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The Stand (1994)Stephen King's The Stand
In Stephen King's epic vision of an apocalyptic future, the few survivors of a plague-ravaged world must choose sides in a battle of good vs. evil that will decide the fate of humanity. As the followers of demonic Randall Flagg (Jamey Sheridan) plot to rebuild the world in his dark image, a courageous foursome embarks on a heroic mission against Flagg and his minions. Fighting overwhelming odds, they will risk more than their lives as they take one desperate last stand against evil. - Director:
- Mick Garris
- Cast:
- Gary Sinise, Molly Ringwald, Jamey Sheridan
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You Can't Escape Lithuania (2016)Nuo Lietuvos nepabegsi
After his star actress, Indre (Irina Lavrinovic), murders her mother, rich-kid filmmaker Romas (Denisas Kolomyckis) plans her escape from Lithuania. His sexy Mexican boyfriend Carlos (Adrian Escobar) helps them reluctantly. On the road, Romas begins shooting an improvised experimental film of the trip with his smartphone. As events take an unexpected turn, their secrets, memories and emotions make this journey wilder than any film Romas could have imagined. - Director:
- Romas Zabarauskas
- Cast:
- Denisas Kolomyckis, Orijus Gasanovas, Titas Motuzas
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It's 1973, Franco's on his way out, and Spain is changing with the times. Alberto Lopez is a failing door-to-door encyclopaedia salesman on the brink of financial disaster until he and his lovely wife, Carmen, are offered a unique and lucrative opportunity to make their own amateur Super 8 'erotic' movies, as part of a phoney "Scandinavian World Encyclopaedia of Reproduction". Little do they realize that this will unspool Alberto's passion for Bergmanesque filmmaking, launch Carmen as an international sex symbol, and rekindle Carmen's insatiable urge to have a baby. - Director:
- Pablo Berger
- Cast:
- Javier Cámara, Candela Peña, Juan Diego
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Len is a lifesaving champion, a legend in his lifetime. But when the younger, faster and fitter Phil arrives at the club and saves a young boy on his first day, it seems Len is no longer on top of his game. His confused feelings for Phil cause him to react violently but when Phil wins the annual Sydney Lifesaving competition; a competition Len has previously won five times, he finally comes face to face with a fundamental question, will he accept his own identity? Drown is a bold, eye catching, energetic gem, which explores the male body, sexuality and the consequences of same-sex attraction in a masculine environment, all through the lens of an Australian hero. - Director:
- Dean Francis
- Cast:
- Matt Levett, Maya Stange, Jack Matthews
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Flowing (1956)Nagareru / House of Geisha
Directed in 1956, the year that prostitution was outlawed in Japan, 'Flowing' explores the inner workings of a changing world, as traditional geishas faced the impending decline of their hidden way of life and the looming spectre of prostitution. It depicts the story of a widow, Rika (Kinuyo Tanaka), who is forced to work for a living and becomes a maid in a struggling Tokyo geisha house where its proud mistress (Isuzu Yamada) tries to save the house from becoming either a restaurant or a brothel. It is through Rika that we are introduced to the various geishas, who drink and fight, worry over the lack of clients, and attempt to stave off imminent extinction. - Director:
- Mikio Naruse
- Cast:
- Kinuyo Tanaka, Isuzu Yamada, Hideko Takamine
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Joshua Oppenheimer is one of the world's most renowned documentary filmmakers. His multi award-winning films 'The Act of Killing' (2012) and 'The Look of Silence' (2014) have challenged and redefined ideas about the very nature of documentary cinema. Presented here for the first time is the complete cycle of Joshua Oppenheimer's early works. These films do not simply record or document facts; they are playful, artistic, and philosophical. Often confrontational, and frequently disquieting, they reveal how Oppenheimer's instinct for social justice has developed into a fully-fledged art form.
