The mayor of a suburban town must try to deal with cultural clashes with the local hassidic jewish community, while trying to mend his relation to his emotionally-distant son.
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The mayor of a suburban town must try to deal with cultural clashes with the local hassidic jewish community, while trying to mend his relation to his emotionally-distant son.
A feature length documentary following the making of horror director, Jorg Buttgerreit's movies.
Mozart and Da Ponte use the theme of "fiancée swapping", which dates back to the 13th century; notable earlier versions are found in Boccaccio's Decameron and Shakespeare's play Cymbeline. Elements from Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew are also present. Furthermore, it incorporates elements of the myth of Procris as found in Ovid's Metamorphoses, vii.[10] Place: Naples Time: the 18th century
A blind man, a returning safecracker and a recently released ex-con organize a heist of a prosthesis factory to get some platinum. But nothing will happen as planned.
While the unemployed actor Dieter "Did" Stricker keeps his head above water as a barker, his old acquaintance Rainer turns up, who now works as a PR strategist for the radical right-wing NSDU party. Did's rhetorical talent and his great poses would suit the faceless party well. With a few tricks, Rainer persuades his former colleague to run for office. With success: the popularity of the party increases, as do Stricker's fees. But suddenly his conscience speaks out.
Alexander is a young, emotionally-repressed Scot who, upset by his Czechoslovakian mother's death, journeys to Prague to scatter her ashes and track down a piece of film that contains the only existing footage of his family.
Fifteen-year-old Sabrina has lived with her father since he split with her mother. As the film unfolds it gradually becomes clear that Sabrina is a victim of incest.
This short comedy about the love of acting features a grandmother, daughter, and granddaughter in three different eras: first backstage at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1900, then backstage at a college theater in 1956, and finally, in the make-up room of the Charlie Rose television program in 1992. One of several short pieces commissioned for the PBS television special Great Performances 20th Anniversary.
The Huge are dwarf superheroes who inhabit Huge City, within another dimension. The problem arises when Max (who once was also a Huge) uses the technology of his former companions to enter the world of humans and, under the nickname of The Lord of Evil, become the leader of a criminal gang that kidnaps the Hour Officer to ask for 10,000 kilos of gold as a ransom.
Karen is a forty-year old woman who works in one of the largest hospitals in the town. She has an affair with Alan, the head physician of the same hospital. One day she meets Dennis, a handsome young man, very self-confident with whom she falls in love.
A woman loses her husband in a car accident and plunges into a severe emotional crisis, which is why she leaves her son in the care of her mother-in-law. When she goes to pick him up weeks later, a fierce battle breaks out between the women over the child.
Madhava and Hema love each other but both suppress their feelings due to societal norms. When a horrific incident lands Hema in a mental asylum, Madhava risks everything to comes to her aid.
When locksmith Bobby gets out of prison after a two year sentence for stealing money from parking meters, his wife Ginny is waiting outside for him. So is Ruby, a transvestite who was Bobby's cell mate and became his lover in prison. Bobby spurns Ruby, but he finds himself unable to reconnect with Ginny once they're back home together. He's in love, and it's not with her. Is there any way he can sort this out?
The director dedicated this lyrical, epic film-confession to the memory of his father who was a doctor. The film’s protagonist, an ambulance doctor, conducts dangerous experiments in search of a vitally important vaccine. His wife believes in his work, though his daughter would not understand him. His son, who is absolutely unlike his father in character, is trying to protect him. But self-denial in the name of science proves too high a price. Just when he is on the verge of discovery, the doctor loses everything he has gathered as a result of his twenty-year-long work. This loss brings him even closer to his son. The shooting of the film continued for seven years (1985-1992), making it a metaphorical culmination of the Soviet cinematography and the Soviet way of life as a whole.
Bernardo is dumped by his girlfriend, his career as a rock music critic is beginning to decline and stars to see a psychologist but in the meantime he meets the problematic and shy Camilla, who disrupts his life.
Hamsaveni (Revathi) after channelling the voice of the Goddess in childhood, is treated as such by her grateful village after water is found after a drought. Her elder brother Vallatharai (Vijayakumar) exploits his young sister's powers to make himself rich. When Hamsaveni falls in love with misunderstood drunk-with-heart-of-gold Thambi Durai (Karthik), Vallatharai is unhappy with her decision, due to the difference in status between the two and, more importantly, he can see his money supply running out. So Vallatharai tries to put Thambi Durai off in various ways from marrying his sister.
A composer rushing to meet a deadline meets a beautiful woman who says she is his biggest fan. However, it turns out that not only is she not a fan, she is a secret agent who has her own reasons for wanting to meet him.
Disturbed by visions of a labyrinthine London about to be consumed by water, a lonely father begins to destroy his family's tower block flat in order to make room for an unlikely refuge in their front room.
Upon his father's death, a Hungarian stage actor travels to Israel for the funeral and meets his stepmother for the first time.
Several days from the life of a landowner's estate on the eve of Christmas are shown through the perception of a boy. The action takes place in Russia in the second half of the 19th century.
A guarded undertaker receives a coffin that disappears at the airport, at the same time a gang is searching for a coffin containing smuggled dollars, and the police follow the two on their search for the coffin.
Medical-center doctors discover the shocking source of a deadly virus spreading through Los Angeles.
New York police lieutenant Rita Evans arrives in Russia on an exchange program. She's assigned to spend the weekend with Captain Andreev Varlamov of the local militia. A criminal gang, trying to blackmail Varlamov, mistakenly kidnaps Rita instead of his wife—unaware that the sexy blonde with the angelic face has some very sharp claws.
A made-for-TV film about a guard dog named Ruslan.
