In 1642 Amsterdam was the richest city in the Western World. It was the year that saw the great artist Rembrandt fall from riches into poverty by painting his masterpiece: The Nightwatch. Greenaway’s sinuous tale of murder and betrayal meticulously captures the incredible story.
A live-action fantasy adventure film set in the tropical forests of Himalayas.
A British professor rents a room in Charlotte Haze’s house, but only after he sees her 14-year-old daughter Lolita, to whom he is immediately attracted. Though he hates the mother, he marries her as this is the only way to be close to the girl, who will prove to be too mature for her age. They start a journey together, trying to hide they’re not just (step)father and daughter, throughout the country, being followed by someone whom Humbert first suspects to be from the police. The profound jealousy, and maybe some guilt from the forbidden love, seem slowly to drive the man emotionally labile.
More than 80 years after the brutal slaughter of 100 or more Aboriginal people in Central Australia, their descendants relate their story.
The experience of femme fatales in the dangerous world of drugs and money. They all want suga, but it ain’t sweet.
“The Boat” is the story of the crew of one of the hundreds of U-boats deployed by the Germans in World War II. Subject to countless hours of claustrophobic confinement and unending assault by enemy ships, the crew struggles for survival. The crew of U-boat U-96 has been ordered to leave port and set sail to sea to sink British merchant ships. After some tense moments with an enemy, which is well-equipped, they’ve been ordered to dock at a base in South Europe, however this seems to be impossible as they have to cross the strait of Gibraltar…
