Posts Tagged ‘Drama’

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May30

Stranger Than Paradise (1984), Permanent Vacation (1980) 2 x DVD9 (2007 edition) and Blu-Ray Criterion Collection

by movieworld on May 30th, 2019 at 14:45
Posted In: .Other movies, Comedy, Drama

Stranger Than Paradise 1984
"Stranger than Paradise" follows hipster Willie (John Lurie, who also provided the film's music) as he plays host to the unexpected arrival of his cousin Eva (Eszter Balint) from Hungary. Eva stays with Willie for 10 days before she can go to Cleveland to live with their Aunt Lotte (Cecillia Stark). A year later, bored and directionless Willie and his friend Eddie (Richard Edson) decide to go on vacation and visit Eva in Cleveland then out of the blue decide to take Eva and travel to Florida...

"Stranger Than Paradise" is the second feature made by Jarmusch. His first feature film is "Permanent Vacation" (1980), which follows the wanderings of a young drop out, Aloysius, over a time span of 2.5 days, representing a 77 minute preamble about drifting. Both films were photographed by the now renown independent director, Tom DiCillo.

Director: Jim Jarmusch
Cast: John Lurie, Eszter Balint, Richard Edson
Country: USA, West Germany
Genre: Comedy, Drama

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May30

Japon / Japan (2002) DVD9, 2xDVD9 and Blu-Ray Criterion Collection

by movieworld on May 30th, 2019 at 12:38
Posted In: .Other movies, Drama

Japon 2002
A man with no name (Alejandro Ferretis) limps through the Mexican high country in what he intends to be his last journey. It is clear that he hates himself and is tired of life, but in order to prepare for death he seeks first the solitude of the mountains and finds shelter with Ascen (Magdalene Flores), an elderly widow living on the outskirts of a mountain village.
She isn't without her own problems, either, as her nephew is in the process of cheating her out of her barn. Gradually, El Hombre and Ascen found a relationship, which grows with the passing days, as he wrestles with the urge to self-destruct and a compunction to cling on to his new-found life and to help her in her struggle.

Recruiting a cast of nonactors and filming in sublime 16 mm CinemaScope, Reygadas explores the harsh beauty of the Mexican country­side with earthy tactility, conjuring a psychic landscape where religion mingles with sex, life coexists with death, and the animal and spiritual sides of human experience become indistinguishable. A work of soaring ambition and startling visual poetry, Japon is an existential journey through uncharted cinematic territory that established the singular voice of its director.

Director: Carlos Reygadas
Cast: Alejandro Ferretis, Magdalena Flores, Yolanda Villa
Country: Mexico, Germany, Netherlands, Spain
Genre: Drama
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May22

Le scomunicate di San Valentino / The Sinful Nuns of Saint Valentine (1974) DVD5, Blu-Ray

by movieworld on May 22nd, 2019 at 19:11
Posted In: .Other movies, Drama, Horror

The Sinful Nuns of Saint Valentine 1974
The story, which takes place in Spain during the days of the Inquisition, centers on the forbidden love between Esteban Albornoz (Paolo Malco) and Lucita Fuentes (Jenny Tamburi); not only is Lucita about to take her vows and join the convent of St. Valentine’s, but their families have been feuding for years, and it was because of her feelings for Esteban that Lucita’s father, Don Alonso (Franco Ressel), sent her away to become a nun. Having been accused by the Holy Church of heresy (a trumped-up charge instigated by Don Alonso), Esteban finds himself a wanted man, and to avoid capture hides inside the walls of St. Valentine’s, where he and Lucita can occasionally spend a moment or two together.

But Lucita is being watched, by both her lesbian roommate Josefa (Bruna Beani), who knows of Lucita’s love for Esteban and uses it to gain sexual favors; and the tyrannical Abbess of St. Valentine’s (Francoise Prevost), who gets a perverse thrill out of torturing her subordinates. When Josefa is mysteriously stabbed to death, the Abbess accuses Lucita of the crime. She is brought before Father Onorio (Corrado Gaipa), the Inquisitor of the area, and, despite the fact she’s innocent, Lucita is sentenced to death. With time working against them, Esteban and Don Alonso form a temporary truce to try and rescue Lucita, but freeing her from the grip of the all-powerful church may prove an impossible task.

