Hannah Cohen's Holy Communion (2012)

Actors: Jim Sheridan (actor), Shimmy Marcus (director), Shimmy Marcus (producer), Garrett Keogh (actor), Rachel Lysaght (producer), Elaine Cassidy (actress), Judith Williams (costume designer), Una C. (actress), Marion O'Dwyer (actress), Lee Hickey (editor), Brian Byrne (composer), Maire O'Neill (actress), Susan Dolan (miscellaneous crew), Donal Corkery (miscellaneous crew), Gemma-Leah Devereux (miscellaneous crew),

Genres: Short,

The Sisters of Mercy Manchester (2008)

Actors: David Nelson (composer), Kyle Komline (producer), Kyle Komline (writer), Kyle Komline (director), Kyle Komline (editor), Paola Morrongiello (actress), Pat Carmichael (actor), Sanfra Weiss (actress), Patti Komline (producer), Joan Thompson (actress), Peter Langstaff (actor), Norman Levitz (actor), Maureen Casey (actress), Peggy Iglinski (actress), Bonnie Nunn (actress),

Plot: Angelo is the organist at a small New England convent. When Father Agar decides that the archaic organ hymns need to be replaced with something a little more up to date, he brings in a reggae band of nuns from a neighboring convent, The Sisters of Mercy Manchester. Angelo's jealousy is shaken when he first hears the voice of the band's lead singer, Sister Astrid. At a reception after the service, Angelo asks Sister Astrid out on a date but she declines, explaining that as a nun, she is married to Christ. Angelo stubbornly refuses to accept such a wild claim. He continues to court the nun, which results in a sort of contest with Christ for her love. Angelo has a good run and shares a few tender moments with Astrid so he decides to propose to her before the church service on Christmas Eve. Astrid is deeply disturbed and doesn't have a chance to answer, as Father Agar interrupts to hand Angelo his final paycheck. Angelo is devastated and sits down at the organ, the events of the past few moments racing through his mind. In the middle of a hymn, Angelo tosses the sheet music aside and begins to play a ferocious piece he wrote in honor of Astrid. The organ begins to quake and the crucified Jesus hanging on the wall near the organ begins to shake. Angelo looks back and forth between Astrid and Jesus, the music building to a final climax.

Keywords: convent, nun, priest
Genres: Short,

Across the Universe (2007)

Actors: Kevin Alexander Stea (actor), James Urbaniak (actor), Eddie Izzard (actor), Joe Cocker (actor), Jim Ford (actor), Bill Richards (actor), Joe Cocker (actor), Bill Irwin (actor), Robert Clohessy (actor), Joe Cocker (actor), Kevin Cannon (actor), Bono (actor), Dylan Baker (actor), Lynn Cohen (actress), Harry Lennix (actor),

Plot: Across The Universe is a fictional love story set in the 1960s amid the turbulent years of anti-war protest, the struggle for free speech and civil rights, mind exploration and rock and roll. At once gritty, whimsical and highly theatrical, the story moves from high schools and universities in Massachusetts, Princeton and Ohio to the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the Detroit riots, Vietnam and the dockyards of Liverpool. A combination of live action and animation, the film is paired with many songs by 'The Beatles' (qv) that defined the time.

Keywords: 1960s, absent-father, abuse, acid, acoustic-guitar, african-american, afro, alcohol, alien, american-flag
Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Romance,
Taglines: All you need is love. Within the lyrics of the world's most famous songs, lives a story that has never been told. Until now. They lived without rules. They loved without fear. But as the world changed, so did they. From director Julie Taymor comes the most original, exhilarating, spectacular, groundbreaking motion picture of the year.

Quotes:

JoJo: Music's the only thing that makes sense anymore, man. Play it loud enough, it keeps the demons at bay.

Max: Jude, this is my sister, Lucy.::Jude: [later, to Lucy] My god, you... you have perfect teeth!

