German TV film about the innner workings of a takeover battle and its emotional consequences. Inspired by the events of the Vodafone Mannesmann takeover.
From the earliest versions of the script to the blockbuster debuts, explore the creation of the Star Wars Trilogy.
Chronicles the fascinating and often turbulent life of Townes Van Zandt.
Arthur and Anatole are two little robbers. They want to rob money, money that will travel in a special train from Paris to Bruxelles. They don't know that other people have planned to do the same thing.
Mike Flaherty er en advokat der også har påtaget sig jobbet som wrestling træner på den lokale high school. I forbindelse med nogle lyssky forretninger for en ældre klient støder han på Kyle, en teenager der er løbet hjemmefra. Kyle er en top atlet og Mike ser straks en mulighed for at vinde for første gang i lang tid med holdet som ellers ligger helt i bunden. Så dukker Kyles mor Cindy op, netop ude fra afvænning, og truer med at ødelægge det hele.
Reggie Dunlop er træner for The Chiefs, som er et mindre succesfuldt ishockeyhold i serie B. Træneren forsøger at tiltrække et større publikum ved at hyre de tre hårdnakkede Hanson-brødre, som ikke lægger fingre imellem, når de afklapser modstanderne.
En ung forfatter takker modvilligt ja til en ny opgave. Den tidligere britiske premierminister Adam Lang har brug for hjælp til sine erindringer, for den forrige skribent er just død i en tragisk ulykke. Inden længe er forfatteren hvirvlet ind i en politisk, seksuel og litterær malstrøm. Har Lang i virkeligheden arbejdet for CIA, mens han var premierminister?
A behind the scenes look into George Romero's groundbreaking horror classic Night of the Living Dead.
"Citizen Ruth" is the story of Ruth Stoops, a woman who nobody even noticed -- until she got pregnant. Now, everyone wants a piece of her. The film is a comedy about one woman caught in the ultimate tug-of-war: a clash of wild, noisy, ridiculous people that rapidly dissolves into a media circus.
Historien drejer sig om 3 soldater: Collee, TK og Cheever, som vender tilbage fra krigen i Irak, hvor de er blevet skadet. De finder ud af at livet er gået videre uden dem. De tager på en road-trip gennem USA, Collee for at aflevere hendes kærestes guitar tilbage til hans familie, TK forsøger at skaffe sig lidt selvtillid, og Cheever vil spille lidt på de forskellige casinoer for at skaffe penge til at gå på universitet.
When former comedian Mark McCarthy is faced with a rare form of cancer, he hires a young, impressionable cameraman to document his crude and comical lessons on what it means to be a man for his unborn son.
Bobby leads a carefree life until his former lover arrives at his place with a baby girl claiming she is his daughter. However, Bobby must find the truth behind her claims.
A small-time magician with zero interest in football must lead his local team to the finals of a tournament if he wishes to marry the love of his life.
SEDUCED AND ABANDONED combines acting legend Alec Baldwin with director James Toback as they lead us on a troublesome and often hilarious journey of raising financing for their next feature film. Moving from director to financier to star actor, the two players provide us with a unique look behind the curtain at the world's biggest and most glamourous film festival, shining a light on the bitter-sweet relationship filmmakers have with Cannes and the film business. Featuring insights from directors Martin Scorsese, 'Bernando Bertolucci' and Roman Polanski; actors Ryan Gosling and Jessica Chastain and a host of film distribution luminaries.
Den benhårde privatdetektiv Philip Marlowe bliver hyret at en døende general til at holde øje med hans datter, Carmen. Det viser sig hurtigt, at Carmen er kommet i dårligt selskab og er langt længere ude, end hvor hun kan bunde. Intriger og mord følger i tætte stimer, alt imens Marlowe bliver trukket ind i overklassens og underverdenens dekadente virkelighed. Men der skal mere til at slå verdens sejeste detektiv ud.
Amerikanske Julien sælger narko gennem sin bokseklub i Bangkoks underverden. Da hans bror, Billy, slår en prostitueret ihjel, tillader politimanden Chang, at pigens far dræber Billy for at få hævn. Juliens frygtindgydende mor ankommer for at hente sin førstefødtes lig, og hun beder Julien om at hævne broren. Men han er oppe imod Chang, som konsekvent udøver karmisk retfærdighed med sit samuraisværd.
Jacques Arnault, head of Sud Secours NGO, is planning a high impact operation: he and his team are going to exfiltrate 300 orphan victims of the Chadian civil war and bring them to French adoption applicants. Françoise Dubois, a journalist, is invited to come along with them and handle the media coverage for this operation. Completely immersed in the brutal reality of a country at war, the NGO members start losing their convictions and are faced with the limits of humanitarian intervention.
Sybille, a divorced mother, can't stand watching her teenage son Samuel slip into a violent and meaningless life. She is also struggling with her own demons, past and present. As a last resort, she takes Samuel on a long journey across Kyrgyzstan.
Diego is a film director who, when he is told that he has a malignant disease which could be fatal, marries his girlfriend of many years, says goodbye to his friends and begins a routine of long days of treatment in hospital. While learning to live with the pain and also conversing with death, he meets a Hindu boy who is a fellow patient and who becomes his friend. But one day the boy disappears. Diego is discharged, but his life has changed forever. His marriage fails and, living alone, he begins to wonder whether he may in fact be dying and no one has told him. He tries to find out what happened to his Hindu friend, and eventually meets another woman.