Category: Biography
Posted on November 25, 2014 |
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The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden (2013)
Biography | Crime | Documentary | History | Mystery
About a series of unsolved disappearances on the Galapagos Island of Floreana in the 1930s.
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Sebastian Koch, Thomas Kretschmann, Diane Kruger, Connie Nielsen, Josh Radnor, Gustaf Skarsgård
Director: Daniel Geller, Dayna Goldfine
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Posted on November 23, 2014 |
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La petite reine / The Little Queen (2014)
Biography | Drama | Sport
Julie, star of cycling, is two races to win the World Cup. It is the culmination of years of effort. Julie loves the spotlight. His entourage too. Encouraged by her coach and doctor, she dope since the age of 14. When her doctor denounces, she managed to hush up the case, but the magnitude of the measurement mess … Abuse. Lie. Treason. Caught in a gear that goes beyond, will she succeed in finding a way out?
Starring: Laurence Leboeuf, Patrice Robitaille, Denis Bouchard, Josée Deschênes, René-Daniel Dubois
Director: Alexis Durand-Brault
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Posted on November 21, 2014 |
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The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
Biography | Drama | Family | History | War
In 1942, a family of Dutch Jews hides in an attic from the Nazis, but just before the war ends they're found out and sent to concentration camps–an experience recorded in the famous diary of a little girl.
Starring: Millie Perkins, Joseph Schildkraut, Shelley Winters, Richard Beymer, Gusti Huber, Lou Jacobi
Director: George Stevens
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Tags: George Stevens, Gusti Huber, Joseph Schildkraut, Lou Jacobi, Millie Perkins, Richard Beymer, Shelley Winters
Posted on November 19, 2014 |
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A Time to Live and A Time to Die / Tong nien wang shi (1985)
Biography | Drama
This depiction of childhood and adolescence draws heavily from the filmmaker's own boyhood. Like many of their compatriots, Hou's family moved from the mainland to Taiwan in 1948 and was unable ever to return. The film focuses on the widening generation gap in a family cut off from its cultural heritage.
Starring: Chia-bao Chang, Neng Chang, Chih-chen Chen, Han-wen Chen, Shu-fang Chen
Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou
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Tags: Chia-bao Chang, Chih-chen Chen, Han-wen Chen, Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Neng Chang, Shu-fang Chen
Posted on November 15, 2014 |
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Desert Dancer (2014)
Biography | Drama
A film based on an incredible true story. Desert Dancer is a classic hero story about brave young people risking their lives to rebel against their government and fight for their dreams. Set in Iran, where it is currently forbidden to dance, the story follows Afshin Ghaffarian and his friends who despite the dangers form an underground dance company where, via hacking into YouTube, they learn from the very best – Michael Jackson, Pina Bausch, Gene Kelly and Rudolf Nureyev. Reveling in the freedom of expression that dance gives them, they set upon putting on a performance deep in the desert, away from the watchful eyes of the military police.
Starring: Freida Pinto, Reece Ritchie
Director: Richard Raymond
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Posted on November 5, 2014 |
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The Jewish Cardinal / Le métis de Dieu (2013)
Biography
The Jewish Cardinal tells the amazing true story of Jean-Marie Lustiger; the son of Polish-Jewish immigrants; who maintained his cultural identity as a Jew even after converting to Catholicism at a young age; and later joining the priesthood. Quickly rising within the ranks of the Church; Lustiger was appointed Archbishop of Paris by Pope Jean Paul II – and found a new platform to celebrate his dual identity as a Catholic Jew; earning him both friends and enemies from either group. When Carmelite nuns settle down to build a convent within the cursed walls of Auschwitz; Lustiger finds himself a mediator between the two communities – and may be forced at last to choose his side.
Starring: Laurent Lucas, Aurélien Recoing, Audrey Dana, Pascal Greggory, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Alex Skarbek
Director: Ilan Duran Cohen
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Tags: Alex Skarbek, Audrey Dana, Aurélien Recoing, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ilan Duran Cohen, Laurent Lucas, Pascal Greggory
Posted on October 22, 2014 |
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The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)
Biography | Crime | Drama | Thriller
They were best friends from the best of families. Then they committed a crime against their country and became the two most wanted men in America.
