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Dennis Cooper and Zac Farley's "Like Cattle Towards Glow" is a ninety-three minute film consisting of five independent, thematically and emotionally interconnected scenes. The film is a complex, intimate, strangely serene, wide-ranging, and always challenging exploration of sexual desire as a hiding place. In these unique, stylistically and temperamentally diverse scenes, each one featuring its own set of characters and storyline, sex makes a promise of something so intense and untenable to the characters that they feel they must enter it in secret - through an act of violence, or under the guise of an unrelated transaction, or by rationalizing its dangers away with the help of politics, or through utilizing it remotely as material for a purely aesthetic project. Like these characters, and like sex itself, "Like Cattle Towards Glow" is as deep, knowing, and unknowable as it is raucous, original, and explicit on the surface. - Director:
- Dennis Cooper
- Cast:
- Raphaël Bouvet, Benedetta De Alessi, Nicolas Hau
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Both original and incredibly romantic, Recdwoods tells the story of an already-partnered man whose love is tested when a mysterious drifter passes through his small Northern California town. Everett (Brendan Bradley) and Miles (Tad Coughenour) are in a comfortable relationship, which is held together by raising their son. While his family travels out of town, introverted Everett finally has time to himself—that is until Chase (Matthew Montgomery), a strikingly handsome writer, pulls up in front of his home. - Director:
- David Lewis
- Cast:
- Matthew Montgomery, Tad Coughenour, Caleb Dorfman
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Address Unknown (2001)Suchwiin bulmyeong
A middle-aged woman tries in vain to track down the American soldier who fathered her child but one after the other her letters are returned with the words address unknown stamped across them. Her son, already a subject of social scorn falls in love with a high school girl who has found herself trapped in an abusive relationship with an American G.I. The boy's love for the girl combined with his free-floating rage against society soon fuel a violent outburst that will change the lives of everyone involved. - Director:
- Ki-duk Kim
- Cast:
- Dong-kun Yang, Min-jung Ban, Young-min Kim
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After 12 years behind bars, Walter (Kevin Bacon) is determined to make a fresh start. He rents a small apartment and takes a job at the local lumberyard. Wary of giving away his guilty secret, Walter keeps to himself, but is befriended by Vickie, a tough, no-nonsense woman who promises to see him for who he is, not what he has done. But Walter cannot escape his past. He is shunned by his family and victimised at work when the terrible truth about his crime gets out. A local cop, meanwhile, is convinced that Walter has not changed and hounds him mercilessly. But it is only when he meets a young girl in a neighbourhood park that Walter is forced to face his greatest fear - the fear that his demons may be reawakened... - Director:
- Nicole Kassell
- Cast:
- Kevin Bacon, Spencer Ross, Kyra Sedgwick
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L.I.E. (2001)Long Island Expressway
The story of fifteen-year-old Howie (Paul Franklin Dano), a young New Jersey native whose life falls apart around him, but who also ends up finding himself during the process. After Howie's mother dies his father, a corrupt building contractor, can barely keep tabs on his new girlfriend, let alone his own son's emotional needs. To cope with the pressures that he is under, Howie begins to spend more time with his delinquent friends. However, their pastimes include ditching school and robbing local houses to finance their habits. It is in the aftermath of one of these burglaries Paul and his friends meet ex-marine Big John (Brian Box), and it is then that Howie discovers the secret that binds his friend to this mysterious older man. When his best friend suddenly skips town, and his father is busted by the FBI, Howie is completely alone. Can Big John become the paternal figure that Howie needs, or will his predatory instincts prevail? - Director:
- Michael Cuesta
- Cast:
- Brian Cox, Paul Dano, Bruce Altman
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I Saw What You Did (1965)I Saw What You Did and I Know Who You Are!
A prank phone call leads to a night of pure terror in director William Castle's 'I Saw What You Did', starring screen legend Joan Crawford. With her parents away on an overnight trip, Libby (Andi Garrett) amuses herself by joining her friend Kit (Sarah Lane) in calling up strangers and whispering, "I saw what you did". When Libby dials Steve Marak (John Ireland), a psychopath who just murdered his wife (Joyce Meadows), his jealous neighbor (Crawford) listens in on the call - a conversation that ends with the panicky killer determined to silence them all. - Director:
- William Castle
- Cast:
- Joan Crawford, John Ireland, Leif Erickson
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Exposed (2013)Exposed: Beyond Burlesque
Beth B takes us into the 21st century underground and reveals a secret world where cutting-edge performers are taking hold of a taboo art form, Burlesque, and driving it to extremes that most people have never seen. It's satire. It's parody. It's a populist blend of art and entertainment that gives new meaning to the word "transgression." Above all, it's a lot of fun, and it will blow your mind. 'Beyond Burlesque' features eight female and male artists who use their nakedness to transport us beyond the last sexual and social taboos. - Director:
- Beth B.
