American Graffiti
Synopsis: From director George Lucas (Star Wars) and producer Francis Ford Coppola (The Godfather), American Graffiti is a classic coming-of-age story set against the 1960s backdrop of hot rods, drive-ins […]
Tag Archives: Period piece
Porky’s
Synopsis: One Fun Place, One Hip Movie! This hilarious, raunchy comedy hit that spawned two sequels takes an unblushing look at teenage adolescence in the 1950’s. It follows the comic […]
La ronde (1964)
Synopsis: Adapted by Tony winning playwright Jean Anoulih (Becket), Roger Vadim’s La Ronde deftly transplants Arthur Schnitzler’s famous amorous cycle from 19th century Vienna to a lavishly recreated widescreen Art […]
Rated X
Synopsis: In a world of sex, drugs and fast fortunes, they are the kings. Believing the world is ready for something new, two brothers fight the government, the mob, and […]
Blood Rage
Synopsis: What do you get if you combine Thanksgiving, American TV star Louise Lasser (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman), killer 80s synths and some truly gruesome special effects courtesy of Ed […]
Star 80
Synopsis: The straight-forward telling of the lurid tale of the rise to fame and murder of real-life Playboy centerfold Dorothy Stratten, played by Mariel Hemingway. Dorothy Stratten will be America’s […]
Florence Foster Jenkins
Synopsis: The true story of Florence Foster Jenkins (Meryl Streep), the legendary New York heiress and socialite who obsessively pursued her dream of becoming a great opera singer. The voice […]
Lovelace
Synopsis: The truth goes deeper than you think In 1972 – before the internet, before the porn explosion – Deep Throat was a phenomenon: the first scripted pornographic theatrical feature […]
Café Society
Synopsis: During the 1930s, Bobby (Jesse Eisenberg) is a Bronx-born kid who travels to California with hopes of making it big in the film industry. Lucky for him he has […]
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
Synopsis: When a platoon of Korean War G.I.s is captured, they somehow end up at a ladies’ garden club party. Or do they? Major Bennett Marco (Frank Sinatra) can’t remember. […]
OSS 117: Rio ne répond plus
Summary: When outrageously chauvinistic French secret agent OSS 117 (Jean Dujardin) journeys to Cold War-era Rio de Janeiro to recover a top-secret microfilm, gorgeous Israeli Nazi-hunter Dolorès Koulechov (Louise Monot) […]
Suburban Gothic
Synopsis: Raymond has a prestigious MBA, but he can’t find work. He can channel the paranormal, but chatting with a cute girl mystifies him. Kicked out of his big city […]
Lady Chatterley’s Lover (1981)
Synopsis: The Classic of Erotic Literature Sylvia Kristel (Emmanuelle) is “beautiful” (The New York Times) as the lonely young wife of a wealthy aristocrat in this scintillating tale of love, […]
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