Posts Tagged ‘decadence’

Living and the Dead, The (2006)

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
Genres: Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: UK
Actors: Lloyd-Pack, Roger | Bill, Leo | Conrich, Neil
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A descent into Hell is triggered when “Ex-Lord” Donald Brocklebank finds that he must leave Longleigh House for London to find a way to pay for the medical treatments for his wife Nancy. Alone, his over-protected, delusional, adult son, James, fancies himself in charge of the manor house with his terminally ill mother, and barricades the two of them into the house for a series of ever more panicked home treatments, mistakenly protecting her from the arrival of Nurse Mary and any outside help.

Basketball Diaries, The (1995)

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
Genres: Biography | Crime | Drama | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: DiCaprio, Leonardo | Bracco, Lorraine | Sokol, Marilyn | Madio, James | McGaw, Patrick | Wahlberg, Mark | Cooper, Roy | Kirby, Bruno | Papiris, Jimmy | Gaetani, Nick | Chaplin, Alexander | Jorgensen, Ben | Mostel, Josh | Lewis, Juliette | Imperioli, Michael
Directors: Kalvert, Scott
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Film adaptation of street tough Jim Carroll’s epistle about his kaleidoscopic free fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction. As a member of a seemingly unbeatable high school basketball squad, Jim’s life centers around the basketball court and the court becomes a metaphor for the world in his mind. A best friend who is dying of leukemia, a coach (”Swifty”) who takes unacceptable liberties with the boys on his team, teenage sexual angst, and an unhealthy appetite for heroin — all of these begin to encroach on young Jim’s dream of becoming a basketball star. Soon, the dark streets of New York become a refuge from his mother’s mounting concern for her son. He can’t go home and his only escape from the reality of the streets is heroin for which he steals, robs and prostitutes himself. Only with the help of Reggie, an older neighborhood friend with whom Jim “picked up a game” now and then, is he able to begin the long journey back to sanity.

Cabaret (1972)

Friday, May 23rd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Musical
Countries: USA
Actors: Minnelli, Liza | York, Michael | Griem, Helmut | Joel Grey | Wepper, Fritz | Berenson, Marisa | Neumann-Viertel, Elisabeth | Vita, Helen | von Richthofen, Sigrid | Vespermann, Gerd | Wolter, Ralf | Hartmann, Georg | Renée, Ricky | Nachama, Estrongo | Doby, Kathryn
Directors: Fosse, Bob
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Sally Bowles, an American singer in 1930s Berlin, fall in love with bi-sexual Brian. They are both then seduced by Max, a rich playboy. Sally becomes pregnant, and Brian offers to marry her… All the characters are linked by the Kit-Kat club, a nightspot where Sally sings.

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.