The Night of the Hunter
Synopsis: The Night Of The Hunter – incredibly, the only film the great actor Charles Laughton ever directed – is truly a standalone masterwork. A horror movie with qualities of […]
Tag Archives: Drama
Hak se wui
Synopsis: Every two years the senior members of the Wo Shing, Hong Kong’s oldest Triad Society, elect an up-and-coming younger boss as their chairman. The two candidates vying for the […]
Repo! The Genetic Opera
Synopsis: In the not-so-distant future, a worldwide epidemic of organ failures devastates the planet. Out of the tragedy, a savior emerges: Geneco, a biotech company that offers organ transplants….for a […]
Mr. Arkadin (The Comprehensive Version)
Synopsis: Orson Welles’s Mr. Arkadin (a.k.a. Confidential Report) tells the story of an elusive billionaire who hires an American smuggler to investigate his past, leading to a dizzying descent into […]
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Synopsis: A simple, haunting phrase whistled off-screen tells us that a young girl will be killed. “Who is the murderer?” pleads a nearby placard as serial killer Hans Beckert (Peter […]
The Room
Synopsis: The Room is an electrifying American black comedy about love, passion, betrayal, and lies. It’s what happens in real life. You could be with your loving woman and all […]
Chinjeolhan geumjassi
Synopsis: The final film in the trilogy was created by Chan-Wook for his daughter. After being wrongfully convicted of kidnapping and murdering a young child, a beautiful young woman (Lee […]
Mortelle randonnée
Synopsis: Catherine (Isabelle Adjani) is a seductive predator – a serial killer who lures wealthy men to their death. Beauvoir (Michel Serrault), a solitary detective known as “The Eye,” is […]
Oldboy
Synopsis: Park Chan-Wook’s classic genre-defining revenge tale of a man who’s wrongly been imprisoned for 15 years and is then suddenly released. Given money and a cell phone, he’s challenged […]
Travolti da un insolito destino nell’azzurro mare d’agosto
Synopsis: Set against the backdrop of the beautiful Mediterranean, Swept Away is Lina Wertmüller’s most famous and controversial film about sex, love and politics. On an elegant yacht cruising off […]
Shi gan
Synopsis: Is Love Only Skin Deep? Alt-Asian maverick Kim Ki-Duk (The Isle, Bad Guy, Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… And Spring) takes a scalpel to modern culture’s obsession with youthful beauty […]
Filth and Wisdom
Synopsis: Madonna’s directorial debut, Filth And Wisdom, is a hilariously sexy tale of three roommates who must delve into mischievous and naughty behavior in pursuit of bigger and brighter futures. […]
Dangerous Game
Synopsis: From the director of “Bad Lieutenant” comes this absorbing look at the dark side of Hollywood. Vividly raw and shocking, “Dangerous Game” stars two of today’s most passionate […]
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