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"All That Jazz" is actually a semi-autobiographical account of the life of its celebrated writer/director/choreographer, Bob Fosse. The multi-talented performer was an Oscar, Tony and Emmy Award winner who brought home a combined total of eight trophies. Part tragic, part comic, this outrageous look at life in the fast lane is the Academy Award - winning musical about Bob Fosse's excessive life in show business, played by Roy Schneider. Dazzlingly presented, this electrifying story about the perils of pushing yourself too hard is filled with Fosse's legendary song-and-dance choreography. - Director:
- Bob Fosse
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- Roy Scheider, Jessica Lange, Leland Palmer
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Charlie Babbitt (Tom Cruise) has just discovered he has an autistic brother named Raymond (Dustin Hoffman) and is now taking him on the ride of his life. Or is it the other way around? From his refusal to drive on major highways, to his obsession with watching popular TV game-shows, Raymond first pushes hot-headed Charlie to the limits of his patience... and then pulls him completely out of his self-centred world. But what begins as a reluctant and unsentimental journey for the Babbitt brothers becomes a remarkable story which connects these two vastly different people in this poignant and powerful look at the unlimited potential of the human spirit. - Director:
- Barry Levinson
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- Dustin Hoffman, Royce D. Applegate, June Christopher
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"Friedkin Uncut" offers an introspective insight into the life and artistic journey of William Friedkin, an extraordinary and offbeat director of cult films such as 'The French Connection', 'The Exorcist' and 'Sorcerer'. For the first time Friedkin opens up, guiding the audience on a fascinating journey through the themes and stories that have influenced his life and his artistic career. Thanks to an 'all-star' cast of friends and collaborators (including Francis Ford Coppola, Quentin Tarantino, Willem Dafoe, Matthew McConaughey, Ellen Burstyn, Michael Shannon), we discover stories, anecdotes, and discuss what being an artist really means in order to celebrate the one and only Billy Friedkin and the fun and passion of making art. - Director:
- Francesco Zippel
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- William Friedkin, Wes Anderson, Dario Argento
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Smile (2022)Something's Wrong with Rose
After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter (Sosie Bacon) starts experiencing frightening occurrences that she can't explain. As an overwhelming terror begins taking over her life, Rose must confront her troubling past in order to survive and escape her horrifying new reality. - Director:
- Parker Finn
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- Sosie Bacon, Jessie Usher, Kyle Gallner
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London, 1888 and the city is in fear. A string of murders has terrified the residents of Whitechapel and Inspector Reid of Scotland Yard has no leads in the hunt for the killer. As the body count rises, and with the city in a state of panic, Inspector Reid must delve into the dark underbelly of London to find a killer that might be a lot closer to home than anyone imagines. - Director:
- Steve Lawson
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- Chris Bell, Jacob Anderton, Jonathan Hansler
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Jack the Ripper (2016)Jack the Ripper - Eine Frau jagt einen Mörder
A young woman plays a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with England's most famous serial killer. London, 1888. German photographer Anna Kosminski (Sonja Gerhardt) arrives in England with the dream of starting a new life for herself, but soon discovers that the only thing waiting for her in the notorious district of Whitechapel is tragedy, violence and murder. The city is suffering in the bloody wake of 'Jack the Ripper', a mysterious madman whose reign of terror has claimed the lives of five prostitutes, with each victim mutilated in ways more grisly than the last. When the battered corpse of his fifth victim is discovered by police in the bed of Anna's brother, Jakob (Vladimir Burlakov), he is charged and locked away in a lunatic asylum to await a lobotomy. Anna refuses to believe that her brother could be 'Jack the Ripper', and sets out to prove that he is innocent. Her investigations soon grab the attention of someone claiming to be none other than 'The Ripper' himself. For Anna, the race is on to uncover the truth once and for all, or risk becoming the serial killer's next victim. - Director:
- Sebastian Niemann
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- Sonja Gerhardt, Falk Hentschel, Nicholas Farrell
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Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971)Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde
Professor Jekyll (Ralph Bates), an earnest scientist, obsessively works day and night haunted by the fear that one lifetime will not be enough to complete his research; sidetracked from his objective he becomes consumed with developing an immortality serum. Once convinced his findings are complete, he consumes the potion only to discover that he is to become two as he turns into half Jekyll and half Hyde. Desperate to cover up his new found identity he calls her his sister, but things take a turn for the worse when he realises that he needs female hormones if he is to maintain this existence. Before long he is battling with his alter ego Mrs. Hyde, as a number of young girls begin to go missing in the streets of London... - Director:
- Roy Ward Baker
- Cast:
- Ralph Bates, Martine Beswick, Gerald Sim
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By the time she was sixteen, Molly Keller has already lived to tell a very bloodcurdling tale: she was the only survivor of a violent massacre while on an otherwise peaceful island vacation with her friends. Disturbed by her horrific past, Molly focuses all of her energies in researching the psyche of serial killers. This leads her to the forensic science programme at Berkeley under famed author and man hunter, professor Martin Kane. But before long, the evil that claimed Molly's friends is seemingly loose once again - this time on the campus. A reluctant Molly joins the study group which is fixated on tracking the gruesome murderer. But events take an eerie turn when the students discover that the killer's modus operandi matches London's oldest unsolved murders: those of Jack-the-Ripper. Molly's friends fall victim around her, one at a time, while the remains group works feverishly to uncover the identity of the copycat killer. As the past reawakens, Molly is forced to face the terrifying secret behind the stalker's return, and the entire class soon realises that it's a history they don't want to repeat. - Director:
- John Eyres
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- A.J. Cook, Bruce Payne, Ryan Northcott
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Anna (Angharad Rees) is unknowingly the daughter of Jack the Ripper, and as a child witnessed the death of her mother at her evil father's hands. Some fifteen years later the young woman has become terribly troubled by something and enters strange violent trances. Her case is assigned to psychiatrist Dr Pritchard (Eric Porter) who believes he can cure Anna, but as he uncovers her violent memories and her murderous behavior is unleashed he starts to fear that the case is spiraling out of control. - Director:
- Peter Sasdy
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- Eric Porter, Angharad Rees, Jane Merrow
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After a lab experiment unleashes mysterious fumes, Dr. Henry Jekyll (Anthony Perkins) undergoes a horrifying transformation into a savage alter ego who calls himself "Jack Hyde". Meanwhile, the depraved killer Jack the Ripper is slicing his way through the alleys of Whitechapel, leaving mutilated streetwalkers in his wake. Is there a connection between Jekyll/Hyde and Jack the Ripper? And can anyone stop his reign of terror? - Director:
- Gérard Kikoïne
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- Anthony Perkins, Glynis Barber, Sarah Maur Thorp
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The Lodger (1927)The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
On hearing reports of the seventh murder by "The Avenger", Daisy (June Tripp) decides to stay with her parents. She is being courted by Joe (Malcolm Keen), a detective, who gets suspicious when her mother rents a room out to a lodger - to whom Daisy is attracted. While the lodger is out Joe takes the opportunity to search his room - there he finds a gun, some press clippings of the killings and a map of the murders... - Director:
- Alfred Hitchcock
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- June Hillman, Ivor Novello, Marie Ault
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While Jack The Ripper ruled the streets of London, terror reigned. His savagery implied insanity, but his diabolical precision argued that there was a method to his madness. In 1888 London, the unfortunate poor lead horrifying lives in the city's slums. Harassed by the gangs and forced to walk the streets for a living. Mary Kelly (Heather Graham) and her small group of companions are terrorized when their friend is kidnapped and another in their group is gruesomely murdered. The sinister murder gains the attention of Inspector Fred Abberline (Johnny Depp), a brilliant yet troubled man whose police work is often aided by his psychic abilities. Abberline becomes deeply involved with the case and as he gets closer to the truth it becomes more and more dangerous for Abberline, Mary, and the other girls. Will they be able to survive the avenging force that has been sent after them from Hell? - Director:
- Albert Hughes
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- Johnny Depp, Lichelli Lazar-Lea, Heather Graham
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Jack the Ripper (1976)Jack the Ripper - Der Dirnenmörder von London
The inimitable Klaus Kinski is back as Jack the Ripper, the world's most notorious serial killer. In this classic tale of horror and perversion the infamous Jack the Ripper terrorizes the East End of London of the late 19th century by killing and mutilating prostitutes. Scotland Yard assigns Inspector Selby (Andreas Mannkopff), a young and ambitious police commissioner, to the case. As his investigation goes nowhere and public pressure rises, his beautiful girlfriend Cynthia (Josephine Chaplin) decides to help him out. She poses as a hooker and secretly visits the bars where the victims of this mysterious killer were last seen. When Cynthia suddenly faces the cold blue eyes of the killer she intuitively knows that only a miracle can save her now! - Director:
- Jesús Franco
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- Klaus Kinski, Gerd Duwner, Almut Eggert
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Carter Nix (John Lithgow) is a respected psychologist, loving husband and devoted father who decides to take a year off to help raise his daughter. Carter's wife Jenny (Lolita Davidovich) is pleased to have her attentive husband home - at first. When Carter shows obsessive behaviour toward their daughter, Jenny becomes concerned. To further complicate matters, Jenny's old flame (Steven Bauer) re-enters her life. But nothing can prepare her for the emergence of Carter's multiple personalities, and a fiendish plot to recreate the experiments of his deranged father. - Director:
- Brian De Palma
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- John Lithgow, Lolita Davidovich, Steven Bauer
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Pandora's Box (1929)Die Buchse der Pandora
Adapted from a pair of plays by Frank Wedekind, 'Pandora's Box' tells the story of sex worker Lulu (Louise Brooks), a free spirit whose open sexuality breeds chaos in its wake. When Lulu's latest lover, the newspaper editor Dr. Ludwig Schdn (Fritz Kortner), announces plans to leave her to marry a more respectable woman, Lulu is devastated. Cast in a musical revue written by Schon's son, Aiwa (Francis Lederer), Lulu seduces Schon once more - only to have their tryst exposed, and Schon's plans for a more socially acceptable marriage shattered. Left with no choice but to marry Lulu, Schon meets with tragedy on their wedding night. Lulu stands trial for the incident, facing years of imprisonment. With the aid of her former pimp (Carl Goetz), an infatuated lesbian countess (Alice Roberts) and Aiwa, she flees toward a fate of increasing squalor and peril, finally crossing paths one Christmas Eve with Jack the Ripper. - Director:
- Georg Wilhelm Pabst
- Cast:
- Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, Francis Lederer
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