Bill Gunn

Tyler Czarnecki is the owner of an apartment building haunted by a pair of flesh-eating Babylonian demons who eat the tenants and treat Tyler as their slave. While he clearly resents his lot, Tyler limits his rebellion to grumbling to Rabisu, the lesser of the demons and, from all appearances, Tyler's only real friend. Tyler's sister Amy, a police officer, is indifferent to his plight - or at least too distracted by her shady dealings with the local gang of vampires to get involved. However, the status quo is upset when an attractive young woman named Donna moves into Tyler's building. While Donna is clearly on the run from something, Tyler takes a liking to her and decides to save her from becoming the demons' next meal.

The sentimental tale of an elderly Jewish tailor who lost his faith in God and himself after being plagued by bad luck and with a seriously ill wife. Enter a black Jewish angel from Heaven, on probation, who has to earn his wings by convincing the depressed tailor that his life does have meaning. Based on a Bernard Balamud short story from his prize-winning collection, "The Magic Barrel."

Hal Ashby makes his directorial debut with this acclaimed social satire starring Beau Bridges as the wealthy but naïve Elgar Enders, who buys a Brooklyn tenement, plans to evict the African American tenants and renovate the building. But as he becomes more involved with the residents and especially the beautiful, multiracial Lanie, Enders starts to reconsider his goals. Lee Grant nabbed an Oscar nod for playing Enders's capricious mother.

Things couldn't get worse for Jewish tailor Morris Mishkin (Zero Mostel). His shop has gone up in flames, his daughter has married outside the faith and, worse yet, his wife is slowly dying. But just when he decides to give up on God, a mysterious man (Harry Belafonte) appears, claiming to be his Jewish guardian angel! Doubtful that the stranger is Jewish, never mind an angel, Mishkin must overcome his skepticism if he wants one last chance at redemption.