1997-05-16
10
Based on the novel by L. P. Hartley, The Hireling is a dissection of antiquated but hardly dormant British class distinctions as a lonely socialite and her chauffeur become more than friends.
For an imaginary friend, living an imaginary life, there's nothing worse than being forgotten.
After an excerpt from 'Baraka (1992)' , featuring the music of Dead Can Dance, we see them in concert in Santa Monica CA, alternated with interview sequences with the lead members (Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry) where they discuss their influences (Asian/Mid-Eastern music and Irish ballads), their instrumentation (Chinese dulcimer, various percussion, synthesizers), and their different approaches
An ordinary man takes revenge only to find it's made him the target of a major crime lord and his army of psychopaths and professional killers.
The plot revolves around two guys, Preet and Harpal, who are from a middle class family and are carefree and not concerned about their future. They keep making schemes to make themselves rich. Their father tries to teach them the facts of life and to be efficient and independent. Their mother however supports them in whatever they do no matter how frivolous. The film takes a hilarious turn when the boys meet two rich girls and make a plan to get involved with the girls to extract money from them. In order to do this they need to adapt to the girls lifestyles and borrow money from their father. The plot gets murkier when they decide to marry the girls. Secrets are revealed and criminals are involved. What happens next? Do the boys succeed in their plan? Watch the movie to find out.
Presumably inspired by Pete Walker's 4 Dimensions of Greta this is another 1970s sex comedy filmed in 3D. Walter Boos however went all the way - we do not have just the odd 3D boob scene, the whole film is made in 3D. The viewer is constantly reminded of that, because the cinematography is truly bizarre with plenty of scenes of rather peculiar camera angles that strongly emphasize the 3D effects, e.g. a girl on a swing moving towards (and above) the camera, twigs hitting a car window, and many many more. The exaggeration of 3D makes these scenes quite funny, as the effects are completely over the top.
A young woman and a soldier team up to deliver an Austrian General to Italian forces during World War I. Their quest for the 1,000 Lire reward changes their lives unexpectedly.
An attractive Countess arrives in a village in the Veneto, which revolutionized the entire population. In fact, she has a very precise plan: to conquer an old rancher who has inherited a village after the death of his mother and keep all their assets using its many charms.
A struggling artist is tortured by his day and finds his muse in the night.
Two bored twentysomethings buy a Vauxhall Cavalier kit it out with a siren and spend their evenings masquerading as police officers in this Screen One TV movie
HIDE is a contained psychological thriller about one resilient wife’s (Nadine Malouf) fight to escape her husband’s (Ben Samuels) escalating gaslighting and abuse during lockdown. The female-centric genre film is lensed in the wife’s evolving perspective as she slowly comes to see what is happening to her and finds the support to fight back. Visually mesmerizing and emotionally arresting, the film’s pace and pathos pull us into a story that will feel uncomfortably familiar to too many of us.
The only surviving play from the anthology series, Out of This World, presented by Boris Karloff.
Bubba's Chili Parlor, a restaurant in rural Texas, becomes ground zero for a worldwide zombie epidemic after Bubba unwittingly serves chili infected with a mutated strain of Mad Cow Disease.
A witty and mind-expanding exploration of data, with mathematician Dr Hannah Fry. This high-tech romp reveals what data is and how it is captured, stored, shared and made sense of. Fry tells the story of the engineers of the data age, people most of us have never heard of despite the fact they brought about a technological and philosophical revolution.
A mansion, a lawn, some trees: an unmoved frontal view, 9 minutes long. We hear an off-screen voice. It si the co-director, who commands what goes on in the image. He calls up participants while the other co-director climbs a ladder and holds up a cornet that emits smoke and sparks.
Anders Matthesen (Danish stand-up) performs his new show "Anders"
Hartmann X on his second tour with the "Hartmann X" Stand-up show. Hartmann X II surpasses the first show in humor and content
In his naive way, the typical northeastern Brazilian conquer the sympathy of the public with the good humor that faces the causes and misfortunes of his daily life, which includes the stories that he lived and heard in the many trips that he has made in Brazil.
Steve Lemme & Kevin Heffernan are back with their third stand up special. They share laughs, chug beers, tell stories from their films and reveal private secrets about each other covering everything you want to know. The jokes come fast and furious in what could “potentially” be their last time on stage together!
In her tenth comedy special, Rita Rudner discusses life, parenting and her contentious relationship with Siri. Rita’s teenage daughter, singer/songwriter, Molly Bergman, also appears on the special, singing one of her songs.The special was taped at the Palace Theatre in Los Angeles, CA.
"Cheers for checking this out. Gutless Wonder is my debut comedy special. I toured this show around Australia in 2022, which included this night at the Newham Mechanics Institute."
South African-born Manxman Pierre Novellie is anything but quiet when it comes to emergency trousers, the apocalypse, anatomically-correct Halloween costumes, and Christmas Day with The Queen. “Quiet Ones” was recorded in September 2021 at the Pleasance Theatre in London.
Je m'appelle Paul, je suis Anglais et j'habite en France. J'ai fait un premier spectacle de stand-up intitulé "#Franglais" which was half in English and half in French. It went pretty well, so I've decided to do another show called "So British (ou presque)". It's the same concept. A show that is in both languages but with brand new jokes and stories that you've never seen before. Et si tu te poses la question: "Est-ce que je vais comprendre son anglais?", j'ai une astuce: si t'as compris cette description, c'est bon. Sinon, j'ai un pote qui peut t'aider à préparer le TOEIC. Si tu ne sais pas ce que c'est le TOEIC, là, je peux vraiment pas t'aider. If your French is good enough to understand this description, you'll bee laughing. See you on stage!
It's a good time, difficult time, narcissistic time, padded time. The newly married Yannis Pappas explores this in his first hour stand up special produced by Andrew Schulz
Millennials, generation XIX, Z, Boomers... Whatever yours, they were all the “generation of the future”. In this special Afonso Padilha will show that things were already like this when we arrived and we are not ready for all the expectations, comparisons and of course, the absurdities of each generation.
Isaac Butterfield's brand new comedy special "Anti Hero" sees Butterfield return to the stage with unfiltered and raw social observations of the society we live in today. Anti Hero explores the PC culture of our ever so changing world - from the good, the bad and the ugly; Butterfield doesn't hold back!
A stand-up comedy special written and performed by Samuel Tallent
In his second comedy show the Dutch comedian Kees Torn sings about postmen who wonder about street names, Rotterdam by night, playing Mozart and being trapped in your own limited body.
In his third comedy show the Dutch comedian Kees Torn tells and sings about his girlfriend. He is in love and therefore affraid that it will end. He also fears that he is too in love to write about anything else and that his audience will get tired of him.
In his sixth comedy show the Dutch comedian Kees Torn tells that his impresario no longer allows him to talk about his girlfriend, his love for cigars and whiskey. That's why he's only talking about politicians, television personalities and important things like the QWERTY keyboard layout.
Combining his trademark wit and self-deprecating humor with original music, Bo Burnham offers up his unique twist on life in this stand-up special about life, death, sexuality, hypocrisy, mental illness and Pringles cans.