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The Bride Wore Black (1968)La Mariee etait en noir
Julie (Jeanne Moreau), a beautiful young bride, has just married her childhood sweetheart and love of her life. But just moments after the ceremony, her beloved is murdered on the steps of the church. Emotionally distraught, Julie becomes obsessed with her bridegroom's death and begins a descent into madness as she relentlessly pursues the men responsible. One by one, Julie sees to their demises, and, with each murder more bone-chilling and diabolically clever than the last, the question is now who will be next - but rather how they will meet their ghastly end. - Director:
- François Truffaut
- Cast:
- Jeanne Moreau, Jean-Claude Brialy, Michel Bouquet
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Sybylla Melvyn (Judy Davis) is the eldest daughter of an impoverished New South Wales farming family. Bold and determined, Sybylla dreams of succeeding as an acclaimed writer. But in a time of sexist ignorance and bigotry Sybylla has frequent clashes with procrustean conformists. Though it is her love for the dashing Harry Beacham (Sam Neill) that will truly test her desire to succeed as a writer. As events twist and turn, Sybylla is painfully forced to realise the emotional cost of putting her career over love. 'My Brilliant Career' is a delicate parable of one woman's fight for independence, and the sacrifices of the heart that must be made along the way. - Director:
- Gillian Armstrong
- Cast:
- Judy Davis, Sam Neill, Wendy Hughes
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In Bloom (2013)Grzeli nateli dgeebi
Tbilisi, 1992: Civil war is raging in the capital of the newly independent Georgia after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Amidst the mayhem, two inseparable fourteen-year-old friends, Natia and Eka, find their childhood coming to an end, with dysfunctional families, broken relationships and volatile politics all coming to a head. But the problems of disillusioned love, early marriage and oppressive male dominance will suddenly be thrown into sharp relief when one of the girls is given a gun... - Director:
- Nana Ekvtimishvili
- Cast:
- Lika Babluani, Mariam Bokeria, Zurab Gogaladze
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Black Gravel (1961)Schwarzer Kies / Haut für Haut / Kies
Sohnen is a town built on vice for the occupying American forces in post-war Germany. Robert (Helmut Wildt), a local truck driver who sells off gravel from the site he works on as a side hustle, runs into an old flame, Inge (Ingmar Zeisberg), who is now respectably married to American officer John (Hans Cossy). When the pair are driving in Robert's truck, tragedy strikes and they find themselves covering up a terrible secret...From Helmut Kautner, 'Black Gravel' was reviled on its release in Germany for its frank depiction of anti-semitism and savage depiction of a country on its knees after the war. - Director:
- Helmut Käutner
- Cast:
- Helmut Wildt, Ingmar Zeisberg, Hans Cossy
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A Complete Unknown (2024)Going Electric
New York, 1961. Against the backdrop of a vibrant music scene and tumultuous cultural upheaval, an unknown 19-year-old named Bob Dylan (Timothée Chalamet), from Minnesota, arrives in Greenwich Village with his guitar and revolutionary talent, destined to change the course of American music. As he forms his most intimate relationships during his rise to fame, he grows restless with the folk movement, refusing to be defined, makes a controversial choice that culturally reverberates worldwide. - Director:
- James Mangold
- Cast:
- Timothée Chalamet, Edward Norton, Elle Fanning
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Scala!!! (2023)Scala!!! Or, the Incredibly Strange Rise and Fall of the World's Wildest Cinema and How It Influenced a Mixed-up Generation of Weirdos and Misfits
Archive footage, eye-popping movie clips, acid-crazed animation and famous names collide to tell the story of London's infamous, influential Scala cinema. With its cracked marble floors, resident cats and mysterious, extrasensory rumblings, the Scala was magical and a refuge from the violence of Thatcher's Britain. Hilarious, irreverent and ultimately heartbreaking with a fabulous original score by Barry Adamson, Scala!!! is more than mere nostalgia - it's an X-rated love letter and a universal shout-out to the power of cinemas to inspire young minds and create a sense of community for outsiders. A place where everyone is welcome. - Director:
- Ali Catterall
- Cast:
- Barry Adamson, John Akomfrah, Rick Baker
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Lola Montès (1955)Lola Montes / The Sins of Lola Montes
"Lola Montes" is a visually ravishing, narratively daring dramatization of the life of the notorious courtesan and showgirl, played by Martine Carol. With his customary cinematographic flourish and, for the first time, vibrant color, Max Ophuls charts the course of Montes's scandalous past through the invocations of the bombastic ringmaster (Peter Ustinov) of the American circus where she has ended up performing. Ophuls's final film, 'Lola Montes' is at once a magnificent romantic melodrama, a meditation on the lurid fascination with celebrity, and a one-of-a-kind movie spectacle. - Director:
- Max Ophüls
- Cast:
- Martine Carol, Peter Ustinov, Anton Walbrook
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How to Kill a Judge (1975)Perché si uccide un magistrato
In How to Kill a Judge, Franco Nero (Django) plays filmmaker Giacomo Solaris, whose latest film features a judge corrupted by the mafia and who is later killed. The real judge the character is based on seizes the film but is later found murdered. Feeling a degree of responsibility, Solaris investigates through his police and mafia advisors, but as the assassinations increase around him, will he reach the source of the conspiracy? - Director:
- Damiano Damiani
- Cast:
