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Elger Enders (Beau Bridges) buys an apartment block in Brooklyn with plans of renovating it and increasing his considerable wealth. However much to his annoyance the tenants refuse to be evicted. As Elger is forced to interact personally with his tenants he finds out more about their personal lives, slowly his pompous and unforgiving nature is worn away by their stories and troubles and he emerges as a caring and thoughtful young man. - Director:
- Hal Ashby
- Cast:
- Beau Bridges, Lee Grant, Diana Sands
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It's 1968 in America. Change is blowing in the wind...but seemingly far removed from the unrest in the cities is the small town of Mill Valley where for generations, the shadow of the Bellows family has loomed large. It is in their mansion on the edge of town that Sarah (Kathleen Pollard), a young girl with horrible secrets, turned her tortured life into a series of scary stories, written in a book that has transcended time - stories that have a way of becoming all too real for a group of teenagers who discover Sarah's terrifying home. - Director:
- André Øvredal
- Cast:
- Zoe Margaret Colletti, Michael Garza, Gabriel Rush
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This highly-praised debut feature from the Irish documentarist Pat Collins takes the form of a trip through the West of Ireland as a sound-recordist returning from Berlin seeks to capture the sound of silence, but after meeting the local inhabitants is drawn back to his own roots on Tory Island off the coast of Donegal. (The video also includes an earlier documentary by Pat Collins about Tory Island).
Influenced by elements of folklore and archive, Silence unfolds with a quiet intensity, where poetic images reveal an absorbing and ultimately moving meditation on themes relating to sound and silence, history, memory and exile.- Director:
- Pat Collins
- Cast:
- Andrew Bennett, Marie Coyne, Tommy Fahy
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Alone is a tense and tightly-wound thriller from John Hyams, director of Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning an& the upcoming Maniac Cop remake. Jessica (Jules Willcox: Bloodline} drives on a long and lonely stretch of road. Attempting to rebound from a tragic loss, she is headed back to her hometown to restart her life. But her plans are derailed when a psychopathic man (Marc Menchaca: Ozark] makes her his prey. - Director:
- John Hyams
- Cast:
- Jules Willcox, Emily Sahler, Katie O'Grady
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"Henry Glassie: Field Work" is a magisterial portrait of the most renowned American folklorist and ethnologist. Glassie's long professional life encompasses the people and folklore of his native southern states; from the sublime vocal purity of Ola Belle Reed whom he recorded in the sixties, to the potters, sculptors, metal workers, gilders and painters of sacred art in Brazil, the ceramic masters and the women rug makers and weavers of Turkey, the story tellers and singers of Ballymenone on the Northern Irish border. Filmed in Brazil, Ireland and the US in Glassie's presence, artists are observed at work, where in Glassie's words the creative act brings "a momentary fulfilment of what it is to be human". - Director:
- Pat Collins
- Cast:
- Henry Glassie, Pravina Shukla, Samuel Rodrigues
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Seaman Johnny Drake (Dennis Hopper), on shore leave, finds a "Mermaid" sideshow attraction at the marina, operated by Captain Murdock (Gavin Muir). The "Mermaid" Mora (Linda Lawson), who lives in a hotel above the marina merry-go-round (the movie was filmed at the Santa Monica pier) and Johnny fall for each other. Everyone around them is wary of the romance, as her previous lovers have died mysteriously. - Director:
- Curtis Harrington
- Cast:
- Dennis Hopper, Linda Lawson, Gavin Muir
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"A Rainy Day in New York" tells the story of college sweethearts, Gatsby (Timothée Chalamet) and Ashleigh (Elle Fanning), whose plans for a romantic weekend together in New York City are dashed as quickly as the sunlight turns into showers. The two are soon parted, and each has a series of chance meetings and comical adventures they will discover that, while you only live once, once is enough if you find the right person. - Director:
- Woody Allen
- Cast:
- Timothée Chalamet, Elle Fanning, Liev Schreiber
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"Promising Young Woman" is a bold new vision that has ignited a debate starring Academy Award Nominee Carey Mulligan as 'Cassie': a wickedly smart but singularly focused woman, who in order to overcome events from her past lives a double life by night. Following an unexpected encounter. Cassie is given the chance to right the wrongs of the past. - Director:
- Emerald Fennell
- Cast:
- Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Alison Brie
