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Renowned filmmaker Douglas Sirk directed this internationally acclaimed story of the very, very rich whose lack of morality and character leads to ruin and death. The stunningly photographed films stars Robert Stack as Kyle Hadley, the never-do-well son of Texas magnate Robert Keith whose dynasty begins to crumble due to the activities of his pleasure-seeking brood. Along for the downhill ride is an all-star cast that includes Lauren Bacall as Stack's unfortunate wife, Rock Hudson as his best friend and Dorothy Malone who picked up a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her portrayal of Kyle's nymphomaniac sister. - Director:
- Douglas Sirk
- Cast:
- Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, Robert Stack
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McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971)The Presbyterian Church Wager
1902: John McCabe (Warren Beatty) turns up in a northwest mining town called Presbyterian Church, starts gambling and sets up a successful brothel with his girlfriend Constance Miller (Julie Christie), an opium-addicted madam. They refuse an offer from the mine operators to buy them out, but the mine bosses refuse to take no for an answer. - Director:
- Robert Altman
- Cast:
- Julie Christie, Rene Auberjonois, Warren Beatty
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Hard Boiled (1992)Lat sau san taam
Inspector Tequila Yuen (Chow Yun Fat) is determined to rid the city of gangs by beating them at their own violent game. But in a vicious shoot out, his partner and colleagues are massacred, leaving Yuen bitter and hungry for vengeance. Yuen comes face-to-face with Tony (Tony Leung), a lethal and cunning assassin working for a gun-running gang, in a stake-out where it seems that Yuen will end up in a body bag. But a stunning plot twist cranks up the action another gear when Yuen discovers that Tony has a dangerous secret... - Director:
- John Woo
- Cast:
- Yun-Fat Chow, Simon Broad, Pierre Tremblay
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The Count of Monte Cristo (2024)Le comte de Monte-Cristo / The Count of Monte-Cristo
The target of a sinister plot, young Edmond Dantes (Pierre Niney) is arrested on his wedding day for a crime he did not commit. After fourteen years in the island prison of Château d'If, he manages a daring escape. Now rich beyond his dreams, he assumes the identity of the Count of Monte Cristo and exacts his revenge on the three men who betrayed him. - Director:
- Alexandre de La Patellière
- Cast:
- Pierre Niney, Bastien Bouillon, Anaïs Demoustier
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France, 1870. Rosalie is a young woman with a secret…She was born with a face and body covered in hair. A genuine bearded lady. She's kept her secret safe all her life, until Abel, an indebted bar owner, marries her for her dowry. Now, she no longer wishes to hide. A story of hope and radical self-acceptance, 'Rosalie' is a beautiful and bold romance from director Stéphanie Di Giusto, starring Nadia Tereszkiewicz and Benoît Magimel. - Director:
- Stéphanie Di Giusto
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- Nadia Tereszkiewicz, Benoît Magimel, Benjamin Biolay
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Cary Grant and a stellar cast romp through this classic farce based on Joseph Kesselrings 1941 Broadway hit and breezily directed by Frank Capra. Frazzled drama critic Mortimer Brewster (Grant) has two aunts (Josephine Hull and Jean Adair) who ply lonely geezers with poisoned libations, one sociopathic brother (Raymond Massey) who looks like Boris Karloff, one bonkers brother (John Alexander) who thinks he's Teddy Roosevelt, one impatient new bride (Priscilla Lane)and only one night to make it turn out all right. In this circus center ring is Grant, twisting his face into a clown's gallery of flabbergasted reactions and transforming his natural athletic grace into a rubber-legged comic ballet. Youll die laughing. - Director:
- Frank Capra
- Cast:
- Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey
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Day for Night (1973)La nuit américaine
At the Victorine Studios in Nice, a French movie-maker, Ferrand (Francois Truffaut) starts shooting his latest film: "Meet Pamela". As ever, this proves eventful from the outset: ups and downs on the shoot, actors whims, complicated love-lives and the producer putting on the pressure... Ferrand wonders whether his film will ever get made. In 'Day for Night', Truffaut provides the answer to the question asked by all film lovers "what goes on behind the cameras?". He films the shoot as it really is, straightforwardly, without artefacts, with honesty and accuracy, making it seem like a documentary. Often funny, sometimes tragic, 'Day for Night' is one of Truffaut's most autobiographical films and won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film in 1973. - Director:
- François Truffaut
- Cast:
- Jacqueline Bisset, Georges Delerue, Jean-Pierre Léaud
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Nick and Nora Charles cordially invite you to bring your own alibi to The Thin Man, the jaunty whodunit that made William Powell and Myrna Loy the champagne elite of sleuthing, Bantering in the boudoir, enjoying walks with beloved dog Asta or matching each other highball for highball and clue for clue, they combined screwball romance with mystery. The resulting triumph nabbed four Academy Award nominations (including Best Picture) and spawned five sequels. Credit W.S. " Woody" Van Dyke for recognizing that Powell and Loy were ideal together and for getting the studio's okay by promising to shoot this splendid adaptation of Dashiell Hammett's novel in three weeks. He took 12 days. They didn't call him "One-Take Woody" for nothing. - Director:
- W.S. Van Dyke
