Hailed as one of the most innovative and intimate documentaries of all time, experience Kurt Cobain like never before in the only ever fully authorized portrait of the famed music icon. Academy Award nominated filmmaker Brett Morgen expertly blends Cobain's personal archive of art, music, never seen before movies, animation and revelatory interviews from his family and closest friends.
In the 1980s, ruthless Colombian cocaine barons invaded Miami with a brand of violence unseen in this country since Prohibition-era Chicago - and it put the city on the map. "Cocaine Cowboys" is the true story of how Miami became the drug, murder and cash capital of the United States, told by the people who made it all happen.
A documentary about the legendary series of nationally televised debates in 1968 between two great public intellectuals, the liberal Gore Vidal and the conservative William F. Buckley Jr. Intended as commentary on the issues of their day, these vitriolic and explosive encounters came to define the modern era of public discourse in the media, marking the big bang moment of our contemporary media landscape when spectacle trumped content and argument replaced substance. Best of Enemies delves into the entangled biographies of these two great thinkers, and luxuriates in the language and the theater of their debates, begging the question, "What has television done to the way we discuss politics in our democracy today?"
En plena Guerra Freda, se sospita que un enigmàtic general pretén enderrocar el president dels EUA per mitjà d'un cop d'estat. El president disposa només de set dies per trobar proves que li permetin avortar el cop.
La Marnie és una dona emocionalment traumatitzada que roba a les empreses on treballa i menteix compulsivament. Canvia d'aspecte i d'identitat en cada nova ocupació per no ser descoberta. Quan es presenta a una entrevista de treball, l'empresari Mark Rutland la reconeix perquè un dels seus clients ha estat l'última víctima. Tot i saber com és la noia, la contracta i cada cop s'hi sent més atret. En Mark tractarà d'esbrinar les raons d'aquest comportament obsessiu i farà que s'enfronti al passat per guarir-la.
A drama about the less known aspects of the trading activity inside one of the biggest banks in the world - Société Générale. The movie tracks the rise and fall of anonymous trader turned superstar turned escape goat - Jérôme Kerviel - just as the 2008 financial crisis was unfolding
El detectiu Carl Mørck i el seu soci Assad, del Departament Q de la Policia de Copenhaguen, especialitzada en casos especials, investiguen el brutal assassinat de dues joves bessones en una casa d'estiu. La pel·lícula relata l'obertura del cas, que va ser tancat amb la confessió d'un personatge marginal del poble, malgrat que la policia sospitava d'un grup d'estudiants de classe alta.
Amanzio Rastelli appointed several of his relations to managerial positions in his firm. They decided to think internationally and now business is heavily in debt. Luckily for the Rastellis, Bolta the accountant uses all the tricks of his art to cook the books, but catastrophe awaits.
Silence dominates the work, as does the screen rectangle, which cuts off the “image” from a life time-space continuum and imposes upon the image its particular character. Within it, there is a play between tonalities, textures, large and small shapes.
La pel·lícula s'inspira en la vida de Joy Mangano, una inventora nord-americana i empresària d'èxit coneguda sobretot per la seva aparició en canals de televenda. La protagonista és una humil treballadora, divorciada i mare de dos fills. En un moment de la seva vida en què sembla que està condemnada a renunciar als seus somnis d'infantesa -crear coses perquè tothom les pugui veure i tenir-, se li acut la idea d'inventar una baieta de pal que es pugui escórrer sola, i lluitarà per fer-la realitat. La família té un pes molt important en la vida de la protagonista. Des d'una àvia que l'anima a fer realitat els somnis i un exmarit que li fa costat en tot moment, fins a un pare que sempre es refia de la seva ajuda, una germanastra gelosa i una mare que viu al seu món. El camí cap a l'èxit serà molt llarg, ple de decepcions i fracassos, però la Joy és un exemple de perseverança.
James “Brick” Davis, a struggling attorney, owes his education to a mobster, but always has refused to get involved with the underworld. When a friend of his is gunned down by a notorious criminal, Brick decides to abandon the exercise of the law and join the Department of Justice to capture the murderer.
Quiet, unassuming Adam is changing in a major way, thanks to his new girlfriend, art student Evelyn. Adam's friends are a little freaked by the transformation.
Vietnam vet Frank Vega now runs an East L.A. community center where he trains young boxers to survive in and out of the ring. But when his prize student falls in with the wrong crowd and turns up dead, Frank teams up with his pal Bernie to take matters into their own fists and prove that justice never gets old.
An intimate story of the enduring bond of friendship between two hard-living men, set against a sweeping backdrop: the American West, post-World War II, in its twilight. Pete and Big Boy are masters of the prairie, but ultimately face trickier terrain: the human heart.
Primer film sonor. La Warner Bros. Pictures, que llavors passava problemes financers, va ser el primer estudi a treure un film sonor, que alternava la veu i cançons d'Al Jolson amb subtítols. Per descomptat, i independentment de la qualitat artística del film, es va convertir en un gran èxit de taquilla.
Vincent Miles, a gunsmith and shooting instructor at the National Police, is an expert in combat shooting who stubbornly refuses to join a field brigade, a choice which their colleagues do not understand. When he meets Milo Cardena, a mysterious and skilled cop, his life changes in such way that he cannot ignore his true nature anymore.
Determined to find out the true effects of marijuana on the human body, stand-up comedian and former Stoner of the Year Doug Benson documents his experience avoiding pot for 30 days and then consuming massive amounts of the drug for 30 days. More than just an amusing story of one man's quest to get superhigh, this documentary also examines the hotly contested debate over medical marijuana use.
A small West Virginia town is hosting the legendary Mountain Man Festival on Halloween, where throngs of costumed party goers gather for a wild night of music and mischief. But an inbred family of hillbilly cannibals kill the fun when they trick and treat themselves to a group of visiting college students.
A gay couple enlists the help of their friend Polly to create a baby. Meanwhile, they must also contend with their homophobic neighbour who becomes a big nuisance.
Líba has only one birthday wish every year. She insists that the whole family come together for her celebration, which they all always do. That is, until this year's birthday. Her son Petr has other plans for this year, so he pretends to be sick in front of the family. This year, for the first time, he wants to spend his birthday with his friend Karl, who has a birthday on the same day. And Karel is Peter's long-hidden secret for the rest of the family. However, Líba is not going to give up her celebration so easily. She decides to surprise Peter and move in with the whole family. An unexpected visit forces Peter to quickly improvise. In front of your family, turning your friend Karel into a colleague from work and his sister Veronika into your girlfriend is basically a piece of cake. But Petr doesn't know yet that this is just the beginning and today will be one big rollercoaster ride.