 | | | Haunting, cruelly dazzling time-travel end-of-the-world story inspired by the tragic science fiction art film La Jetée (1962). This "end of civilization through intentional release of engineered viruses" plot is destined to remain topical f... (See full description) |
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 | | | A completely charming movie. Following the lead of George Cukor's THE WOMEN (1939) DIRECTOR Francois Ozon shows us a wholly feminine world where men are referred to but not seen. 8 Femmes is a murder mystery and a musical of sorts starring ... (See full description) |
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 | | | Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu. Excellent film about life, love and dog-fights. (Don't worry, it's all staged - no dogs were harmed!) Three interconnected stories about the different strata of life in Mexico City all resolve with a... (See full description) |
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 | | | Directed by Alfonso Cuarón. Uncut (not the R-rated) version of this smart, entertaining Mexican art house flick. There is a slow but mounting international trend of very strong sex scenes in erotically focused serious films-only the America... (See full description) |
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 | | | Contains both the un-rated director's cut and the R-rated theatrical release version. This is Clark's most complete film and his usual obsessions with teenage sexuality and brutal violence seem more humane in the context of a real story. Th... (See full description) |
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 | | | How's THIS for cynical? A nasty little drunkard (Eddie Albert) whose father is a political big-shot in a southern state joins the guard as ceremonial resume filler. When WWII breaks out he winds up a Captain commanding men in battle in Euro... (See full description) |
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 | | | Advertised with the tag line, "Finally . . . a romantic comedy without men." A Los Angeles lesbian bar is at the center of the action in a refreshingly... (See full description) |
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 | | | 1991 was a banner year in cinema, similar to 1939, 1950 and 1974. No movie is supposed to win more than one major award at the Cannes festival. Despite strong competition jet black comedy BARTON FINK caused a mini-scandal when it won both t... (See full description) |
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 | | | Wonderful overlooked movie directed by Don Siegel (INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS, DIRTY HARRY) Bizarre gothic war/western set in the Deep South during the Civil War. Clint Eastwood plays John McBurney, a severely wounded Union soldier di... (See full description) |
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 | | | Stephane Audran and Jean-Louis Trintignant star in this classic landmark film. Socialite Frederique encounters young Why in Paris, she seduces her and whisks her off to St.Tropez. When Paul meets Why, he too charms her and comes between the... (See full description) |
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 | | | Memorable critique of Hollywood's warped dream factory. a melancholic and mysterious psychodrama adapted from Clifford Odets's play. High contast B&W cinematography adds punch to this jet-dark, cynical movie. When matinee idol Charlie Cas... (See full description) |
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 | | | 20+ years latter BLADERUNNER remains a standard bearer for total visionary production design, having earned a place in history alongside films like CITIZEN KANE, METROPOLIS, 2001 and GOLDFINGER.
In 1982 BLADERUNNER was a wake up call t... (See full description) |
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 | | | BOYS DON'T CRY is smart, funny, fast-paced, sexy and a beautiful love story. Hillary Swank delivered the Oscar winning performance of a lifetime as a skinny likeable Jimmy Stewart type fella named Brandon Teena, who is actually a woman name... (See full description) |
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 | | | This three DVD ultimate collectors edition contains EVERYTHING. (Disc Three includes the 94-minute cut for BRAZIL including the changes that Gilliam refused to make.) Influential and controversial film that is 100 times MORE shocking toda... (See full description) |
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 | | | Paying homage to Alfred Hitchcock, Francois Truffaut spins a suspenseful story of a woman (Jeanne Moreau) tracking down and killing the five men who accidentally murdered her fiance on their wedding day... (See full description) |
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 | | | Bleak, ironic Bertrand Blier black comedy that set the tone for much of his career. Gérard Depardieu stars. Cheerfully amoral and not for everyone (Blier can be pretty offensive at times) Reminiscent of later Luis Buñuel (and of later Blier... (See full description) |
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 | | | Directed by Mel Chionglo. If you like your social drama gritty this ought to fit the bill. Concerns a male prositute and his girlfriend, a prostitute. and his mother; a prostitute of course. "BURLESK KING is set amid the gay underbelly of ... (See full description) |
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 | | | Intriguging film blessed by roles for three actresses I happen to really like: Nastassja Kinski, Sarah Polley and Milla Jovovich. Inspired by Thomas Hardy's "The Mayor of Casterbridge," this... (See full description) |
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 | | | The Ada programming language is named in honor of Lord Byron's daughter, the mathematician Ada Byron King, Countess of Lovelace (1815-1852), credited as the "first computer programmer" because of her plan for calculating Bernoulli numbers. ... (See full description) |
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 | | | Enjoyable period drama-comedy with an A-list cast, adapted from Honore de Balzac's 1846 novel La Bette Cousine. In 1840s Paris severe, shrewd spinster Bette Fisher (Jessica Lange, perpetually dressed in black) has suffered for years, forced... (See full description) |
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