Looks like some quid pro quo between the honchos of the FNF--and you could certainly consider PLAYGIRL and THE CRUEL TOWER to be "B's" of a certain type.
It smacks of a similar formula concocted for the 2018 NC Chicago, with some rare but "meh" films sprinkled all over the place.
As for HIGH TIDE and THE GUILTY, since they played recently on TCM, there may have been some worry that folks wouldn't want to pay $$ to see them again too soon.
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