It's been said that Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were killed in a standoff with the Bolivian military in 1908. In Blackthorn, Cassidy (Sam Shepard) survived and is quietly living out his years under the name James Blackthorn in a secluded Bolivian village. Tired of his long exile from the US and hooing to see his family again before he dies, Cassidy sets out on the long journey home. However, when an unexpected encounter with an ambitious young criminals derails his plans, he is thrust into one last adventure, the likes of which he hasnt experience since he glory days with the Sundance Kid. Also stars Nickolaj Coster-Waldau (Game of Thrones) and Oscar nominee Stephen Rea
From Cannes award-winning director Amat Escalante comes this controversial drama, the story of an older brother who struggles to protect his family from Mexico's drugs and violence culture.
When Willy Fog accepts a wager from four fellow members of the reform club to travel around the world in eighty days he cannot have forseen what lies in front for him. Travelling with his valet Rigodon and the tiny Tico Fog believes that his journey against the clock is possible using only scheduled train and shipping services. But two unknown enemies are determined to stop him. One enemy is the disguise artist Transfer who has been hired by Sullivan - one of the club members who bet against Fog - to stop Fog from winning his bet by all possible means. The other is Inspector Dix of The Yard who mistakenly wants to arrest Fog for a recent bank robbery. Fog's chosen route takes him to Paris Brindisi Suez and Bombay. Whilst crossing India he saves the beautiful Indian princess Romy from certain death - and acquires an extra travelling companion. His eventful journey continues via Calcutta Hong Kong Yokohama San Francisco and New York. Not only does Fog have to deal with Transfer's deliberate sabotage he also has to survive storms accidents and even unfriendly Red Indians...
A father's love is tested to the limit in this staggeringly beautiful eco-tale set in the rain forests of Brazil and starring Powers Boothe Meg Foster and Charley Boorman. While working on a controversial dam project in Brazil US engineer Bill Markham (Powers Boothe) is horrified to discover that his young son has been kidnapped by the rain forest tribe 'The Invisible People'. Never giving up hope and after years of tireless searching Markham one day stumbles upon the tribe
The outrageous tale of a Morrissey fan gone wrong! An obsessed Morrissey fan bides her time by pouring herself into her work at a TV studio by day and hunting for her idol at night. Scouting out locations in L.A. that she knows Morrissey has been spotted in she soon happens upon her hero in the flesh irrevocably changing her life forever...
Gina Lollobrigida and James Mason conspire in this superb comedy/western to con the Mexican governmen out of a million dollars. Along the way they employ the services of an apparently hapless gang led by Lee Van Cleef but the Mexican army and assorted revolutionaries have their own ideas about how events will unfold...
Based on the classic stories by Alexandre Dumas 9 swash-buckling episodes! In the heady days of Louis XIII's France live Dogtanian and 3 courageous Muskehounds - Athos Porthos and Aramis. Pledged to a life of adventure they are mavericks fighting for justice despite their sometimes unorthodox methods.
Franco Nero stars as Django the mysterious lone drifter who dragging a coffin behind him arrives at a bleak mud-drenched town. He saves the life of a prostitute Maria who is being abused by both a group of Mexican bandits and by Ku Klux Klan-like fanatics under the command of a corrupt mayor. Loyal to none Django is caught in the middle of the violent feud between the two groups and armed with his devastating revolving machine gun Django will endure mutilative violence as he fi
Agnosia (a-gnosis or loss of knowledge) a neuropsychological illness that affects perception. Although the eyes or ears are in perfect condition the brain cannot interpret the stimuli it receives through them. This visually stunning & elegant story follows the life of Joana Prats a beautiful young woman who suffers from agnosia. As the only one who knows the deep dark secret left behind by her father she is drawn into a sinister and life-threatening plot by those trying to garner information taking advantage of her sensory confusion. The deceitful criminals will stop at nothing to get what they want and as the plot unfolds will her two closest suitors protect her from falling victim to their cunning plans?
Made in Cuba Lucia tells three stories of three periods of Cuban history from the vantage point of three women each called Lucia. Directed by the world famous Humberto Solas (Manuela Simparele) this tri-partite feature melds Cuban revolutionary fervour with feminist and social politics catapulting Solas into the international spotlight. Focussing on women from different classes - aristocracy the bourgeoisie and peasantry - with each participating in the struggle for Cuba's liberation this political allegory is segmented into three episodes with each set in seminal historical periods during Cuba's beleaguered history - the independence war against Spain the Machado dictatorship and post-Revolution. As each woman confronts the specific historical dilemmas - personal liberation in the face of class and sex discrimination and the decolonisation and reformation of Cuba - their stories provide an accurate and illuminating historical survey of an emergent national consciousness leading up to and following the Revolution. With a unique and stunning documentary style that insists on showing rather than telling the filmmaking itself bears testament to the struggle detaching itself from imposed styles of Western filmmaking to become a pioneering piece of Latin American cinema. It is easy to see why critics site Lucia as a landmark in Cuban cinema as well as the most important film in the nascent feminist cinema of the period.
