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De-Lovely is an original musical portrait of American composer Cole Porter, filled with his unforgettable songs. In the film, Porter is looking back on his life as if it was one of his spectacular stage shows, with the people and events of his life becoming the actors and action onstage. Through ela …borate production numbers and popular hits like "Anything Goes," "It's De-Lovely," and "Night and Day," Porter's elegant, excessive past comes to light - including his deeply complicated relationship with his wife and muse, Linda Lee Porter. (Read More)
| Themes: | death of wifedisabilitydyingunfaithfulnessblackmailextramarital affairfilmmakingweddingadulterybetrayalinfidelitymarriagedeathlove |
| Locations: | wheelchairparis franceswimming poolnew york city |
| Characters: | theatre directorgay kissdancernursegirlsingerdoctorhusband wife relationshiphomosexual |
| Period: | 1920s1930s1950s1940s |
| Story: | costume partypiano playermusical filmmakingtap dancerhorse riding accidenthorse ridingmarriage of conveniencetap dancingreference to louis b. mayerreference to irving berlinstudio backlotstage doormgm studiosriding accidentreference to marlene dietrich …drag showleg amputationcigarette casereference to fred astaireglbt issuesscreening roomlyricistlung cancergondolamuseindianacanalsocialitebroadway manhattan new york citytuberculosisfilm studiovenice italytheatre productionx raydouble lifeaccordionglovesmale male kissgeniusdivorceemarital separationcanesongwritertheatre audiencerosebroken legorchestrahollywood californiacomposerrehearsalapplauseterminal illnessfireworkspianistflowerscostumeflash forwardcoffinsubjective camerabisexualmanhattan new york citypianosunglassestearshorsesongcryingvoice over narrationpartysingingphotographdancingcigarette smokingflashbackkisssex (See All) |
The story of Ray Charles, music legend. Told in his adult live with flashbacks to his youth we see his humble origins in Florida, his turbulent childhood which included losing his brother and then his sight, his rise as pianist in a touring band, his writing his own songs and running his own band an …d then stardom. Also includes his addiction to drugs and its affect on his working life and family life. (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairweddingadulterybetrayalinfidelitymarriagelovedeath |
| Locations: | paris franceswimming pool |
| Characters: | dancersingerdoctorhusband wife relationship |
| Period: | 1930s1950s1940s |
| Story: | geniuscanesongwriterorchestraapplausepianistmanhattan new york citypianosunglassestearshorsesongcryingsingingdancing …cigarette smokingflashbackkisssex (See All) |
Detroit, the early 1960s. Curtis Taylor, Jr., a car salesman, breaks into the music business with big dreams. He signs a trio of young women, the Dreamettes, gets them a job backing an R&B performer, James "Thunder" Early, establishes his own record label and starts wheeling and dealing. When Early …flames out, Curtis makes the Dreamettes into headliners as the Dreams, but not before demoting their hefty big-voiced lead singer, Effie White, and putting the softer-voiced looker, Deena Jones, in front. Soon after, he fires Effie, sends her into a life of proud poverty, and takes Deena and the Dreams to the top. How long can Curtis stay there, and will Effie ever get her due? (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairfilmmakingadulteryinfidelitymarriagelovedeath |
| Locations: | swimming poolnew york city |
| Characters: | dancergirlsingerdoctorhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | screening roomsongwritertheatre audiencecomposerrehearsalapplausepianistcoffinpianotearssongcryingpartysingingdancing …cigarette smokingkisssex (See All) |
This love story has Kitty meeting young, intelligent, shy and somewhat dull Dr. Walter Fane, whose forte is the study of infectious diseases, and the convenient marriage that she finds herself committed to. It is in this web of intrigue that they head for China, only after Walter discovers Kitty's i …nfidelity with one dashing and witty diplomat Charlie Townsend. So much as to hide her from herself and to help thwart a cholera outbreak, this is a marriage more than on the rocks. This is a cold, indifferent and loveless partnership in a vast unknown and deadly environment that will test both these flightless lovebirds and with the hardships and tolerances more than any had ever anticipated. A visual delight amid the pain and suffering of a dying people and failing marriage. Will a cure be found for both, before it's too late? (Read More)
| Themes: | dyingblackmailextramarital affairadulteryinfidelitymarriagelovedeath |
| Characters: | dancernursesingerdoctorhusband wife relationship |
| Period: | 1920s |
| Story: | horse ridingsocialiteorchestraterminal illnesspianistflowersflash forwardcoffinpianotearshorsesongcryingsingingdancing …cigarette smokingflashbackkiss (See All) |
An un-chronological look at the life of the Little Sparrow, Edith Piaf (1915-1963). Her mother is an alcoholic street singer, her father a circus performer, her paternal grandmother a madam. During childhood she lives with each of them. At 20, she's a street singer discovered by a club owner who's s …oon murdered, coached by a musician who brings her to concert halls, and then quickly famous. Constant companions are alcohol and heartache. The tragedies of her love affair with Marcel Cerdan and the death of her only child belie the words of one of her signature songs, "Non, je ne regrette rien." The back and forth nature of the narrative suggests the patterns of memory and association. (Read More)
| Themes: | extramarital affairadulterylovedeath |
| Locations: | paris francenew york city |
| Characters: | nursesinger |
| Period: | 1920s1930s1950s1940s |
| Story: | accordionsongwriterroseorchestracomposerrehearsalpianistmanhattan new york citypianosongsingingkissflashback |
Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" is the story of a legendary showman's double life - television producer by day, CIA assassin by night. At the height of his TV career, Chuck Barris was recruited by the CIA and trained to become a … covert operative. Or so Barris said. (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairweddingadulteryinfidelitymarriagedeath |
| Locations: | swimming poolnew york city |
| Characters: | dancergirlsingerhomosexual |
| Period: | 1930s1950s1940s |
| Story: | double lifesongwritertheatre audienceflowersflash forwardcoffinmanhattan new york citysongvoice over narrationsingingphotographdancingcigarette smokingkisssex …flashback (See All) |
A documentary on the life of 'Amy Winehouse' (qv), the immensely talented yet doomed songstress. We see her from her teen years, where she already showed her singing abilities, to her finding success and then her downward spiral into alcoholism and drugs.
