A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
Den mislykkede komikeren Arthur Fleck er langsomt på vei inn i galskapen, når han forvandler seg til den kriminelle mesterhjernen Joker.
With Ran, legendary director Akira Kurosawa reimagines Shakespeare's King Lear as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan. Majestic in scope, the film is Kurosawa's late-life masterpiece, a profound examination of the folly of war and the crumbling of one family under the weight of betrayal, greed, and the insatiable thirst for power.
A testament to NASA's Apollo program of the 1960s and '70s. Composed of actual NASA footage of the missions and astronaut interviews, the documentary offers the viewpoint of the individuals who braved the remarkable journey to the moon and back.
En mytisk og følelsesladet heltereise. DUNE forteller historien om Paul Atreides, en ung mann begavet med mystiske evner og profetiske visjoner og forutbestemt til å bli leder for å gjenopprette freden blant de stridende adelsfamiliene som i generasjoner har kjempet om makten for å kontrollere verdens mest dyrebare ressurs - et verdifullt krydder som kan forlenge livet. Når ondskapsfulle krefter eksploderer i konflikt om eneretten til tilgangen på krydderet, må Paul overkomme farer og ondsinnede planer mot ham for å sikre fremtiden for familien og folket hans. Han må våge seg inn i en verden der bare de som kan overvinne frykten, vil overleve.
Gilbert Grape is a small-town young man with a lot of responsibility. Chief among his concerns are his mother, who is so overweight that she can't leave the house, and his mentally impaired younger brother, Arnie, who has a knack for finding trouble. Settled into a job at a grocery store and an ongoing affair with local woman Betty Carver, Gilbert finally has his life shaken up by the free-spirited Becky.
On April 5th, 1941, a day before the Nazi attack on the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, a colorful group of passengers is headed for Belgrade...
During the excavation of ancient Roman ruins, an old archaeology professor accidentally opens the gate between our world and the world of the dead.
Desperate to escape his mind-numbing routine, uptown Manhattan office worker Paul Hackett ventures downtown for a hookup with a mystery woman.
Story about the remarkable friendship between a reclusive writer and illustrator and a chaotic homeless man, whom he gets to know during a campaign to release two charity workers from prison.
Tito's break-up with Stalin in 1948 marked the beginning of not only confusing, but also very dangerous years for many hard-core Yugoslav communists. A careless remark about the newspaper cartoon is enough for Mesha to join many arrested unfortunates. His family is now forced to cope with the situation and wait for his release from prison.
The last of Rohmer's Six Moral Tales. Frederic leads a bourgeois life; he is a partner in a small Paris office and is happily married to Helene, a teacher expecting her second child. In the afternoons, Frederic daydreams about other women, but has no intention of taking any action. One day, Chloe, who had been a mistress of an old friend, begins dropping by his office. They meet as friends, irregularly in the afternoons, till eventually Chloe decides to seduce Frederic, causing him a moral dilemma.
The story about Jimmy Barka, a young vagabond who works as a seasonal worker. Having been sacked from the job, his dreams are to become a singer. As most of the things in the Balkans happen, he is destined to failure.
Jack Lucas er egosentrisk radio DJ på en radiostasjon i USA. Men hans ego raser mot bunnen når han avviser en innringer til sitt program, og vedkommende går rakt av sted og skyter syv personer på en trendy klubb. Jack vil gjøre ende på alt ved å gjøre ende på seg selv. Men i siste øyeblikk reddes han av en gjeng med hjemløse under ledelse av den forskrudde Parry. Mens Jack kommer seg ut av selvmordstrangen finner han ut at Parry er besatt av to ting: den hellige gral, og en ung dame ved navn Lydia. Jack finner ut at Parrys eneste sjanse til å leve et normalt liv igjen, er hvis han finner kjærligheten med den langt mer normale Lydia.
Husband and wife Gabe and Adelaide Wilson take their kids to their beach house expecting to unplug and unwind with friends. But as night descends, their serenity turns to tension and chaos when some shocking visitors arrive uninvited.
In a Tokyo love hotel district, a woman is found dead in a derelict apartment. As police investigate, a romance novelist's wife lives a life that seems simply a daily repetition without romance. To break away from the loveless monotony, she follows her desires and becomes a nude model enacting sex in front of a camera. Soon, she meets a mentor and begins selling her body to strangers, while at home, she hides behind the façade that she's still the doting wife she's supposed to be.
After leaving Washington D.C. hospital, plastic surgeon Ben Stone heads for California, where a lucrative practice in Beverly Hills awaits. After a car accident, he's sentenced to perform as the community's general practitioner.
Two years after the Bosnian civil war, a town that is slowly rebuilding itself must whip together a democracy when it's announced the U.S. President Bill Clinton might be paying a visit.
Travis Block is a shadowy Government agent who specializes in removing operatives whose covers have been exposed. He then has to uncover a deadly conspiracy within his own ranks that reaches the highest echelons of power.
Although only a dental assistant, Charlie pretends to be the dentist. After receiving too much anesthesia, a patient can't stop laughing, so Charlie knocks him out with a club.