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Regarded by his neighbours as a harmless misfit, Josie has spent all his adult life as the caretaker of a crumbling petrol station on the outskirts of a small town in the mid-west of Ireland. He is limited, lonely, yet relentlessly optimistic and, in his own peculiar way, happy.

Garage is the story of Josie's hapless search for intimacy over the course of a summer, which sees his life changed forever. A landmark in Irish cinema. Garage is a beautifully portrayed cinematic drama interspersed with razor sharp shards of black humour, with acutely observed characters that leave a lasting impression.

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If you met Ray and Mickey Davis, you'd swear they had a perfect marriage. But if you read Mickey's diary, you'd know that unrest is lurking just beneath the surface. Enter Scott Muller, a small time burglar who robs the Davis home - making off with assorted valuables and Mickey's diary.

Muller becomes obsessed with Mickey. He plots to seduce her and play out her most secret fantasies. Mickey is an easy target for Muller's advances and soon the Davis's perfect marriage and perfect world is turned upside down.

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Libby (Bette Davis) and Sarah (Lillian Gish) arc widowed siblings who have vacationed since children at the seaside cottage in Maine.

Now in their eighties and with their husbands and what children they had behind them, they have only each other; Libby blind and resistantly dependent on her sister; Sarah still looking for new ways to see the world. Their relationship with their old friend Tisha (Ann Sothern) and the arrival of a charming Russian gentleman will bring storms to the already turbulent ocean between them - an ocean which nevertheless runs deep.

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Peggy Mount and David Kossoff star as Ada and Alf Larkin in this big screen adaptation of one of the most popular situation comedies of the 1950s! After twenty-five years of faithful service to Belcher's Brewery, Alf Larkin reckons he's entitled to manage one of their pubs.

Instead, all he gets for his years is an inscribed fountain pen! Leave it to his battleaxe of a wife Ada to set the brewery straight. Now the Larkins are off to manage the Earl Osborne - a remote country pub with a few problems. For a start it's a local with no locals! Business is as flat as Belcher's Best. The Larkins quickly manage to upset both the local constabulary and the Hooray Henrys from the local hunt and it seems like their tenancy may be short lived. But leave it to the Larkins to find unorthodox ways to 'drive up business'! What the Larkins don't know however, is that a main road is planned to be rerouted right past their pub - and they're sitting on a potential gold mine. A rival brewery has found this out - and will do anything to drive them away.

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Eleven murders... eleven months.

Forced with the grisly acts of a serial killer and mounting pressure from a terrified public, New York City mayor (Steiger) orders Police Commissioner Frank Starkey (Keitel) to reinstate the only man he knows who may be able to find the serial killer: unorthodox ex-cop Nick Starkey (Kline), who also happens to be Franks estranged brother. In addition to pursuing the killer, Nick's hot on the trail of his ex-girlfriend (Sarandon) - now Franks wife - and a young witness (Mastrantonio) who also happens to be the mayors daughter.

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A retired American professor (Burt Lancaster) lives a solitary and luxurious life in a house in Rome. His world takes an unexpected turn when he is forced to rent part of his house to a countess and her companions: a lover, a daughter and the daughter's boyfriend.

Forced into interaction with the unruly younger group, the professor's growing fascination begins to stir the possibilities of a life he had previously kept at arm's length.

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Based on a true story, this is the story of one of Japan's most notorious scandals. An ex-prostitute enters service in a household and promptly begins an obsessive and sexually perverse affair with the master. What starts as a casual diversion escalates into a passion that holds no bounds.

The intensity of the affair and the couple's mutual appetite for exploring the physical and sexual limits of their love-making completely overwhelms them and the strain of the relationship takes its toll on all concerned.

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Johnny Kovak (Sylvester Stallone) is an honest, hard-working factory employee who gives his all for the American Dream. But after years of harsh injustices and dehumanising conditions, he takes it upon himself to lead a massive campaign to unionise the company's workers.

And when the firm responds with threats, intimidation and murder, Johnny is forced to compromise his principles and join with organised crime figures just so he can utilise their muscle and influence! But as he sacrifices more and more of his ideals for the cause, Johnny realises that in order to win, he may have to surrender much more than his honor - he may have to surrender his life.

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Wanting to prove that they’re smart enough to get away with murder, Richard Leon (Daniel Schlachet) and Nathan Leopold (Craig Chester) murder 13-year-old Bobby Franks.

But was that their true motive? Based on an actual crime that occurred in 1924 in Chicago, this film explores the psychological and sociological reasons two seemingly harmless 18-year-old boys perpetrated such a heinous crime. Did Leopold’s unrequited love for Loeb lead to murder? Smart, stylized and emotionally jarring, Swoon introduces the talents of Craig Chester (as Leopold) and Dan Schlachet (Loeb), as well as Michael Kirby, Michael Stumm and Ron Vawter, and uses an experimental narrative format to explore the social, judicial and psychological forces which acted upon these two lives.

In a city wracked by a revolution, a brothel sells illusions of power to a power-deprived clientele. When most officials have been killed the brothel customers take over the roles of power that they had only fantasized about before. Then they, too, are deposed by a new revolution

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Married at a very early age to her cousin, Therese Raquin (Simone Signoret) leads an uneventful and joyless existence void of romance with her selfish husband and authoritarian aunt.

The arrival of the handsome Italian Laurent (Raf Vallone) to whom Camille (Jacques Duby) has taken a liking, turns her life upside down. Straight away, sparks of love and passion fly between Thérèse and Laurent, however Camille refuses to agree to a divorce and plans to take Thérèse to Paris, away from temptation. En route, Camille is pushed off the train after a violent dispute with Laurent. The inquiry draws the conclusion of accidental death. However, a young sailor who witnessed the entire scene starts blackmailing Laurent...

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When the Devil (Stig Järrel) decides that a young woman has been a virgin for too long he sends Don Juan (Jarl Kulle) up from hell to rob her of her virginity.

Despite his charms the young woman resists the temptation to give in to him, but events become further complicated when Don Juan falls for her, experiencing love for the first time.

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The Jews were not the only victims of the Nazi Holocaust. Half a million gypsies fell victim to the prison camps or were shot to death by the roadside as they fled in a vain attempt to escape from the German invaders.

Dymitr, a Polish gypsy violinist, must lead his family and friends in a desperate bid for freedom. But he soon finds himself trapped by the Nazi's and deported to the dreaded symbol of the Holocaust: Auschwitz death camp. Under the cruel reign of Josef Mengele, the notorious Nazi doctor, Dymitr finds himself the helpless witness to shocking terrors and brutal experiments that see fellow gypsies, friends and ultimately family to their slow and hideous deaths.

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A restless wife, Giovanna (Clara Calamai), meets Gino (Massimo Girotti), a rough and handsome vagabond. Their passionate affair leads to the murder of Giovanna's boorish husband. Can a strong and sensual affair survive the guilt? Adapted from the James M.

Cain's classic novel 'The Postman Always Rings Twice', 'Ossessione' is a dark and provocative drama of sexual tension. It heralded a new era of Italian cinema, establishing Luchino Visconti as a leading and controversial exponent of 'neo-realism'.

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Agnes Varda focuses on the intertwined lives of two women brought together during the struggle of the Women's Movement in 1970's France. They lose contact, each one fights in her own way "to become a woman". They meet up again in a demonstration.

To make lighter the statements related to a chauvinist and sexist society, Varda creates a musical of its kind. The Orchidee band as a trio of singers and the colourful hippie time costumes bring back the Utopia flavor of the Sixties.