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairweddingadulteryinfidelitymarriage |
| Characters: | girlsingerdoctor |
| Story: | horse ridinglyricistlung cancermarital separationsongwriterapplauseflowerssubjective cameramanhattan new york citysunglassestearshorsesongcryingvoice over narration …singingphotographcigarette smokingkiss (See All) |
Arrogant, self-centered movie director Guido Contini finds himself struggling to find meaning, purpose, and a script for his latest film endeavor. With only a week left before shooting begins, he desperately searches for answers and inspiration from his wife, his mistress, his muse, and his mother. …As his chaotic profession steadily destroys his personal life, Guido must find a balance between creating art and succumbing to its obsessive demands. (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairfilmmakingadulteryinfidelity |
| Characters: | dancernursesingerdoctorhusband wife relationship |
| Period: | 1920s |
| Story: | cigarette casescreening roommusefilm studiopianistcostumepianosunglassestearssongcryingvoice over narrationsingingphotographdancing …cigarette smokingkisssexflashback (See All) |
1900. Danny Boodmann, a stoker on an American passenger liner, Virginian, finds a baby abandoned on the ship. He names the child Danny Boodmann T.D. Lemon Nineteen Hundred '1900' and raises the child as his own until his death in an accident on the ship. The child never leaves the ship and turns out … to be a musical genius, especially when it comes to playing the piano. As an adult he befriends a trumpet player in the ship's band, Max Tooney. After several years on the ship Max leaves, and tells the story of 1900 to the owner of a music store. (Read More)
| Themes: | deathlove |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Period: | 1920s1930s |
| Story: | piano playeraccordiongeniusorchestrapianistflash forwardpianotearscryingvoice over narrationdancingcigarette smokingflashbackkiss |
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: | filmmakinginfidelitymarriagelove |
| Locations: | wheelchairnew york city |
| Characters: | dancernursegirlsingerhusband wife relationship |
| Period: | 1950s |
| Story: | lyricistsongwritertheatre audienceapplausepianistflowerscoffinsubjective cameramanhattan new york citypianosunglasseshorsesongvoice over narrationparty …singingphotographdancingcigarette smokingsex (See All) |
New York, 1959. Max Bialystock was once the king of Broadway, but now all his shows close on opening night. Things turn around when he's visited by the neurotic accountant Leo Bloom, who proposes a scheme tailor-made for producers who can only make flops: raise far more money than you need, then mak …e sure the show is despised. No one will be interested in it, so you can pocket the surplus. To this end, they produce a musical called Springtime for Hitler written by escaped Nazi Franz Liebken. Then they get the insanely flamboyant Roger De Bris to direct. Finally, they hire as a lead actress the loopy Swedish bombshell Ulla (whose last name has over 15 syllables). As opening night draws near, what can go wrong? Well, there's no accounting for taste... (Read More)
| Themes: | betrayalmarriagedeath |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | theatre directordancersingerhusband wife relationship |
| Period: | 1950s |
| Story: | tap dancertap dancingbroadway manhattan new york citytheatre productioncanetheatre audiencebroken legrehearsalapplausepianistcostumemanhattan new york citypianotearssong …cryingpartysingingphotographdancingkisssex (See All) |
Anna is a young widow who is finally getting on with her life after the death of her husband, Sean. Now engaged to be married, Anna meets a ten-year-old boy who tells her he is Sean reincarnated. Though his story is both unsettling and absurd, Anna can't get the boy out of her mind. And much to the …concern of her fiance, her increased contact with him leads her to question the choices she has made in her life. (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairweddingadulterybetrayalinfidelitymarriagedeath |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | singerdoctorhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | orchestrapianistflash forwardcoffinmanhattan new york citypianotearssongcryingpartysingingcigarette smokingkisssexflashback |
Fred and Mick, two old friends, are on vacation in an elegant hotel at the foot of the Alps. Fred, a composer and conductor, is now retired. Mick, a film director, is still working. They look with curiosity and tenderness on their children's confused lives, Mick's enthusiastic young writers, and the … other hotel guests. While Mick scrambles to finish the screenplay for what he imagines will be his last important film, Fred has no intention of resuming his musical career. But someone wants at all costs to hear him conduct again. (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulteryinfidelitydeath |
| Locations: | wheelchairswimming pool |
| Characters: | dancergirlsingerdoctorhusband wife relationshiphomosexual |
| Story: | gondolavenice italycaneorchestracomposerapplauseflowerssubjective camerabisexualsunglassessongsingingphotographdancingcigarette smoking …kiss (See All) |
