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Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios
When Ivan (Fernando Guillen) jilts long-time lover, actress Pepa (Carmen Maura), she plans her suicide; lacing her gazpacho soup with barbiturates. She is, however saved by her best friend Candela (Maria Barranco), a fugitive from the law. Further adding to the chaos, Ivan's son (Antonio Banderas) and his fiance Marisa (Rossy de Palma) turn up at the apartment. Bored with the situation, Marisa inadvertently ingests the gazpacho and as she blissfully snoozes, her fiance inaugurates an affair with Carmen's fugitive friend. - Director:
- Pedro Almodóvar
- Cast:
- Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas, Julieta Serrano
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The heartbeat of a dream has a rhythm all of its own...Feel it in the pulse of the city streets... The syncopated sounds of the subway...Its synergy...synthesis...style. And it's alive in 'Tap', a flashy, frenzied celebration of dance set against an electrifying urban backdrop. Stellar performances from a lineup of master hoofers including Arthur Duncan, Harold Nicholas, Sandman Simms and Sammy Davis, Jr. drive the film's dazzling, contemporary soundtrack of rock, fusion and funk. Gregory Hines stars as Max Washington, a promising but disillusioned tap dancer, torn between his craft and the fast track life of a high-stakes thief. - Director:
- Nick Castle
- Cast:
- Gregory Hines, Suzzanne Douglas, Sammy Davis Jr.
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Producer Stephen Woolley and director Michael Caton-Jones' account of the 1963 'Profumo' affair that rocked the British establishment conjures up London on the brink of the Swinging Sixties, where members of high society indulge their baser instincts careless of the consequences. After becoming enchanted by exotic dancer Christine Keeler (Joanne Whalley), a politically connected doctor Stephen Ward (John Hurt) invites her to live with him. Through his contacts and parties she begins to date Conservative ministers, including Secretary of State for War John Profumo (Ian McKellen). When the affair becomes public, scandal tears through the government and threatens the lifestyles - and even the freedom - of those involved. - Director:
- Michael Caton-Jones
- Cast:
- John Hurt, Joanne Whalley, Bridget Fonda
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A British Commando (Havers) drops into the centre of a forbidden tropical island at the end of World War II. His mission is to lead a native rebellion against the Japanese army. Three years before, an American soldier (Nolte) turned his back on the war. His search for freedom led him to a world where trust and courage have made him a king. Now his paradise is about to become a bloody battleground. - Director:
- John Milius
- Cast:
- Nick Nolte, Nigel Havers, Frank McRae
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The 1974 kidnapping and subsequent brainwashing of heiress Patricia Hearst is grippingly portrayed in this stylised, shocking, darkly funny thriller. In a riveting, phenomenal performance, acclaimed actress Natasha Richardson portrays an unformed woman who manages to discover who she is while being forced, under the most unimaginable of circumstances, to be who she is not. When a group calling itself the Symbionese Liberation Army snatched 19 year old Patty Hearst from her apartment, they kept her in total darkness for six weeks, berating her and constantly threatening her with death. Her only strength being the social skills with which she's been raised, she uses her good manners to conform and, hopefully, survive. - Director:
- Paul Schrader
- Cast:
- Natasha Richardson, William Forsythe, Ving Rhames
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Jesse Eisenberg stars in the true story of Jewish Boy Scouts joining the French Resistance to save over 10,000 orphans from the Nazis in World War Two. Eisenberg plays famous mime artist Marcel Marceau who, together with a group of activists, fights to rescue Jewish orphans from ruthless Nazis and take them safely across the Swiss border. - Director:
- Jonathan Jakubowicz
- Cast:
- Jesse Eisenberg, Clémence Poésy, Matthias Schweighöfer
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The King of Staten Island (2020)Untitled Judd Apatow / Pete Davidson Project
Scott (Pete Davidson) has been a case of arrested development ever since his firefighter father died when he was seven. He's now reached his mid-20's having achieved little, living with his mother (Marisa Tomei) and spending his days hanging with his buddies and secretly hooking up with his childhood friend Kelsey (Bel Powley). When his mother starts dating a loudmouth firefighter Ray (Bill Burr), it sets off a chain of events that will force Scott to grapple with his grief and take his first tentative steps toward moving forward in life. - Director:
- Judd Apatow
- Cast:
- Pete Davidson, Bel Powley, Ricky Velez
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The High Note (2020)Covers
Set in the dazzling world of the LA music scene comes the story of Grace Davis (Tracee Ellis Ross), a superstar whose talent, and ego, have reached unbelievable heights, and Maggie (Dakota Johnson), her overworked personal assistant. While stuck running errands, Maggie still aspires to her childhood dream of becoming a music producer. When Grace's manager (Ice Cube) presents her with a choice that could alter the course of her career, Maggie and Grace come up with a plan that could change their lives forever. - Director:
- Nisha Ganatra
- Cast:
- Dakota Johnson, Tracee Ellis Ross, Kelvin Harrison Jr.
