A bereaved gay LA college professor mourns the eight-month-old death of his partner. Meticulously preparing for suicide he proceeds through his last day secretly saying goodbye to his friends, but other chance encounters take place.
A top notch intimate drama, adapted from Christopher Isherwood's novel of the same name, with high class editing, gorgeous cinematography from Eduard Gran, an evocative score and great looking sets.
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AMERICAN BEAUTY (1999)
Certification18 Our Rating
Lester Burnham (Spacy - giving a sublime performance) is a middle-aged suburbanite lost in a world he doesn't recognise anymore. His job has become meaningless, his wife has turned into a bitch-on-wheels and his rebellious daughter hates his guts. For Lester his only source of enjoyment seems to be choking the chicken in the shower each morning. His lonely existence begins to change, however, when he meets his daughter's friend, Angela and what starts as wishful thinking rapidly ends up with Les
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LOST IN TRANSLATION (2003)
Certification15 Our Rating
Charlotte has joined her new husband in Tokyo, but what she had hoped would be an adventure for them both finds her marooned and alone. Staying in the same hotel is Bob, a jaded film star in the city to do a whiskey commercial, and it is only when the sleepless pair meet in the hotel bar that their depressed isolation begins to lift. Lost in Translation is remarkably simple in its conception, two people who would seem to have nothing in common, but who form a bond of affection and unspoken under
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ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (1975)
Certification18 Our Rating
The world as a lunatic asylum. Jack Nicholson plays the anarchist determined to challenge the smug system of authority and obedience that rule the roost. The first film by Czech dissident Forman after migrating from Czechoslovakia to the United States, and a superb comment on society! Won Best Picture plus others at 1975 Academy Awards.
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THE BIRDMAN OF ALCATRAZ (1962)
CertificationPG Our Rating
Fascinating, factually based story of an anti-social double murderer, Robert Stroud, who used his years in the world's toughest prison to transform himself into a world-renowned ornithologist. Superb performances all round but Karl Malden is particularly riveting as the sadistic prison governer.
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TWELVE ANGRY MEN (1957)
CertificationU Our Rating
Fantastic Oscar winning film portraying the jury in what appears to be an open and shut murder case. Only Fonda expresses any doubt against the guilty verdict, and combined with the observations of an older man he begins to call the evidence, the witnesses, and the legal system into doubt.
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