Les diaboliques
Synopsis: Before Psycho, Peeping Tom, and Repulsion, there was Diabolique. This thriller from Henri.Georges Clouzot (Le corbeau, The Wages of Fear), which shocked audiences in Europe and the U.S., is […]
Monthly Archives: March 2011
Mortelle randonnée
Synopsis: Catherine (Isabelle Adjani) is a seductive predator – a serial killer who lures wealthy men to their death. Beauvoir (Michel Serrault), a solitary detective known as “The Eye,” is […]
Oldboy
Synopsis: Park Chan-Wook’s classic genre-defining revenge tale of a man who’s wrongly been imprisoned for 15 years and is then suddenly released. Given money and a cell phone, he’s challenged […]
Red
Synopsis: Frank (Willis) is a former black-ops CIA agent living a quiet life alone…until the day a hit squad shows up to kill him. With his identity compromised, Frank reassembles […]
Red Riding Hood (2011)
Synopsis: Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight) directs a fantasy thriller that puts a haunting twist on the classic fairy tale. For years the villagers of Daggerhorn have maintained an uneasy truce with […]
Travolti da un insolito destino nell’azzurro mare d’agosto
Synopsis: Set against the backdrop of the beautiful Mediterranean, Swept Away is Lina Wertmüller’s most famous and controversial film about sex, love and politics. On an elegant yacht cruising off […]
Shi gan
Synopsis: Is Love Only Skin Deep? Alt-Asian maverick Kim Ki-Duk (The Isle, Bad Guy, Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… And Spring) takes a scalpel to modern culture’s obsession with youthful beauty […]
Swept Away
Synopsis: Madonna and Adriano Giannini star in director/screenwriter Guy Ritchie’s contemporary adaptation of Lina Wertmuller’s 1974 romantic comedy Swept Away, a story of love, sex and too much money-all set […]
Filth and Wisdom
Synopsis: Madonna’s directorial debut, Filth And Wisdom, is a hilariously sexy tale of three roommates who must delve into mischievous and naughty behavior in pursuit of bigger and brighter futures. […]
Dangerous Game
Synopsis: From the director of “Bad Lieutenant” comes this absorbing look at the dark side of Hollywood. Vividly raw and shocking, “Dangerous Game” stars two of today’s most passionate […]
Boksuneun naui geot
Synopsis: The first film in Park Chan-Wook’s acclaimed Vengeance trilogy. The sister of a simple and deaf factory worker, Ryu, falls ill and needs a kidney transplant, however he is […]
Where the Wild Things Are
Synopsis: “Let the wild rumpus start!” Nine-year-old Max runs away from home and sails across the sea to become king of the land Where the Wild Things Are. King Max […]
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Synopsis: The rebellion begins! Lord Voldemort has returned, but the Ministry of Magic is doing everything it can to keep the wizarding world from knowing the truth – including appointing […]
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