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Ballet Russes
For many, modern ballet began with the Ballet Russes of Monte Carlo, originally made up of Russian exiles from the Russian Revolution. This film tells the story of this landmark company with its stars and production as well as its power games, rivalries and tribulations that marked its turbulent history, and is an intimate portrait of a group of pioneering artists — now in their 70s, 80s and 90s — who gave birth to modern ballet.
Playtime: 118 minutes
Production country / language: USA / English
Production year: 2005
Director(s): Daniel Geller, Dayna Goldfine
Producer(s): Daniel Geller, Dayna Goldfine, Robert Hawk
Genre: Documentary, History, Music
Cast: Irina Baronova, Kenneth Kynt Bryan, Yvonne Chouteau
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And Everything is Going Fine
From the first time he performed Swimming to Cambodia – the one-man account of his experience of making the 1984 film The Killing Fields – Spalding Gray made the art of the monologue his own. Drawing unstintingly on the most intimate aspects of his own life, his shows were vibrant, hilarious and moving. His death came tragically early, in 2004; this compilation of interview and performance footage nails his idiosyncratic and irreplaceable brilliance.
Playtime: 89 minutes
Production country / language: USA / English
Production year: 2010
Director(s): Steven Soderbergh
Producer(s):
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Spalding Gray, Forrest Gray, Kathie Russo
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Adore
Lil (Naomi Watts) and Roz (Robin Wright) are two lifelong friends, having grown up together as neighbors in an idyllic beach town. As adults, their sons have developed a friendship as strong as that which binds their mothers. One summer, all four are confronted by simmering emotions that have been mounting between them, and each find unexpected happiness in relationships that cross the bounds of convention.
Playtime: 112 minutes
Production country / language: Australia, France / English
Production year: 2013
Director(s): Anne Fontaine
Producer(s): Michel Feller, Barbara Gibbs
Genre: Drama, Romance
Cast: Naomi Watts, Robin Wright, Xavier Samuel, Ben Mendelsohn
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1,000 Times Good Night
Rebecca is one of the world’s top war photographers. She must weather a major emotional storm when her husband refuses to put up with her dangerous life any longer. He and their young daughters need Rebecca, who, however, loves both her family and her work…
Playtime: 117 minutes
Production country / language: Norway, Ireland, Sweden / English, Norwegian
Production year: 2013
Director(s): Erik Poppe
Producer(s): Finn Gjerdrum, Stein B. Kvae
Genre: Drama, War
Cast: Juliette Binoche, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lauryn Canny
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10 Items or Less
An actor (Oscar® winner Morgan Freeman) prepping for an upcoming role meets a quirky grocery clerk (Vega), and the pair hit the road to show one another their respective worlds.
Playtime: 82 minutes
Production country / language: USA
Production year: 2006
Director(s): Brad Silberling
Producer(s): Julie Lynn, Lori McCreary, Brad Silberling
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Paz Vega, Jonah Hill, Jim Parsons, Danny Devito, Rhea Perlman
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Man On Wire
A look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit’s daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City’s World Trade Center’s twin towers in 1974, what some consider, “the artistic crime of the century”.
Playtime: 94 minutes
Production country / language : USA, UK
Production year: 2008
Director(s): James Marsh
Producer(s): Simon Chinn
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Philippe Petit, Jean François Heckel, Jean-Louis Blondeau
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Albert Nobbs
Nominated for 3 Oscars and 3 Golden Globes. Albert Nobbs struggles to survive in late 19th-century Ireland, where women aren’t encouraged to be independent. Posing as a man so she can work as a butler in Dublin’s most elegant hotel, Albert meets a handsome painter and looks to escape the lie she has been living.
Playtime: 113 minutes
Production country / language: UK/US/Ireland/France
Production year: 2011
Director(s): Rodrigo García
Producer(s): Glenn Close, Bonnie Curtis, Julie Lynn, Alan Moloney
Genre: Drama, Romance
Cast: Glenn Close, Jonathan Rhys Mayers, Mia Wasikowska, Brendan Gleeson
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Murderous Trance
Murderous Trance
An award winning film about the most incredible series of hypnosis crimes in history send an investigator and a hypnotist into a world of psychological manipulation. Based on true events.
Playtime: 102 minutes
Production country / language : Denmark, Croatia, Finland / English
Production year: 2018
Director(s):Arto Halonen
Producer(s): Art Films Productions, Smile Entertainment, Tähtiloiste Elokuvatuotanto, MP Film Production, TV2 Danmark, Yleisradio
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Cast: Josh Lucas, Pilou Asbæk, Sara Soulié, Rade Serbedzija
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Dancer
Sergei Polunin is a breathtaking ballet talent who questions his existence and his commitment to dance just as he is about to become a legend. In this eye-opening documentary from Academy Award nominated director Steven Cantor, Polunin, who made it be the youngest ever principal at the Royal Ballet of London in 2010, recounts his arduous journey to stardom and the reasons for his exodus from the world he once loved.
Playtime: 90 minutes
Production country / language : UK / English, Ukrainian, Russian
Production year: 2016
Director(s):Steven Cantor
Producer(s): Gabrielle Tana
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Sergei Polunin
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