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The Blue Iguana (1988) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Blue Iguana
director: John Lafia actor: Dylan McDermott / James Russo …
other title: Blue Iguana / Blue Iguana oder Der Sarg ist himmelblau
To stay out of the slammer, down-on-his-luck bounty hunter Vince Holloway reluctantly agrees to do the bidding of two crooked IRS agents. Tasked with recouping $20 million of laundered drug money, Holloway heads south of the border to the Blue Iguana, a bar crawling with thugs, killers, smugglers, evil women, and crazy action.
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Big Man on Campus (1989) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Big Man on Campus
director: Jeremy Kagan actor: Allan Katz / Corey Parker …
other title: Ragazze, il mostro è innamorato / Das bucklige Schlitzohr …
In this version of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", a hunchback is found living in the bell tower of UCLA. He discovers life as two students bring him out of the tower and into society.
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Eat a Bowl of Tea (1989) IMDb TMDB
Eat a Bowl of Tea
director: Wayne Wang actor: Cora Miao / Russell Wong …
other title: Eine Tasse Tee für die Liebe / Cómete una taza de té
An American-Chinese man brings over his wife from China to America, but the challenges of making a living and adjusting to a new life, plus the attentions of a gambler threaten their marriage.
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My Favorite Year (1982) WikiData IMDb TMDB
My Favorite Year
director: Richard Benjamin actor: Peter O'Toole / Mark Linn-Baker …
other title: L'ospite d'onore / Ein Draufgänger in New York …
Fledgling comic Benjy Stone can't believe his luck when his childhood hero, the swashbuckling matinee idol Alan Swann, gets booked to appear on the variety show he writes for. But when Swann arrives, he fails to live up to his silver screen image. Instead, he's a drunken womanizer who suffers from stage fright. Benjy is assigned to look after him before the show, and it's all he can do to keep his former idol from going completely off the rails.
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‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen (1974) WikiData IMDb TMDB
‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen
director: Michael Snow actor: Kevin Wenzel / Munro Ferguson …
other title: 'Rameau's Nephew' by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen / 'Rameau's Nephew' by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen (1974) …
Various unrelated vignettes, often juxtaposing sound and image.
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The Evictors (1979) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Evictors
director: Charles B. Pierce actor: Vic Morrow / Michael Parks …
other title: Leadsville Nights / Desahuciados
A nice young couple move into an eerie house located in a small Louisiana town, unaware of its violent history.
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Shock Treatment (1981) WikiData IMDb TMDB Skybridge
Shock Treatment
director: Jim Sharman actor: 杰西卡·哈珀 / Cliff DeYoung …
other title: Shock Treatment - Trattamento da sballo! / Tratamento de Choque
Brad and Janet Majors find their strained marriage put to the test on popular Denton TV show Marriage Maze. Poor Brad is heavily sedated and institutionalised, whilst Janet is given a radical makeover and primed for stardom. But what are the real motivations behind the kooky DTV crew and their enigmatic head-honcho, Farley Flavors?
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Memory (2023)
Memory
director: Michel Franco actor: Jessica Chastain / Peter Sarsgaard …
other title: 记忆 / 回忆的漩涡(港) …
Sylvia is a social worker who leads a simple and structured life: her daughter, her job, her AA meetings. This is blown open when Saul follows her home from their high school reunion. Their surprise encounter will profoundly impact both of them as they open the door to the past.
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Lynch/Oz (2023)
Lynch/Oz
director: Alexandre O. Philippe actor: Amy Nicholson / Rodney Ascher …
other title: Lynch & Oz / 林奇/奥兹 …
Victor Fleming’s 1939 film The Wizard of Oz is one of David Lynch’s most enduring obsessions. This documentary goes over the rainbow to explore this Technicolor through-line in Lynch’s work.
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Inserts (1975) IMDb TMDB
Inserts
director: John Byrum actor: Richard Dreyfuss / Jessica Harper …
other title: Il pornografo / Nahaufnahmen …
A young, once-great Hollywood film director refuses to accept changing times during the early 1930s, and confines himself to his decaying mansion to make silent porn flicks.
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Taking Off (1971) IMDb TMDB Douban NeoDB
Taking Off
director: Miloš Forman actor: Lynn Carlin / Buck Henry …
other title: Juventud sin esperanza / Os Amores de Uma Adolescente …
Unable to deal with her parents, Jeannie Tyne runs away from home. Larry and Lynn Tyne search for her, and in the process meet other people whose children ran away. With their children gone, the parents are now free to rediscover/enjoy life.
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Nightbitch (2024)
Nightbitch
★ 6.4 (5 ratings) director: Marielle Heller actor: Amy Adams / Scoot McNairy …
other title: Nightbitch. Bestia di notte / Canina
A woman, thrown into the stay-at-home routine of raising a toddler in the suburbs, slowly embraces the feral power deeply rooted in motherhood, as she becomes increasingly aware of the bizarre and undeniable signs that she may be turning into a dog.
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Boys (1996)
Boys
director: Stacy Cochran actor: Winona Ryder / Lukas Haas …
other title: Run Off / Le Dortoir des garçons …
Fed up with boarding school and frustrated with the way others have planned his life, John Baker Jr. wants a change -- anything to shake up his staid routine. The moment arrives when he stumbles upon a woman, Patty Vare, unconscious in a field. Deciding to risk it, John takes her to his dorm to look after her, much to the disapproval of his friends. John's decision proves fateful as he and Patty grow close to one another. However, she may be keeping secrets from him.
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Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
Phantom of the Paradise
★ 8.6 (10 ratings) director: Brian De Palma actor: William Finley / Paul Williams …
other title: Il fantasma del palcoscenico / O Fantasma do Paraíso …
Singer-songwriter Winslow Leach seeks revenge on the nefarious music producer Swan, who steals both Winslow's music and his favorite singer for the grand opening of Swan's new rock palace, the Paradise.