HALF NELSON (2006) Dir. Ryan Fleck Ryan Gosling (Drive) turns in a stunning, Oscar-nominated performance in the smart, moving and politically engaged HALF NELSON, winner of multiple Independent Spirit Awards and Official Selection at Sundance Film Festival 2006. Special features: Commentary, interview and audience Q&A with the filmmakers, outtakes, deleted & extended scenes. SUGAR (2008) Dir. Ryan Fleck & Anna Boden Boden and Fleck's powerful and ambitious follow-up to their startlingly assured feature debut, Half Nelson, SUGAR is an original and provocative portrait of the modern-day immigrant experience by two of America's most distinctive young filmmakers. Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2008. Special features: Interviews with the directors and cast. DARK HORSE (2011) Dir. Todd Solondz Acclaimed writer/director Todd Solondz (Happiness) examines the loss of youth in this darkly hilarious comedy, featuring a cast led by Jordan Gelber (Boardwalk Empire), Selma Blair (Cruel Intentions), Christopher Walken (The Deer Hunter) and Mia Farrow (Rosemary's Baby). BALLAST (2008) Dir. Lance Hammer A double prize winner at the Sundance Film Festival, BALLAST is a stunningly evocative story of personal catastrophe and communal redemption. Special features: Ballast Scene Development (36 mins) HONEYDRIPPER (2007) Dir. John Sayles The godfather of American independent cinema, writer/director John Sayles (Lone Star, City of Hope), brings the birth of rock n' roll to life with electrifying effect, with Danny Glover (Lethal Weapon) leading a stellar ensemble cast. Special features: Commentary with writer/director John Sayles.
In Okayama in the mid 1930s Kiroku (Takahashi) attends high school and boards with a Catholic family whose daughter Michiko captures his heart. He must however hide his ardor and other aspects of his emerging sexuality focusing his energy on a gang he joins breaking school rules and getting into scuffles. He comes under the influence of a young tough nicknamed Terrapin and together they lead fights against rival gangs. Gradually Kiroku and Terrapin align themselves with the right-wing Kita Ikki and Kiroku becomes a stand-in for the attitudes of Japanese youth who embraced the imperialism leading to World War II... Screenplay adapted from Takashi Suzuki's novel by Kaneto Shindo (Onibaba Kuroneko).
If you're feelin' the rumble sorry to dissappoint-it's just the Earth spinning slightly off axis! That's how crazy things are gonna get with the second instalment of School Rumble! It's a barrel of laughs as Tenma and friends continue to much things up the only way they know how. (And I don't have the slightest idea as to how many laughs a barrel even holds!).School Rumble - The Absolutely funniest show you'll ever see that's not about anything that rumbles...ever!
The Australian outback town of Paris is a sinister community that preys on the unfortunate motorists that pass its way. Forcing cars off the road the townsfolk then descend upon the wrecks. The parts and possessions are scavenged the dead are buried and those who survive become guinea pigs for the local doctor's bizarre experiments. Driving towards town are the latest unwitting victims George and Arthur Waldo. Part horror part black comedy Peter Weir's debut feature is a true original that has built a cult following.
A traditional Indian love story - with a modern twist. When Poonam and Bhagatji are told of one another by a matchmaker they have reservations about the idea of marriage. Bhagatji is very focused on his career and feels he may be too young for such a huge commitment. Also this is a completely new experience for them both life has not yet prepared them for the idea of marriage. Wishing to honour the wishes of his father Bhagatji he suggests a compromise between tradition and modern life. He wants to meet Poonam and gets to know her before making any promises he cannot keep. The meeting is arranged and the next 6 months pass in a happy haze for the young couple it seems the matchmaker knows his job they are a wonderful match for one another but then a crisis puts their love through a trial by fire and only time can tell if their feelings are strong enough to survive?
Shostakovich: Katerina Izmailova (Vishnevskaya)
Manhunt
The opera Maskerade performed in three acts by the composer Carl August Nielsen.
