Kidnapped
Synopsis: It was to be the most startling film of Bava’s entire career: After a botched payroll heist, a trio of vicious criminals take hostages in a desperate getaway that […]
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Cani arrabbiati
Synopsis: Imagine Quentin Tarantino remaking LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT inside a speeding car…That’s Mario Bava’s RABID DOGS (Cani Arrabbiati), a brutal and ironic kidnapping story whose unflinching realism makes […]
I Am My Lover (1997)
Summary: Six respected photographers present intimate portraits of twelve women practicing humanity’s first love– and last taboo. Over one hundred though-provoking duotone and black and white photographs capture a powerful range […]
The Wicked + The Divine, vol. 2
Summary: The critically-lauded best-selling hyphen-abusing series of stardom, divinity, and death returns with a second volume that’s even grander than the first, because it contains six issues instead of five. […]
Twitch City: Season 2
Synopsis: Tony-winner Don McKellar (The Drowsy Chaperone) created this quirky comedy that explores society’s addiction to television. McKellar stars as Curtis, who ingests dangerous levels of cathode rays, much to […]
Twitch City: Season 1
Synopsis: Tony-winner Don McKellar (The Drowsy Chaperone) created this quirky comedy that explores society’s addiction to television. McKellar stars as Curtis, who ingests dangerous levels of cathode rays, much to […]
La guerre du feu
Synopsis: Set 80,000 years ago, this accomplished “cinematic spectacle” (‘New York Magazine’) follows the lives of four tribes of early man – each with their own customs and stages of […]
Enter the Void
Synopsis: Controversial and brilliant director Gasper Noe follows his worldwide sensation Irreversible with another triumph. Enter The Void is Noe’s most assured and haunting film yet, a “head trip” a […]
Pāfekuto burū
Synopsis: Pop singer Mima Kirigoe looks forward to a bright new career when she quits her chart-topping trio to become an actress. When she lands a role in a sexually-charged […]
The House of Exorcism
Synopsis: Tourist Lisa Reiner (Elke Sommer) encounters the Devil himself (Telly Savalas) while vacationing in Toledo, Spain. Recognizing in her the soul of a damned spirit that escaped him, the […]
Lisa e il diavolo
Synopsis: While visiting Toledo, Spain, American tourist Lisa Reiner (Elke Sommer) experiences a feeling of déjà vu when she sees an ancient mural of the Devil carrying away the dead. […]
I Would Die 4 U
Summary: Drawing on new research and enlivened by Touré’s unique pop-cultural fluency, I Would Die 4 U relies on surprising and in-depth interviews with Prince’s band members, former girlfriends, musicologists, […]
The Wicked + The Divine, vol. 1
Summary: Every ninety years, twelve gods incarnate as humans. They are loved. They are hated. In two years, they are dead. The team behind critically thermonuclear floor-fillers Young Avengers and […]
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