A Breath of Scandal

Les Contes d'Hoffmann (2012)

Actors: Jules Barbier (writer), Jules Barbier (writer), Robert Carsen (miscellaneous crew), Michel Carré (writer), Versa Manos (miscellaneous crew), Philippe Giraudeau (miscellaneous crew), Jean-Philippe Lafont (actor), Eric Huchet (actor), Sophie Koch (actress), Franck Ferrari (actor), Kate Aldrich (actress), Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris (actor), Michael Levine (costume designer), Choeurs de l'Opéra national de Paris (actor), Jane Archibald (actress),

Genres: Drama,

Stopwatch (2011)

Actors: Gwendolyn Holbrow (writer), Gwendolyn Holbrow (director), Gwendolyn Holbrow (actor), Gwendolyn Holbrow (producer), Gwendolyn Holbrow (costume designer), Gwendolyn Holbrow (editor), Janie Harris (actress), Giles Holbrow (actor), Francesca Cerutti-Harris (actor), Ryan McClean (actor), Giles Holbrow (actor), Francesca Cerutti-Harris (producer), Felicity Holbrow (actor), Nicole Halbert (actor), Charles H Holbrow (actor),

Plot: When a popular science teacher dies suddenly, Framingham High School students are devastated. At the funeral, Zach steals the urn, which contains both the ashes and (unbeknownst to him) Dr. Barkley's treasured gold pocket watch that can stop time. Zach and fellow students Alex and Erik meet to scatter the ashes in the Sudbury River, and while his friends' backs are turned, Zach is abducted by aliens who are seeking the watch. Will Alex and Erik discover the powers of the watch in time to rescue Zach from the clutches of the treacherous Commander Murnk and save the lives of the watch's inventors? Of course they will!

Genres: Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi,

Stigma (2011)

Actors: Gui Pereira (miscellaneous crew), Sylvia Panacione (actress), Michelle Renee Allaire (actress), Ilya Farfell (producer), Janusz Madej (producer), Janusz Madej (director), Janusz Madej (actor), Janusz Madej (writer), Rebecca Brooks (actress), Jennifer Bhagwandin (producer), Sharron Hammer (actress), Frank Mavros (actor), Alberto Vasquez (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: A psychic named Gabriel uses trickery to convince his clients that he can talk to the deceased. After a series of violent nightmares he gradually starts to receive stigmata which enables him to actually see people's future. As a non believer he is shocked by the occurrence and tries to prevent the changes in him from happening even further. During a rainy night a woman called Olympia arrives to his psychic center and asks him to tell her if she will ever be pregnant. In his vision he sees her dying and is faced with the dilemma of bringing this bad news to her. He chooses not too, which in the end has its consequences.

Genres: Short, Thriller,

The Aspern Papers (2010)

Actors: Henry James (writer), Brooke Smith (actress), Peter Flanigan (miscellaneous crew), Joshua Zeman (producer), Kit Bland (producer), Sarah Beers (costume designer), Mariana Hellmund (director), Judith Roberts (actress), Mariana Hellmund (producer), Mariana Hellmund (writer), Andrea Roa (producer), John F. Lyons (producer), Rodolfo Cova (producer), John F. Lyons (editor), Alex Lasarenko (composer),

Plot: A young American publisher sets off on a journey to the jungles of Venezuela to acquire the valuable and original manuscripts of his beloved poet, Jeffery Aspern. There he discovers the poet's ancient muse, Juliana Bordereau, living in a dilapidated cocoa hacienda with her recluse niece, Tita. The American invents a false identity - a writer in need of a quiet room for several weeks - convinced that once inside the house he will get his hands on the precious papers. Juliana extracts an exorbitant fee from him, but the American pushes forward and enlists Tita as his ally, knowing that she is susceptible to his romantic charms. What ensues is a triangle between the muse, the spinster, and the gentleman, in which the price of seduction is too high, even for the paper-obsessed American. A modern adaptation of the novella by Henry James.

Genres: Drama,
Taglines: How Far Would You Go To Find a Hidden Treasure?

