A rare book dealer, while seeking out the last two copies of a demon text, gets drawn into a conspiracy with supernatural overtones.Read More »
Roman Polanski
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Roman Polanski – The Ninth Gate (1999)
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Giuseppe Tornatore – Una pura formalità AKA A Pure Formality (1994)
1991-2000CrimeGiuseppe TornatoreItalyThrillerSynopsis:
Onoff is a famous writer who hasn’t published any new books for quite some time and has become a recluse. When he is picked up by the police one stormy night, without any identification, out of breath and running madly, without clear memory of recent events, the Inspector is suspicious. Through interrogatory dialectic, the head of this lonely, isolated, broken-down police station tries to establish what has happened, by delving into the mind of his writer-hero, and clearing up a mysterious killing.Read More » -
Roman Polanski – Frantic (1988)
1981-1990CrimeRoman PolanskiThrillerUSASynopsis:
A doctor and his wife go to Paris for a medical conference. While showering, his wife disappears. His lack of language, and the odd way she disappeared makes it nearly impossible for him to find any official help in his search as he enters the punk/drug culture to find out what has happened to her.Read More » -
Roman Polanski – Death and the Maiden (1994)
1991-2000DramaMysteryRoman PolanskiUSAQuote:
In a remote beach house on a cliff, a woman (Sigourney Weaver) rewards the doctor (Ben Kingsley) who gave her lawyer husband (Stuart Wilson) a lift home on a stormy night by tying him to a chair, stuffing his mouth with her panties and holding a gun to his head. A twisted romantic triangle? You might have thought so from Mike Nichols’ lightweight 1992 production of Ariel Dorfman’s play with Glenn Close, Gene Hackman and Richard Dreyfuss. You won’t think so now. Director Roman Polanski restores the play to the pulsepounding political thriller it is. His electrifying film nearly jumps off the screen.Read More » -
Marina Zenovich – Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008)
2001-2010DocumentaryMarina ZenovichRoman PolanskiUSAIMDB:
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Roman Polanski – Gdy spadaja anioly AKA When Angels Fall (1959)
1951-1960ArthousePolandRoman PolanskiShort FilmQuote:
A woman working in the municipal toilet recalls her youth. Colourful images of life in the countryside, first love, lancers intertwine with a gloomy image of reality. The film is the diploma work by Roman Polański.Read More » -
Roman Polanski – Chinatown (1974)
1971-1980ClassicsFilm NoirRoman PolanskiUSAPolanski’s Oscar Nominated throwback to the noirs of the 40’s and 50’s starring Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway and John Huston.
Summary: A private detective investigating an adultery case stumbles on to a scheme of murder that has something to do with water
Review
Pin-striped suits, men’s hair parted slightly off-center like Richard Arlen’s, four-door convertible touring cars (not yet declared unsafe), official portraits of Franklin D. Roosevelt in public buildings, women with marceled hair, and elegant slouches.Read More » -
Roman Polanski – Cul-de-sac [+extras] (1966)
1961-1970ComedyCrimeRoman PolanskiUnited KingdomIn search of help, two wounded gangsters on the run find refuge in the secluded castle of a feeble man and his wife; however, under the point of a gun, nothing is what it seems.Read More »
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Roman Polanski – Che? AKA What? (1972)
1971-1980CampComedyItalyRoman PolanskiQuote:
During her Italian vacation, a young and beautiful American tourist finds herself as a guest in a coastal villa inhabited by a bunch of odd people.Read More »