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A wealthy socialite couple (James Caan and Katharine Ross) find themselves in over their heads in this psychological thriller from the swinging sixties. After inviting a mysterious woman (Simone Signoret) into their home, the couple discover her psychic abilities and asks her to arrange some "mind games" for their amusement. But the fun soon turns dangerous when one of the games goes horribly wrong in this edge-of-your seat mystery that will leave you guessing until the very end... - Director:
- Curtis Harrington
- Cast:
- Simone Signoret, James Caan, Katharine Ross
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Strangers on a Train (1951)Pacto siniestro
Tennis star Guy Haines (Farley Granger) half-jokingly muses about killing his wife with a stranger he meets on a train, unhinged playboy Bruno Anthony (Robert Walker), who'd prefer his father be deceased. In theory, each could murder the other's victim. Crisscross. No motive. No clues. No problem... except: Bruno takes the idea seriously, with deadly consequences. - Director:
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Cast:
- Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Ruth Roman
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Mrs. Dalloway (1997)Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway
Marleen Gorris, the Oscar-winning director of Antonia's Line, brings to life Virginia Woolf's groundbreaking 1925 novel, which itself inspired Michael Cunningham's Pulitzer Prize-winning book 'The Hours', now filmed by Stephen Daldry. Vanessa Redgrave plays Clarissa Dalloway, an MP's wife, whose life is thrown into crisis when a lover she rejected 30 years ago makes an unexpected appearance at a party she is hosting at her elegant London home, prompting bittersweet memories of her youth. Beautifully filmed in period London and featuring an outstanding cast including Natascha McElhone and Rupert Graves, Mrs. Dalloway perfectly captures Virginia Woolf's concerns about choice, truth and destiny. - Director:
- Marleen Gorris
- Cast:
- Vanessa Redgrave, Natascha McElhone, Michael Kitchen
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"The People Next Door" is an unflinching portrayal of a New York family torn asunder by drug abuse. Eli Wallach (Winter Kills) and Julie Harris (The Haunting) give compelling performances as parents whose marriage is pushed to the brink when their daughter Maxie (Deborah Winters) experiments with LSD and heroin, before experiencing a mental breakdown. - Director:
- David Greene
- Cast:
- Eli Wallach, Julie Harris, Deborah Winters
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Being There (1979)Un jardinero con suerte
After Being There was published, author Jerzy Kosinski got a telegram from its lead character Chance the Gardner: "Available in my garden or outside of it". Kosinski dialled the accompanying telephone number and Peter Sellers answered. Sellers indeed got the part and gave an indelible performance in this modern comedy classic. Isolated all his life in a Washington DC townhouse, Chance knows only what he's seen on TV. Cast into the world, he stumbles into the inner circle of governmental power brokers eager for "sage wisdom". As Chance might say, you'll like to watch - Director:
- Hal Ashby
- Cast:
- Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas
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Starring captivating performances from Oscar Nominee Isabelle Huppert and Kévin Azaïs, 'Souvenir ' is an understated yet powerful tale of love, redemption and second chances. Liliane was once "Laura" - a rising star in the singing world, who had her moment of glory when she came second to Abba in the 1974 European Song Contest. Today, everyone has forgotten her brush with fame and she now has a dull job in a pâté factory. However when she meets Jean, a curious, passionate and aspiring young boxer, her dreary life is transformed as he challenges her to make a remarkable career revival. - Director:
- Bavo Defurne
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- Isabelle Huppert, Kévin Azaïs, Johan Leysen
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"Toni Erdmann" is a touching and remarkably funny portrait of an offbeat father-daughter relationship. Sandra Huller plays Ines, a highly-strung career woman whose life in corporate Bucharest takes a turn for the bizarre with the arrival of her estranged father Winfried (Peter Simonischek). An incessant practical joker, Winfried attempts to reconnect with Ines by introducing the titular eccentric alter ego to catch her off guard, unaware of how capable she is of rising to the challenge... This breakout German comedy, which has been met with universal critical acclaim, is as humanist as it is absurdist - a film about the importance of celebrating the humour of the everyday. - Director:
- Maren Ade
- Cast:
- Sandra Hüller, Peter Simonischek, Michael Wittenborn
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