Andrei Tarkovskin mestariteoksessa ohjaajan omat lapsuudenmuistot kietoutuvat uniin, historiallisiin dokumentteihin ja hänen sen aikaiseen nykyhetkeensä muodostaen poeettisen ja eteerisen kokonaisuuden, jossa ajan merkitys lakkaa.
Filmmaking icon Agnès Varda, the award-winning director regarded by many as the grandmother of the French new wave, turns the camera on herself with this unique autobiographical documentary. Composed of film excerpts and elaborate dramatic re-creations, Varda's self-portrait recounts the highs and lows of her professional career, the many friendships that affected her life and her longtime marriage to cinematic giant Jacques Demy.
Don Birnam, a long-time alcoholic, has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by his brother and girlfriend, he begins a four-day bender that just might be his last - one way or another.
The rise of a raucous hayseed named Lonesome Rhodes from itinerant Ozark guitar picker to local media rabble-rouser to TV superstar and political king-maker. Marcia Jeffries is the innocent Sarah Lawrence girl who discovers the great man in a back-country jail and is the first to fall under his spell.
A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.
Elokuva sijoittuu Snow Hill -nimisen pikkukaupungin lumisiin maisemiin. Elokuvan pääosissa on kaksi palkkionmetsästäjää, Silence ja Tigrero. Silence on mykkä palkkatappaja, jolla on traumainen menneisyys, sekä herkkä liipaisinsormi. Hänen vastustajanaan on häikäilemätön Tigrero, joka nauttii ihmisten tappamisesta. Ennenpitkää edessä on lopullinen välienselvittely...
A seductive woman gets an innocent professor mixed up in murder.
David Locke is a world-weary American journalist who has been sent to cover a conflict in northern Africa, but he makes little progress with the story. When he discovers the body of a stranger who looks similar to him, Locke assumes the dead man's identity. However, he soon finds out that the man was an arms dealer, leading Locke into dangerous situations. Aided by a beautiful woman, Locke attempts to avoid both the police and criminals out to get him.
Middle-aged suburban husband Richard abruptly tells his wife, Maria, that he wants a divorce. As Richard takes up with a younger woman, Maria enjoys a night on the town with her friends and meets a younger man. As the couple and those around them confront a seemingly futile search for what they've lost -- love, excitement, passion -- this classic American independent film explores themes of aging and alienation.
The intersecting stories of twenty-four characters—from country star to wannabe to reporter to waitress—connect to the music business in Nashville, Tennessee.
Four short films by four different directors dealing with the principles of modern life.
Servais Mont, a freelance photographer who works taking compromising photos, gets fascinated by Nadine Chevalier, a tormented low-budget movie actress married to an eccentric film photo collector.
Tervetuloa Oregoniin, Yhdysvaltoihin. Tervetuloa maailmaan, jossa huumeriippuvaiset saavat annoksensa varastamalla apteekista lääkkeitä. Drugstore cowboyt Bob ja Dianne ovat ikään kuin huumehöyryiset Bonnie ja Clyde, jotka etsivät seuraavaa annosta pitkin osavaltiota. Bobin kasvava vainoharhaisuus ja Diannen paheneva riippuvuus vievät heitä vääjäämättä kohti viimeistä pysähdystä.
Minami mistakenly kills a gangster associate of his named Brother. Almost as soon as the murder takes place, the body of the deceased man is gone, prompting Minami to conduct a search. While looking, he finds a mysterious isolated hotel where he decides to take a rest. Not only are the front desk clerks a bit strange, but even the ambiance feels unusual. Minami soon realizes he may have gotten more than he bargained for.
Set 100 years after the events of A Chinese Ghost Story, Buddhist Bai Yun and his disciple Fong journey through a small town to transport a golden idol of Buddha. However, local thieves thwart their journey, sending them to take shelter at the ghostly Orchid Temple.
Paul Kersey palaa New Yorkiin tapaamaan armeijakaveri Charleytä. Saapuessaan perille Charleyn slummialueella sijaitsevaan asuntoon, hän löytää ystävänsä kuolemaisillaan. Kersey heitetään tyrmään murhasta epäiltynä. Poliisipäällikkö tunnistaa Kerseyn "Kostajaksi" ja päättää opettaa tälle nyrkein "viranomaisen kunnioittamista". Kun Kersey makaa tyrmässä ilman syytettä, oikeat rikolliset vapautetaan nopeasti lipevien lakimiesten toimesta. Rauhoituttuaan poliisipäällikkö antaa Kerseylle epävirallisesti vapaat oikeudet toimia tahtonsa mukaan tietyin reunaehdoin. Jengiläisten piinaamassa lähiössä vallitsee kaoottinen tilanne. Virkavaltaa avuksi pyytävät asukkaat saavat kokea järjestelmän äärimmäisen epäoikeudenmukaisuuden. Kerseyn ryhtyessä toimiin, alkaa solidaarisuus syntyä asukkaiden keskuudessa. Pahantekijät vastaavat väkivaltaan ja kierre on valmis. Ruumisluku kasvaa kierros kierrokselta, kunnes edessä on täysimittainen kaupunkisota.
Englantilainen Gilderoy työskentelee 1970-luvulla italialaisella, kauhufilmeihin erikoistuneella elokuvastudiolla ääniteknikkona. Painajaismainen työ käy vähitellen Gilderoyn henkisen kunnon päälle, ja lopulta hänen on pakko kohdata myös oma menneisyytensä.
The partners are back and are in a tight spot! Francois is going through a moral crisis, and Rene is experiencing the same. But, honesty is not always the best policy. After being suspended for their actions, they return to face their far more crooked replacements.
A gossip columnist helps a Broadway ingenue who's beholden to a penthouse gangster.
Had come of age and unemployed, Peter decides to go back to school to take the elementary school. However, his academic performance continues to be poor so much so that his grandmother to play for the votes of a report card to the football pools coupon. The grandmother with the votes of Peter will win, using the amount paid to renew their tavern, without giving any money to his nephew, who will retaliate by closing all his family in the bathrooms of the new restaurant. Eventually Peter was rejected despite the efforts of his teachers, but Peter does not seem to be over: receives, in fact, a visit to Camazzo, her neighbor and Head of the third class of the Navy, which gives him an envelope containing the fateful "call to Arms".