THE STORY OF FILM - AN ODYSSEY (2011)

 




















Directed by: Mark Cousins

Narrated by: Mark Cousins
Starring: Aleksandr Sokurov, Norman Lloyd, Lars von Trier, Paul Schrader, Haskell Wexler, Yuen Woo-Ping, Samira Makhmalbaf, Jean-Michel Frodon, Stanley Donen, Youssef Chahine, Robert Towne, Sharmila Tagore, Mani Kaul, Donald Richie, Kyoko Kagawa, Gaston Kabore, Bernardo Bertolucci, Judy Balaban, Bill Forsyth, Baz Luhrmann, Terence Davies, Jean Bouquin, Wim Wenders, Buck Henry, Roy Andersson, Stanley Kwan, Naum Kleiman, Gus Van Sant, Charles Burnett, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Stig Bjorkman, Soumendu Roy, Abbas Kiarostami, Hark Tsui, Matthew Barney, Zhuangzhuang Tian, Cari Beauchamp, Sam Neill, Tsai Ming-liang, Edward Neumeier, Jin Xie, Jane Campion, Amitabh Bachchan, Ken Loach, Shin'ya Tsukamoto, Kazuo Hara, Claudia Cardinale, John Sayles, Javed Akhtar, Claire Denis, Maggie Renzi

15 episodes
(NR - adult language, adult themes, adult situations)

PLOT:
Film critic and historian Mark Cousins uses film clips, interviews with filmmakers, and illustrative footage of locations around the world to take viewers through film and filmmaking history, from the late 19th century to today, with a particular emphasis on world cinema.

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FLY AWAY HOME (1996)

 

Directed by: Carroll Ballard

Based on the book "Father Goose - One Man, a Gaggle of Geese, and Their Real Life Incredible Journey South" by: Bill Lishman

Starring: Anna Paquin, Jeff Daniels, Dana Delany, Terry Kinney, Holter Graham, Jeremy Ratchford, Deborah Verginella, Michael J. Reynolds, David Hemblen, Ken James, Nora Ballard, Sarena Paton, Chris Benson, Gladys O'Connor

107 minutes

(PG - adult themes, adult situations)

PLOT:

Amy is only 13 years old when her mother is killed in a car accident in New Zealand. She goes to Canada to live with her father, Thomas, an eccentric inventor whom she barely knows. She is miserable in her new life...that is until she discovers a nest of goose eggs that were abandoned when developers began tearing up a local forest. They hatch and she becomes "Mama Goose". The geese must fly south for the winter, but who will lead them there? With a pair of ultralight airplanes, Amy, Thomas, and their friends must find a way to do it.

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KILLER JOE (2011)

 

Directed by: William Friedkin

Based on the play by: Tracy Letts

Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple, Gina Gershon, Thomas Haden Church, Marc Macaulay

102 minutes

(NR - strong language, adult themes, sexual situations, graphic violence, rape, nudity, drug use, disturbing images)

PLOT:

Finding himself in considerable debt, Chris, a Texan drug dealer, decides the only solution is to murder his mother to collect the insurance money. Getting together with his father, the ex-husband of Chris' mother, they decide to hire Joe Cooper (a contract killer) who also happens to be a police detective. The plan is that the money will go to Chris' sister Dottie. However due to the size of the contract fee, Chris agrees that Joe can take Dottie as a retainer until the insurance comes through.

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NIGHT OF THE DEMONS (1988)

 

Directed by: Kevin S. Tenney

Starring: Amelia Kinkade, Cathy Podewell, Linnea Quigley, Hal Havins, Alvin Alexis, William Gallo, Lance Fenton, Allison Barron, Philip Tanzini, Jill Terashita, Harold Ayer, Marie Denn, Karen Ericson, Donnie Jeffcoat, James W. Quinn, Clark Jarrett

89 minutes

(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, gore, nudity)

PLOT:

On the night of Halloween, 10 teens decide to go to a party at an abandoned funeral parlor. "Hull House", rumored to be built on an evil patch of land & underground stream, is the place. While starting the party, the teens gather around a big mirror to perform a seance...BIG MISTAKE. They awaken some evil force and find themselves trapped and taken over one by one. Now it's a battle for who can survive and cross over the stream before going to hell.

DAVID AND BATHSHEBA (1951)

 




















Directed by: Henry King
Starring: Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward, Kieron Moore, Raymond Massey, James Robertson, Jayne Meadows, John Sutton, Dennis Hoey, Walter Talun, Francis X. Bushman, Leo Pessin, Paul Newlan, Holmes Herbert, William Severn, Gwen Verdon, George Zucco

116 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
After King David sees the beautiful Bathsheba bathing from the palace roof, he enters into an adulterous affair which has tragic consequences for his family and Israel.

TRAILER:

MAY (2002)

 




















Directed by: Lucky McKee
Starring: Angela Bettis, Jeremy Sisto, Anna Faris, James Duval, Merle Kennedy, Kevin Gage, Nichole Hiltz, Rachel David, Nora Zehetner, Will Estes, Ken Davitian, Chandler Riley Hecht

93 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, gore)

PLOT:
A socially awkward veterinary assistant with a lazy eye and obsession with perfection descends into depravity after developing a crush on a man with perfect hands.

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THIS IS AMERICA (2018)

 




















Directed by: Hiro Murai
Starring: Childish Gambino (Donald Glover)

5 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
Music video for the single, off the rapper's third extended play album, "Summer Play".

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