An international soccer star (Eduardo Verastegul) is on his way to sign a multi-million dollar contract when a series of events unfold that bring his career to an abrupt end. A beautiful waitress (Tammy Blanchard - Moneyball) struggling to make it in New York City discovers something about herself that she is unprepared for. In one irreversible moment their lives are turned upside down until a simple gesture of kindness brings them together turning an ordinary day into an unforgettable experience.
It's 1963 and Paris is sizzling with sex. The stylishly butch Gigola spends her days roaming chic cafs, taking on the criminal underclass, enticing pretty femmes away from their pimps, breaking hearts and making enemies along the way. Her evenings are spent in famous lesbian cabaret bar Chez Moune, picking up rich older women who keep her flush. Based on the long censored novel of the same name, Gigola captures a little known chapter in Parisian history in which eroticism defied conventional morals. Starring a host of renowned faces of European cinema, including Rossy De Palma (Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown), Eduardo Noriega (Open Your Eyes, The Devil's Backbone), Marisa Paredes (All About My Mother, The Skin I Live In) Thierry Lhermitte (The Dinner Game), Marisa Berenson (I Am Love) and introducing Lou Doillon, daughter of Jane Birkin, as the eponymous Gigola.
An adaptation of the José Luis Borges short story, Death and the Compass is a baroque murder mystery with a comic touch. Plagued by his involvement in a prior investigation, weary and embittered Police Commissioner Treviranus (played by Cox regular Miguel Sandoval, Straight to Hell, Three Businessmen) attempts to set a peculiar history straight. When his star detective Lonnrot (Peter Boyle), an intuitive, blue-suited Buddhist, is stumped as to the motive behind a series of unsolved psycho-geographical murders with Kabbalistic overtones, Treviranus suspects master criminal Scharlach (Christopher Eccleston), at large in the city. But Lonnrot rejects this thesis and, with the aide of enthusiastic, atheist journalist, Zunz (Chistopher Eccleston), he is lead to believe that the crimes are allied to points on the compass. Drawn fatefully to where he believes a final crime will be committed, Lonnrot and Zunz search for the solution within a mysterious deserted mansion to the South of the city. Shot with a comic book sensibility (like a 1930s movie serial) on richly coloured modernist sets with futurist flourishes, Cox's film looks sumptuous and follows the style of Borges' labryinthine scenario to the letter without losing the plot. The three leads all acquit themselves admirably. Boyle's mystical detective is awkward and aloof in contrast to Sandoval's cunning, career-minded police inspector, while Ecceleston shape-shifts between three roles with alarming ease. On the DVD: An audio commentary by Alex Cox and composer Dan Wool of Pray for Rain (who also scored Cox's Straight to Hell and Three Businessmen) primarily examines the relationship between sound and setting. Paul Miller's "Spiderweb", the featurette advertised on the sleeve and liner notes, does not appear on this disc. --Chris Campion
Robert, a student at an English university, receives word of his father's unexpected death and returns home to Africa. While reading his father's dairies, Robert learns of the obsession that led to his death: $6,000,000 in Nazi gold that remains buried at an oasis in the Sahara desert, protected by the restless, rotting souls who died protecting it. Using his inheritance, Robert bands together with three fellow students to wrest the unclaimed fortune from the dunes of the dead!
Often described as 'the Spanish Clockwork Orange' this controversial shocker is set in a violent near future world. Honset citizens live in terror as gangs of leather clad whip wielding sadists roam the night time streets. Meanwhile in a top secret laboratory strange mind control experiments are being conducted. Against this background a beautiful nurse tries to ease the pain of those condemed to die. But who really is this angel of mercy and what is the purpose of her mission?
From the heart of Santiago's criminal underworld comes the year's most prolific gangster thriller. In a world ruled by murder drug trafficking and prostitution survival depends on betrayal and trust is a luxury you cannot afford. Tarantinoesque in its directorial style 'Los Debutantes' is the gripping tale of 24-year-old Silvio (Nestor Cantillana) and his 17-year-old brother who leave the poverty of their small town lives in search of their fortunes in the city of Santiago.
When Willy Fog accepts a wager from four fellow members of the Reform Club to travel around the world in 80 days he cannot have forseen what lies in store for him. Travelling with his valet Rigodon and the tiny Tico Fog believes that his journey against the clock is possible using only scheduled train and shipping services. But two unknown enemies are determined to stop him. One enemy is the disguise artist Transfer who has been hired by Sullivan - one of the club members who bet
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