1927 Hollywood. Monumental Pictures' biggest stars, glamorous on-screen couple Lina Lamont and Don Lockwood, are also an off-screen couple if the trade papers and gossip columns are to be believed. Both perpetuate the public perception if only to please their adoring fans and bring people into the m …ovie theaters. In reality, Don barely tolerates her, while Lina, despite thinking Don beneath her, simplemindedly believes what she sees on screen in order to bolster her own stardom and sense of self-importance. R.F. Simpson, Monumental's head, dismisses what he thinks is a flash in the pan: talking pictures. It isn't until _The Jazz Singer (1927)_ (qv) becomes a bona fide hit which results in all the movie theaters installing sound equipment that R.F. knows Monumental, most specifically in the form of Don and Lina, have to jump on the talking picture bandwagon, despite no one at the studio knowing anything about the technology. Musician Cosmo Brown, Don's best friend, gets hired as Monumental's ideas man and musical director. And by this time, Don has secretly started dating Kathy Selden, a chorus girl who is trying to make it big in pictures herself. Don and Kathy's relationship is despite their less than friendly initial meeting. Cosmo and Kathy help Don, who had worked his way up through the movie ranks to stardom, try make the leap to talking picture stardom, with Kathy following along the way. However, they have to overcome the technological issues. But the bigger problem is… (Read More)
| Themes: | blackmailbetrayal |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | dancergirlsinger |
| Period: | 1920s |
| Story: | piano playermusical filmmakingtap dancingstudio backlotstage doorscreening roombroadway manhattan new york citycanetheatre audienceorchestrahollywood californiaapplausepianistcostumemanhattan new york city …pianosongcryingpartysingingdancingflashback (See All) |
Aspiring actress serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and jazz musician Sebastian scrapes by playing cocktail-party gigs in dingy bars. But as success mounts, they are faced with decisions that fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain …in each other threaten to rip them apart. (Read More)
| Themes: | filmmakinglove |
| Locations: | paris franceswimming pool |
| Characters: | dancersinger |
| Story: | piano playerstudio backlotstage doortheatre productionhollywood californiarehearsalapplausefireworkspianistflowersflash forwardpianosunglassessongparty …singingphotographdancingkissflashback (See All) |
"All eyes will be on you," says the Austrian Empress, Maria Theresa to her youngest daughter Marie Antoinette. The film, marketed for a teen audience, is an impressionistic retelling of Marie Antoinette's life as a young queen in the opulent and eccentric court at Versailles. The film focuses on Mar …ie Antoinette, as she matures from a teenage bride to a young woman and eventual queen of France. (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairweddingadulteryinfidelitymarriagedeath |
| Locations: | paris france |
| Characters: | dancersingerdoctorhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | theatre audienceorchestraapplausefireworksflowerscoffintearshorsesongcryingvoice over narrationpartysingingdancingkiss …sex (See All) |
High-flying, adored! The film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical depicting the infamous real-life story of Eva "Evita" Duarte de Peron, the wife of President Juan Peron, who rose from poverty to become the most famous Argentine woman in history. Her huge political influence and constant charity …works earned her scorn and fear from the military and upper classes but adoration and love from the workers and descamisados. Evita's legendary life is displayed before your eyes as the most hated and most beloved woman in Argentina. (Read More)
| Themes: | filmmakingweddingdeathlove |
| Locations: | wheelchair |
| Characters: | dancersingerhusband wife relationship |
| Period: | 1920s1930s1950s1940s |
| Story: | theatre audiencerosecoffintearshorsesongcryingvoice over narrationsingingphotographdancingsex |
The story of a charismatic young Irish guitarist and a sheltered young cellist who have a chance encounter one magical night above New York's Washington Square, but are soon torn apart, leaving in their wake an infant, August Rush, orphaned by circumstance. Now performing on the streets of New York …and cared for by a mysterious stranger, August uses his remarkable musical talent to seek the parents from whom he was separated at birth. (Read More)
| Themes: | love |
| Locations: | wheelchairnew york city |
| Characters: | dancergirlsinger |
| Story: | geniusorchestracomposerpianistflowersmanhattan new york citypianotearssongcryingvoice over narrationpartysingingphotographdancing …flashbackkiss (See All) |
Bad Blake is a broken-down, hard-living country music singer who's had way too many marriages, far too many years on the road and one too many drinks way too many times. And yet, Bad can't help but reach for salvation with the help of Jean, a journalist who discovers the real man behind the musician …. (Read More)
| Themes: | dying |
| Locations: | wheelchair |
| Characters: | dancernursesingerdoctor |
| Story: | accordiondivorceesongwriterapplausepianistflash forwardpianotearssongcryingsingingdancingcigarette smokingsex |
Based on Rosalie Ham's best selling novel, The Dressmaker is the story of femme fatale Tilly Dunnage who returns to her small home town in the country to right the wrongs of the past. A stylish drama with comic undertones about love, revenge and haute couture.