Scar (2007)

Actors: Alan Abrams (miscellaneous crew), Andrew Simpson (miscellaneous crew), Angela Bettis (actress), Ben Cotton (actor), Al Sapienza (actor), Tegan Moss (actress), Robert C. Yu (miscellaneous crew), Christopher Titus (actor), Brandon Jay McLaren (actor), Darryl Solly (miscellaneous crew), Roger Neill (composer), Christine Thomson (costume designer), Brittney Wilson (actress), Allison Mella Strina (miscellaneous crew), Hudson Cooley (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: While driving to her hometown Ovid, Colorado, to visit her brother and local sheriff Jeff and her niece Olympia, Joan Burrows recalls her traumatic experience with her best friend Susie when they were teenagers. Joan and Susie are smoking pot in the cemetery and decide to snoop on the caretaker Bishop in the funeral home. Joan falls and hurts her knee, and Bishop invites the girls to enter in the house to clean the wound. Soon they are sedated with chloroform and submitted to a cruel torture in a sick game where Bishop tells each girl to ask to kill the other to stop the suffering. When a copycat killer kills Olympia's friends, Joan tells the police officers that Bishop is back but nobody believes her.

Keywords: crazy-boyfriend, crazy-mortician, death-of-brother, female-nudity, foot-torture, girl-stripped-down-to-panties, impaled-by-pipe, master-apprentice-relationship, modus-operandi, murder-of-brother
Genres: Crime, Horror, Thriller,

Dogville (2003)

Actors: Udo Kier (actor), Lauren Bacall (actress), Harriet Andersson (actress), Zeljko Ivanek (actor), James Caan (actor), Bill Raymond (actor), Stellan Skarsgård (actor), Ben Gazzara (actor), Jean-Marc Barr (actor), Philip Baker Hall (actor), Paul Bettany (actor), Thom Hoffman (actor), John Hurt (actor), Patricia Clarkson (actress), Blair Brown (actress),

Plot: Late one night, a beautiful and well-dressed young woman, Grace, arrives in the mountainous old mining town of Dogville as a fugitive; following the sound of gunshots in the distance which have been heard by Tom, the self-appointed moral spokesman for the town. Persuaded by Tom, the town agree to hide Grace, and in return she freely helps the locals. However, when the Sheriff from a neighbouring town posts a Missing notice, advertising a reward for revealing her whereabouts, the townsfolk require a better deal from Grace, in return for their silence; and when the Sheriff returns some weeks later with a Wanted poster, even though the citizens know her to be innocent of the false charges against her, the town's sense of goodness takes a sinister turn and the price of Grace's freedom becomes a workload and treatment akin to that of a slave. But Grace has a deadly secret that the townsfolk will eventually encounter.

Keywords: 1930s, acceptance, adultery, african-american, allegory, american-national-anthem, anger, applause, apple, arrogance
Genres: Drama,
Taglines: A quiet little town not far from here.

Quotes:

Vera: I believe smashing them is less a crime than making them. I am going to break two of your figurines first, and if you can demonstrate your knowledge of the Doctrine of Stoicism by holding back your tears, I'll stop.

Grace: There's a family with kids. Do the kids and make the mother watch. Tell her you'll stop if she can hold back her tears. I *owe* her that.

Grace: Some things you have to do yourself.

Grace: Goodbye, Tom.

[the town sits at dinner on the Fourth of July]::Ma Ginger: A police car has just been seen in town and it has just made the turn up Canyon Road! So they'll be here any minute.::Martha: Should I ring the bell?::Tom: No, Martha. Grace probably heard.

Chuck: God only knows what that woman is capable of.::Grace: You know she's not capable of anything.

[Tom offers a piece of bread to Grace]::Tom: You want to eat? You must be hungry.::Grace: I can't. I don't deserve that bread. I stole that bone. I've never stolen anything before. So now, now I have to punish myself. I was raised to be arrogant. So, I... I had to teach myself these things.::Tom: Well, it may be for your education. Grace, in this town... In these times... It's very impolite not to eat what's set before you.

