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Tag Archives: Drama

Extraordinary Tales

January 26, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Five of Edgar Allan Poe s best-known stories are brought to vivid life in this heart-pounding animated anthology featuring Sir Christopher Lee, Bela Lugosi, Julian Sands, Roger Corman and […]

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It Felt Like Love

January 25, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: A beautifully observed portrait of awakening sexuality in a young Brooklyn teen, It Felt Like Love is “an important landmark… in movies about female adolescence” (Los Angeles Times). Fourteen-year-old […]

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THX 1138

January 24, 2017by The Thorn 2 Comments

Synopsis: “Work hard, increase production, prevent accidents, and be happy.” THX 1138, George Lucas’ directorial debut, presents a cold, dystopian future in which individual thought and love are forbidden. But […]

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Shame

January 23, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: “Driven by a brilliant and ferocious performance by Michael Fassbender,” (Hollywood Reporter) Shame tells the riveting story of Brandon, a handsome New York businessman with a dark and destructive […]

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Sex Criminals, vol. 2

January 22, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: The second storyline from the Eisner-award winning SEX CRIMINALS finds the honeymoon to be over for Jon and Suzie. Once the thrill of new lust fades, where do you […]

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Literature

Jag är nyfiken – en film i blått

January 18, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: A parallel film to Vilgot Sjöman’s controversial I Am Curious—Yellow, I Am Curious—Blue also follows young Lena on her journey of self-discovery. In Blue, Lena confronts issues of religion, […]

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Factory Girl

January 16, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: In the 1960s, no star burned brighter than original “It” girl Edie Sedgwick. Starring Sienna Miller (Casanova) in a “captivating, compelling and absurdly sexy” performance (Terry Lawson, Detroit Free […]

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Film

Phonogram, vol. 2: The Singles Club

January 15, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: We’ve put you on the guest list. Don’t be late! This is one night you’ll never forget! The second series of Phonogram separates itself from the frenzied mob of […]

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Literature, Music

Jag är nyfiken – en film i gult

January 11, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Seized by customs upon entry to the United States, subject of a heated Supreme Court battle, banned in cities around the world, Vilgot Sjöman’s I Am Curious—Yellow is one […]

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Film

Gia

January 9, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Too Beautiful To Die. Too Wild To Live. It’s late ’70s New York. Studio 54, designer jeans, drugs and disco. One girl is living life in the fast lane. […]

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Film, Television

Sex Criminals, vol. 1

January 8, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Suzie’s just a regular gal with an irregular gift: when she has sex, she stops time. One day she meets Jon and it turns out he has the same […]

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Literature

L’initiation

January 4, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: A young woman falls for a married French professor in romantic Montreal. The two spend days together in a hotel and tour the city before he returns to his […]

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Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles

January 3, 2017by The Thorn 2 Comments

Summary: The Earthmen came by the handful, then the hundreds, then the millions. They swept aside the majestic, dying Martian civilization to build their homes, shopping malls, and cities. Mars […]

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Literature

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