Sunday, June 17 - Travels With My Aunt

Travels with My Aunt (1972)

At his mother's funeral, stuffy bank clerk Henry Pulling meets his Aunt Augusta, an elderly eccentric with more-than-shady dealings, who pulls him along on a whirlwind adventure, as she attempts to rescue an old lover.

Saturday, June 16 - The Counterfeiters

The Counterfeiters (2007)
Die Fälscher (original title)

The Counterfeiters is the true story of the largest counterfeiting operation in history, set up by the Nazis in 1936. Salomon "Sally" Sorowitsch is the king of counterfeiters. He lives a mischievous life of cards, booze, and women in Berlin during the Nazi-era. Suddenly his luck runs dry when arrested by Superintendent Friedrich Herzog. Immediately thrown into the Mauthausen concentration camp, Salomon exhibits exceptional skills there and is soon transferred to the upgraded camp of Sachsenhausen. Upon his arrival, he once again comes face to face with Herzog, who is there on a secret mission. Hand-picked for his unique skill, Salomon and a group of professionals are forced to produce fake foreign currency under the program Operation Bernhard.

Tuesday, June 12 - Friday, June 15: The Crow Road

The Crow Road (1996)
TV Mini-Series

An adaption of Iain Banks' dark novel, whose central character is Prentice McHoan, a young Scots history student. When Prentice's relatives begin to die in spectacular circumstances, and at an alarming rate, he begins to suspect that his family is hiding a secret.

Monday, June 11 - Cambridge Spies: Episode 1

Cambridge Spies (2003)
TV Mini-Series

In 1934, four brilliant Cambridge men are recruited to spy for Russia. Fueled by youthful idealism, a passion for social justice and a talent for lying, they take huge personal risks to pass Britain's biggest secrets to Moscow. Based on true events.

Sunday, June 10 - The Thin Man Goes Home

The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)

Nick and Nora head to Nick's hometown of Sycamore Springs to spend some time with his parents. His father, a prominent local physician, was always a bit disappointed with Nick's choice of profession in particular and his lifestyle in general. With Nick's arrival however the towns folk, including several of the local criminal element, are convinced that he must be there on a case despite his protestations that he's just there for rest and relaxation. When someone is shot dead on his doorstep however, Nick finds himself working on a case whether he wants to or not.

Saturday, June 9 - Foyle's War: Fifty Ships

Foyle's War (2002)
TV Series

Fifty Ships
Season 2, Episode 1
16 Nov. 2003

September 1940: DCS Foyle investigates the murder of Richard Hunter whose body is found on a nearby beach. Although made to look like a suicide, Foyle has his doubts. Hunter was a heavy drinker and not very successful in life, but Foyle learns that he went to Oxford university. Howard Paige, a senior American government official is in the UK on top secret business. Foyle becomes re-acquainted with his first true love, Elizabeth Lewes, who he was unable to marry when her father refused them permission. Samantha Stewart finds herself homeless when her boarding house is bombed and, unable to find suitable lodgings, has taken to sleeping in the cells.

Friday, June 8 - The Lawless

The Lawless (1950)

A newspaper editor in a small agricultural town finds himself going against the people in the town when he gets involved in the plight of the area's fruit pickers, who are mostly Mexican.

Thursday, June 7 - Vice Raid

Vice Raid (1960)

Syndicate crime boss Malone (Brad Dexter) wants to get do-gooder vice cop Whitey Brandon (Richard Coogan) out of his hair so he sets up a rather intricate plot of framing him. Malone gets "model" Carol Hudson (Mamie Van Doren) to come into town and lie that Brandon tried to extort her during a bust. Thankfully, the department is prone to believing the testimony of floozies over their most decorated cop and Brandon is fired. So he sets out to get his revenge and receives an unlikely ally in Carol after her teenage sister is raped by one of Malone's hoods.

Tuesday, June 5 & Wednesday, June 6 - Lenny Blue

Lenny Blue (2002)
TV Movie

Ray Winstone, as Detective Constable Lenny Milton, plays the part of a hard, rule-bending but ultimately honourable officer in a complicated story of murder and turf wars between drug gangs.

Sunday, June 3 & Monday, June 4 - Prohibition: A Nation of Hypocrites

Prohibition (2011)
TV Mini-Series Documentary

A Nation of Hypocrites
S1, Ep3
Oct. 4, 2011

By the mid-1920s, a great many people had become convinced that prohibition was a serious mistake. Al Smith, the Governor of New York, was unsuccessful in getting the Democratic nomination for President in 1924 but succeeded in 1928. Smith was adamant that as President, he would repeal the 18th Amendment. He was not successful in seeking the Presidency though the fact that he was a Roman Catholic likely had more to do with his defeat. While alcohol consumption continued to rise, nothing demonstrated the failure of prohibition as did the rise of organized crime and the man who became the poster boy for crime and bootlegging, Al Capone. Soon, Pauline Sabin organized a national movement to restore the legal sale of alcoholic beverages. By the time 'Franklin Delano Roosevelt' was elected in 1932, beer was being sold and in less than a year, the 19th Amendment was repealed.

Saturday, June 2 - High Tide

Armchair Thriller (1967–1980)
TV Series

High Tide
S3, Ep21

Peter Curtis (Ian McShane) has just been released from prison after serving four years for manslaughter. His victim s mysterious last words were High Tide s at 9.52 - and now Peter wants to find out why.

Friday, June 1 - Strange Affair

Strange Affair (1944)

The artist behind a detective cartoon strip and his wife investigate a murder at a charity benefit.