MHz International Mystery

A moneybags and his wife crash off a cliff, and Montalbano’s annoying boss has a bunch of culprits for a burglary—Albanians! But what if the crash wasn’t an accident, and the thief was— horrors! Sicilian! And as Montalbano again visits that ancient Mafia don, he s got to track down a potential missing heir. 2002. In Italian with English subtitles.

A fire breaks out in the woods surrounding the village. It’s said to have been started by a young boy, who immediately gets labelled as the town’s “baby arsonist.” In Italian with English subtitles.

Maigret
Maigret and the Old Lady #117

The inexplicable murder of wealthy Valentine Besson’s maid leads the older woman to believe that she herself was the intended target. Maigret undertakes the investigation, meeting Mrs. Besson’s dysfunctional family: her resentful daughter-in-law and her two stepsons: the pushy, politician and the playboy. Somehow Maigret must sift through this cavalcade of suspects. In French with English subtitles.

During a bus tour for senior citizens, Dpm Matteo witnesses a crime; someone pushes one of the ladies taking the tour down an escarpment. Don Matteo, however, was too far away to identify the murderer. In Italian with English subtitles.

Detective Zane Malik is deep undercover, and in danger. Can he can link arms dealer, Akmal, with the car bomb murder of an NSO agent? Agent Skerritt thinks he can. When Akmal’s girlfriend, a Russian prostitute, is killed, Akmal orders a hit on the man who killed her, a sleazy sex trafficker. And he wants Malik to do it.

Right after she loses two pounds, Lauren gets a part in a popular soap and has an audition with Julia Fleshman for the new Superslimmer Girl. With so many opportunities coming her way, it appears like things are on the upswing... but with a mother who believes she’s a walking skeleton and a boyfriend who calls her puddin’, what’s an actress to do? 2000.

A group of children, age 7 through 14, are left home alone at a house in a secluded community in the countryside. Their innocence is gradually corrupted as they experiment with rule-breaking, ultimately leading to house break-ins around the neighborhood. The arrival of the maid’s son, a teenager of lesser privilege, exposes prejudice and ferocity climaxing with crimes that force the children to re-examine their actions. This powerful, critically acclaimed film, a film Martin Scorsese calls “Great work with a true sense for character and place” looks at adolescence leaving no one untouched, and the children involved, changed forever. 2008. In Spanish with English subtitles.

A man serves ten years in prison for the murder of his girlfriend, a crime for which he has always maintained his innocence. Rocco assures him that he'll try anything to get him out of prison. In Italian with English subtitles.

Someone is targeting women through personal ads on public noticeboards. At first, the case seems like a cinch for Martin Beck and his team – until their discover the perp’s motives are far more complex. 2001. In Swedish with English subtitles.