A tale of love happiness sacrifice and sadness. Centres on Rajendra Kumar Vyjay Antimala and Simi. Simi and Rajendra have been friends since childhood but when they grow up Simi falls for Rajendra. He is not aware of how she feels and so marries Vijay Antimala but she is ill and leaves him. Rajendra ends up marrying Simi but can't forget about his first love.....
Disturbing Czechoslovakian drama about a young girl's involvement in Lebensborn, the Nazis' bizarre project to create a 'master race'. Before the eruption of World War II, young Czech girl Gretka (Monika Hilmerova), favoured by Nazi officers for her blonde hair and beautiful looks, is taken away to a spa where she is given an education and all that she desires. It soon materialises, when the Nazi officers stay overnight, that Gretka is being preened as part of a breeding programme to facilitate in the extension of an Aryan race.
Winner of 11 Israeli Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director Best Actress and Best Screenplay Nina's Tragedies is Savi Gabizon's strikingly original and bittersweet comedy about a young boy coming-of-age. Sensitive 14 year-old Nadav is experiencing an intensely emotional time in his life. He has been asked by his wild recently divorced mother Alona Anat Waxman to move in with his Aunt Nina (the luminous Ayelet July Zurer) to help comfort her following the death of her husband in a terrorist attack. Nadav is happy to comply since he has a hopeless crush on his stunning aunt. Through his eyes we share Nina's pain over the death of her husband her joy at the kindling of a new romance and her discovery that finding true happiness is never as easy as it seems.
A Separation, the stand out film of the 2011 Berlin Film Festival and winner of the Golden Bear, A Separation is a suspenseful and intelligent drama detailing the fractures and tensions at the heart of Iranian society.
This collection presents a double feature from popular anime director Makoto Shinkai. Voices Of A Distant Star Noboru Terao and Mikako Nagamine are two middle school students who are about to advance to high school and are growing close to each other. As they think about which high school to attend Mikako is selected for military service. The Earth is in the middle of an interstellar war against the alien Tarsians and Mikako has just the abilities that they are looking f
On the day before her birthday, young Akane meets the mysterious alchemist Hippocrates who brings her through a basement and into a fantastical world full of magic and color. He reveals that this world is in danger, and as the Green Goddess it is her destiny and responsibility to save this world. The only problem? Akane just wants to go home. Contains the film on Blu-Ray with Our Wonderland Cast Interview, Mayu Matsuoka's Amazing Adventure and Audio Commentary with Character Designer & Concept Artist Ilya Kuvshinov and Eleven Arts' Chris Platt and Amelie Khuat Extras: Our Wonderland Cast Interview Mayu Matsuoka's Amazing Adventure Audio Commentary with Character Designer & Concept Artist Ilya Kuvshinov and Eleven Arts' Chris Platt and Amelie Khuat
Shin Hazama is a normal high school boy living an ordinary life in Tokyo a life that is about to be turned upside-down when he encounters Jin, a boy who looks identical to him but claims to originate from another world entirely. Jin's world is one very different to our own - a world where an evil queen named Kotoko serves as its dictator, controlling all wealth and crushing any opposition with lethal force. Perhaps more importantly for Shin, the next step in Kotoko's plan for total domination is to expand her realm by invading his world.
Four young army men are forced to confront their prejudicial feelings shortly before being sent to Vietnam.
Where The Boys Are
A young woman who believes she's a cyborg hears voices and harms herself while at work making radios. She's hospitalized in a mental institution where she eats nothing and talks to inanimate objects. She's Young-goon granddaughter of a woman who thought she was a mouse (and whose dentures Young-goon wears) and a mother who's a butcher without much social grace. Young-goon comes to the attention of Il-sun a ping-pong playing patient at the institution who makes it his goal to get her to eat. Will he succeed? Which way does sanity lie?
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