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February 12, 2015

The Last of England (1988) Clip

The Last of England

The Last of England is a (1987) British film directed by Derek Jarman.

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It is a poetic, rather than realistic, depiction of what Jarman felt was the loss of traditional English culture in the 1980s.

January 31, 2015

Gloria (1980) Trailer

Gloria

She attempted to beat the mob at their own game.

Gloria is a 1980 American crime thriller film written and directed by John Cassavetes.

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Mild mannered Jack Dawn has been secretly working as an accountant for the mob. He, his Puerto Rican wife Jeri, his teen-aged daughter Joan and his mother-in-law, all who were planning on going on the run, are murdered by the mob because Jack was going to inform on them to the FBI. Before they're killed, Jack and Jeri are able to send their six-year old son Phil to Jeri's friend and their neighbor, Gloria Swenson, for safe keeping. Also with Phil is the book which contains all the information Jack was going to turn over. Gloria and Phil have an antagonistic relationship, not so much for who they are but what they are, Phil a kid, and Gloria a strange white woman who hates kids. As an ex-mistress of a mobster, Gloria learns that the people that killed the Dawns are old friends of hers. As Gloria and Phil go on the run both from the mob and from the authorities (who believe she kidnapped Phil) throughout New York City, Gloria has to come up with a plan on how best to save themselves, ... Written by Huggo

Opening Night (1977) Trailer

Opening Night

Opening Night is a 1977 American drama film written and directed by John Cassavetes, and starring Gena Rowlands, Ben Gazzara, Joan Blondell, Paul Stewart, Zohra Lampert, and Cassavetes.

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A young woman gets killed in an accident trying to meet her favorite actress Myrtle Gordon after a play. Then Myrtle Gordon felt responsible for the killing leading her down to an emotional crisis that interferes with her professional work as an actress.

Written by Chemi González <chemi01@hotmail.com>

January 22, 2015

Ready, Willing and Able (1937) Insert

Ready, Willing and Able

Ready, Willing, and Able is a 1937 musical film starring Ruby Keeler and Ross Alexander.

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January 19, 2015

Summer of Sam (1999) Trailer

Summer of Sam

It Was A Time They'd Never Forget

Summer of Sam is a 1999 American crime thriller film based around the Son of Sam serial murders.

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Spike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on the residents of an Italian-American South Bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one another.

January 14, 2015

The Brother from Another Planet (1984) Trailer

The Brother from Another Planet

Welcome to a world of crude beauty... of danger and excitement... of wonders, legend, and imagination... Welcome to Harlem, Brother.

The Brother from Another Planet is a 1984 science fiction film written, directed and edited by John Sayles. It stars Joe Morton as "The Brother", an alien and escaped slave who, while fleeing "Another Planet", has crash-landed and hides in Harlem.

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A mute alien with the appearance of a black human is chased by outer-space bounty hunters through the streets of Harlem.

January 07, 2015

Alexandria... New York (2004) Trailer

Alexandrie... New York

Alexandria... New York (Arabic: إسكندرية .. نيويورك‎, translit. Iskandariyah.. New York, French: Alexandrie-New York) is a 2004 French-Egyptian drama film directed by Youssef Chahine.

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Egyptian film director Yehia encounters his first love Ginger as he was being celebrated in New York. Back then they were 19 years old. The American Dream was the thing of the 20th century. Yehia, the boy from Alexandria, and Ginger, the American gal, were students at Pasadena Playhouse.40 years later, they are back together but the world has changed and the American Dream is no longer what it used to be. Yehia finds out that he had begotten an American child, a boy. Through a boisterous epic in which heroes love, sing, dance, laugh and cry, Youssef Chahine reconsiders his past and his ambiguous relationship to America which he loved so much. Written by www.YoussefChahine.us

December 20, 2014

C.H.U.D. (1984) Trailer

C.H.U.D.

A recent article in a New York newspaper reported that there were large colonies of people living under the city... The paper was incorrect. What is living under the city is not human. C.H.U.D. is under the city.

C.H.U.D. is a 1984 American horror film produced by Andrew Bonime, and directed by Douglas Cheek with Peter Stein as the director of photography and William Bilowit as production designer.

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A rash of bizarre murders in New York City seems to point to a group of grotesquely deformed vagrants living in the sewers. A courageous policeman, a photo journalist and his girlfriend, and a nutty bum, who seems to know a lot about the creatures, band together to try and determine what the creatures are and how to stop them.

December 09, 2014

Love Is Strange (2014) Trailer

Love Is Strange

Love Is Strange is a 2014 French-American drama film directed by Ira Sachs.

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After nearly four decades together, Ben (John Lithgow) and George (Alfred Molina) finally tie the knot in an idyllic wedding ceremony in lower Manhattan. But when George loses his job soon after, the couple must sell their apartment and - victims of the relentless New York City real estate market - temporarily live apart until they can find an affordable new home. While George moves in with two cops (Cheyenne Jackson and Manny Perez) who live down stairs, Ben lands in Brooklyn with his nephew (Darren Burrows), his wife (Marisa Tomei), and their temperamental teenage son (Charlie Tahan), with whom Ben shares a bunk bed. While struggling with the pain of separation, Ben and George are further challenged by the intergenerational tensions and capricious family dynamics of their new living arrangements.

November 22, 2014

Somebody Loves Me (1952) Clip

Somebody Loves Me

Somebody Loves Me is a 1952 film starring Betty Hutton.

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Blossom Seeley climbs to Broadway success with her partner Benny Fields, then retires to become his wife.

November 21, 2014

Bullets Over Broadway (1994) Trailer

Bullets Over Broadway

A killer comedy!

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In 1920s New York, a struggling playwright is forced to cast a mobster's talentless girlfriend in his latest drama in order to get it produced.

November 19, 2014

New York of Today (1910)

New York of Today

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A couple visiting New York City leave their hotel, and take a sight-seeing car to tour the city. They start with Grant's Tomb, and then go to Central Park and Times Square. At Luna Park, they feed the pigeons and enjoy some of the rides. They then continue to visit other sections of town, and they see some of the city's most prominent buildings.Written by Snow Leopard

October 25, 2014

Chelsea Girls (1966) Extract

Chelsea Girls

Chelsea Girls is a 1966 experimental underground film directed by Andy Warhol and Paul Morrissey.

Lacking a formal narrative, Warhol's art house classic follows various residents of the Chelsea Hotel in 1966 New York City, presented in a split screen with a single audio track in conjunction with one side of screen.

October 21, 2014

Shortbus (2006) Trailer

Shortbus

You've got to get on to get off

Shortbus is a 2006 American film written and directed by John Cameron Mitchell.

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A group of New Yorkers caught up in their romantic-sexual milieu converge at an underground salon infamous for its blend of art, music, politics, and carnality.