Lucy: We're in the middle of a revolution Jude. And what are you doing? Doodles and cartoons?::Jude: Well I'm sorry I'm not the man with the mega-phone, but this is what I do.

Army Sergeant: Is there any reason you shouldn't be in this man's Army?::Max: I'm a cross-dressing homosexual pacifist with a spot on my lung.::Army Sergeant: As long as you don't have flat feet.

Lucy: I would lay in front of a tank if it would bring Max back and end this war.::Jude: Yeah, it wouldn't.

Jude: [drawing picture of Lucy, looks at her] Come here.::Jude: [Lucy comes closer]::Jude: I just want to get your eyes right.

Sadie: [upon seeing Prudence for the first time] Where'd she come from?::Jude: She came in through the bathroom window.

Max: [they head for the basement of the campus, they come to a room. Jude closes the door] Shit, I'm outta shape! Woo! [he pants heavily trying to catch his breath before he recognizes Jude from earlier] You're the guy who was asking for the janitor, right?::Jude: [nods] Yeah.::Max: So what are you, uh, like the, uh, assistant janitor?::Jude: I'm just bunking down here, y'know. Temporarily.::Max: [as he observes his surroundings] Why?::Jude: Why do you need to know?::Max: You wanted by the cops? Huh? FBI?::Jude: You know it looks to me as though, uh... You're the one who's on the run.::Max: Uh... yeah. Thank you for that by the way.::Jude: What would that lot have done if they'd caught you?::Max: [he and Jude sit down] I don't know. Something, uh, involving genitalia and shoe polish.::Jude: Nasty.::Max: Yeah. Where's that accent from?::Jude: Same place as me. Liverpool.::Max: Do you have a name?::Jude: Yeah. [smiles] It's Jude.::Max: [smiles] Max. [he extends his hand, Jude shakes his hand]::Jude: [as he shakes Max's hand] I'm please to meet you.::Max: Well, uh, Jude, as a stranger to our shores, the least I can do is offer you some Ivy League hospitatilty. [he tosses Jude a flask]::Jude: [a beat] Cheers. [he takes a drink from the flask]

Hippie Guitarist: Learn French or die.

Max: And you know what really pisses me off is I swallowed all those cotton balls and they never even took a damn x-ray.::Hippy dude: You still have options man.::Max: Yeah, jail or Canada and they both suck. I mean I could never come home, so what is it, it's a choice of a 6x4 cell or an endless wasteland of frozen tundra.::Hippy dude: Montreal is cool.::Max: Man, they speak French.::Hippie Guitarist: So learn French. Learn French or die.

Dining with Panthers (2006)

Actors: Steve Christopher (actor), Cyn Dulay (producer), Holly Barrett (actress), Conan Simmons (actor), Conan Simmons (writer), Conan Simmons (producer), Conan Simmons (director), John Flowers (editor), Byron Samuel (actor), Albert Precourt (actor), Valee Kittikamron (actress), Valee Kittikamron (producer), Jim Bunker (actor), Ravi Jayara (actor),

Genres: Drama, Short,

Kamenák (2003)

Actors: Jaroslava Obermaierová (actress), Jan Skopecek (actor), Marek Vasut (actor), Václav Vydra (actor), Vera Tichánková (actress), Zdenek Troska (director), Zdenek Troska (writer), Lubomír Lipský (actor), Jaroslava Tichá (actress), Jana Paulová (actress), Dana Morávková (actress), Jana Andresíková (actress), Hana Cízková (actress), Josef Laufer (actor), Jana Altmanová (actress),

Genres: Comedy,

Anima (2003)

Actors: Melodee Spevack (actress), Steven Gutheinz (composer), Elisa Forni (miscellaneous crew), Karen Teliha (actress), Jose C. Mangual (producer), Carol Abney (actress), Olga Arana (miscellaneous crew), Olga Arana (miscellaneous crew), Sarah Fleming (costume designer), Erika Grediaga (writer), Erika Grediaga (director), Claudia Soberón (actress), Bob Wilson (actor), Rick Simon (actor), Jeanne Mount (actress),

