We end #NOvember, where we watch movies with originally said “no” to, with QUENNIE, a 1987 TV Miniseries made by New World Television and, later, released by New World Video. An adaptation of a novel by Michael Korda which told the story of his real-life aunt, the actress Merle Oberon. Now, Korda’s aunt may be…
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We continue #SEXtember Part Deux by checking in on 1972’s NIGHT CALL NURSES. Directed by Jonathan Kaplan, in his debut, and produced by Julie Corman, this is the third in Roger Corman’s “NURSES” movie. Quentin Tarantino called it “a sexy version of Three Coins in the Fountain.” IYKYK. We talk about the many, many, MANY…
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We continue #SciFiJuly presents #DystopianSummer with 1988’s IN THE AFTERMATH! Never heard of it? You’re not alone! A mixture of Mamoru Oshii’s 1985 anime ANGEL’S EGG and live-action, dystopian footage directed by New World’s then Head of post-production, Carl Colpaert, the film is a wild mix that skipped theatrical release and went straight to video…
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After a highly successful raid on Singapore Harbour, soldiers of Z Special Unit lead a new expedition in Singapore, with disastrous results.
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Dare to dream the impossible. Fitzcarraldo is a dreamer who plans to build an opera house in Iquitos, in the Peruvian Amazon, so, in order to finance his project, he embarks on an epic adventure to collect rubber, a very profitable product, in a remote and unexplored region of the rainforest.
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Isabelle and Maxime are a pair of lighthearted lovers — that is, until Isabelle gets the itch for motherhood. When she confesses her desire for a child, Maxime panics. As a cartoonist by trade he is far from financially stable, so he outright rejects the idea of parenthood. What follows is a roller-coaster romance full…
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The image of a generation. This movie portrays the drug scene in Berlin in the 70s, following tape recordings of Christiane F. 14 years old Christiane lives with her mother and little sister in a typical multi-storey apartment building in Berlin. She’s fascinated by the ‘Sound’, a new disco with most modern equipment. Although she’s…
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The Memorable World of Italian Dreams… The Private World of Three Brothers In a farmhouse in southern Italy, an old woman dies. Her husband summons their sons: from Rome, Raffaele, a judge facing a political case for which he risks assassination; from Naples, the religious and ideological Rocco, a counselor at a correctional institute for…
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Following her husband’s death, a wife discovers and confronts her husband’s lover. Their mutual pain, love, envy and jealousy bring them together in an unexpected emotional and physical relationship.
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