Bob Swaim – MRQE

The Climb

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Baltimore, 1959. Danny’s dad is the only man in the neighborhood who didn’t fight in World War II. Danny, who’s 12, gets teased and folks make nasty cracks about cowards. An old radio tower on a nearby hill is about to be torn down, and Danny decides to climb it to prove his courage. Help comes from an aging neighbor, Old Man Langer, a former construction foreman who’s dying of cancer and wants Danny to help him commit suicide. Langer rigs pulleys and weights to help the lad make the climb. Meanwhile, an aggressive and angry neighbor (an army vet) regularly gets drunk and shoots off his rifle, and Danny’s dad must confront him. It all comes to a head one stormy night.

Masquerade

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A recently orphaned heiress meets a young racing yacht captain on Long Island. He shows interest in her and, being heiress to $200,000,000, love may not be the reason.

Nos amis les flics

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Une bande de jeunes voyous inoffensifs vivote de petits coups. Après un braquage loupé, ils se trouvent dans l’impossibilité de régler leurs dettes au caïd du coin, qui, pour le rembourser, leur propose le cambriolage d’une fondation d’art moderne. Mais rien ne se passe comme prévu et tout s’enchaîne… mal.

Half Moon Street

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Dr. Lauren Slaughter, a research fellow at the Arab-Anglo Institute in London is utterly frustrated by her job. To supplement her income, she starts moonlighting at the Jasmine Escort Service, where she has more control over men and money than she does at the office. On one of her ‘dates’, Lauren meets the politician Lord Bulbeck who is trying to mediate a peace accord between the Arabs and Israelis. Bulbeck falls in love with his escort, and unwittingly, Lauren becomes a pawn in some very dirty politics.

La Balance

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A Paris police detective plays rough with a prostitute and her pimp/lover, whom he wants as an informant.

L’atlantide

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A mythical land who must be discover. Or invented. In an impressive library, two old men. One is a great Polish archaeologist at the end of his work. The second- his best friend. They are masters of a substantial slice of human history: legendary Atlantis. It is refuge and masterpiece, propriety and treasure.