- Cast:
- Julie Atlas Muz, Mat Fraser, James Habacker
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American siblings Oscar (Nathaniel Brown) and Linda (Paz de la Huerta) eke out a shared existence in Tokyo - he by dealing drugs, she by working as a stripper. However, tragedy strikes when a deal turns sour and Oscar is shot by the police. As his lifeless body lies on the floor of a public toilet, his soul floats high above the neon-drenched Tokyo streets, observing the effect of his death on his sister and reliving the events in his life that brought him to this juncture. - Director:
- Gaspar Noé
- Cast:
- Nathaniel Brown, Paz de la Huerta, Cyril Roy
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Della (1964)Fatal Confinement
Della Chappel (Joan Crawford), the reclusive, wealthy matriarch of Royal Bay, watches over the affluent Californian coastal town with an all-seeing, proprietorial eye -because she owns so much of its real estate. Possession, for her, is everything - and if Chappel's home is her castle then her precious, zealously sheltered daughter Jenny is her chattel and she will relinquish not one iota of control... What Della sees as protection, the townspeople see as repression.and when local lawyer Burke requests an audience, hoping to buy back some of the town for the people, he's summoned to the house at the dead of night and meets Jenny, who's never met a young man of her own age. Battling a fatal eye disease, she now also has to fight strange new stirrings she's never felt before. But Della is implacable. She resists the land purchase as she resists her daughter's blossoming potential for love. Never a smile parts Della's cold lips; never a tear wets those unblinking eyes - until now as it seems her iron grip on her beloved daughter and on the townspeople will end in tears. - Director:
- Robert Gist
- Cast:
- Paul Burke, Charles Bickford, Joan Crawford
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Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Erivo, Dakota Johnson, Jon Hamm and Chris Hemsworth lead an all-star cast in this powerful thriller filled with gripping suspense and startling revelations. Seven strangers, each with a secret to bury, meet at Lake Tahoe's El Royale, a rundown hotel with a dark past. Over the course of one fateful night, everyone will have a last shot at redemption...before everything goes to hell. - Director:
- Drew Goddard
- Cast:
- Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Erivo, Dakota Johnson
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Glamorous socialite Helen Wright (Joan Crawford) takes what she wants - clothes, alcohol, men - uses them up and tosses them aside. Then she meets brilliant young violinist Paul Boray (John Garfield). But this is one toy she can't break. Instead, her love for Paul brings Helen to the breaking point. In this acclaimed and profound exploration of desire, Crawford makes Helen a rich, layered character torn between selfless love and selfish impulses. Garfield matches her as the driven genius. Humoresque's production values extend to the musical interludes, dubbed by Isaac Stern. Garfield's dazzling technique is thanks to two real violinists hidden behind him one to do the fingering and one the bow work. Bravo! - Director:
- Jean Negulesco
- Cast:
- Joan Crawford, John Garfield, Oscar Levant
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Gwendoline (1984)The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik Yak
For the first time on video, Just Jaeckin's erotic masterpiece can finally be seen in its full uncut glory! From acclaimed master of erotica Just Jaeckin comes Gwendoline, one of the most sought-after 'guilty pleasure' movies of all time! Filled to the brim with enough female flesh and fetishistic imagery to satisfy the most demanding of jaded voyeurs, this is one cult fantasy film you definitely won't want to miss! Follow the adventures of the sweet and innocent Gwendoline (Tawny Kitaen) in which she travels as a stowaway to the Far East with her sexy friend Beth (Zabou Breitman) on a mission to track down her father, who has mysteriously disappeared whilst on a mission to find a mythical butterfly. Rescued from a group of lecherous seamen by the hunky adventurer Willard (Brent Huff), Gwendoline persuades him to make up their trio and embark on a daring journey to the land of the Yek Yeik, a country ruled by a diabolical dominant Amazon queen and an army of female fetish-clad Amazonian warriors! There Gwendoline must defeat the evil queen and prevent Willard from being forced to spawn a new race of female warriors - or face certain death. - Director:
- Just Jaeckin
- Cast:
- Tawny Kitaen, Patrick Floersheim, Brent Huff
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Adonis (2017)Thirty Years of Adonis
Yang Ke, a Beijing Opera actor, is fatefully driven into the underworld of masculine sex workers and becomes a class of his own. He finds himself on a roller coaster between heavenly love with both men and women, and a living hell ensnared by devious villains and hypocrites. Despite his faith, endeavor, and willingness to give, he remains a prisoner to his karma. Hell awaits when heaven seems near, and the ultimate truth is revealed only in a heartbreaking moment from which there is no return. - Director:
- Scud
- Cast:
- Adonis He, Susan Shaw, Nora Miao
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From the team behind the worldwide success 'The Beatles: 8 Days a Week', comes Academy Award-winning director Ron Howard's documentary celebrating the life of the beloved opera star Luciano Pavarotti, who sold over 100 million records in his lifetime. Thanks to a partnership with Decca Records and unique access to the Pavarotti family archives, home videos, behind the scenes and extensive live music footage, we see Pavarotti's personal story emerge: from his humble beginnings in Northern Italy through to global superstardom. - Director:
- Ron Howard
- Cast:
- Andrea Griminelli, Nicoletta Mantovani, Bono
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Disney's 'The Lion King', directed by Jon Favreau, journeys to the African savanna where a future king is born. Simba (voices of Donald Glover and JD McCrary) idolizes his father, King Mufasa (voice of James Earl Jones), and takes to heart his own royal destiny. But not everyone in the kingdom celebrates the new cub's arrival. Scar (voice of Chiwetel Ejiofor), Mufasa's brother - and former heir to the throne - has plans of his own. The battle for Pride Rock is ravaged with betrayal, tragedy and drama, ultimately resulting in Simba's exile. With help from a curious pair of newfound friends, Simba will have to figure out how to grow up and take back what is rightfully his. - Director:
- Jon Favreau
- Cast:
- Donald Glover, Beyoncé Knowles, Seth Rogen
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