Genres:Biography | Drama | Western Countries:Australia | France | UK Directors:Gregor Jordan Actors:Heath Ledger | Orlando Bloom | Geoffrey Rush | Naomi Watts | Joel Edgerton | Laurence Kinlan | Phil Barantini | Kerry Condon | Kris McQuade | Emily Browning | Kiri Paramore | Rachel Griffiths | Geoff Morrell | Charles 'Bud' Tingwell | Saskia Burmeister
This film is based on "Our Sunshine" by Robert Drew, a novel based on the life of Australian bushranger and icon, Ned Kelly. It tells of his life as a bushranger in north-west Victoria, where he lived all his life. He, his brother Dan, and two other men, Steve Hart and Joe Byrne, formed a gang. These four robbed a bank and hijacked an entire town for 3 days. They killed three policemen who were hunting them. They then took over a pub in Glenrowan, where they basically held a party, waiting for a train full of police to derail at a part of the track that they tore up. However a school teacher warned the train, so the gang and all the others in the pub ended up in a shootout with scores of policemen. Download:
Genres:Biography | Drama | Music Countries:UK Directors:Stephen Woolley Actors:Leo Gregory | Paddy Considine | David Morrissey | Ben Whishaw | Tuva Novotny | Amelia Warner | Monet Mazur | Luke de Woolfson | David Williams | Will Adamsdale | Josef Altin | James D. White | David Walliams | Gary Love | Johnny Shannon
Fact-based story about the drug-addled and sordid life of The Rolling Stones founder Brian Jones (Leo Gregory). Unfortunately the story moves so quickly into the sensationalized decadence and drug-induced state of Jones, that the unknowing viewer has to wonder why anyone would care. There are only a few framing sequences with members of The Stones, particularly Keith Richards (Ben Whishaw), that show they had a great respect for him and tried to bring him back into the band as he drifted away. Mixed into the destruction of Jones is a common builder, Frank Thorogood, (Paddy Considine), who is given the unenviable task of trying to please Jones by rebuilding his estate and to watch him per Jones' manager's (David Morrissey) instructions. Thorogood's life is so far removed from all of the sex and drugs that he sees, that he envies and desires the tawdry life as well, but never quite fits in. Unfortunately, at least according to this film and according to a supposed death bed confessional of Thorogood in 1993, it led to Thorogood's murder of Jones in a swimming pool "accident". Jones' Swedish girl friend is portrayed by Tuva Nuvotny. Other Stones are played by Luke de Woolfson (Jagger), Josef Altin (Wyman), and James D. White (Watts). The film contains full frontal male and female nudity, frequent graphic sex, constant drug use and profanity, and some violence as Brian beats his girl friend and, of course, the depiction of the murder. Download:
Genres:Biography | Drama Countries:USA Directors:Bennett Miller Actors:Philip Seymour Hoffman | Catherine Keener | Clifton Collins Jr. | Chris Cooper | Bruce Greenwood | Bob Balaban | Amy Ryan | Mark Pellegrino | Allie Mickelson | Marshall Bell | Araby Lockhart | Robert Huculak | R.D. Reid | Rob McLaughlin | Harry Nelken
In 1959, Truman Capote, a popular writer for The New Yorker, learns about the horrific and senseless murder of a family of four in Halcomb, Kansas. Inspired by the story material, Capote and his partner, Harper Lee, travel to the town to research for an article. However, as Capote digs deeper into the story, he is inspired to expand the project into what would be his greatest work, In Cold Blood. To that end, he arranges extensive interviews with the prisoners, especially with Perry Smith, a quiet and articulate man with a troubled history. As he works on his book, Capote feels some compassion for Perry which in part prompts him to help the prisoners to some degree. However, that feeling deeply conflicts with his need for closure for his book which only an execution can provide. That conflict and the mixed motives for both interviewer and subject make for a troubling experience that would produce an literary account that would redefine modern non-fiction. Download:
Genres:Biography | Drama Countries:UK | USA Directors:Stephen Hopkins Actors:Geoffrey Rush | Charlize Theron | Emily Watson | John Lithgow | Miriam Margolyes | Peter Vaughan | Sonia Aquino | Stanley Tucci | Stephen Fry | Henry Goodman | Alison Steadman | Peter Gevisser | David Robb | Richard Ayoade | Edward Tudor-Pole
Based on the biography of the same name. The Life and Death of Peter Sellers is the story of the comic actor, who would later immortalize bumbling Inspector Clouseau in the Pink Panther series. From his beginnings in show business as a variety performer to his ultimate success as a movie star, Peter Sellers was a man of many faces. But it was also that moniker that caught up with his personal life, when Sellers was a man without an identity and only a library of oddball characters to make up for his personality. Focusing on his rising success and his family life, The Life and Death of Peter Sellers is the story of a man whose personal life clashed with stardom, while he was an individual completely immersed in the characters he portrayed. Download:
Genres:Biography | Drama | Romance Countries:USA Directors:Marshall Herskovitz Actors:Catherine McCormack | Rufus Sewell | Oliver Platt | Moira Kelly | Naomi Watts | Fred Ward | Jacqueline Bisset | Jeroen Krabbé | Joanna Cassidy | Melina Kanakaredes | Daniel Lapaine | Justine Miceli | Jake Weber | Simon Dutton | Grant Russell
In 16th century Venice, courtesans enjoy unique privileges: dressed richly in red, they read, compose poetry and music, and discuss affairs of state with the men who govern the Republic. When Veronica Franco comes of age, she cannot marry Marco Venier, whom she loves, because she is well born but penniless. Her choice: cloister or courtesan. She steels her heart, and with beauty and intelligence becomes the best. She's a heroine when she helps convince France to aid Venice in war with Turkey, but when plague descends, the Church charges her with witchcraft. At her inquisition, she must match wits with an old rival, speak for all women, and call courage from Venier. Download:
Genres:Biography | Drama | History | Romance Countries:France | Germany | Italy Directors:Patrice Chéreau Actors:Vincent Perez | Daniel Auteuil | Jean-Hugues Anglade | Isabelle Adjani | Virna Lisi | Dominique Blanc
The night of August 24, 1572, is known as the Massacre of St. Bartholomew. In France a religious war is raging. In order to impose peace a forced wedding is arranged between Margot de Valois, sister of the immature Catholic King Charles IX, and the Hugenot King Henri of Navarre. Catherine of Medici maintains her behind-the-scenes power by ordering assaults, poisonings, and instigations to incest. Download:
Genres:Biography | Drama | Thriller Countries:USA Directors:Michael Mann Actors:Al Pacino | Russell Crowe | Christopher Plummer | Diane Venora | Philip Baker Hall | Lindsay Crouse | Debi Mazar | Stephen Tobolowsky | Colm Feore | Bruce McGill | Gina Gershon | Michael Gambon | Rip Torn | Lynne Thigpen | Hallie Kate Eisenberg
Tratto da un "caso" giudiziario di questi anni, il film racconta dell'incontro fra Jeffrey Wigand, dirigente di una importante compagnia di produzione del tabacco, e Lowell Bergman, produttore del famoso rotocalco televisivo '60 minutes'. Wigand è stato licenziato perchè dissente dalle politiche aziendali ed è convinto dal producer a testimoniare contro i suoi ex-padroni in una causa che dimostri il potere assuefativo della nicotina, cosa su cui si fondano le strategie di vendita delle aziende del tabacco. La CBS, proprietaria del network televisivo, decide all'ultimo momento di non trasmettere l'intervista, per timore di eventuali azioni legali da parte delle industrie del tabacco. Ma Bergman non si arrende e torna alla carica sulla carta stampata. Il caso finisce al Congresso americano che, nell'autunno del 1999, ratifica un accordo col quale i produttori di sigarette dovranno indennizzare gli stati che hanno fatto loro causa con la cifra di 246 miliardi di dollari. Questa la storia reale, ed anche quella del film. Download:
Genres: Biography | Comedy