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairweddingadulterybetrayalinfidelitylove |
| Locations: | wheelchairparis francenew york city |
| Characters: | dancergirlsingerhusband wife relationship |
| Period: | 1950s |
| Story: | canecostumeflash forwardcoffinsunglassessongvoice over narrationsingingphotographdancingcigarette smokingflashbackkiss |
Brian Wilson is the creative soul of the Beach Boys, but he paid a heavy price for his talent. That especially shows during his peak artistic years in the 1960s, as his inner demons and obsessions trying to please his abusive father drive him to a mental breakdown that would plague him for years. In … the 1980s, with Brian barely functional under the domination of the unscrupulous Dr. Landy, Brian meets and falls in love with Melinda Ledbetter. As their relationship grows, she observes Brian's crippling subservience to the abusive psychotherapist with growing alarm. Ultimately, she must take action with a love willing to stand up to oppression she cannot ignore. (Read More)
| Themes: | marriagedeathlove |
| Locations: | swimming pool |
| Characters: | singerdoctorhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | piano playerreference to irving berlinlyricistmale male kissgeniusmarital separationsongwritercomposerapplausepianistflash forwardpianosunglassestearssong …cryingpartysingingcigarette smokingflashbackkiss (See All) |
Outside a movie premiere, enthusiastic fan Peppy Miller literally bumps into the swashbuckling hero of the silent film, George Valentin. The star reacts graciously and Peppy plants a kiss on his cheek as they are surrounded by photographers. The headlines demand: "Who's That Girl?" and Peppy is insp …ired to audition for a dancing bit-part at the studio. However as Peppy slowly rises through the industry, the introduction of talking-pictures turns Valentin's world upside-down. (Read More)
| Themes: | filmmaking |
| Characters: | dancernursedoctorhusband wife relationship |
| Period: | 1920s1930s |
| Story: | tap dancertap dancingscreening roomfilm studiotheatre audienceorchestrahollywood californiaapplauseflowerstearscryingphotographdancingcigarette smokingkiss |
"Frida" chronicles the life Frida Kahlo shared unflinchingly and openly with Diego Rivera, as the young couple took the art world by storm. From her complex and enduring relationship with her mentor and husband to her illicit and controversial affair with Leon Trotsky, to her provocative and romanti …c entanglements with women, Frida Kahlo lived a bold and uncompromising life as a political, artistic, and sexual revolutionary. (Read More)
| Themes: | disabilityextramarital affairweddingadulteryinfidelitymarriage |
| Locations: | wheelchairparis francenew york city |
| Characters: | doctorhusband wife relationship |
| Period: | 1920s1930s1940s |
| Story: | geniusfireworksmanhattan new york citypartydancingflashback |
Texan rancher Bick Benedict visits a Maryland farm to buy a prize horse. Whilst there he meets and falls in love with the owner's daughter Leslie, they are married immediately and return to his ranch. The story of their family and its rivalry with cowboy and (later oil tycoon) Jett Rink unfolds acro …ss two generations. (Read More)
| Themes: | weddingmarriagelovedeath |
| Locations: | swimming pool |
| Characters: | nursesingerdoctorhusband wife relationship |
| Period: | 1920s1930s1940s |
| Story: | horse riding accidentriding accidentmarital separationapplauseflowerscoffinsubjective cameratearshorsesongcryingpartysingingcigarette smokingkiss |
Muriel finds life in Porpoise Spit, Australia dull and spends her days alone in her room listening to Abba music and dreaming of her wedding day. Slight problem, Muriel has never had a date. Then she steals some money to go on a tropical vacation, meets a wacky friend, changes her name to Mariel, an …d turns her world upside down. (Read More)
| Themes: | death of wifeunfaithfulnessextramarital affairweddingadulterybetrayalinfidelitymarriagedeath |
| Locations: | wheelchairswimming pool |
| Characters: | dancerdoctorhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | marriage of conveniencecostumecoffintearscryingsingingphotographdancingcigarette smokingkisssex |
The first part of Kieslowski's trilogy on France's national motto: Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity. 'Blue' is the story of Julie who loses her husband, an acclaimed composer and her young daughter in a car accident. The film's theme of liberty is manifested in Julie's attempt to start life anew, f …ree of personal commitments, belongings, grief or love. She intends to numb herself by withdrawing from the world and living completely independently, anonymously and in solitude in the Parisian metropolis. Despite her intentions, people from her former and present life intrude with their own needs. However, the reality created by the people who need and care about her, a surprising discovery and the music around which the film revolves heal Julie and draws her back to the land of the living. (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulterybetrayalinfidelitylove |
| Locations: | paris franceswimming pool |
| Characters: | nursedoctorhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | musecomposerpianistflowerscoffinsubjective camerapianotearscryingphotographcigarette smokingkisssex |
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: | death of wifedeathlove |
| Characters: | dancergirlsingerhusband wife relationship |
| Period: | 1950s1940s |
| Story: | piano playersongwritertheatre audienceflash forwardpianotearssongcryingpartysingingphotographdancingcigarette smokingkissflashback …sex (See All) |
Lil ('Naomi Watts' (qv)) and Roz ('Robin Wright (V)' (qv)) are two lifelong friends, having grown up together as neighbors in an idyllic beach town. As adults, their sons have developed a friendship as strong as that which binds their mothers. One summer, all four are confronted by simmering emotion …s that have been mounting between them, and each find unexpected happiness in relationships that cross the bounds of convention. (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairweddingadulteryinfidelitymarriagedeath |
| Characters: | theatre directordancersingerhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | theatre productionbroken legflowersflash forwardsunglassestearssongcryingsingingphotographdancingcigarette smokingflashbackkisssex |
A sumptuous and sensual tale of intrigue, romance and betrayal set against the backdrop of a defining moment in European history: two beautiful sisters, Anne and Mary Boleyn, driven by their family's blind ambition, compete for the love of the handsome and passionate King Henry VIII.
