The Bachelors follows a mourning father (Oscar Winner JK Simmons - Whiplash, La La Land) who moves across the country with his teenage son (Josh Wiggins - Walking Out, Max) for a private school teaching job, after the early death of his wife. Their lives begin to transform due to two unique women (Oscar Nominee Julie Delpy - Before Sunrise, 2 Days In Paris and Odeya Rush - Lady Bird, The Giver), who help them embrace life and love again.
Jonathan never realized his wife was such a vision. Jonathan Younger (Sutherland) appears to be a successful businessman. However he owes everything to his wife Penny (Davidovich) and when she dies suddenly Jonathan is lost. Returning from Europe to look after the Younger business son Winston (Fraser) believes that his father is behaving very oddly seeing as he does the 'spirit' of his late wife and seeking to repair the damage of being a poor husband... An oddly quirky comedy!
Rodya, a student in 19th century Russia, believes himself to be an extraordinary person and because of this greatness to have the right to commit any crime for the good of society and remain unpunished. To this end he murders a corrupt pawnbroker and his innocent sister who accidentally witnesses the vile act. Rodya avoids immediate prosecution but decends into the gnawing, agonizing clutches of guilt and finally into the hands of justice. This is Dostoevsky's classic tale of murder, suspense and consequence; how one man's selfish act changes his own life and the lives of everyone close to him.
Charismatic author Ayn Rand brings college students under the spell of her ideology a forceful spirit in perpetual conflict with those she thinks herself superior to. And it's a dangeorus game. In 1949 in the aftermath of the success of her most famous novel 'The Foutainhead' two students Nathaniel and Barbara great fans of her work visit Ayn Rand and her husband Frank. Their friendship develops quickly as Rand's highly intellectual temperament begins to manipulate the pair's relationship forcing the students into an akward affair and eventually marriage. As Nathaniel and Barbara's relationship is strained by the years and Rand herself struggles to complete her novel 'Atlas Shrugged' Nathaniel and Rand begin a torrid affair. Ayn attempts to justify the affair to Barbara and Frank under the growing assumption that they are superior beings deserving of special treatment. As her passion spirals out of control leaving her friends and loved ones devastated and distraught Ayn must decide whether to take the leap her spirit dictates to her and risk losing everything she once held dear.
Down-and-out Polish immigrant Karol Karol is desperate to get out of France. He's obsessed with his French soon-to-be ex-wife (Before Sunrise's Julie Delpy) his French bank account is frozen and he's fed up with the inequality of it all. Penniless he convinces a fellow Pole to smuggle him home in a suitcase--which then gets stolen from the airport. The unhappy thieves beat him and dump him in a snowy rock pit. Things can only get better right? The story evolves into a wickedly funny anti-romance an inverse Romeo and Juliet. Because it's in two foreign languages the dialogue can be occasionally hard to follow but some of the most genuinely funny and touching moments need no verbal explanation. - Grant Balfour
For many 19 year olds freedom from home and their parents leads to Sex Drugs and Rock N'Roll. For those more daring more wild and more stupid there is always...fringe theatre. Beginner's Luck is a film for all those reckless enough to have tried to put on a play; to remind them of the joy the laughs and the horror. For those who have never experienced being involved in the mounting of their own production Beginner's Luck will show them exactly what they have been missing. From
Box set containing three classics from acclaimed director Leos Carax - The Night is Young Boy Meets Girl and Holy Motors.
An American safecracker named Zed (Eric Stoltz) is summoned to Paris by his childhood buddy, Eric (Jean-Hugues Anglade). Eric has the perfect, no fail robbery plan for Zed. We go in, we get what we want, we come out. But in life nothings perfect. Dreams of easy money quickly evaporate when the heist starts to go wrong and Eric transforms into a psychotic, drug crazed sociopath! As the robbery spins out of control, the death toll mounts. The next victim is the bank secretary, the trouble is, she's Zoe, and Zed's in love with her. He has a second to decide what side he is on... This highly controversial debut by Academy Award® winning filmmaker Roger Avary was an instant classic and fast became the barometer by which Generation X gauged it's own nihilism. A stylish tour de force that remains a must own dark vision that drags exploitation, kicking and screaming into the realm of art house cinema! This release comes from an all new fully restored HD master.
An urban family leaves city life behind for the confines of rural New England. Little do they know that their new home once belonged to the Keyes family a clan who experienced the tragic loss of their daughter some 250 years ago.
Agnieszka Holland's 'Europa Europa' is the fascinating fact-based story of Solomon Perel (Marco Hofschneider) a German Jew who survived the Holocaust by concealing his identity literally within enemy ranks. When Nazi thugs smash into the Perels' house 13-year-old Solly manages to flee. Upon his reunion with his family they head for Poland hoping to find safety but war soon overcomes that land and once again Solly is forced to run this time with his brother. They become separate
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