Grace: But I've got nothing to offer them in return.::Tom: Oh, I think you have plenty to offer Dogville.

Grace: All I see is a beautiful little town in the midst of magnificent mountains. A place where people have hopes and dreams even under the hardest conditions.

[after Chuck sees Grace teaching his kids]::Chuck: How is it going otherwise with the fooling act?::Grace: I wasn't trying to fool anyone.::Chuck: I mean Dogville. Has it got you fooled yet?::Grace: I thought you were implying that I was trying to exploit the town.::Chuck: Wishful thinking. This town is rotten from the inside out and I wouldn't miss it if it fell into the gorge tomorrow. I see no charm here. But you seem to. Admit it, you've fallen for Dogville. The trees, the mountains, the simple folk. And if all that ain't got you fooled yet, I bet the cinnamon has. That damned cinnamon in those gooseberry pies. Dogville has everything that you ever dreamed of in the big city.::Grace: You're worse than Tom. How do you know what I dreamed of? You're from the city yourself, aren't you?::Chuck: That was a long time ago. I'm not that stupid anymore. I've found out that people are the same all over. Greedy as animals. In a small town they're just a bit less successful. Feed 'em enough, they'll eat till their bellies burst.::Grace: That's why you want to get rid of me... Because you can't stand that I remind you of what it was you came here to find.

To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar (1995)

Actors: Alice Drummond (actress), Melinda Dillon (actress), RuPaul (actor), Naomi Campbell (actress), Blythe Danner (actress), Stockard Channing (actress), Chris Penn (actor), John Leguizamo (actor), Robin Williams (actor), Patrick Swayze (actor), Jason London (actor), Arliss Howard (actor), Wesley Snipes (actor), Julie Newmar (actress), Beth Grant (actress),

Plot: After jointly winning a local drag queen pageant in New York City, Noxeema Jackson and Vida Boheme win the right and are given the round trip airfare to compete in the Drag Queen of America pageant in Hollywood, California. Noxeema sees herself as the next 'Dorothy Dandridge' (qv), who bucked the trend of most black American movie actresses of her time by never playing the slave house maid. Vida's style reflects her past of growing up in upper class suburban Pennsylvania. One of their fellow New York contestants, Chi-Chi Rodriguez, is a straight-talking but naive and inexperienced drag queen. Seeing that Chi-Chi needs some drag queen confidence (despite her bravada), Vida and a reluctant Noxeema decide to cash in their plane tickets and buy an older model Cadillac convertible and drive to Hollywood with Chi-Chi. Their drive takes them through much of the country where alternate lifestyles are less tolerated than they may be in New York or Los Angeles. The three have an extended stay in small town Snydersville, where their car breaks down. If they ever make it out of Snydersville, they may be the better for their stay by learning more about themselves while dealing with the issues of town residents and spending more time together. Their stay is made even more precarious when they find out that Sheriff Dollard, a homophobic, racist and sexist highway sheriff with who they had an earlier encounter, is on their tail.

Keywords: 1960s-fashion, actress-playing-herself, adam's-apple, cadillac, camaraderie, cross-country-trip, cross-dresser, crowned-queen, decorate-hotel-room, domestic-abuse
Genres: Comedy,
Taglines: Attitude is everything.

Quotes:

Virgil: [to Carol Ann] Actin' real proud of yourself just like a New York City girl.

Miss Chi-Chi Rodriguez: How do I look?::Noxeema Jackson: Like the Miami Sound Machine just exploded all over you!

Vida Boheme: Your approval is not needed.::Noxeema Jackson: Approval neither desired nor required.

Miss Chi-Chi Rodriguez: [to Vida] Go on Vida and talk to him, you speak honky!

Carol Ann: Vida I do not think of you as a man and I do not think of you as a woman [pause] I think of you as an angel.::Vida Boheme: I think that's Healthy!