| Themes: | dyingunfaithfulnessextramarital affairweddingadulterybetrayalinfidelitymarriagedeathlove |
| Characters: | dancergirlhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | riding accidenttearssongcryingsingingdancingsexkiss |
United Press International journalist Will Bloom and his French freelance photojournalist wife Josephine Bloom, who is pregnant with their first child, leave their Paris base to return to Will's hometown of Ashton, Alabama on the news that his father, Edward Bloom, stricken with cancer, will soon di …e, he being taken off chemotherapy treatment. Although connected indirectly through Will's mother/Edward's wife, Sandra Bloom, Will has been estranged from his father for three years since his and Josephine's wedding. Will's issue with his father is the fanciful tales Edward has told of his life all his life, not only to Will but the whole world. As a child when Edward was largely absent as a traveling salesman, Will believed those stories, but now realizes that he does not know his father, who, as he continues to tell these stories, he will never get to know unless Edward comes clean with the truth before he dies. On the brink of his own family life beginning, Will does not want to be the kind of father Edward has been to him. One of those stories from Edward's childhood - that he saw his own death in the glass eye of a witch - led to him embracing life since he would not have to fear death knowing when and how it would eventually come. The question is whether Will will be able to reconcile Edward's stories against his real life, either directly from Edward before he dies and/or from other sources, and thus allow Will to come to a new understanding of himself and his life, past, p… (Read More)
| Themes: | dyingunfaithfulnessextramarital affairweddingadulteryinfidelitydeathlove |
| Locations: | wheelchairswimming pool |
| Characters: | dancernursegirlsingerdoctorhusband wife relationship |
| Period: | 1930s1950s1940s |
| Story: | piano playercaneflash forwardcoffinpianotearscryingvoice over narrationpartysingingphotographdancingflashbackkiss |
Smart-but-ineffectual journalist Dan "We use euphemisms!" cannot decide between his girlfriend, loving-but-clingy waitress Alice, or his lover cold-but-intellectual photographer Anna; herself indecisive between Dan and honest-but-thuggish "You're bloody gorgeous!" doctor Larry. The film puts the fou …r leading characters in a box and strips them apart. (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulterybetrayalinfidelitymarriage |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | dancerdoctorhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | divorceetheatre audienceroseflash forwardmanhattan new york citytearscryingphotographdancingcigarette smokingkissflashback |
Christy Brown is a spastic quadriplegic born to a large, poor Irish family. His mother, Mrs Brown, recognizes the intelligence and humanity in the lad everyone else regards as a vegetable. Eventually, Christy matures into a cantankerous writer who uses his only functional limb, his left foot, to wri …te with. (Read More)
| Themes: | disabilitymarriagelovedeath |
| Locations: | wheelchair |
| Characters: | nursegirlsingerdoctorhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | geniusapplauseflowerscostumeflash forwardsubjective camerasongsingingphotographcigarette smokingflashbacksex |
Based on J. G. Ballard's autobiographical novel, tells the story of a boy, James Graham, whose privileged life is upturned by the Japanese invasion of Shanghai, December 8, 1941. Separated from his parents, he is eventually captured, and taken to Soo Chow confinement camp, next to a captured Chinese … airfield. Amidst the sickness and food shortages in the camp, Jim attempts to reconstruct his former life, all the while bringing spirit and dignity to those around him. (Read More)
| Themes: | dyingbetrayaldeath |
| Locations: | swimming pool |
| Characters: | nursesingerdoctorhusband wife relationship |
| Period: | 1940s |
| Story: | costume partypiano playerfireworksflowerscostumecoffinpianosunglassestearssongcryingpartysingingphotographkiss |
Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford, is presented as the real author of Shakespeare's works. Edward's life is followed through flashbacks from a young child, through to the end of his life. He is portrayed as a child prodigy who writes and performs A Midsummer Night's Dream for a young Elizabeth I. A ser …ies of events sees his plays being performed by a frontman, Shakespeare. (Read More)
| Themes: | blackmailweddingbetrayalmarriagedeathlove |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | dancergirlsingerhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | broadway manhattan new york citycaneroseapplausefireworksflash forwardmanhattan new york cityhorsesongcryingvoice over narrationsingingdancingflashbackkiss |
It's 2003. Thirty-eight-year-old graphic artist Oliver Fields has just lost his father Hal Fields to cancer, after Oliver's mother Georgia Fields passed away five years earlier. Oliver is naturally a sullen man due to his growing up relationships with his parents (his mother who had a unique view on … life) and watching his parents' cordial but somewhat distant relationship with each other, but is more so now because of his personal family losses. Oliver embarks on a relationship with Anna, a French actress, hoping that his re-energized relationship with Hal following Georgia's death, and Hal's new outlook on life during that time, will show Oliver how to act in a loving relationship. After Georgia's death, Hal came out of the closet and began to live with a joie de vivre that did not exist before, which included an open relationship with a much younger man named Andy. Oliver's relationship with Anna has other obstacles, including Anna's own vagabond lifestyle and Oliver needing to take care of who was originally Hal's very needy Jack Russell terrier, Arthur. (Read More)
