Lanthimos absurdist black comedy is set in a dystopian near future where single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel. They are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into animals of their choice and sent off into The Woods in this unsettling and star studded feature.
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Resnais’ deep conversation between a Japanese architect and a French actress forms the basis of this celebrated French film, considered one of the vanguard productions of the French New Wave. Set in Hiroshima after the end of World War II, the couple — lovers turned friends — intertwine their stories about the past with pondering the devastation wrought by the atomic bomb dropped on the city.
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Youth, hitting the clouds! Laughing at danger! Fighting, loving, dodging death! That’s “WINGS”
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This bold and candid musical features Liza Minelli as the iconic starry-eyed singer Sally Bowles who works at the Kit Kat Club in 1931 Berlin. Together with an impish emcee, they sound the clarion call to decadent fun, while outside an ominous political party grows into a brutal force.
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Lisa wants to experience everything New York has to offer. Unfortunately for her – she will.
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Julianne Moore and Dennis Quaid play a privileged 1950s Connecticut couple in this modern melodramatic masterpiece that is another ode to All That Heaven Allows. Amidst the racial tensions and anti-gay rhetoric of the 1950s, scandal erupts and the couple’s marriage fractures.
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This watermark of 1970s German New Wave films is a tribute to All That Heaven Allows — and remains moving and relevant almost 50 years after its release. When a lonely working class widow enters a whirlwind bi-racial romance with a younger man, they face backlash from both of their families.
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Social classes collide in Douglas Sirk’s visually stunning technicolor drama. When a wealthy upper-class widow, falls in love with her much younger and down-to-earth gardener (Rock Hudson), she faces disapproval and criticism from her children and country club friends.
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Kirk Douglas stars as a ruthless film producer clawing his way to the top of Hollywood. Told in flashback form, he is seen through the eyes of various acquaintances and people he’s wronged — including a talented writer, a fabulous movie star, and a rising director.
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Saim Sadiq’s film explores the many sides of love and desire in a patriarchal society. Gentle and timid, Haider lives with his wife Mumtaz(, his father, and his elder brother’s family in Lahore, Pakistan. Following a long spell of unemployment, he finally lands a job at a Bollywood-style burlesque, telling his family he is a theater manager, when in actuality, he is a backup dancer. As he acclimates to the new job, Haider becomes infatuated with the strong-willed trans woman Biba who runs the show—an unforeseen partnership that opens his eyes and ultimately his worldview, in ways both unexpected and intimate.
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