Noxeema Jackson: That might be all fine and dandy but still have a lot more to learn before you become a full fledged Queen, my dear.::Miss Chi-Chi Rodriguez: Can't I just stay a princess they're so much younger than Queens::[laughs]::Noxeema Jackson: Does everything have to be a joke with you, this is not a masquerade! This is real life! There are steps to becoming a Queen.::Miss Chi-Chi Rodriguez: I'm sorry. How many?::Noxeema Jackson: Four! There are four steps to becoming a Drag Queen.::Miss Chi-Chi Rodriguez: Don't be stingy tell me what are they!::Vida Boheme: Patience mon cheri. You will know when you've done them. Noxeema our Dutchess of Protocol will inform you.::Noxeema Jackson: [laughs sarcastically] That's right just sit back. Auntie Vida's gonna make you a big ol'queen don't you worry.

Sheriff Dollard: [to the other cops] Shut up! Just shut up! I'm gonna bring back three corpses here! And when you look up their dresses, if you don't find something you shouldn't find, I don't know what!

Vida Boheme: Carol Ann, if we're going to be friends, there really is something I should tell you...::Carol Ann: Adam's Apple?::Vida Boheme: What?::Carol Ann: Adam's Apple. Women don't have Adam's Apples, only men have Adam's Apples. The first night that you came to town I noticed that you had yourself an Adam's Apple.::Vida Boheme: Then, then you know?::Carol Ann: I know, that I am very fortunate to have a lady friend who just happens to have an Adam's Apple.

Carol Ann: I love you Ms. Vida Boheme!::Vida Boheme: [hugs Carol Ann] I've waited my whole life to hear those words said to that name. And I'm very, very, very happy that you're the one to say them.

Bobby Lee: Are you serious about Bobby Ray, Miss Chi-Chi?::Miss Chi-Chi Rodriguez: Baby, you can have him. I've got a million dream lovers, alright. I've got a broken heart for every light on Broadway. And when one of them goes out, I just screw in another one, okay, hello good-bye.

Le champignon des Carpathes (1990)

Actors: Laura Betti (actress), Howard Vernon (actor), Tonie Marshall (actress), Jacques Fieschi (actor), Florence Darel (actress), Patachou (actress), Paul Minthe (actor), Jean-Claude Biette (director), Paulette Bouvet (actress), Thomas Badek (actor), Pierre Sénélas (actor), Valérie Jeannet (actress), Hervé Duhamel (actor), Philippe de Poix (actor), Jean-Frédéric Ducasse (actor),

Genres: ,

Manifesto (1988)

Actors: Rahela Ferari (actress), Yoram Globus (producer), Lindsay Duncan (actress), Simon Callow (actor), Eric Stoltz (actor), Tanja Boskovic (actress), Rade Serbedzija (actor), Gabrielle Anwar (actress), Alfred Molina (actor), Chris Haywood (actor), Svetozar Cvetkovic (actor), Enver Petrovci (actor), Ronald Lacey (actor), Danko Ljustina (actor), Menahem Golan (producer),

Plot: In 1920, in Central Europe, the tyrannical king of an Empire is visiting the small town of Waldheim. While a group of revolutionaries plot to kill the despotic king, his oppressive secret service, leaded by Avanti, and the police force, leaded by Police Chief Hunt, organize his reception. Svetlana Vargas, a member of a bourgeois family and abused by her employee Emile, is in charge to organize the attempt against the king.

Keywords: 1920s, accidental-killing, animal, arrest, assassin, assassination-attempt, assassination-of-king, bare-breasts, based-on-novel, bath
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance,
Taglines: A film of passion, power and politics... [UK Video] Anything goes and does! [UK Video]

Unterwegs nach Kathmandu (1971)

Actors: Manfred Durniok (producer), Manfred Durniok (director), Ravi Shankar (composer), Ravi Shankar (actor), Manfred Durniok (writer), Krzysztof Penderecki (composer), Konrad Wagner (actor), Oskar Sala (composer), Annemarie Hase (actress), Reinhard Vom Bauer (actor), Manfred Hübler (composer), Ayse Emel Mesci Kuray (actress), King Crimson (composer), Stefan Ostertag (actor), Alla Rakha (actor),

Genres: Adventure,