At the demise of empire, City of London financial interests created a web of offshore secrecy jurisdictions that captured wealth from across the globe and hid it behind obscure financial structures in a web of offshore islands. Today, up to half of global offshore wealth may be hidden in British offshore jurisdictions and Britain and its offshore jurisdictions are the largest global players in the world of international finance. How did this come about, and what impact does it have on the world today? This is what the Spider's Web sets out to investigate.
Vicky recalls her romances with her exes Hao Hao and Jack in the neon-lit clubs of Taipei.
A city boy visits a remote village to find out the reason behind his father's strange death. The locals are watching his every move and are eager to see him leave. As he starts to investigate, the village's sinister secrets begin to unravel.
The history of American popular music runs parallel with the history of a Russian Jewish immigrant family, with each male descendant possessing different musical abilities.
An avant-garde, psychedelic, poetic minimalism, meditative, cartoon-esque sketch of the modern world.
Gene Hackman er god som altid i denne krimi med film noir-træk, hvori han spiller Harry Moseby, en andenrangs detektiv med uorden i sit privatliv. Da Harry kontaktes af en bekymret mor, som leder efter sin forsvundne datter, regner han det for et rent rutinejob og finder da også frem til pigen. Men kort tid efter findes hun død, og hendes kæreste tilmed, og nu er sagen pludselig blevet et mysterium, som kræver Harrys fulde opmærksomhed.
A deformed tormented girl drowns herself after her lover is framed for murder and guillotined. Baron Frankenstein, experimenting with the transfer of souls, places the boy's soul into her body, bringing Christina back to life. Driven by revenge, she carries out a violent retribution on those responsible for both deaths.
The action unfolds in a country about which we know nothing, a land of snow and forests, somewhere in the North. A family lives in an isolated house near a lake. Alexi, a young, pure-hearted man, is a woodcutter. Occasionally suffering from epileptic seizures and overcome by an ecstatic state, he is one with the nature around him. Alexi is very close to his younger sister, Hege. Their blind mother, father, and younger brother, silently observe this uncontrollable love. One day a stranger arrives, a young man slightly older than Alexi.
A woman on the run from her abusive husband encounters a mysterious hitch-hiker.
A Canadian documentary featuring two young filmmakers attending the Toronto Film Festival to pitch a film concept to various celebrities. Their film idea, titled "The Don", concerns a Mafia don who goes for a hernia operation but gets a sex change instead. During the 1996 Toronto Fest, they approach Roger Ebert, Norman Jewison (at a packed press conference), Eric Stoltz (leaving a limo), Al Pacino, and others without much success. On a roll, they leave Toronto for Hollywood, getting advice from Arthur Hiller and Neil Simon and finding an agent who expresses interest in their pitch.
Rose Hovick lives to see her daughter June succeed on Broadway by way of vaudeville. When June marries and leaves, Rose turns her hope and attention to her elder, less obviously talented, daughter Louise. However, having her headlining as a stripper at Minsky's Burlesque is not what she initially has in mind.
Returning home from a business trip to discover his wife missing, a man delves deeper and deeper into a surreal kaleidoscope of half-baked leads, seduction, deceit, and murder.
Austin, Texas: Erica tilbringer hver nat i en ny seng, Nate er netop hjemvendt fra Irakkrigen og Franki drømmer om at blive rockstjerne. Frustrationerne vokser og det hele eksploderer, da de tre skæbner kolliderer. Alle bærer de på en mørk fortid, men ingen ved, at det virkelige mørke venter forude.
Pacific Northwest. 1983. Skovhugger Red ((Nicolas Cage) og hans livs kærlighed Mandy (Andrea Riseborough) lever en stille tilværelse i en lille landsby. En dag bliver deres idylliske tilværelse brutalt knust af en gruppe religiøse fanatikere, anført af den sadistiske Jeremiah Sand (Linus Roache). Red bliver hårdt såret, og gruppen efterlader ham i den tro, at han er død. Men Red er ikke død, og nu er han vred. MEGET vred.
Five seamen on the Irish Sea, five men who have left their families to try to recover, far from any civilization, a primitive state...
A space-obsessed man gets the opportunity of a lifetime thanks to a Mars colonization program but finds his plans compromised by his feelings for a woman who brings him down to Earth.
Det er med rygsækken pakket med kærestesorger, at Simon drager fra New York til Paris. Væk fra kæreste, familie og fædreland for at drukne hjertesmerterne i kærlighedens by. Men dagene er lange, og forløsningen udebliver, indtil han en dag møder champagnepigen Victoria på en bar. Hurtigt går han fra blot at være en kunde til at indlede et forhold til hende, og snart øjner de to nye økonomiske muligheder, da de begynder de at afpresse hendes gifte klienter for penge. Men mens Victoria langsomt forelsker sig i sin nye alfons, vågner Simon langsomt op fra sin døs og viser helt nye sider af sig selv.
During an NBA lockout, a sports agent, Ray Burke, presents his rookie client, Erick Scott, with an intriguing and controversial business opportunity.
Vi er i 2038, Jordens naturlige ressourcer er næsten opbrugt. Multinationale selskaber er begyndt med minedrift på fjerne planeter for at skaffe energi. På Moon 44 forsvinder dyrebart materiel, og Felix Stone fra afdelingen for interne anliggender må gå undercover for at løse mysteriet. Hans medhjælpere er hærdede straffefanger, der deltager på en umulig mission med håb om en nedsat straf. Moon 44 er helvedes forgård i en fjern galakse - og ingen er sikker på, hvem der er ven, og hvem der er fjende.
After growing up during the tumultuous 1960s, ex-Black Panther Marcus returns to his home in Philadelphia in 1976 and reconnects with Pat, the widow of a Panther leader. Marcus befriends Pat's young daughter and attempts to conquer his demons. Interfering with Marcus's good intentions are the neighborhood's continuing racial and social conflicts, as well as old enemies and friends -- both with scores to settle.