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Jerome, a kid from the suburbs who loves to draw, goes to New York City's Strathmore College for his freshman year as a drawing major. Competition and petty jealousy consume faculty and students, with an end-of-first-semester best-student award held out as a grand plum. Worse, a strangler is on the …loose, killing people on or next to campus. The idealistic Jerome falls in love with Audrey, a student who models for life-drawing classes and who responds to his sweetness. But he has a rival: the clean-cut, manly Jonah, also a first-year drawing student, whose primitive work draws raves and Audrey's attention. As cynicism seems to corrode everything, Jerome is desperate to win. (Read More)
Themes: | aidssexualitytheftinvestigationfilmmakingdrunkennessdrinkingprisonlovemurderdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | art schoolpolice cartaxitrainrestaurantbarnew york city |
Characters: | art teacherart studentaunt nephew relationshipgrandmother granddaughter relationshipgrandmother grandson relationshipgrandfather grandson relationshipfilmmakerteacher student relationshipsecurity guardbullyartistthieflawyerbabypoliceman …serial killerteenage boyprostituteteenage girlfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolicehomosexual (See All) |
Story: | thanksgiving dinnerhalloween partyjail visitationhalloween costumepolaroid cameraundercover policemanvideo camerakissing through a glass windowbegging on bended kneescontemplated suicidereference to lana turnerburned out buildingreference to t.s. eliotnew york postwoman strangled to death …walking on broken glasssmelling fingerdouche baginstrument casebrochureart modelkilnreference to audrey hepburnfilm scripthealth insurancestarbucksaestheticsmen's toiletart showwarranti.d.beatnikdead woman on groundpotteryoverheard conversationtrianglereference to pablo picassoart classcashierruthlessnessslide showreference to charles darwingangstabudweiserreference to shakespeare's hamletpencilnude modelingperformance artsewing machinemartyrveganwormstakeoutboy with glassespaintcafeteriadormitorydead woman with eyes openthanksgivingbroken armthirty somethingbookstoreskateboardingnewsreel footagesculpturejanitorbarefootart galleryskateboardaudiencedemonstrationlistening to musicnude modeltv newswaitereyeglassestwenty somethinggraffitigymreadingsuitcasepay phonecoming outsuburbflash forwardbartendercoffeeroommatedrawingscantily clad femaledinnersnakesubwaymontagebasketballstrangulationbandnewspapergay slurhalloweencleavagestrippercompetitionhandcuffsjailcafedead bodytearsbeerbased on comicpaintingarrestdrinkcameraslow motion sceneblondetesticlesbeatingcell phonecryingvoice over narrationtelephone callthree word titlepartyphotographcigarette smokingfemale frontal nudityfemale rear nudityfemale nuditymasturbationinterviewgunflashbacksex (See All) |
In 1974, a hot-headed 19 year old named Michael Peterson decided he wanted to make a name for himself and so, with a homemade sawn-off shotgun and a head full of dreams he attempted to rob a post office. Swiftly apprehended and originally sentenced to 7 years in jail, Peterson has subsequently been …behind bars for 34 years, 30 of which have been spent in solitary confinement. During that time, Michael Petersen, the boy, faded away and 'Charles Bronson,' his superstar alter ego, took center stage. Inside the mind of Bronson - a scathing indictment of celebrity culture. (Read More)
Themes: | theftdrinkingprisondeathlovemurder |
Locations: | trainrestaurant |
Characters: | art teacherartistthiefbabypolicemanmother son relationshipfather son relationshippolice |
Story: | art classsewing machinelistening to musiceyeglassessuburbdrawingmontagestrangulationhandcuffsjailcafetearsdrinkslow motion scenebeating …cryingvoice over narrationtelephone callphotographcigarette smokingfemale nudityflashback (See All) |
2 Jours - 2 Days follows two days in the relationship of a New York based couple - a French photographer Marion and American interior designer Jack - as they attempt to re-infuse their relationship with romance by taking a vacation in Europe. Their trip to Venice didn't really work out, - they both …came down with gastroenteritis. They have higher hopes for Paris. But the combination of Marion's overbearing non-English-speaking parents, flirtatious ex-boyfriends, and Jack's obsession with photographing every famous Parisian tombstone and conviction that French condoms are too small, only adds fuel to the fire. Will they be able to salvage their relationship? Will they ever have sex again? Or will they merely manage to perfect the art of arguing? (Read More)
Themes: | theftdrinkinglove |
Locations: | taxitrainrestaurantnew york city |
Characters: | artistthiefprostitutefather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexualpolice |
Story: | polaroid camerathirty somethingart galleryeyeglassessuitcasesubwaymontagegay slurcafetearsbeerarrestdrinkcameracell phone …cryingvoice over narrationpartyphotographcigarette smokingfemale nuditysexflashbackmasturbation (See All) |
When anti-death-penalty activist David Gale is convicted and condemned to death for the murder of a colleague, reporter Bitsey Bloom sets out to learn the story behind Gale's crime. What she finds challenges her belief in Gale's guilt and, finally, in the justice system.
Themes: | drunkennessdrinkingprisondeathmurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | trainrestaurantbarnew york city |
Characters: | lawyerpolicemanfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | video cameramartyrbarefoottv newspay phonebartenderscantily clad femalehandcuffsjailcafetearsdrinkcameracryingtelephone call …partyphotographcigarette smokingfemale frontal nudityfemale rear nudityfemale nudityflashbackinterview (See All) |
The pediatrician Alexandre Beck misses his beloved wife Margot Beck, who was brutally murdered eight years ago when he was the prime suspect. When two bodies are found near where the corpse of Margot was dumped, the police reopen the case and Alex becomes suspect again. The mystery increases when Al …ex receives an e-mail showing Margot older and alive. (Read More)
Themes: | investigationdrinkingdeathmurderlove |
Locations: | police carrestaurantbar |
Characters: | lawyerbabypolicemanserial killerfather daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | video camerai.d.tv newsgraffitigymflash forwardscantily clad femalenewspapergay slurcleavagejailcafedead bodytearsarrest …drinkcameraslow motion scenebeatingcell phonecryingtelephone callphotographcigarette smokingfemale frontal nudityfemale rear nudityfemale nuditygunflashback (See All) |
This rock opera tells the story of one year in the life of a group of bohemians struggling in modern day East Village New York. The story centers around Mark and Roger, two roommates. While a former tragedy has made Roger numb to life, Mark tries to capture it through his attempts to make a film. In … the year that follows, the group deals with love, loss, AIDS, and modern day life in one truly powerful story. (Read More)
Themes: | aidstheftdrunkennessdrinkingdeathlove |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | restaurantbarnew york city |
Characters: | filmmakerthieflawyerpolicemanfather daughter relationshipmother son relationshippolicehomosexual |
Story: | video camerademonstrationtv newswaitereyeglassesgraffitipay phoneroommatesubwaymontagehalloweenhandcuffscafetearsdrink …beatingcryingtelephone callphotographcigarette smokingfemale rear nudityfemale nuditymasturbation (See All) |
A serial killer in the San Francisco Bay Area taunts police with his letters and cryptic messages. We follow the investigators and reporters in this lightly fictionalized account of the true 1970's case as they search for the murderer, becoming obsessed with the case. Based on Robert Graysmith's boo …k, the movie's focus is the lives and careers of the detectives and newspaper people. (Read More)
Themes: | theftinvestigationdrunkennessdrinkingprisondeathmurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | taxirestaurantbar |
Characters: | thieflawyerbabypolicemanserial killerteenage boyteenage girlfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | tv newswaiterpay phoneflash forwardcoffeemontagenewspaperhalloweencafedead bodypaintingarrestdrinkcameratelephone call …photographcigarette smokingguninterview (See All) |
Despondent over his breakup with Desiree, Zia slashes his wrists and goes to an afterlife peopled by suicides, a high-desert landscape dotted by old tires, burned-out cars, and abandoned sofas. He gets a job in a pizza joint. By chance, Zia learns that Desiree offed herself a few months after he did …, and she's looking for him. He sets off with Eugene (an electrocuted Russian rocker) to find her, and they pick up a hitchhiker, Mikal, who's looking for the People in Charge, believing she's there by mistake. They're soon at the camp of Kneller, where casual miracles proliferate. They hear rumors of a miraculous king. Can Zia find Desiree? Then what? Where there's death there's hope. (Read More)
Themes: | theftdrunkennessdrinkingprisondeathlove |
Locations: | police cartaxitrainbar |
Characters: | policemanfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexualpolice |
Story: | slide showbroken armlistening to musicreadingpay phoneflash forwardroommatebasketballdead bodytearsbeerarrestdrinkslow motion sceneblonde …cell phonecryingvoice over narrationtelephone callpartyphotographcigarette smokingflashbacksexgun (See All) |
In colorful, bustling modern-day Manhattan, Rafi Gardet, a beautiful 37-year-old photography producer reeling from a recent divorce, meets David Bloomberg, a handsome 23-year-old painter recently out of college. Rafi's therapist, Dr. Lisa Metzger, who is working to help Rafi overcome her fears of in …timacy, finds out that Rafi's new lover is--unfortunately for Lisa--her only son, David. Both David and Rafi must contend with their 14-year age gap, vastly different backgrounds and the demands of David's traditional mother. Despite their intense attraction, the charmed couple soon realizes that vastly different ages and backgrounds create much conflict. A Jewish hip-hop lover and closet painter who still lives with his grandparents, David has little in common with Rafi--a non-practicing Catholic from a wealthy, broken family who travels in the sophisticated, high-end world of fashion. (Read More)
Themes: | drinkingdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | taxirestaurantbarnew york city |
Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipgrandfather grandson relationshipartistbabyfather daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual |
Story: | i.d.thanksgivingthirty somethingart gallerytwenty somethingreadingflash forwardroommatedinnerbasketballcafetearsbeerpaintingdrink …cameracell phonecryingtelephone callpartycigarette smokingflashbacksex (See All) |
Friendship, love, and coming of age in New York City, summer of 1994. Luke Shapiro has just graduated from high school, sells marijuana, and trades pot for therapy from a psychologist, Dr. Jeffrey Squires. Luke is attracted to a classmate, Stephanie, who's out of his league and Squires' step-daughte …r. By July, he's hanging out with Stephanie, taking her on his rounds selling pot out of an ice-cream pushcart. Then things take a turn. In the background, Squires and his wife as well as Luke's parents are having their troubles. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessdrinkinglove |
Locations: | trainbarnew york city |
Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipgrandfather grandson relationshippolicemanteenage boyteenage girlmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | listening to musicgraffitireadingpay phonebartendercoffeesubwaymontagenewspaperjailtearsbeerarrestdrinkslow motion scene …cryingvoice over narrationtelephone callpartyphotographcigarette smokingfemale nuditygunmasturbationsex (See All) |
A thought-provoking and haunting exploration of how reality and dream-states may combine to form complex interactions. The line between the imagination and reality blurs when an accomplished Psychiatrist takes on a patient that appears to be suicidal.
Themes: | investigationdrinkinglovedeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | taxitrainnew york city |
Characters: | art teacherart studentsecurity guardartistbabymother son relationshipfather son relationshiphomosexual |
Story: | slide showreference to shakespeare's hamletbookstoreart galleryreadingdrawingsubwaystrippertearspaintingdrinkcryingtelephone callcigarette smokingflashback …gun (See All) |
A camera crew follows a serial killer/thief around as he exercises his craft. He expounds on art, music, nature, society, and life as he offs mailmen, pensioners, and random people. Slowly he begins involving the camera crew in his activities, and they begin wondering if what they're doing is such a … good idea, particularly when the killer kills a rival and the rival's brother sends a threatening letter. (Read More)
Themes: | filmmakingdrunkennessdrinkingdeathmurderlove |
Locations: | taxitrainrestaurantbar |
Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipgrandfather grandson relationshipthieflawyerserial killerfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual |
Story: | woman strangled to deathdouche bagaestheticsdead woman with eyes openart gallerytv newswaiterstrangulationgay slurjailcafedead bodybeerdrinkcamera …beatingcigarette smokingfemale frontal nudityfemale nuditygunflashback (See All) |
In Johannesburg, a small time criminal, Tsotsi, is a teenager without feelings, hardened by his tough life. After a series of violent gang hits, Tsotsi hijacks a car. However, whilst driving, Tsotsi finds that there is a baby on the back seat. He brings the baby to his house in the slum. The next si …x days bring about a change in him that couldn't be foreseen. (Read More)
Themes: | theftdrunkennessdrinkingmurderdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | police cartrainbar |
Characters: | bullyartistthiefbabypolicemanteenage boyfather son relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | sewing machinegraffitibartendersubwaynewspapertearsbeerdrinkbeatingcryingphotographcigarette smokingfemale nudityflashbackgun |
Across The Universe is a fictional love story set in the 1960s amid the turbulent years of anti-war protest, the struggle for free speech and civil rights, mind exploration and rock and roll. At once gritty, whimsical and highly theatrical, the story moves from high schools and universities in Massa …chusetts, Princeton and Ohio to the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the Detroit riots, Vietnam and the dockyards of Liverpool. A combination of live action and animation, the film is paired with many songs by 'The Beatles' (qv) that defined the time. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessdeathlovemurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | taxibarnew york city |
Characters: | artistlawyerpolicemanprostitutefather daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshippolice |
Story: | thanksgiving dinnerthanksgivingnewsreel footagejanitordemonstrationgraffitigymroommatedrawingsubwaymontagebasketballbandnewspaperjail …arrestslow motion sceneblondebeatingcryingtelephone callthree word titlepartyphotographcigarette smokingfemale frontal nudityfemale rear nudityfemale nuditygun (See All) |
When art student Ben Willis is dumped by his girlfriend Suzy, he develops chronic insomnia after finding out how quickly she moved on. To pass the long hours of the night, he starts working the late night shift at the local supermarket. There he meets a colorful cast of characters, all of whom have …their own 'art' in dealing with the boredom of an eight-hour-shift. Ben's art is that he imagines himself stopping time. This way, he can appreciate the artistic beauty of the frozen world and the people inside it - especially Sharon, the pretty and quiet checkout girl, who perhaps holds the answer to solving the problem of Ben's insomnia. (Read More)
Locations: | art schoolbar |
Characters: | art studentartistteenage boyteenage girl |
Story: | art showart classcashiercafeteriadormitoryart gallerynude modelbartenderdrawingscantily clad femalecleavagestrippertearspaintingcamera …slow motion sceneblondecryingvoice over narrationtelephone callpartyphotographfemale frontal nudityfemale rear nudityfemale nudityflashbackmasturbation (See All) |
Made of Honor revolves around Tom and Hannah, who have been platonic friends for 10 years. He's a serial dater, while she wants marriage but hasn't found Mr. Right. Just as Tom is starting to think that he is relationship material after all, Hannah gets engaged. When she asks Tom to be her "maid" of … honor, he reluctantly agrees just so he can attempt to stop the wedding and woo her. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessdrinking |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | taxirestaurantbarnew york city |
Characters: | grandmother granddaughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | halloween partyhalloween costumestarbuckstwenty somethingflash forwardroommatebasketballhalloweencompetitioncafepaintingdrinkcell phonetelephone callparty …sexmasturbation (See All) |
A 14-year-old girl in suburban 1970's Pennsylvania is murdered by her neighbor. She tells the story from the place between Heaven and Earth, showing the lives of the people around her and how they have changed all while attempting to get someone to find her lost body.
Themes: | investigationdrinkingmurderdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | police cartaxi |
Characters: | grandmother granddaughter relationshippolicemanserial killerteenage boyteenage girlfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | eyeglassesreadingsuitcasesuburbflash forwardmontagedead bodytearspaintingdrinkcamerabeatingcryingvoice over narrationtelephone call …three word titlephotographcigarette smokingflashback (See All) |
A petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl and a detective who's been training him for his upcoming role...
