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The Stoning of Soraya M. (2008)
Drama
It is 1986 in Iran. Undercover French journalist Freidoune Sahebjam (Caviezel) is traveling though a small southwestern village when his car breaks down. Surrounded by strife, he has little choice other to wait until his car is repaired and is soon approached by persistent local Zahra (Aghdashloo), who convinces him to follow her into the courtyard behind her home. There, she reveals to him that she has just bore witness to a most heinous crime – the stoning of an innocent woman who refused to divorce her husband so he could marry a younger girl. To get his way the husband accused his wife of adultery and, in order to ensure that she had no chance of defending herself, blackmailed several male villagers to testify on his behalf. A tribunal was quickly called, and her fate forever sealed.
Starring: Shohreh Aghdashloo, Mozhan Marnò, Jim Caviezel, Bita Sheibani, Ali Pourtash, Parviz Sayyad
Director: Cyrus Nowrasteh
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Tags: Ali Pourtash, Bita Sheibani, Cyrus Nowrasteh, Jim Caviezel, Mozhan Marnò, Parviz Sayyad, Shohreh Aghdashloo
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The Five Heartbeats (1991)
Drama | Music
In the early 1960's, a quintet of hopeful young African American men form an amateur vocal group called The Five Heartbeats. After an initially rocky start, the group improve, turn pro, and rise to become a top flight music sensation. Along the way however, the guys learn many hard lessons about the reality of the music industry with it's casual racism and greed while the personal weaknesses of the members threaten to destroy the integrity of the band.
Starring: Robert Townsend, Michael Wright, Leon, Harry Lennix, Diahann Carroll, Hawthorne James
Director: Robert Townsend
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Tags: Diahann Carroll, Harry Lennix, Hawthorne James, Leon, Michael Wright, Robert Townsend
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Marianne: The Ghost Inside / Marianne (2011)
Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Thriller
The life of Krister has become an unending nightmare, ever since his wife's death. There seems to be no respite for this man, tormented by the errors of his past and held prisoner by a grim daily existence. Not only must he raise his newborn child alone, he must also contend with the mood swings of his older daughter Sandra, a rebellious youth harbouring deep animosity towards her father, blaming him for all the ills that have befallen the family. Faced with such difficult circumstances, Krister is slowly losing his grip on himself, which threatens the teaching career he exhibits a waning interest in. The mental health of this damaged man is deteriorating and those around him have reason to be concerned. Especially because, for some time now, Krister has been plagued by night terrors, his fitful slumber intruded upon by a mysterious woman with dark designs on him. He initially believes these visions are a symptom of serious post-traumatic shock. Krister does, after all, have a number of skeletons in his closet that gnaw at his conscience. It gradually becomes evident that this nocturnal visitor may be supernatural. Whether or not anyone believes it, he knows that a creature from folklore has placed a curse on him. And now, true calamity will descend on Krister and those close to him.
Starring: Thomas Hedengran, Peter Stormare, Tintin Anderzon, Sandra Larsson, Dylan M. Johansson
Director: Filip Tegstedt
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Tags: Dylan M. Johansson, Filip Tegstedt, Peter Stormare, Sandra Larsson, Thomas Hedengran, Tintin Anderzon
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Gromozeka (2011)
Drama
In present day Moscow three childhood friends in their forties – former school band players – live their everyday lives of a police officer, a taxi driver and a surgeon. They have lost track of each other. Three stories of betrayal, love and ageing are told in parallel. In fact, unknown to our heroes, their paths cross and their lives become connected. But they are not aware of it even when they reunite for a breaking performance at their graduation anniversary.
Starring: Nikolay Dobrynin, Boris Kamorzin, Leonid Gromov, Evgeniya Dobrovolskaya, Polina Filonenko
Director: Vladimir Kott
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Tags: Boris Kamorzin, Evgeniya Dobrovolskaya, Leonid Gromov, Nikolay Dobrynin, Polina Filonenko, Vladimir Kott
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It Looks Pretty from a Distance / Z daleka widok jest piekny (2011)
Drama
Unfolding in a secluded Polish village 'Z daleka widok jest piekny' (It looks pretty from a distance) is a love story between a scrapper and a young woman. Seen through the monotony of everyday life the film depicts the hardships of a rural community in present-day Poland. The bucolic landscape becomes the seemingly idyllic backdrop from which a sudden disappearance disrupts their once quiet community.
Starring: Marcin Czarnik, Piotr Nowak, Elzbieta Okupska, Jerzy Lapinski, Agnieszka Podsiadlik
Director: Anka Sasnal, Wilhelm Sasnal
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Tags: Agnieszka Podsiadlik, Anka Sasnal, Elzbieta Okupska, Jerzy Lapinski, Marcin Czarnik, Piotr Nowak, Wilhelm Sasnal
Posted on April 8, 2014 |
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Heart of a Lion / Leijonasydän (2013)
Drama | Romance
Neo-Nazi falls in love with a woman who has a black son and finds himself fighting with conflicting feelings.