- Cast:
- William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O'Sullivan
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Soon after the huge success of 'Magnificent Obsession', Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson again teamed up with director Douglas Sirk for this heartwarming story of an attractive, wealthy New England widow who defies social constraints when she falls in love for a much younger man. When Cary Scott (Jane Wyman) falls in love with her sexy gardener, Ron Kirby (Rock Hudson), she becomes the target of small town gossip, while at the time incurring the wrath of her own children Kay (Gloria Talbott) and Ned (William Reynolds). The children and the town want Cary to lead a more conventional lifestyle than that offered by Ron. They would prefer that she spend the rest of her life in front of her new TV set, wed to Harvey (Conrad Nagel), a highly respected, wealthy - and boring - bachelor. Will she choose love or "respectability"? - Director:
- Douglas Sirk
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- Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Agnes Moorehead
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A two-fisted adventure tale set in South America, feature stars Cary Grant as the tough-talking head of an air-freight service operating in the dangerous Andes Mountains. Jean Arthur co-stars as a vacationing showgirl competing with Rita Hayworth for Grant's affections. A potent combination of humor, romance and action... - Director:
- Howard Hawks
- Cast:
- Jean Arthur, Cary Grant, Richard Barthelmess
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Bride of Frankenstein (1935)Bride of Frankenstein
The acclaimed sequel to the original 'Frankenstein', one of the most popular horror classics in film history, has now been restored in stunning high definition. The legendary Boris Karloff reprises his role as the screen's most misunderstood monster, now longing for a mate of his own. The last horror film directed by James Whale features a haunting musical score that helps make 'The Bride of Frankenstein' one of the finest and most touching thrillers of its era. - Director:
- James Whale
- Cast:
- Boris Karloff, Elsa Lanchester, Colin Clive
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Kiss Me Deadly (1955)Mickey Spillane's Kiss Me Deadly
When callous thugs beat Mike Hammer (Ralph Meeker) senseless and viciously murder the gorgeous blonde he's been trying to help, the hard-boiled detective retaliates the only way he can: by hitting first and asking questions later. Cutting a brutal swathe through the city's sleazy underside, Hammer uncovers a mysterious black container whose deadly contents not only solve the murder...but trigger an apocalyptic climax as well! - Director:
- Robert Aldrich
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- Nat 'King' Cole, Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker
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Some people will do anything for a million dollars... even if it means killing anyone who gets in their way! Written and directed by Oscar nominee Sam Peckinpah and starring Academy Award winner Gig Young, Warren Oates, Robert Webber, Kris Kristofferson and the seductively beautiful Isela Vega, 'Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia' is a gritty classic that vibrates with explosive action and nail-biting tension. When a Mexican land baron puts a million dollars on the head of the man who seduced his daughter, two money-hungry men (Young and Webber) recruit a small-town bartender (Oates) to help them do their dirty work. But their tequila-fuelled trek across the desolate Mexican frontier grows more intense, gruesome and bloody with every savage murder they leave in their wake! - Director:
- Sam Peckinpah
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- Warren Oates, Isela Vega, Robert Webber
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Richard Widmark delivers an indelible performance as Harry Fabian, a small-time American nightclub tout and desperate dreamer who tries to worm his way into the wrestling rackets of post-war London. In his path lie the formidable obstacles posed by a vengeful club owner (Francis Sullivan) and the racketeer Kristo (Herbert Lorn). The club owner's sultry wife (Googie Withers) schemes with him, and a long-suffering girlfriend (Gene Tierney) does her best to save him. Like many a noir hero before him, Harry thinks he can outrun his fate. He's wrong. Jules Dassin, under suspicion in Hollywood for his political beliefs, made the film at great speed, shooting night scenes in a London still shattered and skeletal from wartime bombings. - Director:
- Jules Dassin
- Cast:
- Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney, Googie Withers
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Words can kill...Shock-jock Barry Champlain (Eric Bogosian) receives the biggest break of his career when his local radio show is targeted to become nationally syndicated. Glib, cynical, cruel but often very funny, Champlain is skilled in pushing people s buttons and touching callers' raw nerves. But with fame and success literally knocking at the door to his studio, Champlain does not relax or celebrate. Instead, he sweeps up his ex-wife (Ellen Green), his co-workers and his unstable radio audience into a darkly comic marathon bout of compulsive risk-taking. Shock radio is "just a job", Champlain is told, just a form of entertainment, a show. But both he and his fans - the marginal, the pathetic, the angry, the lost, the confused, the extreme, the desperate and the dangerous - know better. They know that talk radio is not cheap and they know that words can kill... - Director:
- Oliver Stone
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- Eric Bogosian, Peter Zapp, Ellen Greene
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