Themes: | theftinvestigationfilmmakingdrunkennessdrinkingdeathmurder |
Locations: | police carbarnew york city |
Characters: | thiefpolicemanteenage boyteenage girlfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshippolicehomosexual |
Story: | video camerai.d.tv newsreadingdrawingscantily clad femalegay slurcleavagedead bodydrinkblondebeatingcell phonevoice over narrationparty …cigarette smokingfemale frontal nudityfemale nudityflashbackgun (See All) |
Six incarnations of Bob Dylan: an actor, a folk singer, an electrified troubadour, Rimbaud, Billy the Kid, and Woody Guthrie. Put Dylan's music behind their adventures, soliloquies, interviews, marriage, and infidelity. Recreate 1960s documentaries in black and white. Put each at a crossroads, the a …rtist becoming someone else. Jack, the son of Ramblin' Jack Elliott, finds Jesus; handsome Robbie falls in love then abandons Claire. Woody, a lad escaped from foster care, hobos the U.S. singing; Billy awakes in a valley threatened by a six-lane highway; Rimbaud talks. Jude, booed at Newport when he goes electric, fences with reporters, pundits, and fans. He won't be classified. (Read More)
Themes: | theftfilmmakingdrunkennessdrinkinglove |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | taxitrainrestaurantbarnew york city |
Characters: | artistthiefbabyfather daughter relationship |
Story: | beatnikperformance artnewsreel footagedemonstrationeyeglassessubwaymontagebandnewspaperjailcafedead bodypaintingdrinkcamera …slow motion scenevoice over narrationtelephone callthree word titlepartyphotographcigarette smokingfemale nuditysexinterview (See All) |
Betty Anne Waters (Swank) is a high school dropout who spent nearly two decades working as a single mother while putting herself through law school, tirelessly trying to beat the system and overturn her brother's (Rockwell) unjust murder conviction.
Themes: | investigationdrinkingprisonmurderdeath |
Locations: | police carbar |
Characters: | grandfather grandson relationshiplawyerbabypolicemanfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | i.d.flash forwardbartenderbasketballhandcuffsdead bodytearsbeerarrestdrinkcamerabeatingcell phonecryingtelephone call …photographcigarette smokingflashbackgun (See All) |
While helicopters overhead spray against a Medfly infestation a group of Los Angeles lives intersect, some casually, some to more lasting effect. Whilst they go out to concerts and jazz clubs and even have their pools cleaned, they also lie, drink, and cheat. Death itself seems never to be far away, … even on a fishing trip. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessdrinkingmurder |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | grandfather grandson relationshipartistbabypolicemanfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | smelling fingerbudweisercoffeescantily clad femalebasketballbandcleavagedead bodytearsbeerdrinkcameracryingtelephone callparty …photographcigarette smokingfemale frontal nudityfemale rear nudityfemale nuditysex (See All) |
Katherine Ann Watson has accepted a position teaching art history at the prestigious Wellesley College. Watson is a very modern woman, particularly for the 1950s, and has a passion not only for art but for her students. For the most part, the students all seem to be biding their time, waiting to fin …d the right man to marry. The students are all very bright and Watson feels they are not reaching their potential. Altough a strong bond is formed between teacher and student, Watson's views are incompatible with the dominant culture of the college. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessdrinkinglove |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | taxitrainrestaurantbarnew york city |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipartistlawyerbabyprostituteteenage girlfather daughter relationship |
Story: | reference to pablo picassoslide showdormitorythirty somethingnewsreel footagetwenty somethingcoffeeroommatenewspapercafetearspaintingdrinkcameracrying …voice over narrationtelephone callphotographcigarette smoking (See All) |
Alan Johnson has everything he needs to get through life: a good job, a beautiful and loving wife, and their wonderful children. Yet he feels isolated because he finds having a hard-working job and managing a family too much to handle and has no one to talk to about it. Charlie Fineman, on the other … hand, doesn't have a job or a family. He used to have both until a terrible loss, and the grief caused him to quit his job and isolate himself from everyone around him. As it turns out, Alan and Charlie were roommates in college, and a chance encounter one night rekindles the friendship they shared. But when Charlie's problems become too much to deal with, Alan is determined to help Charlie come out of his emotional abyss. (Read More)
Themes: | drinkingdeathlove |
Locations: | taxirestaurantbarnew york city |
Characters: | aunt nephew relationshiplawyerpolicemanteenage girlfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | paintdormitorytv newscoffeeroommatemontagegay slurcafetearsbeerpaintingarrestdrinkcell phonecrying …telephone callthree word titlephotographsexgunflashback (See All) |
Patrick Bateman is handsome, well educated and intelligent. He is twenty-seven and living his own American dream. He works by day on Wall Street, earning a fortune to complement the one he was born with. At night he descends into madness, as he experiments with fear and violence.
Themes: | investigationdrunkennessdrinkingmurderdeath |
Locations: | police cartaxirestaurantbarnew york city |
Characters: | security guardlawyerpolicemanserial killerprostitutepolicehomosexual |
Story: | video cameraruthlessnessjanitorbarefootwaitereyeglassespay phonebartenderdrawingscantily clad femalemontagestrangulationgay slurcleavagedead body …drinkcamerablondebeatingcell phonecryingvoice over narrationpartyphotographcigarette smokingfemale frontal nudityfemale rear nudityfemale nuditygun (See All) |
Aspiring emcee DJay works the angles to get his first record made with help from assorted people in his Memphis 'hood. And when he hears that hip-hop superstar Skinny Black is heading to his area, he throws together a supreme hustle to grab Skinny's attention.
