From acclaimed director Luis Bunuel comes another tale about morality and the church. Nazarin is one of Brunuel's quartet of adaptations of the great 19th century Spanish writer Benito Perez Galdos and with Simon Of The Desert forms the best of his explorations of religion. The story told in the manner of a Christian parable is about a humble and unworldly priest who attempts to live by the precepts of Christianity but is despised for his pains. The film was ambiguous enough to win the International Catholic Cinema Office Award - a supreme irony for the cinema's most famous anti-Catholic atheist - and also won the Grand Prix Internationale at the 1959 Cannes film festival// The theme of the impossibility of leading a pure Christian life was further explored in Viridiana (1961).
After suffering years of abuse at the hands of her brutish husband Antonio (Tosar) young Spanish mother Pilar (Marull) flees the marital home with her son in tow. Taking refuge at the house of her sister (Pena) Pilar begins to carve out a new life but returns home after receiving assurances that Antonio can keep his anger in check. But when Pilar begins to enjoy the new lease of life her career as a tour guide gives her Antonio's violent outbursts terrifyingly resurface... Enjoyin
An erotic and bizarre black comedy which follows a typical Spanish housewife with rather atypical family problems! Nazis homosexuality drug dealing extra-marital affairs and a plot to forge Hitler's diaries: everything you'd expect from Spanish auteur Pedro Almodovar's fourth film!
A theatre director must rely on his imagination when his wife becomes one of the 'disappeared' during the political upheavals of 1970s Argentina.
Parenthood is about to get a little hairier! Pedro (Jos Luis Garca-Prez) is an attractive and homosexual dentist who lives a sexually active lifestyle. He offers to take care of his 9 year-old nephew Bernardo (David Castillo) for two weeks while the child's mother Pedro's older sister Violeta (Elvira Lindo) goes off to India with her latest ""hippie"" boyfriend. Pedro modifies his sexual behavior but quickly finds out that Bernardo is extremely comfortable and mature in
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...
After a troubled youth and 18 years in prison, William Garnett (Forest Whitaker) is being released. Despite the help of an idealistic parole agent (Brenda Blethyn), Garnett struggles to rebuild his life and overcome the violent impulses which possess him. Bill Agati (Harvey Keitel), the Sheriff of the small New Mexico border county where Garnett is released is convinced that Garnett is unredeemable and is a threat to the security of his county, and launches a campaign to return Garnett to prison for life.
The immortal Jack London classic tale about John Thornton (Charlton Heston) a prospector in the 1897 Klondyke gold rush trying to eke out a living in the harsh conditions of the bitterly cold Yukon region of Alaska and Buck the German Shepherd dog he befriends. Thornton struggles against unscrupulous rivals and natural hazards in the extreme conditions and is greatly helped by Buck who has his own story to tell: he was abducted from a family home and taken north to become a working sled dog. Man and dog forge a true bond of friendship working together to survive life in the treacherous frozen North.
On the verge of achieving his dream career Tomás allows his older brother Martín Farina an inside look at his life as a professional football player. Martín never able to fulfill his own dream of playing football steps into the world of Tomás and his teammates through the lens of his camera. However the rest of the club has their own opinions – some viewing Martín as an intruder as he exposes their most vulnerable moments and their concerns for the future after the game has ended. Fulboy offers an uncensored confessional look at how the athletes behind the most popular sport in the world behave during their time off the field. At the same time Fulboy reflexively interrogates Farina’s aesthetic choices and point-of-view – as well as the viewer’s gaze at the male form.
Scarface (Dir. Brian De Palma 1983): In the spring of 1980 the port at Mariel Harbour was opened and thousands set sail for the United States. They came in search of the American Dream. One of them found it on the sun-washed avenues of Miami... wealth power and passion beyond his wildest dreams. He was Tony Montana. The world will remember him by another name - Scarface! Al Pacino gives an unforgettable performance as Tony Montana one of the most ruthless gangsters ever d
Just north of the border in the tired coastal town of Imperial Beach CA live three generations of Yosts: surfing royalty turned society misfits. The Yost's reign and reputation once defined in the curl of a perfect wave has been eroded by years of bad luck addiction and hubris. But just as things are looking like they can't get worse a stranger named John arrives - and the Yost's banal existence is lifted into something profound miraculous and possibly universal.
