Agency 1980  R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Kaczender
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Lee Majors, Valerie Perrine, Saul Rubinek, Alexandra Stewart, Antony Parr, George Touliatos, Michael Kirby, Gary Reineke, Hugh Webster, Franz Russell, Jonathan Welsh, Hayward Morse
Political campaign manager Ted Quinn (Robert Mitchum) plots to use subliminal television messages to brainwash potential voters in his candidate's favor. First, Quinn buys an ad agency and then plants the messages in the ads. After the suspicious suicide of one of the agency's employees, the Creative Director of the agency, Phillip (Lee Majors), uncovers the plot and finds his own life in danger.
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The Bride Wore Black 1967  N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Francois Truffaut
Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Michel Bouquet, Jean-Claude Brialy, Charles Denner, Claude Rich, Michael Lonsdale, Daniel Boulanger, Luce Fabiole, Alexandra Stewart, Paul Pavel
A bride's (Jeanne Moreau) husband is accidentally killed on their wedding day, and now she sets out to track down those who did the deed. An exciting tribute to Hitchcock by Truffaut with an excellent musical score.
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Day for Night 1973  PG, 116 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Comedy
Director: Francois Truffaut
Cast: Jacqueline Bisset, Valentina Cortese, Alexandra Stewart, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Francois Truffaut, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Nathalie Baye, Dani, Jean Champion, Maurice Seveno, David Markham, Bernard Menez
This film provides an excellent satire on the art of filmmaking. While filming at the Victorine Studio in Nice, chaos reigns on the set, which is filled with personal dilemmas as well as technical problems. At the center of all the turmoil is the director, Ferrand (Francois Truffaut), who attempts to keep his cast in line at least long enough to complete the project. The cast includes temperamental Alphonse (Jean-Pierre Leaud), emotionally unstable Julie (Jacqueline Bisset), closet homosexual Alexandre (Jean-Pierre Aumont), alcoholic Severine (Valentina Cortese), and pregnant Stacey (Alexandra Stewart)–all of whose problems affect Ferrand's effort to keep the filming on track. Winner of Best Foreign Film Academy Award.
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The Destructors 1974  PG, 89 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Marseille Contract
Director: Robert Parrish
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Michael Caine, James Mason, Maureen Kerwin, Marcel Bozzuffi, Maurice Ronet, Catherine Rouvel, Andre Oumansky, Alexandra Stewart, Vernon Dobtcheff
A United States drug agent (Anthony Quinn) is assigned the job of crushing an international drug dealer (James Mason) and combs Paris for his whereabouts.
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Exodus 1960   N/R, 210 min.
Genre: Drama / Action
Director: Otto Preminger
Cast: Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Ralph Richardson, Peter Lawford, Lee J. Cobb, Sal Mineo, John Derek, Hugh Griffith, Gregory Ratoff, Felix Aylmer, David Opatoshu, Jill Haworth, Marius Goring, Michael Wager, Alexandra Stewart
This is Leon Uris's story about the settling of a new Israel following World War II. In this well-produced historical film, Ari (Paul Newman) is a leader of the Jewish underground Hagannah. He commandeers a ship to bring 600 Jews into the newly partitioned Palestine just before the United Nations votes to make Palestine a Jewish state. Ari achieves victory, and now 30,000 more Jews relocate into the Holy Land. Sal Mineo received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor. One other nomination was received, and the film won an Oscar for Best Cinematography.
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The First Circle 1991 TV, 130 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sheldon Larry
Cast: Robert Powell, Victor Garber, Dominic Raacke, Gunther Maria Halmer, F. Murray Abraham, Raf Vallone, Vernon Dobtcheff, Daniel Emilfork, Christopher Plummer, Laurent Malet, Alexandra Stewart, Corinne Touzet
This made-for-TV drama is based on an Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn novel that is set in the "First Circle of the Gulag" during the Stalin era in Russia. It is here that scientists and engineers were forced to conduct military and scientific research, and the story follows these efforts through the eyes of one of the participants.
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Frantic 1988 R, 120 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Roman Polanski
Cast: Harrison Ford, Emmanuelle Seigner, Betty Buckley, John Mahoney, Jimmie Ray Weeks, David Huddleston, Yorgo Voyagis, Gerard Klein, Dominique Pinon, Alexandra Stewart, Djiby Soumare, Robert Barr
While American surgeon Doctor Richard Walker (Harrison Ford) is visiting Paris, his wife Sondra (Betty Buckley) disappears from their hotel. This sets off a frantic chain of events leading to a miniature Statue of Liberty: the key to identifying the kidnappers.
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The Son of Gascogne 1995 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Pascal Aubier
Cast: Gregoire Colin, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Dinara Drukarova, Stephane Audran, Jean-Claude Brialy, Claude Chabrol, Bernadette Lafont, Marina Vlady, Patrice Leconte, Alexandra Stewart
This is an "in" movie that will be enjoyed by lovers of the French "New Wave." Young Harvey and Dinara (Colin and Drukarova) meet Marco (Dreyfus), a chauffeur con man who claims to be a friend and inspiration to the French film industry's greats. He proceeds to pass off Harvey as the son of famed director Gascogne to the many celebrities they encounter.
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Tarzan the Magnificent 1960 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Robert Day
Cast: Gordon Scott, Jock Mahoney, Betta St. John, John Carradine, Lionel Jeffries, Alexandra Stewart, Earl Cameron, Charles "Bud" Tingwell, Ewen Solon, Tommy Duggan
Tarzan (Gordon Scott) captures a dangerous criminal (Jock Mahoney). Of interest is that Jock Mahoney will take on the role of Tarzan in the next "Tarzan" film.
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Under the Sand 2000 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Francois Ozon
Cast: Charlotte Rampling, Bruno Cremer, Jacques Nolot, Alexandra Stewart, Pierre Vernier, Andree Tainsy
Marie (Charlotte Rampling) and her husband, Jean (Bruno Cremer), are vacationing at a cabin near the beach when Jean disappears into the sea. In denial over the probability of Jean's death, Marie returns to her teaching job in Paris. When her concerned friends set her up with Vincent (Jacques Nolot), Jean's "presence" stands in the way.
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| 1. Agency (1980)
2. The Bride Wore Black (1967)
3. Day for Night (1973)
4. The Destructors (1974)
aka: The Marseille Contract
5. Exodus (1960)
6. The First Circle (1991)
7. Frantic (1988)
8. In Praise of Older Women (1978)
9. Phobia (1980)
10. The Son of Gascogne (1995)
11. Tarzan the Magnificent (1960)
12. The Uncanny (1977)
13. Under the Cherry Moon (1986)
14. Under the Sand (2000)
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