| Themes: | death of wifedyingweddingmarriagedeath |
| Locations: | wheelchairnew york city |
| Characters: | gay kissdancernursedoctorhusband wife relationship |
| Period: | 1950s |
| Story: | lung cancermale male kissterminal illnessfireworksflowersflash forwardtearscryingvoice over narrationpartyphotographdancingcigarette smokingflashbackkiss |
In 'Gegen die Wand' Cahit, a 40-something male from Mersin in Turkey has removed everything Turkish from his life. He has become an alcoholic drug addict and at the start of the movie wants to end it all. Sibel a 20-something female from Hamburg wishes to please her Turkish parents yet yearns for fr …eedom. She has had her nose broken by her brother for being seen holding hands with a boy and yet she can not break her mother's heart and run away. She too attempts suicide and she first approaches Cahit there at the Hospital. Sibel asks Cahit to marry her, as she believes this to be the way out of her parent's house. She promises Cahit that their relationship will be like roommates, not like a married couple. The film follows Sibel and Cahit as they get married, become closer and eventually fall in love. (Read More)
| Themes: | death of wifeunfaithfulnessextramarital affairweddingadulteryinfidelitymarriagelovedeath |
| Characters: | dancergirlsingerdoctorhusband wife relationshiphomosexual |
| Story: | piano playermarriage of conveniencefireworksflowerspianotearssongcryingvoice over narrationsingingphotographdancingcigarette smokingkisssex |
Kanji Watanabe is a civil servant. He has worked in the same department for 30 years. His life is pretty boring and monotonous, though he once used to have passion and drive. Then one day he discovers that he has stomach cancer and has less than a year to live. After the initial depression he sets a …bout living for the first time in over 20 years. Then he realises that his limited time left is not just for living life to the full but to leave something meaningful behind... (Read More)
| Themes: | death of wifedyingmarriagedeathlove |
| Characters: | dancernursesingerdoctorhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | x raytheatre audienceterminal illnesspianistsubjective camerapianotearssongcryingvoice over narrationpartysingingdancingcigarette smokingflashback |
When a man selects a mail order bride, he is surprised to see the beauty who appears before him. She alleges that she sent false photos to him to assure that he would love her for what she is and not for her beauty. However, what she is is a con artist, prostitute, and actress, who teams with a fell …ow actor to steal money from men. What she does not expect is that she falls in love with her new husband and ultimately must decide between him and her sadistic former lover. Contains explicit sex including sadistic acts as Thomas Jane cuts Jolie's back with a knife as part of their lovemaking. (Read More)
| Themes: | weddingbetrayalmarriagedeathlove |
| Characters: | gay kissdancerhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | horse ridingtheatre productiontheatre audienceorchestracostumeflash forwardpianotearshorsecryingvoice over narrationpartyphotographdancingkiss …sexflashback (See All) |
October 1944 in war torn Italy. Hana, a French-Canadian nurse working in a mobile army medical unit, feels like everything she loves in life dies on her. Because of the difficulty traveling and the dangers, especially as the landscape is still heavily booby-trapped with mines, Hana volunteers to sta …y behind at a church to care solely for a dying semi-amnesiac patient, who is badly burned and disfigured. She agrees to catch up to the rest of the unit after he dies. All the patient remembers is that he is English and that he is married. Their solitude is disrupted with the arrival at the church of fellow Canadian David Caravaggio, part of the Intelligence Service, who is certain that he knows the patient as a man who cooperated with the Germans. Caravaggio believes that the patient's memory is largely in tact and that he is running away from his past, in part or in its entirety. The patient does open up about his past, all surrounding his work as a cartographer in North Africa, which was interrupted by the war. He may not be running from his work as a spy for the Germans as Caravaggio believes, but rather the memory of an affair he had with married Katherine Clifton, the love of his life, and the memory of a promise not totally fulfilled. Hana may also test her theory of her fates with love and death as she embarks on a relationship of her own with Kip Singh, a Sikh from India, whose unit has camped on the now overgrown lawn of the church. Their work entails sweeping for and di… (Read More)
| Themes: | dyingunfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulterybetrayalinfidelitymarriagedeathlove |
| Characters: | dancernursesinger |
| Period: | 1930s1940s |