How the East was won. Woody Harrelson and Kiefer Sutherland star in this buddy movie where the western meets New York! The Cowboy Way tells the story of two rodeo pals who leave New Mexico and come to New York to solve the mystery of the disappearance of a Cuban buddy. It isn't long before they're in crossfire of the underworld.
Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte (Harnoncourt)
When journalist Nestor is imprisoned in Cuba for his political beliefs his wife Isabel flees the country with her daughter. She is rescued by a fisherman off the coast of Miami with whom she falls deeply in love. Unexpectedly Nestor appears released from his prison ordeal. Now Isabel must choose which man will be her future...
Never before released in the UK, BLOODSUCKING FREAKS has earned a world-wide reputation as being a film unlike anything ever seen before in the history of the cinema. BLOODSUCKING FREAKS takes you to a bizarre Off-Broadway theatre of the macabre, operated by a deranged impresario. Inside, sadistic entertainments are staged for his audience's pleasure, including tortures, dismemberments, and other gruesome acts which appear to be faked. When people begin disappearing off the streets of Manhattan, the twisted truth begins to chillingly sink in: these horrifying bloodcurdling acts are not theatrical at all. They are real! No one can remain unmoved by the intense scenes of carnage, from the human dartboard to the infamous brain sucking scene.BLOODSUCKING FREAKS is guaranteed to turn stomachs! Cast and Crew: Written and directed by Joel M. Reed. Starring Seamus O'Brien, Viju Krem and Luis De Jesus.
From the producer of Scarface and Carlito's Way comes this explosive prequel charting Carlito Brigante's ascension within the heroin business. Seduced by the power of the brutal New York underworld Carlito Brigante enters a deadly circle of greed and retribution. Carlito is on the fast-track to becoming Spanish Harlem's number one kingpin but quickly learns that the only way to survive at the top is through loyalty to his friends and respect for the rul
A new prison officer has a desperate battle for survival when he is mistakenly trapped in a prison as a riot unfolds. His only way out is by pretending to be a prisoner, but first he will have to befriend a violent inmate leading the rebellion.
Starring the legendary Leni Riefenstahl and directed by the pioneer of the mountain film Arnold Fanck 'Holy Mountain' is a filmic event that cannot be missed. A majestic tale set against a breathtaking Alpine backdrop 'Holy Mountain' follows the story of Diotina (Leni Riefenstahl) a beautiful and exotic dancer who travels to a small mountain village to find the man of her dreams. There she meets a climber (Louis Trenker) and a young skier (Ernst Petersen) both of whom are pursu
It's been 15 years since the disappearance of little Francesca, daughter of the renowned storyteller, poet and dramatist Vittorio Visconti, and the community is stalked by a psychopath bent on cleaning the city of impure and damned souls . Moretti and Succo, questioned by the ineffectiveness of the police force, are the detectives in charge of elucidating the mystery surrounding these Dantesque crimes. Francesca seems to have returned, but she is not be the same girl who everyone knew . . .
The largest lake in California becomes a symbol of a lost idyll in DJ Caruso's excellent noir-ish thriller The Salton Sea. Val Kilmer is superb as lowlife Danny Parker, or perhaps trumpeter Thomas Van Allen; a man so far over the edge in tragedy, duplicity and drugs he no longer knows or cares who he is. A warped revenge drama occupying similar territory to Memento, The Salton Sea is not as ingenious as that instant classic, but is more elegantly stylised, boasting superb production design, cinematography and music, the latter by Thomas Newman. Along for the ride is Deborah Kara Unger, and those who remember her from The Game will do well to take Kilmer's narration to heart when he says nothing is as it seems. Distinguishing what could have been simply a good thriller are elements not just of humour, but of laugh-out-loud hilarity funnier than most recent comedies; indeed, The Salton Sea is the most striking fusion of laughter and darkness since the admittedly very different An American Werewolf in London (1981). In this respect, Vincent D'Onofrio delivers a side-splitting and audacious performance as drug baron Pooh Bear. Watch out for the rabid badger. On the DVD: The Salton Sea is presented anamorphically enhanced at 1.77:1, with a flawless picture that captures the rich tones and extreme visual contrasts to perfection. The Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack is crystal clear and deeply atmospheric. Extras are the theatrical trailer, plus features on the production design (eight minutes) and cast and crew (nine minutes). More intelligent than the expected Electronic Press Kit material, the running length means they are still fairly perfunctory. --Gary S Dalkin
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