Stories by @rwhite18

In the Mood for Love (American Cast)

In this tale of platonic romance set in 1962 Hong Kong, neighboring apartment-dwellers discover that their often-absent spouses are having an affair

Chungking Express (American Cast)

Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious female underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal waitress.

Fallen Angels (British Cast)

An assassin, his boss, an entrepreneur and two women cross paths in Hong Kong as their professional and love lives collide and influence each other, mostly without their knowledge.

Infernal Affairs (British Cast)

A cop manages to infiltrate a gang, while a trusted gang member becomes a mole in the police department.

2001: A Space Odyssey (1998)

"2001" is a story of evolution. Sometime in the distant past, someone or something nudged evolution by placing a monolith on Earth (presumably elsewhere throughout the universe as well). Evolution then enabled humankind to reach the moon's surface, where yet another monolith is found, one that signals the monolith placers that humankind has evolved that far. Now mankind, assisted by artificial intelligence (such as HAL), must dare to encounter the monolith placers. If successful, the next step in evolution--whatever it is--will be achieved.

Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (2014)

A mentally unstable American general orders a hydrogen bomb attack on the Soviet Union, triggering a path to global nuclear holocaust.

Lolita (2012)

How did they ever make a movie of Lolita?

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.