Themes: | drunkennessdrinkingprisonlovedeathmurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | police carrestaurantbar |
Characters: | babypolicemanprostitutefather daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | bartenderstripperjailcafetearsarrestdrinkbeatingcryingtelephone callthree word titlecigarette smokingfemale nuditysexgun |
The story of John Lennon's childhood and teenage years from 1944 to 1960, his relationship with his aunt Mimi and his mother Julia -the two dominant women in the first part of his life-, his first meeting with Paul McCartney and George Harrison, their friendship, their love for music and the birth o …f The Beatles. (Read More)
Themes: | theftdrunkennessdrinkinglovedeath |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | aunt nephew relationshipthiefbabyteenage boyteenage girlfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | overheard conversationboy with glassesaudiencelistening to musicreadingflash forwarddrawingmontagebandcafetearsbeerdrinkcryingtelephone call …partyphotographcigarette smokingflashbackmasturbationsex (See All) |
When Eastern European criminals Oleg and Emil come to New York City to pick up their share of a heist score, Oleg steals a video camera and starts filming their activities, both legal and illegal. When they learn how the American media circus can make a remorseless killer look like the victim and ma …ke them rich, they target media-savvy NYPD Homicide Detective Eddie Flemming and media-naive FDNY Fire Marshal Jordy Warsaw, the cops investigating their murder and torching of their former criminal partner, filming everything to sell to the local tabloid TV show "Top Story." (Read More)
Themes: | theftinvestigationdrunkennessdrinkingprisondeathmurderlove |
Locations: | taxirestaurantbarnew york city |
Characters: | thieflawyerpolicemanserial killerprostitutepolice |
Story: | video cameratv newspay phonedrawinghandcuffscafedead bodyarrestdrinkcameracell phonetelephone callphotographcigarette smokingfemale nudity …interview (See All) |
Fresh from Des Moines, Iowa, Sara Matthews has just landed in Los Angeles as a college freshman studying fashion design. She meets handsome Stephen, party-lover Tracy, and roommate Rebecca. Rebecca is nice, sweet and ready to share everything with Sara. It could be the beginning of a beautiful frien …dship. But Tracy is convinced that there's something seriously wrong with Rebecca and bad things start happening to everyone close to Sara. If Sara is to have a normal college experience, she's going to have to get to the bottom of what's up with Rebecca and quickly get out of her clutches. (Read More)
Themes: | investigationdrunkennessdeathlovemurder |
Locations: | taxibar |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipbullyfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | thanksgiving dinneroverheard conversationdead woman with eyes openthanksgivingart gallerylistening to musicgraffiticoffeeroommatedrawingmontagebandcafebeerpainting …cameraslow motion sceneblondecell phonecryingtelephone callpartyphotographfemale nuditymasturbation (See All) |
Famed writer 'Truman Capote' (qv), southern born and bred but now part of the New York City social circle, is growing weary of his current assignment of writing autobiographical type pieces for the New Yorker. After reading a newspaper article about the just occurred November 14, 1959 cold blooded m …urders of the Clutter family in their rural Kansas home, Truman feels compelled to write about that event as his next article. So he and his personal assistant Nelle 'Harper Lee (I)' (qv), also a southern born New Yorker and an aspiring writer of her own, head to Kansas to research the story first-hand. Truman hopes to use his celebrity status to gain access to whomever he needs, such as to Laura Kinney, a friend of the Clutter daughter she who discovered the bodies, and to Alvin Dewey, the lead police investigator and also a Clutter family friend. If his celebrity doesn't work, Truman will grease the wheels by whatever means necessary. When the police eventually charge suspects, two young men named Dick Hickcock and Perry Smith, Truman uses those same tactics to gain access to them. Truman's fascination with the story makes him believe that he can revolutionize writing by expanding the germ of the article into what he calls a non-fiction novel. His personal involvement also changes as he grows emotionally attached to Perry, the seemingly sensitive and thus probable submissive in the criminal pairing, thus Truman becoming part of the story itself. Article or non-fiction novel, Trum… (Read More)
Themes: | theftinvestigationdrunkennessdrinkingprisonmurderdeathlove |
Locations: | police cartaxitrainrestaurantbarnew york city |
Characters: | artistthieflawyerpolicemanteenage boyteenage girlfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexualpolice |
Story: | eyeglassesreadingpay phonedrawingnewspaperjailcafedead bodytearspaintingdrinkcameraslow motion scenecryingtelephone call …partyphotographcigarette smokingguninterview (See All) |
Charles is worn down by his home life where he and his wife struggle to cope with the demands of their daughter's illness and his job. When he meets Lucinda on the train to work in Chicago, there is an immediate spark between them. Soon they are doing lunch; dinner and drinks follow. This leads to a …n adulterous rendezvous in a hotel. However, no sooner have they torn each other's clothes off than their room is invaded by a thief who beats Charles and rapes Lucinda. Because of the illicit nature of their relationship, Charles agrees with Lucinda who is reluctant to go to the police and soon finds he is powerless to resist the demands of the thief. (Read More)
Themes: | theftinvestigationdrinkingprisonmurderdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | police cartaxitrainrestaurantbar |
Characters: | security guardthieflawyerpolicemanprostitutefather daughter relationshippolice |
Story: | dead woman with eyes openbartenderdinnercafedead bodydrinkbeatingcell phonetelephone callcigarette smokingflashbackgun |
In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Statrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamental …ists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own. With Marji dangerously refusing to remain silent at this injustice, her parents send her abroad to Vienna to study for a better life. However, this change proves an equally difficult trial with the young woman finding herself in a different culture loaded with abrasive characters and profound disappointments that deeply trouble her. Even when she returns home, Marji finds that both she and homeland have changed too much and the young woman and her loving family must decide where she truly belongs. (Read More)
Themes: | theftdrinkingprisonlovemurderdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | taxirestaurant |
Characters: | art studentgrandmother granddaughter relationshipthiefpolicemanteenage boyprostituteteenage girlfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexualpolice |
Story: | art classmartyrsculpturedemonstrationtwenty somethingreadingsuitcasepay phoneflash forwardnewspaperjailcafedead bodytearsbeer …arrestdrinkcryingvoice over narrationtelephone callpartycigarette smokingflashback (See All) |
It's a world where everyone tells the truth - and just about anything they're thinking. Mark Bellison is a screenwriter, about to be fired. He's short and chunky with a flat nose - a genetic setup that means he won't get to first base with Anna, the woman he loves. At a bank, on the spur of the mome …nt he blurts out a fib, with eye-popping results. Then, when his mother's on her deathbed, frightened of the eternal void awaiting her, Mark invents fiction. The hospital staff overhear his description of Heaven, believe every word, and tell others. Soon Mark is a prophet, his first inventive screenplay makes him rich, and he's basically a good guy. But will that be enough for Anna? (Read More)
Themes: | theftfilmmakingdrunkennessdrinkingdeath |
Locations: | restaurantbar |
Characters: | filmmakerbullythiefpolicemanmother son relationshipfather son relationshippolicehomosexual |
Story: | budweisertv newswaitereyeglassesflash forwardbartendermontagenewspapergay slurcafetearsbeerdrinkcell phonecrying …voice over narrationtelephone callsexflashbackmasturbation (See All) |
Evan Treborn grows up in a small town with his single, working mother and his friends. He suffers from memory blackouts where he suddenly finds himself somewhere else, confused. Evan's friends and mother hardly believe him, thinking he makes it up just to get out of trouble. As Evan grows up he has …fewer of these blackouts until he seems to have recovered. Since the age of seven he has written a diary of his blackout moments so he can remember what happens. One day at college he starts to read one of his old diaries, and suddenly a flashback hits him like a brick! (Read More)
Themes: | prisondeathlovemurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | restaurantbar |
Characters: | bullybabyteenage boyprostituteteenage girlfather daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | video camerawormreadingpay phoneflash forwardroommatedrawingscantily clad femalebasketballstrangulationgay slurcleavagecafetearsbeer …beatingcryingtelephone callcigarette smokingfemale frontal nudityfemale nudityflashbackgun (See All) |
Film adaptation of street tough Jim Carroll's epistle about his kaleidoscopic free fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction. As a member of a seemingly unbeatable high school basketball squad, Jim's life centers around the basketball court and the court becomes a metaphor for the world in his … mind. A best friend who is dying of leukemia, a coach ("Swifty") who takes unacceptable liberties with the boys on his team, teenage sexual angst, and an unhealthy appetite for heroin -- all of these begin to encroach on young Jim's dream of becoming a basketball star. Soon, the dark streets of New York become a refuge from his mother's mounting concern for her son. He can't go home and his only escape from the reality of the streets is heroin for which he steals, robs and prostitutes himself. Only with the help of Reggie, an older neighborhood friend with whom Jim "picked up a game" now and then, is he able to begin the long journey back to sanity. (Read More)
Themes: | theftdrunkennessdrinkingprisonmurderdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | police carrestaurantnew york city |
Characters: | bullythiefpolicemanteenage boyprostituteteenage girlmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | broken armaudiencetv newsgymbasketballstripperjailcafetearsarrestdrinkslow motion scenetesticlesbeatingcrying …voice over narrationtelephone callphotographcigarette smokingfemale nuditygunmasturbationsex (See All) |
An admired high school hockey player with a bright future foolishly takes a drive in the night with his girlfriend and two other friends with his headlights off with devastating results. The former athlete is left with a brain injury that prevents him from remembering many things for extended period …s of time. To compensate, he keeps notes in a small notebook to aid him in remembering what he is to do. He also lives with a blind friend who aids him. Obviously, with the mental incapacitation, he is unable to have meaningful work. Thus he works as a night cleaning man in a bank. It is there he comes under the scrutiny of a gang planning to rob the bank. The leader befriends him and gets him involved with a young woman who further reels him in. After they get close and after reeling him in with his own failures, the bank plan unfolds. Confused but wanting to escape his current existence, he initially goes along with the scheme. After realizing he is being used, he attempts to stop the robbery, which of course immediately goes awry. (Read More)
Themes: | aidstheftdrinkingdeathmurder |
Locations: | trainrestaurantbar |
Characters: | thiefbabypolicemanteenage boymother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | thanksgiving dinnerthanksgivingjanitorflash forwardbartenderroommatestrippercafedrinkcamerabeatingcell phonecryingvoice over narrationtelephone call …photographfemale nudityflashbacksexgun (See All) |
Two sisters, plus a dead mother, a remarried father, and a hostile step-mother. The sisters, each in her way, have perfected the art of losing. The elder, Rose, is an attorney, responsible, lonely, with a closet full of shoes. The younger is Maggie, beautiful, selfish, and irresponsible. Her drunken … behavior gets her tossed by her step-mother from her dad's house; worse behavior gets her tossed from Rose's apartment. Then, while searching in her father's desk for money to filch, Maggie finds an address; the past and the future open up to her and, with any luck, may open to her sister as well. (Read More)
Themes: | theftdrunkennessdrinkingdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | trainrestaurantbar |
Characters: | grandmother granddaughter relationshipgrandfather grandson relationshipthieflawyerfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | video cameraslide showreadingpay phonebartenderbasketballnewspapercafetearsbeerdrinkblondecell phonecryingvoice over narration …telephone callpartyphotographcigarette smokingflashbacksex (See All) |
