Elias Koteas – IDLIX

Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:27:53 +0000

Martin Scorsese narrates this tribute to Val Lewton, the producer of a series of memorable low-budget horror films for RKO Studios. Raised by his mother and his aunt, his films often included strong female characters who find themselves in difficult situations and who have to grow up quickly. He is best remembered for the horror films he made at RKO starting in 1940. Starting with only a title – his first was The Cat People – he would meticulously oversee every aspect of the film’s completion. Although categorized as horror films, his films never showed a monster, leaving it all to the viewers imagination, assisted by music, mood and lighting.

Full Moon in Blue Water

Sun, 28 Dec 2025 18:02:14 +0000

Floyd, the owner of a bar on the Texas coast, has been depressed for a year after his wife disappeared in a swimming accident. He lives with his senile father-in-law “The General” and is helped by Jimmy, a former asylum inmate, and the good-natured Louise. The bar is rapidly losing money and Charlie wants to buy it cheaply before it becomes publicly known that a nearby bridge is to be built. Louise offers her savings to go into partnership with Floyd, but Floyd decides to sell when he is forced to pay his back taxes.

Full Moon in Blue Water

Thu, 25 Sep 2025 01:15:06 +0000

Janet Planet

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 13:35:35 +0000

In rural Western Massachusetts, 11-year-old Lacy spends the summer of 1991 at home, enthralled by her own imagination and the attention of her mother, Janet. As the months pass, three visitors enter their orbit, all captivated by Janet.

The Silent Planet

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 13:16:16 +0000

An aging convict serving out a life sentence alone on a distant planet is forced to confront his past when a new prisoner shows up and pushes him to remember his life on earth.

My Days of Mercy

Sun, 31 Aug 2025 21:31:30 +0000

The daughter of a man on death row falls in love with a woman on the opposing side of her family’s political cause.

The Baker

Sun, 31 Aug 2025 06:50:14 +0000

A quiet, stoic man, lives a monk-like existence in self-imposed exile. When his estranged son is killed in a drug deal gone bad, he is left to look after a granddaughter he never knew existed, and he is forced back into a life he tried to put behind him.

The Last Days on Mars

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 04:51:08 +0000

On the last day of the first manned mission to Mars, a crew member of Tantalus Base believes he has made an astounding discovery – fossilized evidence of bacterial life. Unwilling to let the relief crew claim all the glory, he disobeys orders to pack up and goes out on an unauthorized expedition to collect further samples. But a routine excavation turns to disaster when the porous ground collapses and he falls into a deep crevice. His devastated colleagues attempt to recover his body. However, when another vanishes, they start to suspect that the life-form they have discovered is not without danger.

Dream House

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 01:10:51 +0000

Publisher Will Atenton quits a lucrative job in New York to relocate his wife, Libby, and their daughters to a quaint town in New England. However, as they settle into their home the Atentons discover that a woman and her children were murdered there, and the surviving husband is the town’s prime suspect. With help from a neighbor who was close to the murdered family, Will pieces together a horrifying chain of events.

3 Backyards

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 23:21:20 +0000

An executive, a housewife and a youngster spend a day in their Long Island suburban town during the course of one curious autumn day afternoon.