The Babadook
Synopsis: Amelia (AFI Award winner Essie Davis, Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, The Slap) is a single mother plagued by the violent death of her husband. When a disturbing storybook called […]
Monthly Archives: February 2016
Heavy Petting
Synopsis: A Tongue-in-Ear Comedy Heavy Petting is a hilarious and salacious exploration of the sexual mores of the 50’s as seen through the eyes of a generation that lived through […]
Der Himmel über Berlin
Synopsis: Wings Of Desire (Der Himmel über Berlin) is one of cinema’s loveliest city symphonies. Bruno Ganz is Damiel, an angel perched atop buildings high over Berlin who can hear […]
Jigyaku no Uta
Synopsis: Based on the comic strip series by Yoshiie Gouda, Happily Ever After is a visually striking dark comedy that follows the devoted wife Yukie and her unemployed ex-gangster husband […]
La Belle et la Bête
Synopsis: Jean Cocteau’s sublime adaptation of Mme. Leprince de Beaumont’s fairy-tale masterpiece—in which the pure love of a beautiful girl melts the heart of a feral but gentle beast—is a […]
Sheldon and Mrs. Levine: An Excruciating Correspondence
Summary: In a parody of the best-selling Griffin & Sabine, an angst-ridden young man and his eccentric, meddlesome mother trade blows over his latest infatuation in a series of hilarious […]
Ugetsu monogatari
Synopsis: “Quite simply one of the greatest of filmmakers,” said Jean-Luc Godard of Kenji Mizoguchi. And Ugetsu, a ghost story like no other, is surely the Japanese director’s supreme achievement. […]
Shinjū: Ten no amijima
Synopsis: Many films have drawn from classic Japanese theatrical forms, but none with such shocking cinematic effect as director Masahiro Shinoda’s Double Suicide. In this striking adaptation of a bunraku […]
Romeo and Juliet (1968)
Synopsis: Italian director Franco Zeffirelli stunned the screen world when he cast two young unknowns to portray the star-crossed lovers in Romeo & Juliet, but it was a gamble that […]
Much Ado About Nothing (2012)
Synopsis: Fans of Whedon and Shakespeare will rejoice… Joss Whedon’s sexy and contemporary spin on Shakespeare’s classic comedy about sparring lovers Beatrice and Benedick offers a sensual, tragic and occasionally […]
Moulin Rouge!
Synopsis: Oscar Winner Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, Jim Broadbent and John Leguizamo head an internationally renowned cast in this musical extravaganza. Baz Luhrmann’s sensual reinvention of the movie musical was […]
Tous les matins du monde
Synopsis: One of the most celebrated motion pictures to explore the art of music, Tous les Matins du Monde presents renowned actor Gérard Depardieu (Cyrano de Bergerac, Jean de Florette) […]
The Remains of the Day
Synopsis: Oscar®-winners Anthony Hopkins (The Silence of the Lambs) and Emma Thompson (Howards End) reunite with the acclaimed Merchant Ivory filmmaking team for this extraordinary and moving story of blind […]
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