Plot: It is the 16th century. The Catholic Church has expanded throughout the new continent, Nueva Espana. New monasteries are being built, but the missionaries' Holy cities are threatened by forces unknown: the earth shakes, buildings collapse, nothing is spared. The devout seek protection by strengthening their faith, some even willing to sacrifice themselves. One hundred years later, poverty forces young Angelica into God's service against her will. Rebellious, Angelica tries to escape into the outside world, closed behind the convent's doors, sealed by her vows. As punishment, Angelica is confined to her cell where she is haunted by the spirit of Sister Luciana. The ghost, a nun entombed one hundred years in the convent walls, compels Angelica to free her trapped soul. To release Luciana, Angelica must persuade the nuns to leave the convent and pray in the open, but to leave the cloister is expressly forbidden. Unable to convince her superiors that her visions are nothing more than another attempt at escape, Angelica resigns herself to her destiny.

Keywords: buried-alive, burn-scar, convent, crying, dream-sequence, evil-nun, fear, ghost, hispanic, human-rights
Genres: Drama, Horror, Short,

Quotes:

Sor Luciana: I lived and died trapped inside of these walls. My soul cannot find peace.

Father Francisco: The existence of this spirit will be tested. These burns are not enough to prove it. You will be questioned regarding many matters.::Angelica: By whom?::Father Francisco: The Holy Office of the Inquisition.::Angelica: What will become of me? [desperate] Please, save me. Take me away from here.

Sor Luciana: [to Sor Angelica] You will know my torments in your own flesh.

Sor Luciana: You have not done as I requested.::Angelica: Mother Superior does not believe me.::Sor Luciana: She will have her proof...

Silent Prey (1997)

Actors: Donna Mitchell (actress), William Mercado (actor), Frank Pellegrino (actor), Pat Cooper (actor), Jeff Pucillo (actor), Neal Jones (actor), Jaid Barrymore (actress), Michael Irby (actor), Elliot Santiago (actor), Steve Axelrod (actor), Michael Locascio (actor), Diane Agostini (actress), Cindy Adams (actress), Joey Adams (actor), Guy Ale (actor),

Genres: Comedy,

Bronco Billy (1980)

Actors: George Wendt (actor), William Prince (actor), Scatman Crothers (actor), Walter Barnes (actor), Hank Worden (actor), Bill McKinney (actor), Lloyd Nelson (actor), Chuck Hicks (actor), Robert F. Hoy (actor), Clint Eastwood (actor), Merle Haggard (actor), Geoffrey Lewis (actor), Woodrow Parfrey (actor), Joel Cox (editor), Clint Eastwood (director),

Plot: Bronco Billy McCoy is the proud owner of a small traveling Wild West show. But the business isn't doing too well: for the past six months he hasn't paid his employees. At a gas station he picks up Antoinette, a stuck-up blonde from a rich family, who was left behind without a penny by her husband on their wedding night. Billy likes her looks and hires her as his assistant. She seems to bring them bad luck and the business gets even worse. In these hard times she loses her reluctance and starts to like her new way of life... and Bronco Billy.

Keywords: accidental-fire, action-hero, actor, americana, attempted-rape, backstage, bank-robbery, bar, bar-brawl, bar-fight
Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Western,
Taglines: The most outrageous of 'em all. His latest, His fastest, His funniest! There Never Was A Show Quite Like This One.

Quotes:

Dr. Canterbury, Head of Sanatorium: Billy, my considered diagnosis is that you have the worst ailment known to man - no money!

Antoinette Lilly: Good morning!::Lefty LeBow: What's so good about it?::Antoinette Lilly: Smell that fresh morning air! Look at the blue sky above!::Lefty LeBow: Have you been drinkin' some of Doc's Snakebite?

