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Tag Archives: Period piece

Nightwatching

September 12, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: While painting a group portrait of the Amsterdam Musketeer Militia, the renowned Dutch artist Rembrandt (Martin Freeman) discovers a murder plot involving, Rembrandt build his accusation in the form […]

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Klimt (Producer’s cut)

September 10, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Gustav Klimt lived his life like he painted it – full of intensity, sensuality and passion. In this biographical fantasy by acclaimed director Raul Ruiz (Time Regained), Klimt (John […]

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The Piano

September 8, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Winner of 3 Academy Awards including Best Actress (Holly Hunter) and Best Supporting Actress (Anna Paquin), The Piano weaves the passionate tale of Ada, a young mute woman (Hunter) […]

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Boogie Nights

September 1, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: From writer/director P.T. Anderson comes the turbulent behind the scenes story of an extended family of filmmakers who set out to revolutionize the adult entertainment industry in the seventies. […]

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Mondo Meyer Upakhyan

August 26, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: A sweet and gently ironic story about the daughter of the village prostitute who desperately seeks an education rather than following in her mother’s footsteps. The film beautifully captures […]

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Xiao cai feng

August 23, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: A Tailor Made Romance Based on the international bestseller, Balzac and The Little Chinese Seamstress is set in the early 1970’s during the later stages of China’s cultural revolution. […]

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Gandhi

August 9, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Sir Ben Kingsley stars as Mohandas Gandhi in Richard Attenborough’s riveting biography of the man who rose from simple lawyer to worldwide symbol of peace and understanding. A critical […]

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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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Ai nu

August 4, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: She’s got a killer secret! In one of the most outrageous and taboo-smashing Shaw Brothers classics, sweet young Ainu (Lily Ho, Water Margin) is abducted and sold off to […]

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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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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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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 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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