Simon, a famous violinist, sinks into alcoholism. He finds support from his lover, who is also the manager of the orchestra in which he plays. But is she really helping him or is she exploiting his dependence on her? A man who has been through the same experience as Simon, offers to help him…Read More »
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A priest investagates paranormal activity at a nuns’ convent where a deep, dark secret is about to resurface in the guise of murder! Could the devil be behind this, or is that just what Mother Superior wants everyone to believe?Read More »
Oberon and Titania, the elf king couple from Shakespeare’s “Midsummer Night’s Dream”, fate has landed in a contemporary city park. Your task is to help modern couples who only maintain “relationships” to regain true lust and love.Read More »
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La quarantaine (Beyond Forty) is a psychological drama by Anne Claire Poirier, veteran and pioneer of feminine and feminist cinema in Canada. As a director and producer, she broke the silence of women, reversed taboos and paved the way for women’s films in Quebec and Canada. “If I feel this way, it’s because others have to live the same thing as me.” This leitmotiv leads Anne Claire Poirier to make a feminine cinema that is both personal and plural.Read More »
Shunzo (Bengal) and his wife Michi (Masako Motai) run a beloved greengrocer on the outskirts of Tokyo. When Lee, a struggling exchange student from China, visits the shop but is unable to afford the produce, an uneasy relationship sprouts. Begrudgingly, Shunzo agrees to lower his prices. Soon, Lee’s classmates begin frequenting the shop. As Shunzo’s generosity sneaks up on him and strains his family’s welfare, he confronts his role as surrogate father to his newfound Chinese friends.Read More »
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Rick Schmidt’s Emerald Cities was filmed primarily 1979-1981, capturing the uneasy period when Ronald Reagan’s television Presidency began and daily fear of nuclear annihilation was perhaps as extreme as during the during the Cuban Missile Crisis, yet at a constant slow boil. So, if you’re going to chart the end of the world in progress as a kind of pre-Repo Man black comedy, why not turn to San Francisco’s the Mutants and Flipper to appear on screen as a sort of Greek Chorus to provide the music? Both bands specialized (and still do, decades later) in arch critiques of popular culture, but one did it as impossibly catchy pop-punk with a dirty edge (the former), and one did it by scraping out the grimiest and most deceptively plodding-tempo scum-rock on earth.Read More »
In 1930s Los Angeles, a police detective leads an elite squad against a vicious organized crime ring.Read More »
“Out of the Darkness” is a gripping thriller telling the true story of the hunt and capture of David Berkowitz, a.k.a. “Son of Sam” – the infamous serial killer who stalked New York City in the 1970s.Read More »
Based on the true story of a bedroom-eyed Kansas preacher who decided that getting rid of his wife, and his secretary’s husband, was the will of the Lord.Read More »