Actress Piper Laurie (1932)

The Crossing Guard (1995) is an American independent drama film written and directed by Sean Penn, who also co-produced it. The story revolves around Freddy Gale, a former devoted husband and father who has become an alcoholic in the five years since his daughter Emily passed away. He spends his nights at strip clubs and having flings with the dancers. When John Booth, the drunk driver who killed Emily, is released from jail, Freddy tells his ex-wife Mary that he intends to seek revenge. Despite her pleas to reconsider, they end up in a heated argument which results in her new husband kicking Freddy out of their house. ...

Trauma (1993), an Italian giallo horror film directed by Dario Argento, follows Georgia Jackson, a chiropractic nurse in Minneapolis. During a rainstorm, Georgia stays late at her practice to meet a new patient. However, she believes she may have seen the patient before. That same night, troubled Romanian immigrant Aura Petrescu escapes from a psychiatric hospital and is later found by police and returned to her parents’ home. The next evening, Aura’s mother Adriana – who poses as a psychic – holds a séance for locals desperate to uncover the identity of the ‘Head Hunter’, a notorious ...

Tim (1979), a romantic drama, marks the directorial debut of Michael Pate. It tells the story of Mary Horton, a wealthy and well-educated American woman living independently, and Tim Melville, a charming 24-year-old who is developmentally impaired and works as a builder’s labourer under her employ. Tim resides with his parents Ron and Emily, as well as his older sister Dawnie. When Dawnie marries her boyfriend Mick Harrington, they do not shy away from expressing their disapproval of Mary and her relationship with Tim. Despite this opposition, Tim ultimately marries Mary.

Carrie (1976) is an American supernatural horror film directed by Brian De Palma from a screenplay written by Lawrence D. Cohen, adapted from Stephen King’s 1974 epistolary novel of the same name. The film follows sixteen-year-old Carrie White, a shy teenager who lives with her fanatically religious and unstable mother, Margaret. Carrie is a loner and constantly bullied by her peers. One day, while at school, Carrie experiences her first period but panics as she was never taught about menstruation. Her classmates find ...

The drama film, The Hustler (1961), was directed by Robert Rossen and adapted from Walter Tevis’ book of the same name. Accompanied by his partner, Charlie, ‘Fast Eddie’ Felson visits a small town pool room under the guise of being salesmen en route to a convention. They deceive onlookers into thinking Eddie is a drunken blowhard and lure them into betting against him in a trick shot competition, which he wins. Next stop: New York City. There, Eddie challenges renowned player Minnesota Fats to a game of straight pool for $200 per match. Initially ...