| Story: | reference to irving berlincanetheatre audiencepianistflash forwardsubjective camerapianotearssongcryingsingingphotographdancingcigarette smokingkiss …flashback (See All) |
British couple Fiona and Nigel Dobson are sailing to Istanbul en route to India. They encounter a beautiful French woman, and that night Nigel meets her while dancing alone in the ship's bar. Later he meets her crippled American husband Oscar, who tells him their story. While living in Paris for sev …eral years trying to be a writer, he becomes obsessed with a woman he met by chance on a bus. He tracks her down and they start a steamy love affair. Soon Oscar finds himself enslaved body and soul by her love, and continues to tell Nigel the details of this relationship in various stages over a number of visits to Oscar's cabin. (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairweddingadulteryinfidelitymarriagedeathlove |
| Locations: | wheelchairparis france |
| Characters: | dancernursegirlhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | costume partybroken legbisexualtearscryingpartyphotographdancingcigarette smokingkisssexflashback |
Jenna is unhappily married, squirreling away money, and hoping to win a pie-baking contest so, with the prize money, she'll have enough cash to leave her husband Earl. She finds herself pregnant, which throws her plans awry. She bakes phenomenal pies at Joe's diner, listens to old Joe's wisdom, tole …rates her sour boss Cal, is friends with Dawn and Becky (her fellow waitresses), and finds a mutual attraction with the new doctor in town. As the pregnancy advances, life with Earl seems less tolerable, a way out less clear, and the affair with the doctor complicated by his marriage. What options does a waitress have? (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairweddingadulterybetrayalinfidelitymarriage |
| Locations: | wheelchair |
| Characters: | dancernursesingerdoctorhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | flowerstearssongcryingsingingdancingcigarette smokingkisssex |
Harry Sanborn is an aged music industry exec with a fondness for younger women like Marin, his latest trophy girlfriend. Things get a little awkward when Harry suffers a heart attack at the home of Marin's mother Erica. Left in the care of Erica and his doctor, a love triangle starts to take shape.
| Themes: | marriagedeathlove |
| Locations: | wheelchairparis francenew york city |
| Characters: | theatre directornursedoctorhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | broadway manhattan new york citytheatre productionflowersmanhattan new york citytearscryingvoice over narrationpartyphotographcigarette smokingkissflashbacksex |
In a tale that almost redefines sibling rivalry, faded actresses Blanche and 'Baby' Jane Hudson live together. Jane was by far the most famous when she performed with their father in vaudeville but as they got older, it was Blanche who became the finer actress, which Jane still resents. Blanche is n …ow confined to a wheelchair and Jane is firmly in control. As time goes by, Jane exercises greater and greater control over her sister, intercepting her letters and ensuring that few if anyone from the outside has any contact with her. As Jane slowly loses her mind, she torments her sister going to ever greater extremes. (Read More)
| Themes: | filmmaking |
| Locations: | wheelchair |
| Characters: | singerdoctor |
| Period: | 1930s |
| Story: | piano playerscreening roomfilm studiocomposerpianistcostumesubjective camerapianosongsingingdancing |
This is the beginning of the eighties and everybody is moving to the beat of Pop music, as the brand-new concept of the music video appears on television for the first time. However, in Dublin, Conor, a teenager with a sensitive heart, is trying to deal with a tense family relationship, reconnect wi …th his older brother while dealing with the hostile environment in his new public school. And then one day, he sees her. Tall, with long chestnut hair, a buttery complexion and big, dark eyes; an enigmatically beautiful girl standing in front of his school's gate, indolently observing people passing by. But who is she and how could a boy ever get noticed by such a distant girl? That's easy. He would form a band. Surprisingly, with every lyric Conor writes, the gap narrows and with every song he plays, her heart fills with affection. In the end, before a sea of opportunities lying ahead of them, what will the future hold for a brave love like this? (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulteryinfidelitylove |
| Characters: | dancergirlsingerhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | piano playerlyricistmarital separationsongwriterapplauseflash forwardpianosunglassessongcryingsingingdancingcigarette smokingkisssex …flashback (See All) |
Biopic of billionaire 'Howard Hughes (I)' (qv), starting with his early filmmaking years as owner of RKO studios but mostly focusing on his role in designing and promoting new aircraft. Hughes was a risk-taker spending several fortunes on designing experimental aircraft and eventually founding TWA a …s a rival to Pan AM airlines owned by his great rival Juan Trippe. When Trippe's politico Senator Ralph 'Owen Brewster (I)' (qv) accuses Hughes of being a war profiteer, it's Hughes who gains the upper hand. Hughes also had many women in his life including a long relationship with actress 'Katharine Hepburn' (qv). From an early age however, Hughes was also germophobic and would have severe bouts of mental illness. (Read More)
