Friday, May 28th 2010

4:30am
Movie: "Venus in Furs" (1969)
James Darren, Barbra McNair
Paroxismus (original title)
In Istanbul, a jazz trumpeter pulls the murdered body of a young woman from the surf. He remembers her from the night before, when he saw her at a millionaire playboy's party and then later watched as she was assaulted by the party's host and two of his friends. In confusion, Jimmy, the musician, leaves for Rio where he finds the sympathetic ear of Rita, a singer who invites him to live with her and helps him recover his equilibrium and his musical ability. Then, into the room walks a woman who looks like Wanda, the murder victim. Jimmy pursues her, not caring if she's alive or dead. What's going on?

5:55am
Movie: "Blood and Black Lace" (1964)
Sei donne per l'assassino (original title)
Cameron Mitchell, Eva Bartok
Italian thriller about a shadowy killer in black murdering fashion models through brutal methods.

7:25am
Movie: "Times Gone By" (1952)
Aldo Fabrizi, Mario Riva
Altri tempi (original title)
A number of different segments taken from 19th century Italian stories.

9:10am
Movie: "The Unfaithfuls" (1953)
Gina Lollobrigida, May Britt
An industrialist has his wife tailed because he secretly hopes she is betraying him so that he can ask for a divorce and marry the model he's fallen in love with. This leads to a series of thefts, blackmail and a suicide as well.

10:50am
Movie: "Secretary" (2002)
James Spader, Maggie Gyllenhaal
A young woman, recently released from a mental hospital, gets a job as a secretary to a demanding lawyer, where their employer-employee relationship turns into a sexual, sadomasochistic one.

12:35pm
Movie: "Venus in Furs" (1969)
James Darren, Barbra McNair
Paroxismus (original title)
In Istanbul, a jazz trumpeter pulls the murdered body of a young woman from the surf. He remembers her from the night before, when he saw her at a millionaire playboy's party and then later watched as she was assaulted by the party's host and two of his friends. In confusion, Jimmy, the musician, leaves for Rio where he finds the sympathetic ear of Rita, a singer who invites him to live with her and helps him recover his equilibrium and his musical ability. Then, into the room walks a woman who looks like Wanda, the murder victim. Jimmy pursues her, not caring if she's alive or dead. What's going on?

2:00pm
Movie: "Blood and Black Lace" (1964)

Sei donne per l'assassino (original title)

Cameron Mitchell, Eva Bartok

Italian thriller about a shadowy killer in black murdering fashion models through brutal methods.

3:30pm
Movie: "Times Gone By" (1952)

Aldo Fabrizi, Mario Riva

Altri tempi (original title)

A number of different segments taken from 19th century Italian stories.

5:15pm
Movie: "The Unfaithfuls" (1953)

Gina Lollobrigida, May Britt

An industrialist has his wife tailed because he secretly hopes she is betraying him so that he can ask for a divorce and marry the model he's fallen in love with. This leads to a series of thefts, blackmail and a suicide as well.

6:55pm
Movie: "Secretary" (2002)

James Spader, Maggie Gyllenhaal

A young woman, recently released from a mental hospital, gets a job as a secretary to a demanding lawyer, where their employer-employee relationship turns into a sexual, sadomasochistic one.

8:40pm
Movie: "Clear and Present Danger" (1994)

Harrison Ford, Willem Dafoe

CIA Analyst Jack Ryan is drawn into an illegal war fought by the US government against a Colombian drug cartel.

11:00pm

Movie: "The Ghost and the Darkness" (1996)

Michael Douglas, Val Kilmer

A bridge engineer and an experienced old hunter begin a hunt for two lions after they start attacking local construction workers.

12:50am

Movie: "Space Cowboys" (2000)

Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones

When retired engineer Frank Corvin is called upon to rescue a failing satellite, he insists that his equally old teammates accompany him into space.

3:00am