Malèna
Synopsis: The latest triumph from Giuseppe Tornatore, the writer and director of the Academy Award®-winning Cinema Paradiso, Malena is an utterly unforgettable story of a boy’s journey into manhood amid […]
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Better Off Dead…
Synopsis: After his girlfriend (Amanda Wyss) ditches him for a boorish ski jock, Lane (John Cusack) decides that suicide is the only answer. However, his increasingly inept attempts bring him […]
Madrid, 1987
Synopsis: On a hot summer day in a vacant Madrid during a period of social and political transition in Spain, Miguel (José Sacristan), a feared and respected journalist, sets up […]
The Chumscrubber
Synopsis: Meet Generation Rx Dean Stiffle (Jamie Bell) discovers the body of his best friend, Troy, and doesn’t bother telling any of the parents in his postcard-perfect California neighborhood. He […]
Diavolo in corpo
Synopsis: One of the most controversial Italians films of the 80s, Devil in The Flesh takes Raymond Radiguet’s classic novel and updates it to modern times. Dealing with the legacy […]
Wristcutters: A Love Story
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 […]
The Dreamers
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. […]
Le Magasin des Suicides
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 […]
El sexo de los ángeles
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 […]
Weekend
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 […]
Prince: Sign o’ the Times
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 […]
Bisexualité: Territoires secrets
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. […]
Grande école
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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