Stories by @rwhite18

Rashomon (American Cast)

Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the r a p e of his wife.

Spartacus (2010)

The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, Spartacus turns on his owners and leads the other slaves in rebellion. As the rebels move from town to town, their numbers swell as escaped slaves join their ranks. Under the leadership of Spartacus, they make their way to southern Italy, where they will cross the sea and return to their homes.

Paths of Glory (1967)

A colonel defends three of his soldiers in a court-martial after they abandon a suicidal attack.

The Cowboys (1982)

Rancher Wil Andersen is forced to hire inexperienced boys as cowhands in order to get his cattle herd to market on time but the rough drive is full of dangers.

Night and the City (Asian Cast)

A small-time grifter and nightclub tout takes advantage of some fortuitous circumstances and tries to become a big-time player as a wrestling promoter.

Don`t Look Now (2025)

While grieving a terrible loss, a married couple meet two mysterious sisters, one of whom gives them a message sent from the afterlife

The Man Who Stole the Sun (UK Cast)

A high school science teacher is the butt of all his students’ jokes, until their bus is hijacked on a school trip. But something more sinister lurks beneath the surface: he’s building an atomic bomb in his apartment.

Vengeance Is Mine (American Cast)

A thief, a murderer, and a charming lady-killer, Iwao Enokizu is on the run from the police.

Carnival of Souls (2022)

Mary Henry ends up the sole survivor of a fatal car accident through mysterious circumstances. Trying to put the incident behind her, she moves to Utah and takes a job as a church organist. But her fresh start is interrupted by visions of a fiendish man. As the visions begin to occur more frequently, Mary finds herself drawn to the deserted carnival on the outskirts of town. The strangely alluring carnival may hold the secret to her tragic past.

Cry of the City (2028)

Police Lieut. Candella, longtime friend of the Rome family, walks a tightrope in the case of cop-killer Martin Rome.

Repo Man (1954)

A young LA punk learns the intense business of car repossession amid the hunt for a mysteriously glowing Chevy Malibu

The Parallax View (2024)

An ambitious reporter gets in way-over-his-head trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a vast conspiracy.

Seconds (2026)

An unhappy middle-aged banker agrees to a procedure that will fake his death and give him a completely new look and identity; one that comes with its own price.

The Talented Mr. Ripley (1959)

Tom Ripley believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. He worms his way into the lives of a wealthy playboy and his girlfriend, plunging into a scheme of duplicity, lies and murder.

Terms of Endearment (2013)

Widow Aurora Greenway juggles her own struggles with a new romantic interest while trying to sort out the emotional problems of her daughter who's married to a philandering husband.

Lonesome Dove (1995)

In the late 1870s, Captain Augustus "Gus" McCrae and Captain Woodrow F. Call, two famous former Texas Rangers, run a livery in the small, dusty Texas border town of Lonesome Dove along the Rio Grande. Gus is an upbeat womanizer and twice a widower, and Call is a strict, stoic workaholic. Working with them are Joshua Deets, a black tracker and scout from their Ranger days, Pea Eye Parker, another former Ranger who works hard but is not very bright, and Bolívar, a retired Mexican bandit who is their cook. Also living with them is Newt Dobbs, a 17-year-old whose mother was a prostitute named Maggie and whose father may be any man on the ranch, save for Gus, who secretly knows who Newt's true father is.

Jason Bourne (1976)

The CIA's most dangerous former operative is drawn out of hiding to uncover more explosive truths about his past.

The Bourne Legacy (1972)

As Jason Bourne's exposé threatens the government's secret programs, another agent finds himself a prime target of a deadly cover-up operation.

The Maltese Falcon (1981)

Spade and Archer is the name of a San Francisco detective agency. That's for Sam Spade and Miles Archer. The two men are partners, but Sam doesn't like Miles much. A knockout, who goes by the name of Miss Wonderly, walks into their office; and by that night everything's changed. Miles is dead. And so is a man named Floyd Thursby. It seems Miss Wonderly is surrounded by dangerous men. There's Joel Cairo, who uses gardenia-scented calling cards. There's Kasper Gutman, with his enormous girth and feigned civility. Her only hope of protection comes from Sam, who is suspected by the police of one or the other murder. More murders are yet to come, and it will all be because of these dangerous men -- and their lust for a statuette of a bird: the Maltese Falcon.

Kafka (1971)

Kafka works during the day at an insurance company, where events lead him to discover a mysterious underground society with strange suppressive goals.