Starring: Timothy Hutton, Sean Penn, Pat Hingle, Joyce Van Patten
Director: John Schlesinger
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Posted on October 22, 2014 |
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The Last Sentence / Dom över död man (2012)
Biography | Drama
Torgny Segerstedt was one of the leading journalists in Sweden in the 20th century. He fought a one man battle against Hitler and the Nazi regime until his death in 1945 and during these tumultuous times his private life was marked by a world in chaos, as he falls in love with his friend's wife while married himself. THE LAST SENTENCE weaves together the story of a psychological love story with a portrayal of the political situation Sweden found itself in during the Second World War. A gripping, dramatic and poetic tale about a man, who could not be silenced.
Starring: Jesper Christensen, Pernilla August, Ulla Skoog, Björn Granath, Kenneth Milldoff, Lennart Hjulström, Peter Andersson
Director: Jan Troell
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Tags: Björn Granath, Jan Troell, Jesper Christensen, Kenneth Milldoff, Lennart Hjulström, Pernilla August, Peter Andersson, Ulla Skoog
Posted on October 19, 2014 |
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Diarios de motocicleta / The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
Adventure | Biography | Drama
In 1952, two young Argentines, Ernesto Guevara and Alberto Granado, set out on a road trip to discover the real Latin America. Ernesto is a 23-year-old medical student specializing in leprology, and Alberto, 29, is a biochemist. The tale follows their journey as they unveil the rich and complex human and social topography of the Latin American continent.
Starring: Gael García Bernal, Rodrigo De la Serna
Director: Walter Salles
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Posted on October 8, 2014 |
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Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs (2014)
Biography
Aged Rulon Jeffs is the leader – the prophet – of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS) centered in Colorado City, Arizona. His followers believe the prophet is the voice of God. The church espouses polygamy – most specifically men married to several women – as a means of eternal salvation of the highest order. The prophet places the females into marriages, often as soon as they are of child bearing age, which in the eyes of the law is considered child abuse if the female is a minor. Following Rulon's death, his son Warren Jeffs assumes the FLDS leadership as prophet, somewhat against the wants of FLDS council who believed they should vote on who should become leader. Regardless, many of the congregation do follow his word as gospel as their new prophet. But Warren is more reckless in his decisions than his father, with some, including some of the young minor women, questioning his unbending decisions, excommunication often the price for crossing those decisions. He and the church are aware that they are being monitored, most specifically by investigator Gary Engels who would like nothing more than be able to prosecute Jeffs for child abuse and sexual assault, which will require the cooperation of some congregation members who oppose what he is doing and testify in a court of law as to his actions. This is made all the more difficult as FLDS members hold positions of authority within the general population.
Starring: Tony Goldwyn, Molly Parker, Joey King
Director: Gabriel Range
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Posted on October 6, 2014 |
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Into the Wild (2007)
Adventure | Biography | Drama
Into The Wild is inspired by the true story of Christopher McCandless (Emile Hirsch), a young man who abandons his life of comfort to pursue the freedom of life on the road, a quest that leads him to the Alaskan wilderness and the ultimate challenge of his life. Screenplay and directed by Sean Penn and featuring an all-star cast including William Hurt, Marcia Gay Harden, Vince Vaughn, Catherine Keener and Hal Halbrook, Into The Wild is "as stirring, entertaining and steadfastly thrilling as it is beautiful." (Joe Morgenstern, The Wall Street Journal).
Starring: Emile Hirsch, Marcia Gay Harden, William Hurt, Jena Malone, Catherine Keener, Vince Vaughn
Director: Sean Penn
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Posted on October 6, 2014 |
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Zerkalo / The Mirror (1975)
Biography | Drama
Writer-director Andrei Tarkovsky draws on episodes from his own life in this story of a dying man reflecting on his relationships with his parents, wife and son. The film includes a number of reflections on the Russian people and their history, using the life of one man to consider the Russian experience from the Second World War through to the end of the Stalinist period. The film also features Tarkovsky's father reading his own poems and his mother (Larisa Tarkovskaya) playing the role of the on-screen matriarch.
Starring: Margarita Terekhova, Oleg Yankovskiy, Nikolay Grinko, Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Alla Demidova
Director: Andrey Tarkovskiy
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Tags: Alla Demidova, Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Andrey Tarkovskiy, Margarita Terekhova, Nikolay Grinko, Oleg Yankovskiy
Posted on September 30, 2014 |
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Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey (1988)
Biography | Drama
The story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas, and later fought to protect them.