This story is a narration from an Australian man who falls in love with two kinds of Candy: a woman of the same name and heroin. The narrator changes from a smart-aleck to someone trying to find a vein to inject, while Candy changes from an actress, call girl, streetwalker, and then a madwoman. Star …ting in Sydney, the two eventually end up in Melbourne to go clean, but they fail. This leads them to turn to finding money and heroin, while other posessions and attachments become unimportant. (Read More)
Themes: | theftdrinkinglovedeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | art studentartistthiefbabyprostitutefather daughter relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual |
Story: | video cameramen's toileteyeglassesreadingscantily clad femalecleavagecafetearsbeerpaintingdrinkcameracryingvoice over narrationtelephone call …photographcigarette smokingfemale frontal nudityfemale rear nudityfemale nuditysex (See All) |
The true story of serial killer Aileen Wuernos who was convicted of luring men to their death and eventually executed in 2002. In 1989, she was working as a prostitute and finally makes a friend when she meets and begins a relationship with a young woman, Selby. Determined to straighten out her life …, she tries to find legitimate work but with little education and limited social skills, she fails at every turn. She starts working as a hooker hitching rides along the local interstate highway and after robbing a few clients has an encounter with a vicious client whom she kills in self-defense. After that however she just takes to killing clients taking their money and car. Once arrested she claims self-defense but is eventually convicted. (Read More)
Themes: | theftdrunkennessdrinkingprisondeathlovemurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | restaurantbar |
Characters: | thieflawyerpolicemanserial killerteenage boyprostituteteenage girlfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshippolicehomosexual |
Story: | broken armtv newsbartenderhandcuffsdead bodytearsbeerarrestdrinkbeatingcryingvoice over narrationcigarette smokingfemale nuditygun |
Themes: | drinkingdeath |
Locations: | police cartaxirestaurantnew york city |
Characters: | filmmakerpolicemanprostitutefather daughter relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | eyeglassespay phoneflash forwardcoffeebandjailcafedrinkcameratesticlesbeatingcryingtelephone callpartyphotograph …cigarette smokingfemale frontal nudityfemale rear nudityfemale nuditygunsexinterviewflashback (See All) |
East Germany, the year 1989: A young man protests against the regime. His mother watches the police arresting him and suffers a heart attack and falls into a coma. Some months later, the GDR does not exist anymore and the mother awakes. Since she has to avoid every excitement, the son tries to set u …p the GDR again for her in their flat. But the world has changed a lot. (Read More)
Themes: | filmmakingdrunkennessdrinkinglove |
Locations: | taxitrainbar |
Characters: | grandmother granddaughter relationshipbabypolicemanteenage boyfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | video cameranewsreel footagedemonstrationmontagebandjailtearsbeerarrestdrinkbeatingcryingvoice over narrationpartyfemale nudity …flashback (See All) |
This is the story of three well-meaning but flawed people: Paul Rivers, an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English emigre; Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife, happily married homemaker with two young daughters, with hiding a secret past; and Jack Jordan, an ex-con …vict who has found in his Christian faith the strength to live a law-abiding life and raise a family. They will be brought together by a terrible accident that will change their lives. By the final frame, none of them will be the same as they will have learnt harsh truths about love, faith, courage, desire and guilt, and how chance can change our worlds irretrievably, forever. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessdrinkingprisondeathlovemurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | police carrestaurantbar |
Characters: | lawyerpolicemanteenage boyfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | jail visitationthirty somethingflash forwarddrawingbasketballcleavagejailcafetearsdrinkbeatingcell phonecryingvoice over narrationtelephone call …partyphotographcigarette smokingfemale frontal nudityfemale nuditymasturbationgunflashback (See All) |
Balls-out "60 Minutes" producer Lowell Bergman sniffs a story when a former research biologist for Brown & Williamson, Jeff Wigand, won't talk to him. When the company leans hard on Wigand to honor a confidentiality agreement, he gets his back up. Trusting Bergman and despite a crumbling marriage, h …e goes on camera for a Mike Wallace interview and risks arrest for contempt of court. Westinghouse is negotiating to buy CBS, so CBS attorneys advise CBS News to shelve the interview and avoid a lawsuit. "60 Minutes" and CBS News bosses cave, Wigand is hung out to dry, Bergman is compromised, and the CEOs of Big Tobacco may get away with perjury. Will the truth come out? (Read More)
Themes: | theftinvestigationdrunkennessdrinkingdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | taxibarnew york city |
Characters: | security guardthieflawyerpolicemanfather daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | new york posthealth insurancemartyrnewsreel footagetv newseyeglassespay phonedead bodyarrestdrinkcameraslow motion scenebeatingcell phonetelephone call …partycigarette smokinginterviewgun (See All) |
Brian Lackey is determined to discover what happened during an amnesia blackout when he was eight years old, and then later woke with a bloody nose. He believes he was abducted by aliens, and N. McCormick, a fellow player on Brian's childhood baseball team, may be the key as to exactly what happened … that night. As Brian searches for the truth and tries to track him down, Neil McCormick takes up hustling and moves to New York, in attempts to forget childhood memories that haunt him. Together, the two of them uncover the terrible truth of the scars they share. (Read More)
Themes: | theftinvestigationdrunkennessdrinking |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | barnew york city |
Characters: | bullyteenage boyprostituteteenage girlfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual |
Story: | halloween costumepolaroid cameramen's toiletboy with glasseslistening to musiceyeglassesgraffitireadingdrawingsubwaygay slurhalloweentearsbeerdrink …beatingcryingvoice over narrationtelephone callphotographcigarette smokingflashbackgunmasturbation (See All) |
Echoes of "Madame Bovary" in the American suburbs. Sarah's in a loveless marriage to an advertising executive, long days with her young daughter at the park and the pool, wanting more. Brad is an immature househusband, married to a flinty documentary filmmaker. Ronnie is just out of prison - two yea …rs for indecent exposure to a minor - living with his elderly mother, May; Larry is a retired cop, fixated on driving Ronnie away. Sarah and Brad connect, a respite of adult companionship at the pool. Ronnie and Larry have their demons. Brad should be studying for the bar; Larry misses his job; Ronnie's mom thinks he needs a girlfriend. Sarah longs to refuse to be trapped in an unhappy life. Where can these tangled paths lead? (Read More)
