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Monthly Archives: July 2014

Wristcutters: A Love Story

July 19, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Distraught over breaking up with his girlfriend, Zia (Patrick Fugit) decides to end it all. Unfortunately, he discovers that there is no real ending, only a run-down afterlife that […]

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The Dreamers

July 18, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: From Academy Award winning director Bernardo Bertolucci (The Last Emperor, 1987), comes an erotic tale of three young film lovers brought together by their passion for movies-and each other. […]

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Le Magasin des Suicides

July 17, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Imagine a shop that for generations has sold all the accoutrements for the perfect suicide. This family business prospers in all its bleak misery, until the day it encounters […]

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El sexo de los ángeles

July 16, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Sometimes passion bas no boundaries After struggling martial artist and hip-hop dancer Bruno (Llorenc Gonzalez) is violently mugged on a Barcelona street, mysterious and magnetic fellow dancer Rai (Alvaro […]

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Le Magasin des Suicides

July 15, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: With the twenty-first century just a distant memory and the world in environmental chaos, many people have lost the will to live. Business is brisk at The Suicide Shop. […]

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Weekend

July 14, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: This sensual, remarkably observed, beautifully acted wonder is the breakout feature from British writer-director-editor Andrew Haigh. Rarely has a film been as honest about sexuality-in both depiction and discussion-as […]

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Prince: Sign o’ the Times

July 13, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: In front of a crowd at the Rotterdam Music Hall, Prince and his band bring to life his album “Sign ‘O’ the Times” that garnered him a Grammy nomination […]

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Spaced: Series 2

July 12, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Tim and Daisy’s rocky relationship faces its greatest challenge. Tim finds true love, while Daisy’s romantic prospects are looking a tad peaky. Meanwhile Brian is paranoid his affair with […]

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Bisexualité: Territoires secrets

July 11, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Far from the images of unbridled sexuality that is conventionally imagined, ‘Bisexualité: Territoires interdits’ takes us into the inner lives of people who accept and reveal their bisexual nature. […]

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Banzai: Season 1

July 10, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Cult Japanese-style no holds barred betting show, often involving celebrities – always involving hilarity. Place your bets on a series of bizarre, and generally politically incorrect, wagers. *********************************************************************** Banzai: […]

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Grande école

July 9, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Based on a play by Jean-Marie Besset, Robert Salis’ Grande Ecole is an extraordinarily sensual film about the roles of power, class, race and sexuality in relationships. In one […]

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UHF

July 8, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: “Weird Al” Yankovic, Kevin McCarthy (Innerspace), Michael Richards (Seinfeld), David Bowe (The Cable Guy), Victoria Jackson (Saturday Night Live) and Fran Drescher (The Nanny) star in this inspired comedy […]

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Ken Park

July 7, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Filmmaker Larry Clark reunites with Kids screenwriter Harmony Korine, with some additional directorial assistance from cinematographer Ed Lachman, for this look at a group of troubled teens and their […]

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