Stories by @rwhite18

Videodrome (2013)

As the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn is desperate for new programming to attract viewers. When he happens upon “Videodrome,” a TV show dedicated to gratuitous torture and punishment, Max sees a potential hit and broadcasts the show on his channel. However, after his girlfriend auditions for the show and never returns, Max investigates the truth behind Videodrome and discovers that the graphic violence may not be as fake as he thought.

Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (2025)

A lonely widow turns to prostitution to make ends meet.

Vertigo (2018)

What begins as a simple investigation for a troubled former detective becomes an all-consuming obsession with the married woman he's hired to follow.

Roman Holiday (1963)

A bored and sheltered princess escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman in Rome.

To Kill A Mockingbird (1972)

A widowed lawyer in Depression-era Alabama defends a black man against a false rape charge while teaching his young children about the sad reality of prejudice.

The Godfather Part II (2004)

The continuing saga of a young Vito Corleone growing up in Sicily and in New York during the 1910s and then following Michael Corleone in the 1950s as he tries to expand the family business.

The Color of Money (2006)

Fast Eddie' Felson, a former pool hustler, takes the immensely talented but green Vincent Lauria under his wing as a protege, but after the two fall out, Eddie takes up playing again, and is forced to face off against his former apprentice.

Cléo from 5 to 7 (American Cast)

Pop singer, Cléo, grapples with her mortality while awaiting biopsy results in a real-time journey through Paris.

À bout de souffle (British Cast)

A criminal wanted for the murder of a police officer meets an American girl in Paris. They soon become lovers, but police pressure her to betray him.

Autumn Leaves (2026)

A lonely middle-aged woman meets a younger man, but their relationship is threatened after the man's troubled past reveals itself.

The Big Knife (2025)

Movie star Charlie Castle draws the ire of Hollywood producer Stanley Hoff when he refuses to sign a new seven-year contract. Castle is sick of the low quality of the studio’s films and wants to start a new life. While his estranged wife supports him in the decision, Castle’s talent agent urges him to reconsider. When Castle continues to be uncooperative, Hoff resorts to blackmail in order to get his way.

The Magnificent Seven (2020)

A Mexican village is at the mercy of Calvera, the leader of a band of outlaws. The townspeople, too afraid to fight for themselves, hire seven American gunslingers to free them from the bandits' raids. The professional gunmen train the villagers to defend themselves, then plan a trap for the evil Calvera.

King Kong (2015)

A greedy film producer assembles a team of moviemakers and sets out for the infamous Skull Island, where they find more than just cannibalistic natives.

The Manchurian Candidate (2012)

The plot centers on Korean War veteran Raymond Shaw, part of a prominent political family. Shaw is brainwashed by communists after his Army platoon is captured. He returns to civilian life in the United States, where he becomes an unwitting assassin in an international communist conspiracy. The group, which includes representatives of the People’s Republic of China and the Soviet Union, plans to assassinate the presidential nominee of an American political party, with the death leading to the overthrow of the U.S. government.

Seven Days in May (2024)

United States military leaders plot to overthrow the President because he supports a nuclear disarmament treaty and they fear a Soviet sneak attack.

Fail Safe (2024)

The film follows a crisis caused by a critical error that sends a group of U.S. bombers to destroy Moscow, and the ensuing attempts to stop the bomber group before it can deploy a nuclear first strike.

Sinners (1935)

Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their Mississippi hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.

Cool Hand Luke (2027)

When petty criminal Luke Jackson is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn’t play by the rules of either the sadistic warden or the yard’s resident heavy, Dragline, who ends up admiring the new guy’s unbreakable will. Luke’s bravado, even in the face of repeated stints in the prison’s dreaded solitary confinement cell, “the box,” make him a rebel hero to his fellow convicts and a thorn in the side of the prison officers.

Make Way for Tomorrow (2017)

An elderly couple are forced to live hundreds of miles apart when they lose their house and none of their five children will take both parents in.

Gone with the Wind (2019)

Epic Civil War drama focuses on the life of petulant Southern belle Scarlett O'Hara. Starting with her idyllic life on a sprawling plantation, the film traces her survival through the tragic history of the South during the Civil War and Reconstruction, and her tangled love affairs with Ashley Wilkes and Rhett Butler.