Films Comprise:
- Light Test (1995)
- Camera Test (1995)
- Hugh (1996)
- The Challenge of Manufacturing (1996)
- These Places We've Learned to Call Home (1996)
- The Entire History of the Louisiana Purchase (1997)
- Land of Enchantment (2000)
- The Globalisation Tapes (2002)
- Market Update (2002)
- A Brief History of Paradise as Told by the Cockroaches (2002)
- Muzak: A Tool of Management (2002)
- Postcard from Sun City, Arizona (2003)- Director:
- Joshua Oppenheimer
- Cast:
- Intan Sinaga, Sharman Sinaga, Jennifer Lee Carrell
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In his fascinating exploration of a triple homicide case in Conroe, Texas, master filmmaker Werner Herzog, probes the human psyche to explore why people kill - and why a state kills. In intimate conversations with those involved, including 28-year-old death row inmate Michael Perry (scheduled to die within eight days of appearing on-screen), Herzog achieves what he describes as "a gaze into the abyss of the human soul" Herzog's inquiries also extend to the families of the victims and perpetrators as well as a state executioner arid pastor who have been with death row prisoners as they've taken their final breaths. As he has so often done before, Herzog's investigation unveils layers of humanity, making an enlightening trip out of ominous territory. - Director:
- Werner Herzog
- Cast:
- Werner Herzog, Richard Lopez, Michael Perry
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Disappearance at Clifton Hill (2019)Clifton Hill
Following the death of her mother, Abby (Tuppence Middleton), a troubled young woman, returns to her hometown of Niagara Falls and the dilapidated motel her family used to run. She soon finds herself drawn back into a mystery that has haunted her since childhood. As Abby sets out to discover the truth, she must confront local eccentric Walter (David Cronenberg), convince her sister Laure (Hannah Gross), and face her own demons. - Director:
- Albert Shin
- Cast:
- Tuppence Middleton, Hannah Gross, Marie-Josée Croze
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Iquitos, Peru, is a town Isolated in the middle of the jungle at the turn of the century. On the outskirts, a few shacks are rotting in the mud. In the centre are the splendid houses of the nouveaux-riches rubber barons. It is in this setting, rich in grotesque contrast, that Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald - Fltzcarraldo (Klaus Kinski), as the natives call him - has his dream of bringing together Enrico Caruso and Sarah Bernhardt for one great celebration of Grand Opera. To finance his fantastic dream, Fitzcarraldo decides to exploit a vast area of rubber trees growing beyond the impassable Ucayala Falls. In order to circumvent this barrier, he literally has his huge steamboat lifted over a mountain from one branch of the river to the other. With the aid of a tribe of Indians bewitched by records featuring the voice of the greatest singer of all time, Fitzcarraldo fights fever, mosquitoes and suffocating heat to achieve the impossible. - Director:
- Werner Herzog
- Cast:
- Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale, José Lewgoy
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Gwendoline (1984)The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik Yak
For the first time on video, Just Jaeckin's erotic masterpiece can finally be seen in its full uncut glory! From acclaimed master of erotica Just Jaeckin comes Gwendoline, one of the most sought-after 'guilty pleasure' movies of all time! Filled to the brim with enough female flesh and fetishistic imagery to satisfy the most demanding of jaded voyeurs, this is one cult fantasy film you definitely won't want to miss! Follow the adventures of the sweet and innocent Gwendoline (Tawny Kitaen) in which she travels as a stowaway to the Far East with her sexy friend Beth (Zabou Breitman) on a mission to track down her father, who has mysteriously disappeared whilst on a mission to find a mythical butterfly. Rescued from a group of lecherous seamen by the hunky adventurer Willard (Brent Huff), Gwendoline persuades him to make up their trio and embark on a daring journey to the land of the Yek Yeik, a country ruled by a diabolical dominant Amazon queen and an army of female fetish-clad Amazonian warriors! There Gwendoline must defeat the evil queen and prevent Willard from being forced to spawn a new race of female warriors - or face certain death. - Director:
- Just Jaeckin
- Cast:
- Tawny Kitaen, Patrick Floersheim, Brent Huff
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Creepy (2016)Kurîpî: Itsuwari no rinjin
Based on a novel by Yutaka Maekawa, "Creepy" follows ex-police detective and criminal psychologist Takakura (Hidetoshi Nishijima), who moves to a quiet suburban town seeking peace and quiet. When a former colleague asks for his assistance on a case involving a disappearing family his investigation leads him to cast suspicions on his peculiar new neighbour. - Director:
- Kiyoshi Kurosawa
- Cast:
- Hidetoshi Nishijima, Yûko Takeuchi, Toru Baba
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Class (2008)Entre les murs
The greatest lessons are learnt when life enters the classroom. The tense environment of a tough inner-city school where cultures and attitudes often clash is revealed in this award-winning drama based on François Bégaudeau's best-selling novel 'Between the Walls'. Bégaudeau himself stars as an idealistic teacher of a class of unruly 15 year-olds, whose spiky independence present a constant challenge to his sometimes unconventional teaching methods. Featuring an outstanding non-professional cast of real teachers and students, Laurent Cantet's gripping and sharply observed film offers a microcosm of contemporary society and explores the issues and challenges of education today. - Director:
- Laurent Cantet
- Cast:
- François Bégaudeau, Agame Malembo-Emene, Angélica Sancio
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After his boyfriend Norberto (Eugenio Sanz) breaks up with him and runs away to Iceland, heartbroken Bruno (Richard García) decides to set out to find him. He soon meets Arnau (Raúl Portero), a handsome local tour guide in Reykjavik, who is determined to help Bruno in his exceedingly idealistic search. Their trip will become a grieving process for them both, until they reach the remote island of Grimsey. There, Bruno will have to learn what love really means in order to move on with his life. - Director:
- Richard Garcia
- Cast:
- Richard Garcia, Fanny Gautier, Fanny Gautier
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Phase IV (1974)Phase 4 / Phase Four
In a sealed lab in the Arizona desert, scientists James Lesko (Michael Murphy) and Dr. Ernest Hubbs (Nigel Davenport) search for answers to an evolutionary shift in the ant population; the development of a collective intelligence and cross-species hive mentality. With humanity under threat, the scientists are faced with the choice of either communicating with, or eradicating their antagonists. - Director:
- Saul Bass
- Cast:
- Nigel Davenport, David Healy, Michael Murphy
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Based on Patrick Hamilton's celebrated stage play, Thorold Dickinson's 'Gaslight' is a narrowing and claustrophobic study of murder, abuse and lust in Victorian London. By turns charming and cruel, Anton Walbrook excels as the sadistic husband who attempts to drive his wife (Diana Wynyard) mad to prevent her from disclosing his dark past. - Director:
- Thorold Dickinson
- Cast:
- Anton Walbrook, Diana Wynyard, Frank Pettingell
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