In Alaska a pair of mining partners fight to save their gold claim from a crooked commissioner...
Richard Pryor plays three roles - a beleaguered sex-starved farm worker named Leroy Jones; the farm worker's randy old father Rufus; and the hypocritical town preacher Rev. Lenox Thomas - and Pryor has never been so outrageously funny. The lives and love lives of these three men cross and crisscross as Leroy tries to get his life back on track. The fun kicks into high gear when Leroy moves from labor to management. He tries to juggle his wife and his girlfriend but the only peace he can find the arms of the Reverend's wife! It's a case of too many women and too little time. No wonder he doesn't know Which Way Is Up?.
Filmed live in Seattle, Notorious C.H.O is Margaret Cho’s hilarious follow-up to her hit comedy sensation I’m the One That I Want. This hugely successful one-woman show toured 37 cities in North America and closed with a sold-out performance at New York’s Carnegie Hall. A brilliant, taboo-busting comedian in the spirit of Lenny Bruce, Richard Pryor and George Carlin, Margaret Cho is known as much for her raunchy humour as she is for her enormous contribution as a social equaliser.“Outrageous! A one-woman comic army...with seemingly limitless wit at her command.” – Los Angeles Times
Vincent Swan is a retired cop. He receives a postcard one day seemingly from a serial killer (The Prophet) who he had brought to justice years earlier. Then begins a number of high profile murders in L.A. and Swan is forced to re-open the case. But every move he makes draws him further into The Prophet's game.
One of the biggest box office hits of all time delivers the ultimate encounter when mysterious and powerful aliens launch an all-out invasion against the human race. The spectacle begins when massive spaceships appear in Earth's skies. But wonder turns to terror as the ships blast destructive beams of fire down on cities all over the planet. Now the world's only hope lies with a determined band of survivors uniting for one last strike against the invaders - before it's the end of mankind.
The Old Testament
Margaret Cho returns to the concert stage with a killer one-woman show that has taken audiences by storm. Filmed live at the Warner Theatre in Washington D.C., Asassin features a fresh dose of Margaret's ground-breaking and controversial brand of humour. Taking aim at the Bush administration and the religious right, she pulls no punches in her assault on the ever devolving state of the union. The result is an unforgettable performance featruing Margaret at her raw, irreverent and hilarious best.
In 1960s London a beautiful continental au pair finds herself wrestling with the affections of an earnest peace-protestor a dashing young toff and a roguish older man. But fun and freedom turn to shame and despair when she finds that her naivety has put her lovers and their partners - including the well-meaning Janet (played by Big Zapper's Linda Marlowe in her first role) - at risk. Stylishly shot in crisp black and white and set against a backdrop of smoky jazz clubs 'Ban the Bomb' marches and evocative London locations this finely-tuned cautionary tale was the directorial debut of Gerry O'Hara (All the Right Noises The Brute) and is presented in a new high-definition transfer.
A fascinating film by Jan Schmidt-Garre documenting the legendary Celibidache's rehearsal and performance of Bruckner's mighty Mass in F minor. This sixty-minute film records the process of preparing this magnificent work and includes rare footage of Celibidache discussing his special relationship to Bruckner and his F minor Mass.
Filmed live at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles in 2003, Revolution is comedian Margaret Cho's triumphant return to the screen with the same unbridled, no-holds-barred humour that infused her previous two concert films. In Revolution, Margaret tackles the Axis of Evil, her travels through Thailand's red light district, the explosion of child birth, bartering sex for household chores, revolutionizing one's self-esteem, the joy of bodily functions, her loser ex-boyfriend, and of course, her now world-famous mother. Known as much for her social activism as she is for her raunchy humour, Margaret is one-of-a-kind phenomenon who once again begins her distinctive and empowering personal voice to her devoted and adoring fans.
In the first quarter of the 20th century Paris was the undisputed cultural capital of the world. It was also the meeting place for a new generation of independent women who literally flocked to the West Bank of Paris and made it their home. Authors Colette Djuna Barnes and Gertrude Stein joined painters Romaine Brookes and Marie Laurencin photographers Bernice Abbott and Giselle Freund publishers and booksellers Sylvia Beach and Adrienne Monnier and journalist Janet Flanner and together they created a now legendary community. Using groundbreaking research newly discovered home movies combined with other visual sources this intimate documentary intertwines interview and anecdote to recreate the mood and flavour of this exceptional female artistic community in Paris during its most magical era.
Chief Inspector Birkett (Ian Hendry) and Sergeant Saunders (Ronald Fraser) are called in to investigate the murder of a glamorous model. They discover that the murdered girl has led a chequered life and that her acquaintances include drug pushers. Jordan Barker (Jeremy Brett) and Hammond Barker (Peter Arne) are reluctant to help but when the police finally make an arrest another murder occurs in a seedy Soho Jazz caf. But are the two murders connected?
Crumb's Makrokosmos cycle was written to extend the possibilities of the piano: incorporating an virtuoso synthesis of conventional (keyboard) and unconventional (inside the piano) techniques - including asking the pianist to chant whistle and whisper.Margaret Leng Tan is one of the leading exponents of 'extended piano' techniques. This together with her innate theatricality make for a powerful audio and visual rendition of the Makrokosmos.Composer supervised recordings.
Teenage jealousies spiral out of control as Michelle's boyfriend Butch turns his attentions to her best friend Laurie...
The Speckled Band (Dir. Jack Raymond 1931): Helen Stoner becomes concerned when she hears a mysterious whistle - a sound her sister complained about right before her death. Sounds like a case of Holmes (Raymond Massey) and Watson (Athole Stewart). The Sign Of Four (Dir. Graham Cutts 1932): In this classic murder-mystery an escaped killer embarks on a ruthless quest to track down a missing treasure as well as the man who cheated him out of it.
Compelled to use his own money for his expense account Major Carrington becomes convinced that he will never see his money again and decides to take back the money from his department's funds without permission. For this error in military rules Carrington is court-martialed. During the trial Carrington's selfish wife (Margaret Leighton) gets even for a wartime affair conducted by her husband by supplying false testimony. Though Carrington is declared guilty the implication is that he is well rid of both his wife and his hollow government post.... Nominated for 5 BAFTA Awards.
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