In 1977, after a fourteen year dry spell, the novelist Barbara Pym was nominated for a Booker Award for her novel, Quartet in Autumn. This drama documentary biopic sees Patricia Routledge as Pym and follows the day of the prize presentation, as she observes people and reminisces about life and love.
A group of young people draws straws to see who'll steal some cigarettes. With this theft, Sebastian starts a bizarre, symbolic odyssey through a sclerotic world, in search of himself and of truth and justice. When he tries withdrawing from one social paradigm, he finds himself caught in another.
After the death of her father, 22-year-old Céline inherits most of his estate, but gives it to her stepmother, causing her greedy fiancé to leave her. Following several failed suicide attempts, Céline is hospitalized and comes to the attention of a nurse, Genevieve, who has struggled with depression. Under her personal care, Céline gradually recovers, and the two women grow close.
A Christian teenager, missing out on his fun years, begins to contemplate his religion but is given the ability to SECOND GLANCE his life had he not been a leader sent by Him.
Hong Kong movie
Edward Sacchi is a wealthy and apparently content married man but underneath he is driven by a desire to seduce and discard women. One of his conquests, Lucy, falls in love with him and when spurned, commits suicide. Edward is shocked but continues as before. Each of his lovers are subsequently murdered and he is arrested. However, his wife saves him by arranging an appointment with the real killer...
Shortly before the WW II, Ella Gericke takes on the identity of her husband Max after his death to work instead of him in the factory. She continues to be Max until she herself doesn’t even know who she is anymore. The story is told from her point of view as an old woman.
Video magazine with interviews and video clips. Featured on this volume is: Alice Cooper, Extreme, Ice-T & Bodycount, Iron Maiden, Wrathchild and many more.
Life unravels when famous radio talk-show host Carmen (Sylvia Pinal) discovers she has just months to live. To tie up the loose ends of her life, she hires a chauffeur to drive her around Mexico City and visit her old haunts. But he does far more than that; instead, he gives her life a much-needed spark and shows her the road to happiness. Alonso Echanove and Raul Araiza Jr. co-star.
A short, 'intimate' documentary that attempts to investigate the inner sensualities that make all our bodies beautiful. It investigates our physicality as human beings, how we use our bodies and how conscious we are of the potentials of the flesh.
Carol Leifer stars as Rusty Berman, a 1950's burlesque queen with an outrageous, risque act.
What do you give the youth of Moscow for standing down the coup and ending the reign of Communism in Russia? 700,000 Watts of Head-banging Power. With Exclusive live performances and behind-the-scenes footage, FOR THOSE ABOUT TO ROCK captures five heavy metal bands and 500,000 fans in historic celebration of freedom at the concert that almost didn't happen.
Hong Kong movie
Joy flies to Hong Kong, where she meets her best friend Alain. With him, she visits the hottest districts of the city. She is kidnapped and imprisoned in a brothel and has to pay a high price for her freedom.
Instructional documentary produced in association with the Terrence Higgins Trust.
Recently divorced, aspiring filmmaker Helen (Jennifer Rubin) enters into a love triangle fueled by sexual hunger and manipulation. But as she attempts to define herself and fulfill her wants and needs, she must choose between her independence and her men. As Helen's exploits with controlling lover Paul (Michael Cerveris), casual beau Randy (Grant Show) and friend Donald (Lance Edwards) become fodder for her script, her choice becomes clear.
Beavis and Butt-head go to a monster truck rally, and end up buried in feces when a truck crashes through some port-a-potties which were the temple of Sterculius, the Roman God of feces.
Before a man can kill his nagging wife as planned, she disappears and he's charged with murder.
Four boys play a prank on their school teacher that results in a tragic incident. This leads to a series of unfortunate events changing their lives upside down.
It all started one night, they were witnesses ... Now they have to flee! A group of students discover the rites and sinister plans of a satanic organization.
Kemal Kayankaya, a private detective, was hired by a Turkish women, Ilter, to search for his husband, Amend, who has been missing since the death of her father, Vassif. Unknownst to him, he was about to unravel the secrets of his client's family, as well as their various dealings with the underworld and the police. Moreover, being a Turk raised in a German foster family, he has also begun to understand and accept his own ethnicity.
After the theft of his motorcycle, Lucio bums aimlessly around Buenos Aires drifting from one arcade and record store to the next, indulging in short chats with friends and, more often, setting out onto the streets alone.
The Big Circle Gang threatens the security of Hong Kong. The police headed by Huang Sir are determined to eradicate these robber gangs.
Machiko's husband Junji is a freelance designer. However, he cannot be said to be top-notch. Thanks to his original amorous hobbies, he watched porn at home when he wasn't working. After two years of marriage, he doesn't have the passion he used to when he holds Machiko. Junji distracts the shy Machiko by making her take on a bold position.
Black comedy about a normal guy, about to get married, who starts to question all things of a cosmic significance. He starts seeing only The Big Picture, ignoring trivialities (like his wife having a mock affair to get his attention), and gradually withdraws into himself. Told in flashback and retrospect at his funeral from the perspective of his friends and colleagues, we see the characters he encounters on his voyage of enlightenment - including the girl he falls for, and the escaped asylum patient in the middle of the desert who converses only by means of celebrity impersonations... Written by Cynan Rees
When a washed-up boxer invites a British priest to minister in his South Chicago neighborhood, he never suspects that the priest is not who he says he is.
The waiter of the seaside restaurant decides to become an honest man. He stops short-counting visitors, refuses to take a tip, trying to shame his own leadership. The results do not take long to wait — a respected member of society becomes an outcast, the Director of the restaurant expels him from work, and his wife from home…
Abhimanyu, an honest IPS officer, enlists the help of his brother, Kireeti, and kills a notorious smuggler, Vyaghra. However, things take a dangerous turn when Vyaghra's twin swears revenge.