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Belle De Jour (1967)Belle de jour
Undoubtly Luis Bunuel's most accessibly film, Belle de Jour is an elegant and erotic masterpiece that maintains as hypnotic a grip on modern audiences as it did on its debut 40 years ago. Screen icon Catherine Deneuve plays Severine, the glacially beautiful, sexually unfulfilled wife of a surgeon, whose blood runs cold with ennui until she takes a day-job in a brothel. There she meets a charismatic but sinister young gangster (Pierre Clementi), and ignites an obsession that will court peril. Expertly dramatizing the collision between fantasy and reality, and between depravity and respectable bourgeois values, Bunuel, working from the novel by Joseph Kessel, fashions an immaculately designed (the fetishistic interiors and production designs are astonishing) and amoral comedy of manners. - Director:
- Luis Buñuel
- Cast:
- Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, Michel Piccoli
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This hilariously violent action comedy caper stars Paz Vega as a sexy, high-end call girl on the run for her life with key evidence to a scandalous government cover-up of a shockingly horrific crime. When two bumbling private detectives become her unlikely protectors (Scott Mechlowicz, Alphonso McAuley) they too find themselves running from a deadly combination of the Mob, a corrupt US Senator and a ruthlessly sadistic female assassin (Janet McTeer). - Director:
- John Stockwell
- Cast:
- Malina Germanova, Paz Vega, Janet McTeer
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Academy Award winner Jeremy Irons returns as the savvy and scheming Pope Alexander in all ten episodes from the riveting third and final season of 'The Borgias'. Beset by enemies at every turn, Alexander responds with an iron will to purge the Vatican of those disloyal to him. But as he struggles to establish the Papacy as a hereditary monarchy across the heart of Italy, his emboldened children have their own plans for seizing power: Cesare (Francois Arnaud) is now a daring guerilla fighter, Lucrezia (Holliday Grainger) has entered the fray of Neapolitan politics, and both are burning with a desire that could consume them all. Passionate, sumptuous and undeniably addictive, it's an unmissable chapter in the saga of one of the most powerful families the world has ever known. - Director:
- Kari Skogland
- Cast:
- Jeremy Irons, François Arnaud, Holliday Grainger
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From Academy Award nominee Taylor Sheridan, co-creator of 'Yellowstone', and Hugh Dillon, 'Mayor of Kingstown' follows the McLusky family - power brokers in Kingstown, Michigan, where the business of incarceration is the only thriving industry. Tackling themes of systemic racism, corruption and inequality, the series provides a stark look at their attempt to bring order and justice to a town that has neither. With an impressive line-up of star power, including two-time Academy Award nominee Jeremy Renner, Golden Globe, Emmy and Academy Award winner Dianne Wiest, and five-time Emmy nominee Kyle Chandler... - Director:
- Taylor Sheridan
- Cast:
- Jeremy Renner, Dianne Wiest, Hugh Dillon
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Based on the book of the same name by literary powerhouse Ottessa Moshfegh, 'Eileen' follows a peculiar young woman whose dreary life stretches on toward unending misery. In frigid 1960s Boston, Eileen (Thomasin McKenzie) shuffles between her father's dingy, emotionally haunted home and the prison where she works alongside colleagues who have ostracized her. When an intoxicating woman (Anne Hathaway) joins the prison staff, Eileen is taken. Just when the possibility of a salvational friendship (or maybe more) takes hold and forms a singular glimmer in Eileen's darkness, her newfound confidant entangles her in a shocking crime that alters all. - Director:
- William Oldroyd
- Cast:
- Thomasin McKenzie-Harcourt, Shea Whigham, Sam Nivola
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Everyone's favourite nerds are back! This time Lewis, Wormser, Poindexter, Lamar and Booger are off to the united Fraternity Conference in Ft. Lauderdale. Unfortunately, the hotel manager and Alpha Betas join forces, leaving the Tri-Lambs with no place to slay but the Ricky Ricardo Wing of the dilapidated Hotel Coral Essex. But even though the boys are misled, mistreated and misused, they once again strike back, proving the importance of self-respect in a wild and wacky lessen you'll never forget - Director:
- Joe Roth
- Cast:
- Robert Carradine, Curtis Armstrong, Larry B. Scott
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Anthony Edwards (TV's "ER") stars with Robert Carradine in this hilarious satire on college life about a group of outcasts who start their own fraternity after being rejected by every house on campus. It's a brains vs. brawn battle when the football team jocks try to crush their misfit counterparts, but the nerds have the perfect plan to gain the upper hand. - Director:
- Jeff Kanew
- Cast:
- Robert Carradine, Greg Berg, Anthony Edwards
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Gary, Rick and David are American teens with one thing on their mind. They move from party to party, trying out their latest chat-up lines, which usually ends in miserable failure for Gary, as he's more interested in finding true romance than a quick fumble in someone's parents' bedroom. So when Karen arrives at their school, Gary falls head over heels in love, but Rick's baser intentions towards her threaten to break up their friendship for good. Championed by Eli Roth (Hostel) as one of the most underrated films of its era, 'The Last American Virgin' is a raucous but also surprisingly intelligent and sobering look at the hideousness of growing up, peer pressures, misplaced expectations and unforeseen consequences. It's also a superb snapshot of the early Eighties music scene, with the soundtrack featuring Blondie, Devo, KC and the Sunshine Band, The Police, U2 and many others. - Director:
- Boaz Davidson
- Cast:
- Lawrence Monoson, Diane Franklin, Steve Antin
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Benji, Bobby and Huey are three 17 year olds who spend their days chasing girls and hanging out at Montana's Ice Cream Parlour. In their constant pursuit for sex, they are caught in the apartment of local nymphomaniac Stella by her boyfriend and get more than they bargained for from hooker Ze Ze! Meanwhile, Benji has fallen for new girl Nikki, and is the only person who comes to her aid after Bobby gets her pregnant then dumps her. - Director:
- Boaz Davidson
- Cast:
- Yftach Katzur, Anat Atzmon, Jonathan Sagall
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"The Borgias" return for more seduction, schemes and outright villainy. Jeremy Irons is back as Rodrigo Borgia, the power-hungry patriarch of the Borgia clan, who has schemed his way to the top of Roman society as Pope Alexander VI. But with absolute power comes even more powerful enemies who will stop at nothing to see him toppled. While the Pope schemes to destroy his foes, his mistress Giulia Farnese (Lotte Verbeek), realises her position in the bedroom is precarious at best; daughter Lucrezia (Holliday Grainger) seduces new suitors while caring for her illicit baby; and brothers Cesare, (Francois Arnaud) and Juan (David Oakes) take sibling rivalry to a whole new level of deviancy. - Director:
- Neil Jordan
- Cast:
- Jeremy Irons, François Arnaud, Holliday Grainger
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Alongside 'Come Play with Me' and 'Confessions of a Window Cleane'r, "Eskimo Nell" takes its place as one of the most celebrated British sex comedies of the 1970s. Featuring a witty script from Michael Armstrong (who also stars) and directed by a young Martin Campbell - years before he helmed the James Bond movies GoldenEye and 'Casino Royale' - 'Eskimo Nell' is a hilarious satire on the low-budget British movie industry. Three inexperienced filmmakers (Armstrong, Christopher Timothy and Terence Edmond) attempt to make a movie version of the notoriously rude poem 'The Ballad of Eskimo Nell', with disastrous results. - Director:
- Martin Campbell
- Cast:
- Michael Armstrong, Terence Edmond, Christopher Timothy
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The Tit and the Moon (1994)La teta y la luna
"The Tit and the Moon" tells of a young boy's search for the perfect breast. Set in a colourful Catalan resort this exuberant tale of lust and love is a coming of age story with a difference. Tete (Biel Duran) is a nine year old boy who is consumed with jealousy at his baby brother's monopoly of his mum's nipples. After asking the moon for a breast of his own, his prayers are answered with the arrival of Estrellita (Mathilda May), a beautiful French dancer. But the course of true love doesn't run smooth and Tete finds stiff competition for her affection. She is deeply in love with her cabaret partner, Maurice, the flatulent motorbike rider, and is also being pursued by Miguel (Miguel Poveda), the hunky flamenco-singing teenager. A sexy, surreal fairytale, 'The Tit and the Moon' is another memorable offering from Spain's most colourful director. - Director:
- Bigas Luna
- Cast:
- Biel Duran, Mathilda May, Gérard Darmon
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As Hearst and his lover, actress Marion Davies (Kirsten Dunst), set sail from San Pedro Harbour early one Saturday morning, hosting a small group that includes the brilliant but self-absorbed Charlie Chaplin (Eddie Izzard), film pioneer Thomas Ince (Cary Elwes) and ambitious gossip columnist Lovella Parsons (Jennifer Tilly) and the eccentric British Victorian novelist Elinor Glyn (Joanna Lumley), it quickly becomes clear that although witty repartee is the order of the day, deceit and deception are also on the menu. - Director:
- Peter Bogdanovich
- Cast:
- Kirsten Dunst, Diane Agostini, Cary Elwes
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Golden Balls (1993)Huevos de oro
Ruthless stud Benito Gonzalez (Javier Bardem) wants wealth, women, and to erect a skyscraper in his own honour. In order to achieve this he marries a sophisticated daughter of a rich banker, Marta (Maria De Medeiros) but keeps mistress Claudia (Maribel Verdu) on the side. When Marta and Claudia realise they are both victims of Benito's greed, things for Benito begin to crumble. Has Benito's luck finally left him? - Director:
- Bigas Luna
- Cast:
- Javier Bardem, Maria de Medeiros, Maribel Verdú
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Amelie (2001)Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain
Amelie Poulian has led a sheltered life – educated at home by over-protective parents, she retreats into a fantasy world of her own. When she finally leaves home and finds work as waitress in a Parisian café, life is pretty uneventful until a chain of extraordinary events leads her to the discovery of a thin box containing a schoolboy's long forgotten mementos. It is then that Amelie discovers her true vocation in life – helping others find love and happiness – which she sets about in her own unique and magical way. When Amelie falls in love herself, she realises that making neat solutions is not as easy as it seems… - Director:
- Jean-Pierre Jeunet
- Cast:
- Audrey Tautou, Franck-Olivier Bonnet, Mathieu Kassovitz
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