Themes: | drinkingprison |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | taxitrainrestaurantbar |
Characters: | filmmakerbullylawyerpolicemanmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | skateboardingskateboarddemonstrationtv newswaitergraffitireadingsuitcasesuburbscantily clad femalecafetearsdrinkslow motion scenecell phone …cryingvoice over narrationphotographfemale frontal nudityfemale rear nudityfemale nudityflashbackmasturbation (See All) |
Santiago's father, Hernan Munez, smuggled his penniless Mexican family over the US border to seek a better, albeit modest future in L.A. Eldest son Santiago dreams of more, like native Angelinos, then joining Hernan's gardening firm. His change arrives when a British ex-pro spots him as an exception …al soccer natural and promises he can arrange a real British talent scout to check him out. Although that falls trough and dad forbids it, Santiago accepts grandma's savings to try out with English premier league club Newcastle. Despite his asthma, he gets in and befriends the freshly transferred, desperately undisciplined bad boy star scorer, party animal Gavin Harris, who becomes his bothersome house-mate, a recipe for trouble and yet each's salvation. (Read More)
Themes: | theftdrinkingdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | taxitrainrestaurantbar |
Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipbabyteenage boyfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | gymflash forwardroommatemontagecafetearsbeerdrinkcameraslow motion scenecell phonecryingtelephone callpartyphotograph …sexflashback (See All) |
A love story and murder mystery based on the most notorious unsolved murder case in New York history. The original screenplay uses newly discovered facts, court records and speculation as the foundation for a story of family, obsession, love and loss.
Themes: | drunkennessdrinkingdeathmurderlove |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | taxitrainrestaurantnew york city |
Characters: | lawyerfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | video cameratv newseyeglassessuitcasepay phonedinnersubwaynewspapercafedead bodytearsdrinkcameracryingtelephone call …three word titlepartyphotographcigarette smokingfemale nudityflashbackgun (See All) |
Maria Altman sought to regain a world famous painting of her aunt plundered by the Nazis during World War II. She did so not just to regain what was rightfully hers, but also to obtain some measure of justice for the death, destruction, and massive art theft perpetrated by the Nazis.
Themes: | theftdrinkingdeathmurder |
Locations: | taxi |
Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipgrandfather grandson relationshiplawyerbabyfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | bookstoreart gallerydemonstrationlistening to musictv newseyeglassesflash forwardmontagenewspapertearspaintingarrestdrinkcryingtelephone call …photographcigarette smokingflashback (See All) |
THE READER opens in post-war Germany when teenager Michael Berg becomes ill and is helped home by Hanna, a stranger twice his age. Michael recovers from scarlet fever and seeks out Hanna to thank her. The two are quickly drawn into a passionate but secretive affair. Michael discovers that Hanna love …s being read to and their physical relationship deepens. Hanna is enthralled as Michael reads to her from "The Odyssey," "Huck Finn" and "The Lady with the Little Dog." Despite their intense bond, Hanna mysteriously disappears one day and Michael is left confused and heartbroken. Eight years later, while Michael is a law student observing the Nazi war crime trials, he is stunned to find Hanna back in his life - this time as a defendant in the courtroom. As Hanna's past is revealed, Michael uncovers a deep secret that will impact both of their lives. THE READER is a story about truth and reconciliation, about how one generation comes to terms with the crimes of another. (Read More)
Themes: | prisonmurderdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | taxitrainrestaurantbarnew york city |
Characters: | teacher student relationshiplawyerpolicemanteenage boyteenage girlfather daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | jail visitationdemonstrationlistening to musicreadingsuitcaseflash forwardscantily clad femalecleavagejailcafetearsblondecryingvoice over narrationtelephone call …photographcigarette smokingfemale frontal nudityfemale rear nudityfemale nudityflashbackgun (See All) |
After finding himself at the constant abuse of his best friend, Bobby, Marty has become fed up with his friend's twisted ways. His girlfriend, a victim of Bobby's often cruel ways, couldn't agree more and they strategize murdering Bobby, with a group of willing and unwilling participants in a small …Florida town. In the midst of their plotting, they find themselves contemplating with the possible aftermath of what could happen. (Read More)
Themes: | theftdrunkennessdrinkingdeathmurder |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | aunt nephew relationshipbullythiefpolicemanteenage boyprostituteteenage girlfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexualpolice |
Story: | skateboardwaitersuburbscantily clad femalegay slurcleavagedead bodyarrestdrinkbeatingcell phonecryingtelephone callcigarette smokingfemale frontal nudity …female rear nudityfemale nuditygun (See All) |
Using flashbacks from a statement recorded late in life and archival footage for atmosphere, this film traces Harvey Milk's career from his 40th birthday to his death. He leaves the closet and New York, opens a camera shop that becomes the salon for San Francisco's growing gay community, and organiz …es gays' purchasing power to build political alliances. He runs for office with lover Scott Smith as his campaign manager. Victory finally comes on the same day Dan White wins in the city's conservative district. The rest of the film sketches Milk's relationship with White and the 1978 fight against a statewide initiative to bar gays and their supporters from public school jobs. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessdrinkingdeathmurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | restaurantbar |
Characters: | art studentlawyerbabypolicemanhomosexualpolice |
Story: | demonstrationlistening to musictv newseyeglassespay phonecoming outdrawingdinnersubwaynewspapergay slurcafetearsbeerdrink …cameracryingvoice over narrationtelephone callinterviewflashback (See All) |