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A Passage to India

August 7, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Winner of two 1984 Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress (Peggy Ashcroft) and Best Score, Oscar winning director David Lean (1962, Lawrence Of Arabia 1957 The Bridge On The […]

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Batalla en el cielo

August 6, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: From the Mexican director of the critically acclaimed Japón comes the most controversial film of the year. Marcos (Marcos Hernández) is the middle-aged chauffeur of Ana (Anapola Mushkadiz), the […]

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The Millionairess

August 2, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: A beautiful, spoiled heiress has everything money can buy – except a husband. After a disastrous first marriage, she sets her sights on a dedicated, but poor Indian doctor […]

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Les filles du botaniste

August 1, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: In eighties China, not all taboos were lifted. Min, a young orphan, sets off to study with a renowned botanist. A secretive man and authoritarian father, this teacher lives […]

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Harold and Maude

July 29, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: With the idiosyncratic American fable Harold and Maude, countercultural director Hal Ashby fashioned what would become the cult classic of its era. Working from a script by Colin Higgins, […]

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Heathers

July 26, 2014by The Thorn 4 Comments

Synopsis: Welcome to Westerburg High, where Veronica Sawyer (Winona Ryder) is beginning to tire of her membership in the powerful yet cruel clique of ‘Heathers’. When Veronica falls for the […]

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Malèna

July 25, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

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…

July 24, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

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 […]

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Madrid, 1987

July 23, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

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 […]

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The Chumscrubber

July 22, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

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 […]

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The Dreamers

July 18, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

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. […]

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Le Magasin des Suicides

July 17, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

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 […]

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El sexo de los ángeles

July 16, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

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 […]

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