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May22

Les visiteurs du soir / The Devil’s Envoys (1942) DVD9 and Blu-Ray Criterion Collection

by movieworld on May 22nd, 2019 at 17:03
Posted In: .Other movies, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Romance

Les visiteurs du soir 1942
In the year 1485, the Devil sends two of his envoys to drive people to despair. Disguised as minstrels, they enter the castle of Baron Hughes (Fernand Ledoux), who is getting ready to marry his beautiful daughter Anne (Marie Dea).

During a lavish banquet, Baron Hughes invites Dominique (the legendary Arletty) and Gilles (Alain Cuny) to sing for Anne and her fiancee Renaud (Marcel Herrand). Gilles chooses a beautiful love song that quickly melts Anne's heart.

Later that night, the Devil's envoys use their magic and separate Anne and Renaud. Gilles forces Anne to fall in love with him, while Dominique puts a spell on Renaud and he accepts a ring from her that will always remind him of her. But in the days that follow something unusual happens - mesmerized by her purity and beauty, Gilles falls madly in love with Anne. The Devil (Jules Berry), who has been observing quietly his envoys from afar, immediately leaves his lair and heads to Earth.

Director: Marcel Carne
Cast: Arletty, Marie Dea, Fernand Ledoux, Alain Cuny
Country: France
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance

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May22

Shooting the Past (1999) 2 x DVD9

by movieworld on May 22nd, 2019 at 16:03
Posted In: .Other movies, Drama, History

Shooting the Past 1999
The lives of 5 rather eccentric and sheltered photographic archivists are forever shattered when the building they are housed in is acquired by an American conglomerate, to be made into a technological business school. Faced with the horror of their collection of 10 million + photographs being destroyed, head curator Marilyn Truman (played exquisitely by Lindsay Duncan) sets out to find a way to save it in its entirety. Her efforts appear to be hampered by the outrageous Oswald (a magnificent performance by Timothy Spall) and only just tolerated by the corporate American boss, Christopher Anderson (a riveting display of acting by Liam Cunningham).

The work appears doomed, as do the lives of those who had cared for it, but redemption comes from the unlikely source and highly unorthodox behaviour of Oswald. The price is enormously high for all concerned, for none more so than Oswald himself, and the events that transpire have life altering effects on all the participants.

Director: Stephen Poliakoff
Cast: Lindsay Duncan, Timothy Spall, Liam Cunningham
Country: UK
Genre: Drama, History

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May21

The Children’s Hour (1961) DVD5 and Blu-Ray Kino Lorber

by movieworld on May 21st, 2019 at 16:51
Posted In: .Other movies, Drama, Romance

The Children's Hour 1961
William Wyler (The Big Country) directs this 1961 adaptation of a play by Lillian Hellman (The Little Foxes), who collaborated on the screenplay with writer John Michael Hayes (Peyton Place). The Children's Hour stars Audrey Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine as Karen and Martha, two driven young women who have built their own private school for young girls in a well-to-do American community. Though the early years have been hard, the dual headmistresses are seeing their endeavor turn a corner toward success. With more than twenty students, they are finally in the black.

Good fortune turns to bad at the drop of a hat, however, when a vindictive young student (Karen Balkin) stumbles into her ticket out of the penalty box. When they discipline a malicious little girl, the vindictive child twists an overheard comment into slander and accuses her teachers of questionable behavior. Soon the scandalous gossip engulfs the school community, with repercussions that are swift, crushing... and tragic.

Director: William Wyler
Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Shirley MacLaine, James Garner
Country: USA
Genre: Drama, Romance

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May21

Zendegi va digar hich / And Life Goes on… / Life and Nothing More… (1992) DVD9, Blu-Ray

by movieworld on May 21st, 2019 at 15:01
Posted In: .Other movies, Adventure, Drama

Zendegi va digar hich / And Life Goes on... / Life and Nothing More... (1992) DVD9
Life and Nothing More (1992) (the title was changed by its distributor to the less accurate translation And Life Goes On... to avoid confusion with a similarly titled French film) charts the efforts of a director (Ferhad Khermanend, playing a fictionalized but unnamed Kiarostami) and his young son to return to Koker, the setting of Where Is The Friend’s Home, in the wake of the devastating 1990 earthquake. Kiarostami imagines his own journey as a fictional drama set against the real life legacy of the disaster, the camera simply watching out the car window for much of the film, taking in the changing landscape, the ruins of mud buildings and small houses, and the streams of homeless people hauling food and equipment to makeshift shelters. Ostensibly Life and Nothing More is about the search for the two boys who starred in the earlier film but it turns into a kind of fictional documentary about the strength of the human spirit in the face of disaster filtered through a self-reflexive prism. It’s a film that denies even the most rudimentary of dramatic arcs: Nothing happens, and yet life erupts all around.