| Themes: | blackmailfilmmakinglove |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | dancersingerdoctor |
| Period: | 1920s1930s1940s |
| Story: | screening roomgeniuscanetheatre audiencehollywood californiamanhattan new york citysongpartysingingphotographdancingcigarette smokingflashbackkiss |
Aviator Andre Jurieux has just completed a record-setting flight, but when he is greeted by an admiring crowd, all he can say to them is how miserable he is that the woman he loves did not come to meet him. He is in love with Christine, the wife of aristocrat Robert de la Cheyniest. Robert himself i …s involved in an affair with Genevieve de Marras, but he is trying to break it off. Meanwhile, Andre seeks help from his old friend Octave, who gets Andre an invitation to the country home where Robert and Christine are hosting a large hunting party. As the guests arrive for the party, their cordial greetings hide their real feelings, along with their secrets - and even some of the servants are involved in tangled relationships. (Read More)
| Themes: | extramarital affairadulteryinfidelitymarriagelovedeath |
| Locations: | wheelchairparis france |
| Characters: | dancersingerdoctorhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | cigarette casegeniustheatre audienceapplausepianistflowerscostumepianosongpartysingingdancingcigarette smokingkiss |
Jon and Wendy Savage are two siblings who have spent their adult years trying to recover from the abuse of their abusive father, Lenny Savage. Suddenly, a call comes in that his girlfriend has died, he cannot care for himself with his dementia and her family is dumping him on his children. Despite t …he fact Jon and Wendy have not spoken to Lenny for twenty years and he is even more loathsome than ever, the Savage siblings feel obliged to take care of him. Now together, brother and sister must come to terms with the new and painful responsibilities with their father now affecting their lives even as they struggle with their own personal demons Lenny helped create. (Read More)
| Themes: | dyingunfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulteryinfidelitymarriagelovedeath |
| Locations: | wheelchairnew york city |
| Characters: | nursesingerdoctorhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | reference to marlene dietrichx rayflowersflash forwardsubjective cameratearssongcryingsingingcigarette smokingsexkiss |
The story of 'James Whale (I)' (qv), the Director of _Frankenstein (1931)_ (qv) and _Bride of Frankenstein (1935)_ (qv), in the time period following the Korean War. Whale was homosexual, and develops a friendship with his gardener, an ex-Marine.
| Themes: | dyingfilmmakinglovedeath |
| Locations: | swimming pool |
| Characters: | gay kissgirlsingerdoctorhomosexual |
| Period: | 1950s |
| Story: | divorceecanehollywood californiasongsingingcigarette smokingflashbacksex |
Everything is connected: an 1849 diary of an ocean voyage across the Pacific; letters from a composer to his lover; a thriller about a conspiracy at a nuclear power plant; a farce about a publisher in a nursing home; a rebellious clone in futuristic Korea; and the tale of a tribe living on post-apoc …alyptic Hawaii far in the future. (Read More)
| Themes: | death of wifedyinglovedeath |
| Locations: | swimming pool |
| Characters: | gay kissnursegirlsingerdoctorhusband wife relationshiphomosexual |
| Story: | male male kisscomposerpianistflash forwardsubjective camerapianotearshorsesongcryingsingingphotographcigarette smokingflashbackkiss |
Forty-three year old Elle magazine editor 'Jean-Dominique Bauby' (qv) - Jean-Do to his friends - awakens not knowing where he is. He is in a Berck-sur-Mer hospital, where he has been for the past several weeks in a coma after suffering a massive stroke. Although his cognitive facilities are in tact, … he quickly learns that he has what is called locked-in syndrome which has resulted in him being almost completely paralyzed, including not being able to speak. One of his few functioning muscles is his left eye. His physical situation and hospitalization uncomfortably bring together the many people in his life, including: Celine Desmoulins, his ex-lover and mother of his children; Ines, his current lover; and his aged father who he calls Papinou. Among his compassionate recuperative team are his physical therapist Marie, and his speech therapist Henriette. Henriette eventually teaches him to communicate using a system where he spells out words: she reads out the letters of the alphabet in descending order of their use in the French language, and he blinks his functioning left eye when she reaches the appropriate letter. Although frustrating at start, he learns to communicate effectively but slowly using this method, so much so that with the help of Claude, a full time translator, he decides on the monumental and seemingly impossible task to keep to his pre-injury commitment of writing a book, changing its focus to life in his current state. (Read More)
| Themes: | disabilityunfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulteryinfidelitymarriagedeathlove |
| Locations: | wheelchairparis franceswimming pool |
| Characters: | dancernursesingerdoctorhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | roseflowerssubjective cameratearssongcryingvoice over narrationsingingphotographdancingcigarette smokingflashbackkisssex |
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