Beauty, Fame, Wealth, and Tears
Part of the 1983 Super 8 Gay Film Festival
Part of the 1983 Super 8 Gay Film Festival
Part of the 1983 Super 8 Gay Film Festival
Fourteen-year-old Mo is a lonely, sensitive boy whose hunger for the rant and banter of buddies makes him prone to tread dangerous territories. He idolizes his handsome older brother, Rashid, a charismatic, well-respected member of a local gang, whose drug dealing enables “Rash” to provide for his family. Aching to be seen as a tough guy himself, Mo takes a job that unlocks a fateful turn of events and forces the brothers to confront their inner demons. It turns out that hate is easy. It is love and understanding that take real courage.
A gang of bikers prepares for a race as sexual, sadistic, and occult images are cut together.
A former professional dancer volunteers to teach dance in the New York public school system and, while his background first clashes with his students' tastes, together they create a completely new style of dance. Based on the story of ballroom dancer, Pierre Dulane.
When a change of circumstances leaves Miriam unable to pay her college tuition, she makes a surprising decision: to start performing in adult films, using the pseudonym Belle Knox. Miriam lies to her family and her friends at school, keeping her double life a secret. But soon rumours spread and Miriam becomes the subject of vicious online attacks and unwanted attention. Miriam fights back: she talks to the media, saying her new line of work empowers her as a feminist. But her confident stand has unintended consequences. Miriam is shunned by her conservative family and her colleagues in the adult film world. One impulsive decision has quickly spiralled out of control - and Miriam's problems are just beginning.
Against a plain, unchanging blue screen, a densely interwoven soundtrack of voices, sound effects and music attempt to convey a portrait of Derek Jarman's experiences with AIDS, both literally and allegorically, together with an exploration of the meanings associated with the colour blue.
A recently-released convict becomes the most powerful pimp in Oakland, but tragedy ensues when his activities draw the ire of two corrupt cops and the crime lord he once worked for.
Live Aid was held on 13 July 1985, simultaneously in Wembley Stadium in London, England, and the John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia, United States. It was one of the largest scale satellite link-ups and television broadcasts of all time: watched live by an estimated global audience of 1.9 billion, across 150 nations. "It's twelve noon in London, seven AM in Philadelphia, and around the world it's time for Live Aid...!"
ภาพยนตร์เรื่อง Bohemian Rhapsody เป็นการก้าวตามรอยเท้าเพื่อเฉลิมฉลองให้กับวงควีน งานเพลง และนักร้องนำที่แสนอัศจรรย์ของพวกเขา "เฟรดดี้ เมอร์คิวรี่" ผู้ซึ่งได้ท้าทายอำนาจของทัศนคติที่ตายตัว และทำลายธรรมเนียมปฏิบัติที่เคยมี จนกลายเป็นหนึ่งในนักร้องผู้เป็นที่รักยิ่งที่สุดในโลก
ภาพยนตร์คอนเสิร์ตปี 1984 ของวง Talking Heads กำกับโดย Jonathan Demme นำเสนอการแสดงสดสุดไดนามิก เริ่มต้นด้วย David Byrne คนเดียวบนเวที ก่อนที่สมาชิกวงและเครื่องดนตรีจะค่อยๆ ปรากฏขึ้น เป็นการบันทึกการแสดงสดที่ถือเป็นหนึ่งในภาพยนตร์คอนเสิร์ตที่ดีที่สุดตลอดกาล ด้วยพลังงานและสไตล์การแสดงที่เป็นเอกลักษณ์
Documentary filmmaker Amy Berg investigates the life of 30-year pedophile Father Oliver O'Grady and exposes the corruption inside the Catholic Church that allowed him to abuse countless children. Victims' stories and a disturbing interview with O'Grady offer a view into the troubled mind of the spiritual leader who moved from parish to parish gaining trust ... all the while betraying so many.