for some much needed rest and relaxation. But Alan is having trouble resisting his more violent impulses. Suave local psychiatrist David Prade offers to help Alan out.

Saturday, April 21 - Rainy Dog

Gokudô kuroshakai (1997)

A Japanese assassin stranded in Taiwan must take work from a local crime boss to make ends meet when suddenly a woman from his past delivers a son to him.

Friday, April 20 - Do You Know This Voice?

Do You Know This Voice?

Dan Duryea stars in this unsavory British melodrama as a seedy kidnapper who accidentally kills his child victim. The police pretend to be unaware of the murder in hopes of capturing Duryea when he comes to collect the ransom. He wriggles out of this trap, then finds he must contend with a nosy neighbor (Isa Miranda) who seems to know more about him than she's letting on. Duryea schemes to poison the woman, but the plan boomerangs and his own wife dies instead.

Thursday, April 19 - The Smiling Ghost

The Smiling Ghost (1941)

Elinor Bentley Fairchild's previous three grooms-to-be have either died or been maimed. Her aunt hires Lucky Downing to become engaged to her for a month to break the curse. But Lucky becomes a target of what appears to be the ghost of one of the former fiances.

Wednesday, April 18 - Tales of the Unexpected

Tales of the Unexpected (1979–1988)

The Umbrella Man
S2, Ep11
May 10, 1980

An elderly con-man works a scam whereby he steals an umbrella from a rack in a public building and sells it to another person, who needs it to shield them from the rain. In the process, a mix-up with the umbrellas means that he exposes a couple who are cheating on the woman's husband and leads to fisticuffs.

Genesis & Catastrophe
S2, Ep12
May 17, 1980

In 1889 Austrian customs officer Alois is desperate that his wife Klara will pull through a difficult labour and that she and her baby son will survive. They do. They call the child Adolf.

Tuesday, April 17 - Foyle's War: Eagle Day

Foyle's War (2002– )
TV Series

Eagle Day
S1, Ep4
Nov. 17, 2002

Foyle investigates a man found with a knife in his stomach in a bombed out building while son Andrew gets involved in a top secret radar program.

Monday, April 16 - These are the Damned

These Are the Damned (1963)
The Damned (original title)

A gang of Teddy Boys, chanting, "black leather, black leather, smash, smash, smash!" march like fascist thugs through the streets of a quaint, gingerbread seaside town. Using a pretty girl (Shirley Anne Field) as bait they ambush an American tourist (Macdonald Carey), and rob and beat him. The leader of the gang, a vicious punk played by Oliver Reed, pursues the American and the girl when it becomes clear that they're interested in each other. Meanwhile, a woman (Viveca Lindfors) who creates hulking, death-like sculptures of animals, is having an intimate relationship with the scientist (Alexander Knox) who runs a secret program at a nearby military base. Later we will discover that he's breeding a group of radioactive children - children who have hearts and minds, but who are, for all intents and purposes, the living dead.

Saturday, April 14 - Assault on a Queen

Assault on a Queen (1966)

A group of adventurers refloat a WWII German submarine and prepare to use it to pull a very large heist; The Queen Mary which they plan to rob on the high seas.

Friday, April 13 - Three Bad Sisters

Three Bad Sisters (1956)

A millionaire dies in an airplane crash, leaving all of his money to be divided among his three daughters. One of the daughters doesn't want to share any of it, so she plans to get rid of her two sisters.

Thursday, April 12 - Cash on Demand

Cash on Demand (1962)

The great Peter Cushing stars as Fordyce, a Scrooge-like bank manager. He runs a tight ship and keeps his relationships with staff purely professional and cold. Enter Hepburn (the equally great André Morell). Hepburn, a charming and ruthless criminal, makes his way into Fordyce's office with the facade that he is working for the bank's insurance company. Without the staff knowing, Fordyce is forced into assisting Hepburn in robbing the bank.

Wednesday, April 11 - The Gorgon

The Gorgon (1964)

In early-twentieth-century middle-Europe, villagers are literally becoming petrified. Although the authorities try to hush the matter up, it is apparent that at the full moon, Megaera, a Gorgon, leaves her castle lair and anyone looking on her face is turned to stone. When this fate befalls a visitor, experts from the University of Leipzig arrive to try and get to the bottom of it all.

