Les filles du botaniste
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 […]
Tag Archives: Romance
The Odd Couple
Synopsis: Neil Simon has a special genius for finding the great hilarity in ordinary people doing everyday things. Like two divorced men who decide to share a New York apartment. […]
When Night is Falling
Synopsis: Successful in her teaching job at a conservative religious college, Camille looks forward to marrying her adoring, minister boyfriend and settling down to the conventions of family and career. […]
Harold and Maude
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, […]
Room in Rome
Synopsis: A night of passion that will change their lives. Like the erotic classic Last Tango In Paris, the new drama Room In Rome is a controversial, boundary-breaking film about […]
Love is a Mix Tape
Summary: Mix tapes: Stick one into a deck and you’re transported to another time in your life. For Rob Sheffield, author of Turn Around Bright Eyes that time was one […]
Heathers
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 […]
Malèna
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 […]
Better Off Dead…
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 […]
Diavolo in corpo
Synopsis: One of the most controversial Italians films of the 80s, Devil in The Flesh takes Raymond Radiguet’s classic novel and updates it to modern times. Dealing with the legacy […]
Wristcutters: A Love Story
Synopsis: Distraught over breaking up with his girlfriend, Zia (Patrick Fugit) decides to end it all. Unfortunately, he discovers that there is no real ending, only a run-down afterlife that […]
The Dreamers
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. […]
Le Magasin des Suicides
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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