Films with: Polito, Jon

Batman triple feature

Batman, Gotham knight: Six anime-style chapters chronicling Batman's transformation from the novice crimefighter to the Dark Knight. Batman, under the red hood: The Dark Knight faces another vigilante cleaning up Gotham's streets as well as the Joker. Batman, year one: Bruce Wayne returns home after years abroad to become a crimefighter, just as honest cop James Gordon moves to Gotham and vows to fight the corruption destroying the city from within.

DVD 10082

Big eyes

Walter Keane became a worldwide celebrity and talk show fixture in the 1950s after he pioneered the mass production of prints of big-eyed kids, and used his marketing savvy to sell them cheaply. Unfortunately, he claimed to be the artist. That role was played by Margaret, his shy wife. The ruse broke up their marriage and led to a divorce and a dramatic courtroom battle to prove authorship of the paintings.

DVD 10998

Freshman

A naive student freshly arrived in New York City accepts a delivery job involving a shady businessman and a large lizard, eventually running afoul of an eccentric chef and the FBI.

DVD 1149

Man who wasn't there

In a sleepy Northern California town in the 1940s, Ed Crane, a humble barber, suspects that his wife Doris is having an affair with her boss. When a stranger comes into town hinting that there is a fortune to be made in investing in the new invention of dry cleaning, Ed hatches a blackmail scheme he hopes will make him rich and get him some revenge at the same time. His plan goes horribly awry when he accidentally commits a murder for which Doris is blamed, landing her in jail, and Ed at the mercy of big-city lawyer Freddy Riedenschneider.

DVD 1354

Miller's Crossing

During prohibition two gangland bosses struggle for control over a city, with one of the boss's lieutenants caught in the middle.

DVD 1811