Tim Robbins
61) Dead man walking
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English
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Based on the bestselling book, this film tells of convicted killer Matthew Poncelet and Sister Helen Prejean, his spiritual advisor. "The journey they will undertake in search of the truth, is as powerful and profound as you are ever likely to witness on screen".
62) Cinema verite
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English
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The behind-the-scenes story of 'An American Family', the revolutionary 1970s PBS documentary centered around the Loud family that launched a new television genre: reality TV.
63) Cradle will rock
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English
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A kaleidoscopic look at the extraordinary events of 1930s America, from high society to life on the streets in Depression-era New York City.
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English
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A series of interconnecting stories that expose what goes on at the Paris fashion shows. When a fashion industry hot-shot is found dead, the police comb the fashion industry for clues. While the dead man's mistress mourns him as she is putting together a showing of her couture house's line, the man's widow could care less and attends the season's shows without a care, not knowing that her ex-husband is following her. Three magazine editors are trying...
65) A perfect day
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English
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It's just another day on the job for a band of badass combat zone rescue workers as they defy death and confront war₂s absurdities. The setting is 1995, somewhere in the Balkans. Over the course of 24 breathless hours, Mambru, leads his team of humanitarian, including hard-bitten, wisecracking veteran B and new recruit Sophie, as they deal with a most unexpected crisis, layers of bureaucratic red tape, and the reappearance of Mambru's old flame....
66) Cradle will rock
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English
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A kaleidoscopic look at the extraordinary events of 1930s America, from high society to life on the streets in Depression-era New York City. Based on the events surrounding Marc Blitzstein's controversial musical about a steel strike, to be produced by the Federal Theater Program.
67) The player
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English
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"I was just thinking what an interesting concept it is to eliminate the writer from the artistic process. If we could just get rid of these actors and directors, maybe we've got something here."--Griffin Mill. Griffin is a slick, successful film studio vice president whose primary duty is to listen to story pitches from a constant stream of writers. Like all Hollywood producers, he's always looking over his shoulder, and he thinks up-and-comer Larry...
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English
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It chronicles the sexy and dramatic lives of the Morehouse family, led by Jonas Morehouse, his daughter Cynthia and her adopted brother Devon who made their fortune in the oil business. The series takes viewers from the oil fields of Texas to boardrooms in New York City, through war torn battlefields and velvet-sheeted bedrooms.
69) Elena
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English
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Filmmaker Petra Costa presents a medidation on her sister Elena Andrada, who moved to New York from Brazil when Costa was seven to become an actress, where she fell into a state of depression and ended her own life, a mystery that Costa reconstructs with home movies, newspaper clippings, diary entries, and letters.
70) The big fix
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English
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Follow two daring filmmakers, Josh and Rebecca Tickell, as they go undercover to expose the secrets of the largest industry on Earth - Big Oil. The Tickells set out to investigate the root causes of the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and, in so doing, discover a vast network of corporate and government malfeasance.
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English
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Cadillac man: "Cadillac man is a non-stop joy ride of comic lunacy! Joey O'brien's got some serious troubles. A mafioso wantes his hide. The women in his life--an ex-wife, a space cadet girlfriend and someone else's wife--are all trying his patience. Into the showroom walks larry (Tim Robbins), a lunkhead terminator with an axe to grind. Now in a life-or-death situation, Joey is forced to do the one thing he does bes--lie!"--Container insert.
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74) Code 46
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English
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In the near future, privileged classes live and work "Inside" cities, while non-citizens scratch out a miserable existence "Outside" in a vast desert. People cannot leave their designated zones without special visas known as "papelles." When fraudulent papelles surface, Seattle fraud investigator William Geld travels to Shanghai to ferret out the culprit and meets Maria Gonzalez ... a woman with whom he has a passionate affair, but breaks one of society's...
75) Five Corners
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English
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The film is set in 1964 in a Bronx neighborhood called Five Corners, where a group of lower-middle-class young people is trying to deal with changing times. The incident that catalyzes the film's action is the return of Heinz, a psychotic bully who's been in prison for his attempted rape of Linda. Heinz carries a scar inflicted by Harry smashing during the rape attempt. Now, he wants to get even.
76) Bull Durham
Series
Criterion collection volume 936
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English
Description
Catcher Crash Davis is closing in on a dubious record: all-time home run leader for the minor leagues. Trying to continue his career in a very unforgiving sport, Davis finds his contract bought out, and he is sent to the Durham Bulls. Seems the Bulls have a bona fide major league pitching prospect -- Ebby Calvin LaLoosh. The thinking is that with Davis' knowledge of the game he will be able to season LaLoosh and prepare him for "the show." LaLoosh...
77) Short cuts
Series
Criterion collection volume 265
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English
Description
While helicopters overhead spray against a Medfly infestation, a group of peoples' lives in Los Angeles intersect, some casually, some to more lasting effect. While they go out to concerts and jazz clubs and even have their pools cleaned, these same folks also lie, drink, and cheat. Death itself seems never to be far away. A look at human life and American culture with over 20 lives interweaving.
79) The sure thing
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"When college student Walter Gibson gets set up for a date with an incredibly gorgeous blonde, he's ready to go to the ends of the earth -- or at least across the country -- to capitalize on this 'sure thing'. Paired up with tightly-wound co-ed Alison Bradbury via the campus ride-share program, he heads west for Los Angeles. But as the obstacles begin to pile up, he and Alison begin to form an unexpected bond and soon Gib must choose between the sure...
80) Jacob's ladder
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English
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Jacob Singer is a Vietnam vet haunted by the memories of war and the death of his young son. As Jacob starts to experience visions of demons all around him, he begins to question what is real. Is he going insane? Is he suffering from post-traumatic stress? Or could he be caught in the middle of some horrific supernatural battle he can't understand?