'Skippy' seeks to win the love of celebrities and a women by getting his photograph taken with as many famous people as possible.
Roberto, a shy law student in Rome, meets Bruno, a forty-year-old exuberant, capricious man, who takes him for a drive through the Roman and Tuscany countries in the summer. When their journey starts to blend into their daily lives though, the pair’s newfound friendship is tested.
Ensomme Jojo på 10 år er medlem af Hiltlerjugend, hvor de andre unge nazister driller ham. Men hans usynlige ven Adolf Hitler giver ham nyt mod. Da Jojo opdager, at hans enlige mor skjuler en ung, jødisk pige på loftet, bliver hans verden vendt på hovedet. Kan Jojo holde fast i sin fanatiske nationalisme? Ærkefjenden virker jo meget sød...
Den Oscar-nominerede filmskaber Noah Baumbach har instrueret denne skarpe og empatiske film om et ægteskab i opløsning og en familie, der bliver sammen.
Set in a surface mine, two boys sink into a seemingly innocent power game with Mother Nature as the sole observer.
A pious 20-year-old juvenile delinquent is sent to work at a sawmill in a small town; on arrival, he dresses up as a priest and accidentally takes over the local parish. The arrival of this young, charismatic preacher is an opportunity for the local community to begin the healing process after a tragedy that happened a year prior.
New Yorker manuskriptforfatteren Barton Fink, ankommer i 1941 til Hollywood for at skrive et B-films-manuskript til "wrestling-stjernen" Wallace Beery. Fink flytter ind på et lurvet hotel men rammes snart af skriveblokering. Han opsøges af manden, der bebor naboværelset, den tilsyneladende joviale Charlie Meadows. Meadows repræsenterer "den almindelige mand", som Fink så gerne vil skrive for men dybest set foragter og irriteres af. For at blive hjulpet ud af sin skriveblokering bliver Fink sat i forbindelse med en beundret kollega, Mayhew. Fink opdager, at de fleste af Mayhews manuskripter er skrevet af dennes elskerinde, Audrey.
15-årige Max Fischer går i 10. klasse på privatskolen Rushmore. Han er kreativ og energisk, når det gælder fritidsaktiviteter, men har så svært ved at leve op til skolens boglige krav, at han jævnligt trues med udsmidning. En dag bliver Max kær i lærerinden Miss Cross, men det samme gør Max’ midaldrende ven, millionæren Mr. Blume. Konflikten får Max til at tage sit liv op til overvejelse og se nogle ubehagelige sandheder i øjnene.
Illusionist Derren Brown concocts a psychological experiment in which he tries to manipulate an ordinary person into taking a bullet for a stranger.
A feature-length documentary starring Fran Lebowitz, a writer known for her unique take on modern life. The film weaves together extemporaneous monologues with archival footage and the effect is a portrait of Fran's worldview and experiences.
Harold Lamb is so excited about going to college that he has been working to earn spending money, practicing college yells, and learning a special way of introducing himself that he saw in a movie. When he arrives at Tate University, he soon becomes the target of practical jokes and ridicule. With the help of his one real friend Peggy, he resolves to make every possible effort to become popular.
Fortælling der udspiller sig i et sydamerikansk fængsel, hvor to mænd deler celle. Den ene er medlem af en revolutionær undergrundsbevægelse. Den anden er bøsse og lever i en fantasiverden af kærlighedsmelodramaer. Efterhånden opdager de to at deres grundholdning til tilværelsen ikke er så forskellig som man først skulle tro.
En mild-manneret professor Moonlighting som en falsk hitmand i politiestikken antænder en kædereaktion af problemer, når han falder for en potentiel klient.
Michele Casali is a middle-class professor in Fascist Italy who teaches at the same high school attended by his only daughter, Giovanna. A shy and sensitive girl, her insecurities are only magnified by Michele's overprotectiveness—reaching a point of no return.
Impressions of the rue Mouffetard, Paris 5, through the eyes of a pregnant woman.
En mands besættelse af at eje en hjortskindesjakke, får ham til at vende ryggen til hans kedelige liv i forstæderne, hæve hans opsparing gøre ham til kriminel.
After 20 years of marriage, Maria decides to leave her husband. She moves into room 212 at the hotel across the street, with a bird’s-eye view of her apartment, her husband and the life she shared with him. While she wonders if she made the right decision, many of the people in her life offer their opinions on the matter. They intend to let her know, whether she likes it or not, on what proves to be a life-changing evening.
Sandra, a young woman forced to leave the south of France to flee a violent husband. Without attachment, she returned to Boulogne-sur-Mer, the city of her childhood which she left almost 15 years ago. She finds her mother there and a world she left behind. Without money, she is hired in a fish cannery where she befriends two workers. But one day, one of her colleagues tackles her insistently, she defends herself and kills him accidentally.
Antonio Barracano is a respected man among the Neapolitan underworld, keeping order and administering justice according to his own criteria, beyond the law. One day he's faced with a dilemma after a young man asks him permission to kill his father.
A gay cocky young man travels to Oregon to work on an apple farm. Out of his element, he finds his lifestyle and notions being picked apart by everyone who crosses his path.