"Murder and Manhunt in the Caribbean Jungle Lands!"
The opportunistic Jean marries an older man, plantation owner Don Luis, for financial security and finds herself falling for his virile right-hand man, Carlos. Jealous of Carlos' position and fearing that Jean will inherit Luis' money, his greedy cousin, Miguel, does his best to turn Luis against the would-be lovers and come out on top in the process.
Mari Blanchard
Jean Montoya
Ruth Cains
Rita
Albert Dekker
Don Luis Montoya
Juano Hernández
Bernardo
Carlos Rivas
Carlos
Lee Van Cleef
Miguel
The opportunistic Jean marries an older man, plantation owner Don Luis, for financial security and finds herself falling for his virile right-hand man, Carlos. Jealous of Carlos' position and fearing that Jean will inherit Luis' money, his greedy cousin, Miguel, does his best to turn Luis against the would-be lovers and come out on top in the process.
The Plantation of Passions, Pilfering and Poison. Machete is directed by Kurt Neumann and Neumann co-wrote the screenplay with Carroll Young. It stars Mari Blanchard, Albert Dekker, Carlos Rivas, Lee Van Cleef, Ruth Cains and Juano Hernandez. Music is by Paul Sawtell and Bert Shefter and cinematography is by Karl Struss. Set at and filmed in Aguirre, Puerto Rico, Machete is a sort of jungle noir mixed with melodramatic oddities. Plot essentially has Blanchard sticking her chest out and marrying Dekker's plantation owner purely for financial security. Upon arriving at said plantation, she quickly gets the hots for Hernandez's hard working and honest Bernardo, which puts everybody's nose out of joint, not least the scheming Miguel (Cleef). Who promptly sets about spreading the poison to feather his own nefarious laden nest. Blanchard gives her all for the femme fatale role, but everyone else is either subdued or bogged down by the silly scripting. This in turn produces some very uneven performances by the rest of the cast, which in Dekker's case is unusual. Struss' night time photography is a plus, though there's nothing particularly striking or any atmosphere enhancement going on. The fight choreography is also very poor, rendering the machete symbolism weaker than I'm sure the makers intended. As a Dekker fan I'm just pleased to have been able to see it and strike it off my "to see" list, while Blanchard's exuberant efforts always keeps it watchable. But it's a hard one to recommend with any sort of confidence. 5/10
Anti-Catholic and anti-cleric policies in the Mexican state of Tabasco lead the revolutionary government to persecute the state's last remaining priest.
After five failed attempts to go to the United States, 18-year-old Ramón decides to look for a friend’s aunt in Germany, but never finds her. With no papers or money, and without knowing the language, he barely survives living on the street until he meets Ruth, an old retired nurse who doesn’t speak Spanish. Beyond language barriers and prejudices, they discover that solidarity and humanity make life bearable.
The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance.
When a rebellious teen embarks on a solo summer journey to connect with her roots, she finds herself in a new world, geared up for the ride of her life, and discovers she had the drive in her all along.
Andrew Crocker-Harris has been forced from his position as the classics master at an English public school due to poor health. As he winds up his final term, he discovers not only that his wife, Millie, has been unfaithful to him with one of his fellow schoolmasters, but that the school's students and faculty have long disdained him. However, an unexpected act of kindness causes Crocker-Harris to re-evaluate his life's work.
ในเอเลนอร์ผู้ยิ่งใหญ่ จูน สควิบบ์ ถ่ายทอดบทบาทของเอเลนอร์ มอร์เกนสตีน หญิงวัย 94 ปี ผู้มีไหวพริบและภูมิใจในความแสบของตัวเองออกมาได้อย่างมีชีวิตชีวา หลังเผชิญกับความสูญเสียใหญ่หลวง เธอได้เล่าเรื่องที่เกิดบานปลายจนเป็นอันตราย นี่คือผลงานกำกับเรื่องแรกของสการ์เล็ตต์ โจแฮนส์สัน เป็นการสำรวจที่ทั้งขบขันและสะเทือนใจ ว่าเรื่องราวที่เราได้ฟังกลายมาเป็นเรื่องราวที่เราเล่าต่อได้อย่างไร เพิ่มเติม พ.ศ. 2568 · 1h 38m 66%
In revolutionary Iran, as fundamentalists tighten their grip on society, a professor secretly gathers seven of her most dedicated female students to read and discuss forbidden classics of Western literature, including Lolita and Pride and Prejudice. Based on the bestselling memoir by Azar Nafisi. A film by Eran Riklis starring Golshifteh Farahani (Paterson), Zar Amir (Holy Spider), and Mina Kavani (No Bears).
แอนดรูว์ คร็อกเกอร์-แฮร์ริส เป็นครูสอนภาษากรีกและละตินที่โรงเรียนเตรียมอุดมศึกษาในอังกฤษที่รู้สึกขมขื่นและไม่เป็นที่ชื่นชอบ หลังจากรับใช้มาเกือบ 20 ปี เขาถูกบังคับให้เกษียณอายุเพราะ "เหตุผลด้านสุขภาพ" และบางทีอาจไม่ได้รับเงินบำนาญด้วยซ้ำ เด็กๆ มองว่าเขาเป็นฮิตเลอร์ แต่ก็มีเหตุผลอยู่บ้าง ลอร่า ภรรยาที่ไม่ซื่อสัตย์ของเขาพยายามทำร้ายเขาทุกวิถีทางที่ทำได้ แอนดรูว์ต้องยอมรับกับชีวิตที่ล้มเหลวของเขาและอย่างน้อยก็ต้องกลับมานับถือตัวเองอีกครั้ง
Back from a tour of duty, Kelli struggles to find her place in her family and the rust-belt town she no longer recognizes.
Jamie Fitzpatrick and Nona Alberts are two women from opposites sides of the social and economic track, but they have one thing in common: a mission to fix their community's broken school and ensure a bright future for their children. The two women refuse to let any obstacles stand in their way as they battle a bureaucracy that's hopelessly mired in traditional thinking, and they seek to re-energize a faculty that has lost its passion for teaching.