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  • Gus Van Sant – Drugstore Cowboy (1989)

    Gus Van Sant1981-1990CultDramaUSA
    Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
    Drugstore Cowboy (1989)

    A group of drug addicts in the 1970’s help finance their habit by robbing drug stores. A highly superstitious Bob and wife Diane love to do various pharmaceutical drugs like dilaudid, morphine and cocaine. To maintain the habit, they steal from pharmacies with the help of another couple. A cop that eventually gets too close for comfort, which causes the crew to move their operation to another town. Before long, one of the crew dies of an overdose; the body has to be moved from their hotel room to their car. The problem is that there is an unexpected sheriff’s convention assembling at the hotel where they’re staying. Bob believes that one of his superstitious beliefs caused this incident and is scared into joining a methadone program. Leaving his past proves harder than he anticipated, though.Read More »

  • Nancy Buirski – Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy (2022)

    USA2021-2030DocumentaryNancy Buirski
    Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy (2022)
    Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy (2022)

    Synopsis
    Follows the behind-the-scenes odyssey to get Midnight Cowboy (1969) produced, as well as the tumultuous era in which the movie was released and embraced.Read More »

  • Jim Jarmusch – Coffee and Cigarettes (2003)

    Jim Jarmusch2001-2010ComedyDramaUSA
    Coffee and Cigarettes (2003)
    Coffee and Cigarettes (2003)

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    Written and directed by Jim Jarmusch, Coffee and Cigarettes is a collection of 11 vignettes relating to people having conversations about anything while drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes. The film is a collection of 11 shorts, three of which were made prior in 2003 including the 1993 Somewhere in California segment that won Jarmusch the short film Palme D’or at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. With an all-start cast that includes Roberto Benigni, Steven Wright, Joie Lee, Cinque Lee, Steve Buscemi, Iggy Pop, Tom Waits, Cate Blanchett, Steve Coogan, Alfred Molina, Issach de Bankole, Jack & Meg White of the White Stripes, RZA & GZA of the Wu-Tang Clan, and Bill Murray. Coffee and Cigarettes is fun collection of shorts and vignettes from Jim Jarmusch.Read More »

  • Shirley MacLaine & Claudia Weill – The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir (1975)

    Claudia Weill1971-1980DocumentaryShirley MacLaineUSA
    The Other Half of the Sky A China Memoir (1975)
    The Other Half of the Sky A China Memoir (1975)

    Documentary on mainland Chinese life.Read More »

  • Gary Nelson – The Lookalike (1990)

    1991-2000Gary NelsonMysteryThrillerUSA
    The Lookalike (1990)
    The Lookalike (1990)

    A mentally disturbed woman is further tormented after discovering a girl who closely resembles her recently deceased daughter.Read More »

  • Jill C. Nelson – Golden Goddesses: 25 Legendary Women of Classic Erotic Cinema (1968-1985) (2012)

    2011-2020BooksJill C. NelsonUSA
    Golden Goddesses 25 Legendary Women of Classic Erotic Cinema (1968 1985) (2012)

    Golden Goddesses vibrantly casts light upon twenty-five significant women involved in the erotic film industry during its Golden Era, between the years 1968-1985 when participation in adult productions was illegal. Profiling performers, directors, scriptwriters and costumers, Golden Goddesses is a palate of insights, intimacy, vulnerability and strength, as it immerses readers into the lives of these celebrated and audacious females. Delicately crafted with film highlights and more than 300 photos, Golden Goddesses captures the quintessence of a rebellious spirit from days gone by. Featuring the author’s own interviews with Marilyn Chambers, Seka, Kay Parker, Rhonda Jo Petty, Serena, Georgina Spelvin, Juliet Anderson, Candida Royalle, Sharon Mitchell, Gloria Leonard, Annie Sprinkle, Ann Perry, Jody Maxwell, Barbara Mills, Veronica Hart, Kelly Nichols, Ginger Lynn, Kitten Natividad, Amber Lynn, Laurie Holmes, Christy Canyon, Julia St. Vincent, Roberta Findlay, Nina Hartley & Raven Touchstone.Read More »

  • James Ivory – Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie’s Pictures (1978)

    James Ivory1971-1980DramaUnited Kingdom
    Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures (1978)
    Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie’s Pictures (1978)

    This lighthearted romp through Royal India presents a world of Maharajas, palaces, imperiled art objects, and the foreign collectors who will stop at nothing to possess them. Peggy Ashcroft and Larry Pine star as two rapacious art collectors who come to the decaying Art Deco palace of a young Maharaja (Victor Banerjee) to examine a legendary collection of Indian miniature paintings. While vying with each other to get the pictures away from the royal couple—nicknamed Georgie and Bonnie as children by their Scottish governess—they must also divine the true motives of the Indian curator of the collection (Saeed Jaffrey), who, in league with the Maharaja’s beautiful sister (Aparna Sen), may be working against them. Amidst the backdrop of lavish tourist entertainments, Christmas parties, fireworks, and even an English ghost, a desperate game of palace intrigue will determine the ultimate resting place of the priceless paintings.Read More »

  • Ford Beebe – Enter Arsene Lupin (1944)

    Ford Beebe1941-1950CrimeFilm NoirUSA
    Enter Arsene Lupin (1944)
    Enter Arsene Lupin (1944)

    A rich but naive young woman is in possession of some priceless jewels. She doesn’t realize it, but a gang of jewel thieves does.Read More »

  • Marie Losier – Alan Vega, Just a Million Dreams (2014)

    Marie Losier2011-2020DocumentaryShort FilmUSA
    Alan Vega, Just a Million Dreams (2014)
    Alan Vega, Just a Million Dreams (2014)

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    This intimate portrait depicts the rebellious soul of groundbreaking visual artist and pioneer of minimalist electronic rock Alan Vega, vocalist and composer for the influential postpunk band Suicide. Alan plays with the camera while loving, fighting, and living with his family.Read More »

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