Bird With A Crystal Plumage (aka L'uccello dalle piume di cristallo)
Paul and Agns have been going out for quite some time and Agns is shocked to learn that Paul would rather live with two roommates on campus than move in with her. Each year the French government filters out students who are potential candidates for high-ranking government positions. They are shipped off to schools known as Grande Ecoles where they are trained to become the country's future leaders. It is here that Paul meets his roommate Louis-Arnault. Paul is strangely attracte
Bayreuth Festspielhaus / Daniel Barenboim: Gotterdammerung
Forgotten Sins' is a startling and disturbing drama based on a true story. County sheriff Matt Bradshaw a devout churchgoer and respected pillar of the community stands accused of terrible crimes: sexually abusing his own daughters and organising multiple rapes and Satanic rituals. Matt's reaction to these accusations is almost as shocking - he makes a full and frank confession. Amid an atmosphere of religious frenzy and further accusations of murder and torture the witch hunt begins. Only one man believes in Matt's innocence: eminent psychologist Dr Richard Ofshe (William Devane). He is convinced that Matt is the innocent victim of religious brainwashing and police pressure for a confession. But what chance does Ofshe have of seeing justice done when Matt himself is so utterly convinced of his own guilt?
Luke Wilson stars as Wendell Baker - a good-hearted conman whose latest scam lands him in jail and alienates him from everyone he loves including his longtime girlfriend Doreen (Eva Mendes). Eternally optimistic Wendell makes the most of his time behind bars and vows to turn his life around. Upon release he gets a job at the Shady Grove Retirement Hotel where he befriends residents Boyd (Seymour Cassel) Skip (Harry Dean Stanton) and Nasher (Kris Kristofferson). Wendell's new friends help him to win back his girlfriend while he leads them in a spirited rebellion against the hotel's evil head nurse Neil King (Owen Wilson) and his right-hand man McTeague (Eddie griffin).
A multinational conglomerate's unholy alliance with a bloodthirsty military regime has resulted in a massacre. Only the rebel Francisco Franco (Forest Whitaker, Repo Men) and his determined wife Mia (Eva Longoria) can prove the truth.
What happens when a young girl is sentenced to Borstal and locked away from the everyday world?Blazingly well acted by a cast including Pam St Clement Kathy Burke Robbie Coltrane Miriam Margoyles and many others some of whom had actually done time 'Scrubbers' exposes a brutal society in which the strong survive and the weak are no match for the cruelties of the system.Through the hatred of lesbian Carol and promiscuous teenage mother Annetta we follow the endless rounds of violence bitching and brawling that have made Britain's borstals notorious breeding grounds for crime.
Der Graf Von LuxemburgThe Count Of LuxembourgLe COmte De LuxembourgOperette In Drei AktenOperetta In Three ActsOperette En Trois Actes
Tosca is a story of lust crime and idealistic young love originally written for Sarah Bernhardt. Puccini transformed it into an opera of the highest drama and passion and it became central to his career. This production by Sylvano Bussotti of one of Puccini's best loved works comes from the magnificent Roman amphitheatre in Verona and was filmed in 1984. Hungarian soprano Eva Marton is Tosca a role for which she is particularly well-known on stage. Ingvar Wixell is a superbly wick
Cary Grant is the screen's supreme man-on-the-run in his fourth and final teaming with Master of Suspense Alfred Hitchcock. He plays a Manhattan adman plunged into a realm of spy (James Mason) and counterspy (Eva Marie Saint) and variously abducted framed for murder chased and in a signature set-piece crop-dusted. He also hangs for dear life from the facial features of Mount Rushmore's Presidents. Savour one of Hollywood's most enjoyable thrillers ever in this State-of-the-Art Restoration: its Renewed Picture Vitality will leave you just as breathless as the chase itself.
Inspired by Thomas De Quincey's 'Suspiria de Profundis' and co-written by Argento and his long-term partner Daria Nicolodi SUSPIRIA is Argento's undisputed masterpiece of Grand Guignol horror hitting new peaks of terror through its stunning photography (courtesy of Luciano Tovoli) eye-popping production design and terrifying atmosphere of dread - thanks in no small part to the great score from Goblin! Susy Banyon (Jessica Harper) is an American ballet student travelling to Germany to study at an exclusive dance academy in the Black Forest. After one of the students and her friend are hideously murdered in the first of Argento's breath-catching set-piece killings Susy discovers that the academy has a bizarre history and as the body count rises she gets involved in a hideous labyrinth of murder black magic and madness...
When a second generation Pakistani falls in love with a Catholic girl in his home town of Glasgow, sparks fly as cultures clash in the new movie from "Sweet Sixteen" director Ken Loach.
House Of Flying Daggers (Dir. Zhang Yimou 2004) It is 859AD; the Tang Dynasty at its height one of the most enlightened empires in Chinese history is in decline. The Emperor is incompetent and the government is corrupt. Unrest is spreading throughout the land and many rebel armies are forming in protest. The largest and most prestigious is an underground alliance called the House of Flying Daggers. The House of Flying Daggers operates mysteriously stealing from the rich
Yet another Fisher/Hammer colaboration pre-dating their classic horror output. 'Spaceways' is a cold war space adventure filled with intrigue and deceit. A British rocket scientist stands accused of the brutal murder of his wife and her Soviet lover. His accusers believe he shot their remains into space and he can only prove them wrong by personally going up there. Accompanying him on this cold cold journey is a lovely fellow scientist (Bartok) who is guaranteed to keep things warm.
The Fast And The Furious: Roaring along at breakneck speed Dom (Vin Diesel) and his crew meet on the streets of L.A. each night to show off their high-powered racers. When new guy Brian (Paul Walker) wants to add his fuel to the fire he can't getup the money to race but offers up his car as collateral. In their tiny jacked compacts Dom Brian and Edwin (Ja Rule) burst into a high-gear race with Brian nearly beating perennial champion Dom. But in the final moments he loses
Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, 23 and 26 February 2011
This sorely-neglected opera comes from Mozart's early catalogue. Written in 1774 it tells the story of a Countess who disguises herself as a gardener in order to find and forgive her lover who thinks he has killed her in a quarrel. The opera contains elements of both opera seria and opera buffa and contains a rich and full orchestration with prominent parts for wind in particular being an unusual feature. Stage direction comes from Swedish director Goran Jarvefelt who sadly die
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