Director: Abbas Kiarostami
Cast: Farhad Kheradmand, Buba Bayour, Hocine Rifahi
Country: Iran
Genre: Drama, Adventure
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May20

Artherapy (2010) DVD9

by movieworld on May 20th, 2019 at 16:30
Posted In: .Other movies, Drama, Musical

Artherapy 2010
Creative expression clashes with the law and mainstream culture in Artherapy, an examination of three young artists’ struggles in contemporary Athens.

Ilia the lead singer of the band Stiletto Scag, Andreas a young graduate trying to make it as an actor and Alexandros a street artist working on a commissioned mural, come together to represent the musical and visual arts scene of Greece. Interrogated by police, rejected by society, and struggling to make ends meet, their celebration of youthful expression crashes into a harsh reality faced by all in the arts scene.

Delving into the underground art spaces of Athens like never before, Veteran director Perakis’ creative docu-fiction captures the frenetic energy and bitter disappointments of young Greek artists today.

DVD9 | PAL 16:9 | 01:32:53 | 6.84 Gb + 3% rec
Language: Greek
Subtitles: English
Genre: Drama, Music

Director: Nicos Perakis
Cast: Manolis Anastasakos, Rosyna Baltatzi, Amalia Bennet
Country: Greece
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May18

Night on Earth (1991) DVD9 (2007 edition) and Blu-Ray Criterion Collection

by movieworld on May 18th, 2019 at 16:31
Posted In: .Other movies, Comedy, Drama

Night on Earth 1991
Night on Earth is another thoroughly distinctive and compelling film by writer and director Jim Jarmusch. This deadpan comedy-of-the-night is a collection of five vignettes taking place in the enclosed space of a cab ride, each occurring simultaneously in five different cities and five different time zones -- Los Angeles, New York City, Paris, Rome, and Helsinki.

On one winter night, we witness the human condition via encounters between taxi drivers and their passengers in five different cities. Class differences are explored in Los Angeles where a casting agent (Gina Rowlands) pressures a cabbie (Winona Ryder). Family problems are aired in a New York segment starring Giancarlo Esposito, Armin Mueller-Stahl, and Rosie Perez. In Paris, an African driver experiences discomfort and mystery in the presence of a beautiful blind woman. A wild cab driver confesses his sins to a priest in Rome, and in Helsinki, three inebriated men share their lives with a cab driver who has problems of his own. Nights on Earth is a great concept well executed.

Director: Jim Jarmusch
Cast: Winona Ryder, Gena Rowlands, Lisanne Falk, Roberto Benigni
Country: France, UK, Germany, USA, Japan
Genre: Comedy, Drama
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May18

Carnal Knowledge (1971) DVD9, DVD5, Blu-Ray

by movieworld on May 18th, 2019 at 15:35
Posted In: .Other movies, Comedy, Drama

Carnal Knowledge (1971)
The sex lives and romantic relationships of two friends during a 25-year period are shown, from their college years in the 1940s through their middle-age in the 1970s.
Made in 1971, the film begins two decades earlier - where we first meet college room-mates and frustrated virgins Jonathan (Jack Nicholson) and Sandy (Arthur Garfunkel). Sandy’s the outwardly shy and sensitive one, and soon begins courting Susan (Candice Bergen). Jonathan has a passionate affair with Susan behind Sandy’s back. Over the coming years, we hear the conversations both men have about women, and then see them put their views in action - from affairs, abuse and attempts at wife-swapping to Jonathan’s slide show featuring all the “ball-breakers” he’s ever met.

Director: Mike Nichols
Actors: Jack Nicholson, Candice Bergen, Ann-Margret, Art Garfunkel, Rita Moreno, Carol Kane
Country: USA
Genre: Drama, Comedy
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