Tuesday, April 10 - Never Take Candy From a Stranger

Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960)

Peter Carter meets official resistance when he finds his 9 year old daughter has been the victim of the pedophile patriarch of the town's most powerful family.

Monday, April 9 - Jericho of Scotland Yard: The Killing of Johnny Swan

Jericho (2005)

The Killing of Johnny Swan
S1, Ep2
Oct. 23, 2005

A year after Johnny Swan wins an important race against a Soviet runner, he and his three friends are caught up in a rematch and murder.

Sunday, April 8 - Honolulu

Honolulu (1939)

Movie star Brooks Mason (Robert Young) is tired of getting mobbed by screaming fangirls and trades places with a pineapple farmer from Hawaii who looks exactly like him in order to get some rest. While on board the ship to Hawaii Brooks meets musical performers/sisters Dorothy (Eleanor Powell) and Millie (Gracie Allen).

Saturday, April 7 - Death of a Scoundrel

Death of a Scoundrel (1956)

When Clementi Suborin is found murdered, his secretary recounts to the police the story of his rise from Czech refugee to ultra-rich New Yorker. The tale of betrayal, womanising and fraud confirms that almost everyone who knew him wanted him dead.

Friday, April 6 - The Living Ghost

The Living Ghost (1942)

Wise-cracking ex-detective Nick Trayne is called in to try to find the whereabouts of wealthy kidnap victim Walter Craig. Craig unexpectedly turns up alive but with apparent brain damage, leaving him in a zombified state. Trayne and his perky assistant Billie Hilton have their work cut out for them as they must sift through a houseload of possible suspects to get at the culprit.

Thursday, April 5 - Scream of Fear

Scream of Fear (1961)
Taste of Fear (original title)

Wheelchair-bound Penny (Susan Strasberg) returns to her wealthy father’s house for the first time in ten years, only to be told by his new wife Jane (Ann Todd) that he has gone away suddenly on a business trip. When she starts to see her father’s corpse appearing around the property, Penny believes she’s going crazy, and enlists the help of hunky chauffeur Ronald Lewis to help her solve the mystery.

Wednesday, April 4 - Flame in the Streets

Flame in the Streets (1961)

A union leader in a large company tries to win equal rights for the handful of West Indian workers at the company, but finds it is an uphill battle. After being successful, and rightly proud of his efforts, he finds that he and his wife have a difficult time coming to terms with the fact that his only daughter intends to marry a West Indian.

Tuesday, April 3 - George Gently: Gently With the Innocents

Inspector George Gently

Gently with the Innocents
S2, Ep1
May 3, 2009

Gently and Bacchus investigate when elderly Alfred Peachment is found murdered in the grounds of the large house where he lived alone, formerly a children's home which he superintended but now closed for several years. The house was being sold, against his wishes, by a committee headed by his ex-wife and her brother, the local doctor, to the seemingly callous property developer Cora Davidson. Harry, Alfred's mute, simple-minded gardener, is the chief suspect.

Monday, April 2 - Monkey on My Back

Monkey on My Back (1957)

The true story of Barney Ross, a World War II hero and champion professional boxer, who became addicted to morphine.

Sunday, April 1 - Autumn Leaves

Autumn Leaves (1956)

Millicent Wetherby is a middle-aged woman whose life is devoid of love and affection. Millicent's solitary existence changes when she encounters Burt Hansen a charismatic younger man. As Burt successfully woos her and wins her hand in marriage, rumors begin to surface that Millicent's newfound beau is in fact a deranged maniac. Things grow even more complicated for Millicent when a woman claiming to be Hansen's first wife shows up. As Burt begins to lose control of himself, Millicent ponders the most radical of actions against her husband.

Saturday, March 31 - The Movie Orgy

The Movie Orgy (1968)

A rare screening (at the Grand Illusion Cinema) of Joe Dante's (The Howling, Gremlins) grandaddy of mash-ups, The Movie Orgy. Edited together from commercials, B-movie trailers, mental hygiene films and way more, it's an exhilarating and demented artifact of pop culture from the baby boom era.