Bronco Billy McCoy: Now look! I don't take kindly to kids playin' hooky from school. I think every kid in America ought to go to school... at least up to the eighth grade.::Young kid: We don't go to school today, Bronco Billy. It's Saturday!

Bronco Billy McCoy: Killin's too good for you!

Antoinette Lilly: But why do I hate him so?::Lorraine Running Water: The Apaches have a word for that... it's called love.

Antoinette Lilly: Have you ever been married?::Bronco Billy McCoy: Sure. A long time ago.::Antoinette Lilly: Did you love her?::Bronco Billy McCoy: With all my heart. Sometimes that just isn't enough.::Antoinette Lilly: What happened?::Bronco Billy McCoy: I caught her in bed with my best friend.::Antoinette Lilly: What did you do to him?::Bronco Billy McCoy: I shot her.::Antoinette Lilly: What! What about him?::Bronco Billy McCoy: He was my best friend!

Lorraine Running Water: He's like all men... a big kid in a man's body.

Antoinette Lilly: Are you for real?::Bronco Billy McCoy: I'm who I want to be.

Bronco Billy McCoy: Go ahead, let the tears fall in the beer.::Antoinette Lilly: I'm not crying!::Bronco Billy McCoy: There's nothing wrong with cryin'.::Antoinette Lilly: The smoke in here is hurting my eyes!

Lorraine Running Water: Do you understand what Bronco Billy and the wild west show are all about? You can be anything you want. All you have to do is go out and become it!

Giulietta degli spiriti (1965)

Actors: Silvana Jachino (actress), Rika Dialina (actress), Valentina Cortese (actress), Jacques Herlin (actor), Friedrich von Ledebur (actor), George Ardisson (actor), Caterina Boratto (actress), Massimo Sarchielli (actor), Mario Pisu (actor), Carlo Pisacane (actor), José Luis de Vilallonga (actor), Guido Alberti (actor), Mino Doro (actor), Giulietta Masina (actress), Sylva Koscina (actress),

Plot: Juliet lives in a beautiful house by the ocean. Her sisters, and especially her Mother overshadow her with their beauty. She is a spiritual, superstitious and naive woman. She visits a psychic seer who tells her she must follow the sex trade in order to be happy. Not long after she meets her eccentric and sexy neighbour, Suzy, who, by all counts appears to be a high class prostitute and encourages Juilet into sexual acts which make her guilty and nervous. A rare night when her husband is at home she wakes up to catch him talking to another woman on the phone. He calls out the name "Gabriella" while sleeping, but when she questions him he lies his way out of it. She finds out who Gabriella is and fears her husband will leave her. Juliet begins having visions who accuse and terrorize her. The pinnacle of the visions comes at the end where it is implied she realizes she would be better off without her husband and is ultimately emotionally emancipated.

Keywords: absurd, actress-playing-multiple-roles, androgyny, anniversary-party, art, attempted-suicide, beach, catholicism, character-name-in-title, circus
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy,
Taglines: Fellini's Masterpiece !

Quotes:

Giorgio: Jose owns one of the biggest bull farms. Sometimes at night this madman puts on his own bullfight.::Giulietta Boldrini: What courage! Isn't it dangerous?::Giorgio's friend: No, signora, it's poetry. Poetry is never dangerous. My best friends are toreadors. They compose music, write verse, and abhor blood.

Giulietta Boldrini: I don't care about the clemency you offer me but the salvation of my soul.

The Clown and the Kid (1961)

Actors: Edith Evanson (actress), Don Keefer (actor), Barry Kelley (actor), John Lupton (actor), Edward L. Cahn (director), Robert E. Kent (producer), Peggy Stewart (actress), Victor French (actor), Michael McGreevey (actor), James Parnell (actor), Jerry Sackheim (writer), Ken Mayer (actor), Mary Adams (actress), Richard Walton (miscellaneous crew), Charles G. Martin (actor),

Genres: Drama,
Taglines: Ex-Con...Carnival Kid...