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Bryan Brown, Julie Harris, Iain Cuthbertson, Iain Glen, Maggie O'Neill
Director: Michael Apted
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Posted on September 30, 2014 |
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Bubble Boy (2001)
Adventure | Biography | Comedy | Romance | Sci-Fi
The adventures of "Bubble Boy" Jimmy Livingston as he leaves his protected world in a portable bubble and begins a cross-country journey to win back the girl of his dreams.
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Swoosie Kurtz, Marley Shelton, Danny Trejo, John Carroll Lynch, Verne Troyer
Director: Blair Hayes
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Posted on September 25, 2014 |
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Grace of Monaco / Grace de Mónaco (2014)
Biography | Drama | Romance
The story of former Hollywood star Grace Kelly's crisis of marriage and identity, during a political dispute between Monaco's Prince Rainier III and France's Charles De Gaulle, and a looming French invasion of Monaco in the early 1960s.
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Tim Roth, Frank Langella, Parker Posey, Milo Ventimiglia, Derek Jacobi
Director: Olivier Dahan
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Tags: Derek Jacobi, Frank Langella, Milo Ventimiglia, Nicole Kidman, Olivier Dahan, Parker Posey, Tim Roth
Posted on September 21, 2014 |
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The Great Train Robbery (TV Mini-Series 2013)
Biography | Drama
8 August 1963: Britain wakes up to news of the biggest robbery in the country's history. A train has been hijacked and robbed, 35 miles from its arrival in central London. The country is stunned. Who could be behind it? How did they pull off such an audacious raid? Film 1 – A Robber's Tale: This is the story of how one group of criminals became the most wanted men in Britain. They got lucky. And that piece of luck would destroy their lives forever. Film 2 – A Copper's Tale: Detective Tommy Butler and his elite team of brilliant, idiosyncratic investigators in a race against time to identify the robbers and put them behind bars before they flee the country. But what's happened to the money itself?
Starring: Robert Glenister, Jack Roth, Paul Anderson, Luke Evans, Martin Compston, Neil Maskell. Jack Gordon, James Bye
Creator: Chris Chibnall
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Posted on September 19, 2014 |
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Million Dollar Arm (2014)
Biography | Drama | Sport
A sports agent stages an unconventional recruitment strategy to get talented Asian cricket players to play Major League Baseball.
Starring: Jon Hamm, Aasif Mandvi, Bill Paxton, Suraj Sharma, Madhur Mittal, Lake Bell
Director: Craig Gillespie
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Tags: Aasif Mandvi, Bill Paxton, Craig Gillespie, Jon Hamm, Lake Bell, Madhur Mittal, Suraj Sharma
Posted on September 16, 2014 |
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The Perfect Wave (2014)
Adventure | Biography | Drama | Romance
A love story, with four key pillars, a young mans love for surfing, adventure, a mothers love for her son, a young man falling in love for the first time, Gods love.
Starring: Scott Eastwood, Cheryl Ladd, Patrick Lyster, Rachel Hendrix
Director: Bruce Macdonald
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Posted on September 15, 2014 |
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Little Dieter Needs to Fly / Flucht aus Laos (1997)
Biography | Documentary | Drama | War
In 1966, Dieter Dengler was shot down over Laos, captured, and, down to 85 pounds, escaped. Barefoot, surviving monsoons, leeches, and machete-wielding villagers, he was rescued. Now, near 60, living on Mt. Tamalpais, Dengler tells his story: a German lad surviving Allied bombings in World War II, postwar poverty, apprenticed to a smith, beaten regularly. At 18, he emigrates and peels potatoes in the U.S. Air Force. He leaves for California and college, then enlistment in the Navy to learn to fly. A quiet man of sorrows tells his story: war, capture, harrowing conditions, escape, and miraculous rescue. Where did he find the strength; how does he now live with his memories?
Starring: Dieter Dengler, Werner Herzog, Eugene Deatrick
Director: Werner Herzog
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Posted on September 12, 2014 |
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Violette (2013)
Biography | Drama
Violette Leduc, born a bastard at the beginning of last century, meets Simone de Beauvoir in the years after the war in St-Germain-des-Prés. Then begins an intense relationship between the two women that will last throughout their lives, relationship based on the quest for freedom by writing to Violet and conviction for Simone to have in their hands the fate of an extraordinary writer.
Starring: Emmanuelle Devos, Sandrine Kiberlain, Olivier Gourmet, Catherine Hiegel, Jacques Bonnaffé
Director: Martin Provost
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Tags: Catherine Hiegel, Emmanuelle Devos, Jacques Bonnaffé, Martin Provost, Olivier Gourmet, Sandrine Kiberlain