Starring: Laura Birn, Peter Franzén, Jasper Pääkkönen, Pamela Tola, Jussi Vatanen
Director: Dome Karukoski
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Defending Your Life (1991)
Comedy | Drama | Fantasy
In an afterlife resembling the present-day US, people must prove their worth by showing in court how they have demonstrated courage.
Starring: Albert Brooks, James Eckhouse, Rip Torn, Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine, Lee Grant
Director: Albert Brooks
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La Bamba (1987)
Biography | Drama | Music
This is the true story of Ritchie Valens, a young rock & roll singer who tragically died in a plane crash at the age of 17. The film follows Ritchie from his days in Pacoima, California where he and his family make a meager living working on farms to his rise as a star. The film also focuses on Richie's friendship and rivalry with his older brother Bob and his relationship with Donna, his girlfriend.
Starring: Lou Diamond Phillips, Esai Morales, Rosanna DeSoto, Elizabeth Peña, Danielle von Zerneck, Joe Pantoliano, Marshall Crenshaw, Howard Huntsberry, Brian Setzer
Director: Luis Valdez
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Tags: Brian Setzer, Danielle von Zerneck, Elizabeth Peña, Esai Morales, Howard Huntsberry, Joe Pantoliano, Lou Diamond Phillips, Luis Valdez, Marshall Crenshaw, Rosanna DeSoto
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Everyday / Here and There (2012)
Drama
Shot over the course of five years, this documentary-style feature from prolific English filmmaker Michael Winterbottom offers a masterful meditation on the daily travails of a family living apart from their imprisoned patriarch.
Starring: Shirley Henderson, John Simm, Shaun Kirk, Robert Kirk, Katrina Kirk, Stephanie Kirk, Darren Tighe
Director: Michael Winterbottom
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Tags: Darren Tighe, John Simm, Katrina Kirk, Michael Winterbottom, Robert Kirk, Shaun Kirk, Shirley Henderson, Stephanie Kirk
Posted on April 7, 2014 |
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Conte de printemps / A Tale of Springtime (1990)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Simple conversations engender complicated human interactions. Jeanne is open and even-tempered, a philosophy teacher at a lycée. Her fiancé is away and she doesn't want to stay at his messy flat; she's loaned hers to a cousin, so she accepts the invitation of Natasha, a music student whom she meets at a party, to sleep in her father Igor's bedroom because he's always with his young girlfriend, Eve. Natasha tells Jeanne a story of a missing necklace and her suspicions of Eve. They all meet at dinner, then again at Igor's country house. Is Natasha scheming to get Igor and Jeanne together alone? Once alone, what determines how they choose to act? And the necklace, what of it?
Starring: Anne Teyssèdre, Hugues Quester, Florence Darel, Eloïse Bennett, Sophie Robin, Marc Lelou, François Lamore
Director: Eric Rohmer
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La grande bellezza / The Great Beauty (2013)
Comedy | Drama
Jep Gambardella, a 65-year-old journalist and once promising novelist, lives his easy life among Rome’s decadent high society in a swirl of rooftop parties and late-night soirees. But when he learns of the death of his friend's wife – a woman he once loved as an 18-year-old – his life is thrown into perspective and he begins to see the world through new eyes.
Starring: Toni Servillo, Carlo Verdone, Sabrina Ferilli, Carlo Buccirosso, Luca Marinelli, Serena Grandi, Vernon Dobtcheff
Director: Paolo Sorrentino
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Tags: Carlo Buccirosso, Carlo Verdone, Luca Marinelli, Paolo Sorrentino, Sabrina Ferilli, Serena Grandi, Toni Servillo, Vernon Dobtcheff
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The Bridge at Remagen (1969)
Action | Drama | War
In the last days of World War II, the Allied Army desperatly searched for a bridgehead across the impenetrable Rhein River, in order to launch a major assault into the center of Germany. "Bridge at Remagen" tells the true story of the battle for this last bridgehead, from both the German and American perspective.
Starring: George Segal, Robert Vaughn, Ben Gazzara, Bradford Dillman, E.G. Marshall, Peter van Eyck
Director: John Guillermin
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Tags: Ben Gazzara, Bradford Dillman, E.G. Marshall, George Segal, John Guillermin, Peter van Eyck, Robert Vaughn
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In the Company of Men (1997)
Comedy | Drama
Director Neil LaBute's debut film is the wildly controversial story of two angry young businessmen who set out to destroy a naive secretary by pretending to fall in love with her. Chad (Aaron Eckhart), furious about the way women are ruining his man's world, enlists his wishy-washy co-worker (Matt Malloy) in a callous plan to date then dump a vulnerable secretary (Stacy Edwards). Both horrifying and hilarious, IN THE COMPANY OF MEN is a "brilliant black comedy…sure to be one of the best pictures of the year. This is a movie event."
Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Stacy Edwards, Matt Malloy
Director: Neil LaBute
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Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller | Western
The tuff biker Harley and his no less tuff Cowboy friend Marlboro learn that an old friend of them will lose his bar, because a bank wants to build a new complex there and demands 2.5 million dollars for a new contract in advance. Harley and Marlboro decide to help him by robbing the corrupt bank. Unfortunately they target the wrong safety transport and get hold of an amount of a new synthetic drug. Now they are targeted both by criminal bankers and killers of the drug mob.
Starring: Mickey Rourke, Don Johnson, Chelsea Field, Daniel Baldwin, Giancarlo Esposito, Vanessa Williams
Director: Simon Wincer
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Tags: Chelsea Field, Daniel Baldwin, Don Johnson, Giancarlo Esposito, Mickey Rourke, Simon Wincer, Vanessa Williams
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Cutter's Way (1981)
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Richard spots a man dumping a body, and decides to expose the man he thinks is the culprit with his friend Alex Cutter.
Starring: Jeff Bridges, John Heard, Lisa Eichhorn, Ann Dusenberry, Stephen Elliott
Director: Ivan Passer
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Posted on April 6, 2014 |
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Once Upon a Time in Wonderland (TV Series 2013)
Adventure | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Romance
In Victorian England, the young and beautiful Alice tells a tale of a strange new land that exists on the other side of a rabbit hole. An invisible cat, a hookah-smoking caterpillar and playing cards that talk are just some of the fantastic things she’s seen during this impossible adventure. Surely this troubled girl must be insane and her doctors aim to cure her with a treatment that will make her forget everything. Alice seems ready to put it all behind her, especially the painful memory of the genie she fell in love with and lost forever — the handsome and mysterious Cyrus. But deep down Alice knows this world is real and just in the nick of time, the sardonic Knave of Hearts and the irrepressible White Rabbit arrive to save her from a doomed fate. Together, the trio will take a tumble down the rabbit hole to this Wonderland where nothing is impossible.
Starring: Sophie Lowe, Michael Socha, Peter Gadiot, Emma Rigby, Naveen Andrews, John Lithgow, Brian George
Creator: Jane Espenson, Zack Estrin, Adam Horowitz, Edward Kitsis
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Tags: Adam Horowitz, Brian George, Edward Kitsis, Emma Rigby, Jane Espenson, John Lithgow, Michael Socha, Naveen Andrews, Peter Gadiot, Sophie Lowe, Zack Estrin
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My Life as a Dog / Mitt liv som hund (1985)
Comedy | Drama
A twelve-year old Swedish boy is sent to live with his aunt and uncle in a country village after his mother becomes ill.
Starring: Anton Glanzelius, Ing-Marie Carlsson, Kicki Rundgren, Tomas von Brömssen, Ralph Carlsson
Director: Lasse Hallström
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Tags: Anton Glanzelius, Ing-Marie Carlsson, Kicki Rundgren, Lasse Hallström, Ralph Carlsson, Tomas von Brömssen
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All the King's Men (1949)
Drama
All The King's Men is the story of the rise of politician Willie Stark from a rural county seat to the spotlight. Along the way, he loses his initial innocence, and becomes just as corrupt as those who he assaulted before for this characteristic. Also included is the romance between one of his "right hand women" and the up-and-coming journalist who brings Stark to prominence.
Starring: Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, Joanne Dru, John Derek, Mercedes McCambridge, Shepperd Strudwick
Director: Robert Rossen
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Posted on April 5, 2014 |
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Venus in Fur / La Vénus à la fourrure (2013)
Drama
An actress attempts to convince a director how she's perfect for a role in his upcoming production.
Starring: Emmanuelle Seigner, Mathieu Amalric
Director: Roman Polanski
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Posted on April 5, 2014 |
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Barbed Wire Dolls / Frauengefängnis (1976)
Crime | Drama | Horror | Thriller
After killing her father who had attempted to rape her, Maria da Guerra is sentenced to prison for life. The wardress is a sadistic lesbian without mercy or humanity. Upon her arrival Maria is taken to a special section for mentally disturbed prisoners where torture and rape are part of the day-to-day reality. One day the Regional Governor arrives, claiming to have received a letter from one of the prisoners describing incredible events in the prison. The writer of the letter was clearly unaware that the Governor is also part of the conspiracy. Carlos Costa, a male nurse pretending to be the prison doctor Moore, falls in love with Maria. After seducing him, Maria kills him with a pair of scissors and escapes with her friends Bertha and the disturbed Rosario, hoping to find safety in the Governor's house, unaware that he will not help them…
Starring: Lina Romay, Paul Muller, Monica Swinn, Roger Darton, Ronald Weiss, Martine Stedil, Eric Falk
Director: Jesús Franco
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Tags: Eric Falk, Jesus Franco, Lina Romay, Martine Stedil, Monica Swinn, Paul Muller, Roger Darton, Ronald Weiss
