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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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Film, Music

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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Television

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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Film, Television

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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Television

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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Film

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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Film

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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Film

The Power Station: Video EP

July 6, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: The Power Station Video EP is a 30 minute video by The Power Station, originally released in 1986, and featuring Some Like It Hot, Get It On (Bang A […]

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Music, Television

La constellation Jodorowsky

July 5, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis:  Fascinating and challenging, Alexandro Jodorowsky is a multi-talented person: director of cult-movies (EL TOPO, THE HOLY MOUNTAIN, SANTA SANGRE… ), founder of the “Panique” movement, performer of provocative happenings, […]

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Film

Shortbus

July 4, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: You’ve Got to Get on to Get Off. From the director of Hedwig and the Angry Inch comes Shortbus, an exploration into the lives of several characters living in […]

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Film

Santa sangre

July 3, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Forget everything you have ever seen… In the 1970s, his legendary films El Topo and The Holy Mountain redefined movies as both art and entertainment while changing the face […]

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Film

Sex and Breakfast

July 2, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: James (Macaulay Culkin) and Heather (Alexis Dziena) along with Ellis (Kuno Becker) and Renee (Eliza Dushku) are two twenty-something couples whose lives are intertwined as they experiment with group […]

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Film

The Holy Mountain

July 1, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: The scandal of the 1973 Cannes Film Festival, writer/director Alejandro Jodorowsky’s flood of sacrilegious imagery and existential symbolism is a spiritual quest for enlightenment pitting illusion against truth. The […]

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