Posts Tagged ‘decadence’

Human Traffic (1999)

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama
Countries: Ireland | UK
Actors: Simm, John | Pilkington, Lorraine | Parkes, Shaun | Dyer, Danny | Reynolds, Nicola | Davies, Dean | Albert, Peter | Anderson, Jan | Beesley, Terence | Blackburn, Sarah | Bowen, Anne | Bowens, Neil | Bramhill, Peter | Brand, Jo | Brooks, Stephanie
Directors: Kerrigan, Justin
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The Cardiff club scene in the 90’s: five best friends deal with their relationships and their personal demons during a weekend. Jip calls himself a sexual paranoid, afraid he’s impotent. Lulu, Jip’s mate, doesn’t find much to fancy in men. Nina hates her job at a fast food joint, and her man, Koop, who dreams of being a great hip-hop d.j., is prone to fits of un-provoked jealousy. The fifth is Moff, whose family is down on his behavior. Starting Friday afternoon, with preparations for clubbing, we follow the five from Ecstacy-induced fun through a booze-laden come-down early Saturday morning followed by the weekend’s aftermath. It’s breakthrough time for at least three of them.

Last Emperor, The (1987)

Thursday, March 15th, 2007
Genres: Biography | Drama | History
Countries: China | France | Italy | UK
Actors: Lone, John | Chen, Joan | O'Toole, Peter | Ying, Ruocheng | | Dun, Dennis | Sakamoto, Ryuichi | Han, Maggie | Young, Ric | Wu, Vivian | Tagawa, Cary-Hiroyuki | Go, Jade | Ikeda, Fumihiko | Vuu, Richard | Tijger, Tsou
Directors: Bertolucci, Bernardo
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A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant worker in the People’s Republic.

Fight Club (1999)

Thursday, March 15th, 2007
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Norton, Edward | Pitt, Brad | Bonham Carter, Helena | Meat Loaf | Grenier, Zach | Arquette, Richmond | Andrews, David | Maguire, George | Bondurant, Eugenie | Cabot, Christina | Colston, Sydney 'Big Dawg' | Singer, Rachel | Cronenweth, Christie | De Zarn, Tim | Buzzington, Ezra
Directors: Fincher, David
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You’re young. You have an easy, well-paid deskjob. You have a condo, Swedish furniture, artistic coffee tables and a fridge full of condiments. Yet you feel emotionally and spiritually empty. You eventually find comfort in going to support groups for lukemia and cancer victims when there’s nothing wrong with you until they’re hijacked from you by another faker. Then you meet Tyler Durden, a man that shows you that not only can you live without material needs but that self-destruction, the collapse of society and making dynamite from soap might not be such a bad idea either.

Wonderland (2003)

Tuesday, February 20th, 2007
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Canada | USA
Actors: Kilmer, Val | Bosworth, Kate | Kudrow, Lisa | Lucas, Josh | Nelson, Tim Blake | McDermott, Dylan | Applegate, Christina | Bogosian, Eric | Fisher, Carrie | G, Franky | Gainey, M.C. | Garofalo, Janeane | Levine, Ted | Love, Faizon | Gregson Wagner, Natasha
Directors: Cox, James
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John Holmes (Val Kilmer) was a legend of the porn industry and revered in circles as a stud. But in 1981, years after his successful career and star fading, Holmes was a desperate man with his own internal demons to live up to. He’s estranged from his wife (Lisa Kudrow), holding onto a relationship with his teenage mistress (Kate Bosworth), and living as a junkie in search of his next fix. But one fateful night left four people dead and John as a key suspect in one of the most grisly murders in Los Angeles. Was he partly responsible for what happened at Wonderland Avenue?

Caligula (1979)

Thursday, February 15th, 2007
Genres: Drama | History
Countries: Italy | USA
Actors: McDowell, Malcolm | Savoy, Teresa Ann | Mirren, Helen | O'Toole, Peter | Steiner, John | Mannari, Guido | Bonacelli, Paolo | Trieste, Leopoldo | Badessi, Giancarlo | D'Angelo, Mirella | Di Lorenzo, Anneka | Wagner, Lori | Asti, Adriana | Gielgud, John | Brive, Bruno
Directors: Brass, Tinto | Guccione, Bob
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The rise and fall of the notorious Roman Emperor Caligula, showing the violent methods that he employs to gain the throne, and the subsequent insanity of his reign - he gives his horse political office and humiliates and executes anyone who even slightly displeases him. He also sleeps with his sister, organises elaborate orgies and embarks on a fruitless invasion of England before meeting an appropriate end. There are various versions of the film, ranging from the heavily- truncated 90-minute version to the legendary 160-minute hardcore version which leaves nothing to the imagination (though the hardcore scenes were inserted later and do not involve the main cast members).

Cruel Intentions (1999)

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Romance | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Snyder, Drew | Gellar, Sarah Michelle | Phillippe, Ryan | Witherspoon, Reese | Blair, Selma | Fletcher, Louise | Jackson, Joshua | Mabius, Eric | Thomas, Sean Patrick | Kurtz, Swoosie | Baranski, Christine | Hall, Alaina Reed | Offner, Deborah | Reid, Tara | Ware, Herta | Le, Hiep Thi
Directors: Kumble, Roger
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Kathryn makes a bet that her step-brother, Sebastian, won’t be able to bed Annette (a virgin, who wants to wait until marriage) before the start of the school year. If he loses, Kathryn gets his Roadster, if he wins, he gets Kathryn

Once Upon a Time in America (1984)

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007
Genres: Crime | Drama
Countries: Italy | USA
Actors: De Niro, Robert | Woods, James | McGovern, Elizabeth | Weld, Tuesday | Williams, Treat | Hayden, James | Pesci, Joe | Rapp, Larry | Aiello, Danny | Forsythe, William | Young, Burt | Fluegel, Darlanne | Miller, Dutch | Harper, Robert | Bright, Richard
Directors: Leone, Sergio
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Epic tale of a group of Jewish gangsters in New York, from childhood, through their glory years during prohibition, and their meeting again 35 years later.

Scarface (1983)

Monday, February 12th, 2007
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Pacino, Al | Bauer, Steven | Pfeiffer, Michelle | Mastrantonio, Mary Elizabeth | Loggia, Robert | Colon, Miriam | Abraham, F. Murray | Shenar, Paul | Yulin, Harris | Salazar, Ángel | Santana, Arnaldo | Serna, Pepe | Moran, Michael P. | Israel, Al | Holahan, Dennis
Directors: De Palma, Brian
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When Castro opened the port at Mariel Harbor, thousands of Cubans fled to the United States. One is a young tough named Antonio (Tony) Montana, who, with his friend Manny Ray, starts in with Miami’s cocaine trade. He survives attack by chainsaw after a deal goes bad, and several other attempts by other dealers to eliminate him. Eventually the grandiose Montana becomes head of a cocaine cartel. But his enemies start coming after him, and his paranoia threatens to drive Montana’s empire into the ground…