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The Whistlers (2019)La Gomera
On an island in the Canaries there is a language spoken only through whistling... Using the whistling language, a gang of criminals are planning the perfect crime, they will communicate across the rooftops and the police will simply think the birds are singing. Cristi is a police officer who has been sent to infiltrate their operation. But when he falls for the glorious femme fatale Gilda who suggests other plans will this cop with a history of playing both sides of the law choose justice or self-service? - Director:
- Corneliu Porumboiu
- Cast:
- Vlad Ivanov, Catrinel Marlon, Rodica Lazar
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"Cunningham" traces Merce's artistic evolution over three decades of risk and discovery (1944-1972), from his early years as a struggling dancer in postwar New York to his emergence as one of the world's most visionary choreographers. The film weaves together Cunningham's philosophies and stories, creating a visceral journey into his innovative work. A breathtaking explosion of dance, music, and never-before-seen archival material, 'Cunningham' is a timely tribute to one of the world's greatest modern dance artists. - Director:
- Alla Kovgan
- Cast:
- Carolyn Brown, John Cage, Ashley Chen
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"My Rembrandt" is set in the world of the Old Masters and offers a mosaic of gripping stories in which unrestrained passion for Rembrandt's paintings leads to dramatic developments and unexpected plot turns. While art collectors such as Eijk and Rose-Marie de Mol van Otterloo, the American Thomas Kaplan and the Scottish Duke of Buccleuch show us their special connection with 'their' Rembrandt, French baron Eric de Rothschild puts two Rembrandts up for sale, triggering a hard political battle between the Rijksmuseum and the Louvre. The film also follows aristocratic Dutch art dealer Jan Six as he seems to be on the trail of not just one but two 'new' Rembrandt paintings. This nerve-wracking journey of discovery seems to be the realisation of his biggest boyhood dream. - Director:
- Oeke Hoogendijk
- Cast:
- Jan Six, Duke of Buccleuch, Eric de Rothschild
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Luke Nightingale (Miles Robbins), a lonely young boy with an emotionally unstable mother, invents a friend named Daniel (Patrick Schwarzenegger) who leads them both into a world of fantasy and imagination. After Daniel tricks Luke into doing something terrible, Luke is forced to banish him to the bottom of his subconscious. Twelve years later, Luke, now a college freshman, brings Daniel back - and he now appears as a charming, manipulative young man with a terrifying secret agenda. - Director:
- Adam Egypt Mortimer
- Cast:
- Miles Robbins, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Sasha Lane
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Long Day's Journey Into Night (2018)Di qiu zui hou de ye wan
Luo (Jue Huang) returns to Kaili, the hometown from which he fled many years before. Luo recalls the death of an old friend, Wildcat (Hong-Chi Lee), and searches for his lost love Wan Qiwen (Wei Tang) who continues to haunt him. Bi's film sculpts time and space with huge virtuosity. With talismanic cues and motifs of uncanny doubling, the film is bisected, its first half recast in the second through a vertiginous, trance-inducing, hour-long single take in 3D. A hypnotic study of hazy memory, lost time, and flight, 'Long Day's Journey into Night' take you on a nocturnal, labyrinthine voyage. - Director:
- Gan Bi
- Cast:
- Wei Tang, Jue Huang, Sylvia Chang
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The Gentlemen follows American expat Mickey Pearson (Matthew McConaughey) who built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. When word gets out that he's looking to cash out of the business forever it triggers plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him. - Director:
- Guy Ritchie
- Cast:
- Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Michelle Dockery
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After 10 years, Eddie Franks (Craig Fairbrass) is out of prison and trying to stay on the straight and narrow, but his drug-mule brother Sean (George Russo) has other ideas. Rival gangster brothers Roy and Johnny Garret (Robert Glenister and Tomi May) are demanding Sean repay his debt to them, causing Eddie to get tangled in the crossfire, ending up using his life savings and calling in favours with mobster friends to try and help. Following a dramatic coup at the family pub, events spiral out of control in the ultimate fight for survival. With a powerful performance from Fairbrass, 'Villain' is a gritty British thriller which depicts a dark, criminal underworld. - Director:
- Philip Barantini
- Cast:
- Craig Fairbrass, Robert Glenister, Nicholas Aaron
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