- Franco Nero, Françoise Fabian, Pierluigi Aprà
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A Man on His Knees (1979)Un uomo in ginocchio
Nino (Giuliano Gemma), a regular guy working on a kiosk learns from a friend he has been put on a mafia hit list and is being stalked by an assassin (Michele Placido).- Director:
- Damiano Damiani
- Cast:
- Giuliano Gemma, Eleonora Giorgi, Michele Placido
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When Nicolas Ray (Johnny Guitar) turns his talents to a gangster movie, a familiar genre becomes startling and new. Set in 1930s Chicago, 'Party Girl' follows a bum-legged mouthpiece for the mob (Robert Taylor) and a gorgeous, wised-up vamp (Cyd Charisse) who fall in love, try to go straight... and head straight for trouble. Ray deepens the drama and heightens the violence with filmmaking artistry that has given Party Girl cult status: a screen painted in sinister ebony and blood red, an urban landscape of shattered glass and shattered bodies, and a scene where a Jean Harlow-besotted mobster learns his idol has married - and shreds her photo with a rat-a-tat of lead. - Director:
- Nicholas Ray
- Cast:
- Robert Taylor, Cyd Charisse, Lee J. Cobb
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Hot Blood (1956)Bad Blood
Set in the gypsy community of contemporary Los Angeles, aspiring dancer Stephen Torino (Cornel Wilde), is tricked by his brother into an arranged marriage with tempestuous Annie Caldash (Jane Russell). Annie is willing to give the union a go, but Torino wants none of it. Several risque complications and lively musical numbers later, Torino changes his mind. - Director:
- Nicholas Ray
- Cast:
- Jane Russell, Cornel Wilde, Luther Adler
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Symphony for a Massacre (1963)Symphonie pour un massacre
Five gangsters raise the cash to buy a large shipment of drugs which they plan to sell on. One of the gang however plans to secretly rob his partners, beginning a spiral of violence and deception that leaves a trail of bodies across France. Fiendishly plotted with a twisty script from Jose Giovanni (Le trod) and Claude Sautet (Classe tous risques), adapting a novel by Reynaud-Fourton, 'Symphony for a Massacre' sees the French master of the mystery thriller Jacques Deray (La piscine) directing with with real energy and verve. With support from a remarkable cast of France's finest character actors, and stunning photography by Claude Renoir (La grande illusion), this is French crime cinema of the highest quality. - Director:
- Jacques Deray
- Cast:
- Michel Auclair, Claude Dauphin, José Giovanni
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The Lupino Collection (1936)No Lady / Her First Affaire / Shipmates O'Mine
Triple bill of 1930's British comedy dramas.
No Lady (1931)Lupino Lane Comedy vehicle, where Lupino Lane directs and stars as henpecked Mr. Pog, who takes his wife and stepchildren on holiday to Blackpool... He is mistaken for an international criminal mastermind and drawn into a series of adventures that climaxes in a glider race which a foreign power aims to win by fair means or foul.
Her First Affaire (1932)
Ida Lupino stars in her first film aged just 18 and plays an impetuous teenager, who , mucn to the consternation of her boyfriend (Arnold Riches), becomes infatuated with a famous novelist (George Curzon). The boyfriend and the writers wife (Diana Napier) join forces to deter her, and he decides an early marriage is the best cure.
Shipmates O'Mine (1936)
A through the years story with songs and sentiments. A sailor rises from first officer to captain, gets married and has a son, but loses his command when his ship is rammed and he abandons ship to save passengers. For years he lives in the countryside. Then his son, now grown, contacts his father's old shipmates and eventually their ship is put back into commission with its old skipper in command.- Director:
- Oswald Mitchell
- Cast:
- John Garrick, Jean Adrienne, Derek Blomfield
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Standing tall alongside Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin as pioneers of cinematic comedy, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are two of the most beloved comedians in the history of moving pictures. Having acted alongside each other for the first time in 1921, they officially teamed up later in the decade in a series of shorts made for producer Hal Roach - launching a wildly successful partnership that would survive into the sound era and last for another quarter of a century. This collection captures the duo's earliest (mis)adventures on screen, chronicling their journey from their first films together - 'The Lucky Dog' and the aptly titled '45 Minutes to Hollywood' - to the dawn of their official partnership in thirteen shorts produced throughout 1927. From 'Duck Soup' and 'Sailors Beware!' to 'Do Detectives Think?', 'Putting Pants on Philip' and 'The Battle of the Century' (once available only in incomplete versions until its missing scenes were rediscovered in 2015), these films show the development of two independent comedians into the most influential and celebrated comedy duo of all time. - Director:
- Clyde Bruckman
- Cast:
- Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Chester A. Bachman
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1976 (2022)Chile '76
It's 1976 in Chile, 3 years after Pinochet's military coup overthrew the socialist government of Salvador Allende, and opponents of the new regime are being hunted down. Carmen (Aline Küppenheim) heads off to her beach house to supervise its renovation. Her husband, children and grandchildren come back and forth during the winter vacation. When the family priest asks her to take care of a young man he is sheltering in secret, Carmen steps into unexplored territories, away from the quiet life she is used to. - Director:
- Manuela Martelli
- Cast:
- Aline Küppenheim, Nicolás Sepúlveda, Hugo Medina
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