Nachthelle (2015) Florian Gottschick, Anna Grisebach, Benno Fürmann, Vladimir Burlakov, Drama, Mystery
December 5, 2015Drama, Mystery
A drama with a supernatural edge, this genre-crossing gem finds two couples visiting a home from their past, and sexual tension that brings out the worst in each other. Long-buried grudges resurface and it seems unlikely the couples will return intact. Faced with an outcome that will upset their delicate balance of happiness, the world offers them a bizarre opportunity to correct it.
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Return From the River Kwai (1989) Andrew V. McLaglen, Timothy Bottoms, Nick Tate, George Takei, War, Drama
December 2, 2015Drama
A group of war prisoners has spilt blood, sweat and tears to construct a bridge over the river Kwai in Thailand. Just when the bridge is ready, an American bomber arrives and destroys it. Camp commander Tanaka wants to set an example and orders that some of the prisoners must be executed. Just in time major Harada arrives with orders that the healthiest prisoners must be transported to Japan by train and boat. A treacherous journey since the allied forces keep a close eye on railroads and practically own the seas. The prisoners are thinking of plans to escape. Meanwhile the American bomber has been shot down and its pilot, Leyland Crawford, is being rescued by the indigenous people, the Meo. The Meo have formed a resistance group against the Japanese, led by the British colonel Grayson.
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Peace (2010) Kazuhiro Sôda, Shiro Hashimoto, Hiroko Kashiwagi, Toshio Kashiwagi, Documentary, Drama, History
December 2, 2015Documentary, Drama
What is peace? What is coexistence? And what are the basis for them? PEACE is a visual-essay-like observational documentary, which contemplates these questions by observing the daily lives of people and cats in Okayama city, Japan, where life and death, acceptance and rejection are intermingled.
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Not with My Wife, You Don’t! (1966) Norman Panama, Tony Curtis, Virna Lisi, George C. Scott, Comedy
November 30, 2015Comedy
During the Korean War, Italian nurse Virna Lisi falls in love with two American fliers, Tony Curtis and George C. Scott. Lisi marries Curtis after he convinces her that Scott has been killed in a plane crash. She soon discovers Scott is alive, but remains happily married to Curtis until Scott re-enters their lives 14 years later.
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Doctor Blood’s Coffin (1961) Sidney J. Furie, Kieron Moore, Hazel Court, Ian Hunter, Horror, Thriller
November 27, 2015Horror, Thriller
People are mysteriously disappearing near a remote Cornish village, where a scientist is experimenting with reviving the dead.
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Les trois couronnes du matelot / Three Crowns of the Sailor (1983) Raoul Ruiz, Jean-Bernard Guillard, Philippe Deplanche, Nadège Clair, Drama, Fantasy
November 27, 2015Drama, Fantasy
A drunken sailor recounts his life story to a murderous student.
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The Trip (2010) Michael Winterbottom, Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Paul Popplewell, Comedy, Drama
November 27, 2015Comedy, Drama
When Steve Coogan is asked by The Observer to tour the country’s finest restaurants, he envisions it as the perfect getaway with his beautiful girlfriend. But, when she backs out on him, he has no one to accompany him but his best friend and source of eternal aggravation, Rob Brydon.
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Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993) Steven Zaillian, Joe Mantegna, Ben Kingsley, Max Pomeranc
November 26, 2015Drama
Josh Waitzkin is just a typical American boy interested in baseball when one day he challenges his father at chess and wins. Showing unusual precocity at the outdoor matches at Washington Square in New York City, he quickly makes friends with a hustler named Vinnie who teaches him speed chess. Josh’s parents hire a renowned chess coach, Bruce, who teaches Josh the usefulness of measured planning. Along the way Josh becomes tired of Bruce’s system and chess in general and purposely throws a match, leaving the prospects of winning a national championship in serious jeopardy.
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Kocár do Vídne / Carriage to Vienna (1966) Karel Kachyna, Iva Janzurová, Jaromír Hanzlík, Ludek Munzar
November 25, 2015Drama
A WW2 story of a young Austrian soldier running from the Russian army and a woman whom he forces to come along in order to save his wounded mate.
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La curée / The Game Is Over (1966) Roger Vadim, Jane Fonda, Michel Piccoli, Peter McEnery
November 25, 2015Drama
Renee Saccard is a pampered, selfish young wife of a middle-aged Parisian businessman who falls in love with her stepson but is driven to the point of madness when her husband tricks the stepson into betraying her.
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