Otello (1995)

戦後の腐敗と暴力にまみれた田舎町。愛する者を守ろうともがく青年の周りで、邪悪な人間たちの思惑が渦を巻く。

ブルックリンで働く3人の刑事が、人生を犠牲にせざるを得ない状況に疲弊。そして警官による強盗殺人事件をきっかけに、彼らの正義と人生が交錯する……。リチャード・ギア、ドン・チードルらが共演したサスペンス。

自動車修理工のスタンリー・ヒル（ジョン・トラヴォルタ）は、目の前で強盗に妻を殺害される。容疑者は逮捕されたにもかかわらず裏社会とつながる悪徳警官によって釈放され、事件は闇に葬り去られてしまう。理不尽な現実と、妻を守れなかった自分の無力さに怒りを爆発させたスタンリーは、かつて特殊部隊の工作員として極秘任務に関わった殺人スキルを解き放ち、リベンジの鬼と化していく。

愛する妻と娘を惨殺され、不在だった自分を責める敏腕弁護士。多くの言葉を操り成功してきた彼が、家族のかたきを取ろうと沈黙の誓いをたて、憎き犯人に挑む。

証人保護プログラム執行官の任務は、重要証人の命を守るため彼らの過去を抹消すること。その執行官のなかに、鮮やかな仕事で“イレイザー”の異名を持つ男がいた……。シュワルツェネッガー主演のハード・アクション。

アメリカ西部の原野、ハンターのヒュー・グラスは狩猟の最中に熊の襲撃を受けて瀕死の重傷を負うが、同行していた仲間のジョン・フィッツジェラルドに置き去りにされてしまう。かろうじて死のふちから生還したグラスは、自分を見捨てたフィッツジェラルドにリベンジを果たすべく、大自然の猛威に立ち向かいながらおよそ300キロに及ぶ過酷な道のりを突き進んでいく。

Charly Matteï has turned his back on his life as an outlaw. For the last three years, he's led a peaceful life devoting himself to his wife and two children. Then, one winter morning, he's left for dead in the parking garage in Marseille's Old Port, with 22 bullets in his body. Against all the odds, he doesn't die...

In 1870s America, a peaceful American settler kills his family's murderer which unleashes the fury of a notorious gang leader. His cowardly fellow townspeople then betray him, forcing him to hunt down the outlaws alone.

本作は、宗教心の強い母親に守られている内気な少女キャリー・ホワイトが、卒業パーティーで無理をした結果、小さな町に念動力の恐怖をもたらすという古典的なホラーストーリーを再構築したものです。

In 1825, Clare, a 21-year-old Irish convict, chases a British soldier through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. She enlists the services of an Aboriginal tracker who is also marked by trauma from his own violence-filled past.

Nick Hume is a mild-mannered executive with a perfect life, until one gruesome night he witnesses something that changes him forever. Transformed by grief, Hume eventually comes to the disturbing conclusion that no length is too great when protecting his family.

1986年、フロリダ。ヒッチハイクをしながら売春する毎日に疲れ果てたアイリーンだが、ある少女と運命的に出会う。相手のセルビーは同性愛者で、家族や社会からつまはじきにされ、アイリーン同様、絶望と疎外感を募らせていた。2人は意気投合し、どこかで一緒に暮らそうと決心。やがてアイリーンは売春業を再開するようになるが、ある客に森の奥へ連れ込まれて暴力をふるわれた彼女は反撃した結果、相手を殺してしまう。

Warren Stacy, an office equipment repairman, begins murdering women after they reject his advances. To minimize the evidence, Stacy always kills while naked, wearing nothing but gloves, and further evades the law with his strong alibis. Veteran detective Leo Kessler is convinced of Stacy's guilt and begins using questionable methods to catch him.

互いに大事な人を殺し、運命的に出会ったふたりの女の子。意気投合し、あてのない逃避行の旅に出る。現金や銃を強奪し、男を誘惑してセックスしては殺していく“無敵のガールズ”ナディーヌとマニュの行き着く先は…。

The story, set in 1885, follows a British officer (Heath Ledger) who resigns his post when he learns of his regiment's plan to ship out to the Sudan for the conflict with the Mahdi. His friends and fiancée send him four white feathers which symbolize cowardice. To redeem his honor he disguises himself as an Arab and secretly saves the lives of those who branded him a coward.

ジョーは組織も認める腕利きのルーパー（処刑人）。仕事は2074年から2044年に送られてくる標的を、指定された時間に指定された場所で待ち、殺して遺体を処分すること。新たな指令が入り、ジョーは約束の場所でいつものように銃を構えて待つが、目の前に現われたのは、自分に酷似した中年の男。驚愕と混乱で引き金を引くことをためらった現在のジョーの隙をつき、未来のジョーは逃走する。

陸軍に所属する軍人のポール・ブレナーは、軍に密かに潜入し、軍隊の中で起きている事件捜査する捜査官。その彼が、友人のケント大佐から依頼を受けジョージア州にある陸軍訓練基地で潜入捜査をしている最中に、女性士官が絞殺され、裸体で発見される事件が起きる。ポールは、この事件がレイプ事件なのか？という疑惑から、レイプ専門の捜査官サラ・サンヒルと協力して事件の捜査に当たることに。殺された女性士官の名前はエリザベス・キャンベル。陸軍では英雄と知られるキャンベル将軍の娘で、優秀な女性士官なのだが、捜査を進めるうちに彼女の派手な性生活が明らかとなり…。

アメリカオレゴン州ポートランドで起きた悪夢。FBIサイバー捜査官ジェニファーが捜査する闇サイトは、人々のアクセス数によって人を死に至らしめる殺人中継サイト。ネット上に映る捕らえられた被害者。彼らの生死を決めるのは、罪悪感もなく、一瞬でサイトにアクセスできる世界中の66億人の人々だ。その“好奇心”を利用して、自分の手を汚さずに殺人を完結させる知的サイコキラーの目的は?遂に犯人の手がかりをつかんだジェニファーに、魔の手が迫る!

Ray, a construction worker trapped in an unhappy marriage, pursues an affair with his neighbor, Carla. Carla's husband, Greg, is a mobster who keeps large sums of drug money in their home. With this in mind, Carla comes up with a plan: She and Ray will steal Greg's money, burn down her house, convince Greg the money was lost in the fire and then run away together. Carla's scheme, however, doesn't go off as planned.

When Sara, a young design student from Iowa, arrives for college in Los Angeles, she is eager to fit in and get to know the big city. Her wealthy roommate, Rebecca, is more than eager to take Sara under her wing and show her the ropes. The two become close, but when Sara begins to branch out and make more friends on campus, Rebecca becomes resentful. Alarmed, Sara moves in with her new boyfriend, causing Rebecca's behavior to take a violent turn.

La Scala went all out for its 1986 production of this grandest of grand operas, with a strong cast and, most important for a video recording, a larger-than-life staging. The Triumph Scene in Act II is by no means Aida's only attraction, but it is the part that makes the strongest and most lasting impression and it is the visual and musical climax of this production. Stage director Luca Ronconi brings on a procession to dwarf all processions: looted treasures, heroic statuary, miserable captives struggling under the lash of whip-bearing slave drivers. On par with these visuals is Lorin Maazel's first-class performance of the popular Grand March with the outstanding La Scala chorus and orchestra. In Act III, the contrasting tranquility of the Nile Scene also gets a visual treatment to match the music's qualities.

Renée Fleming has matured into one of the finest sopranos around at the moment, a true star with a sparkling personality and a velvet-toned voice that is capable of wringing the finest emotions out of works by Strauss and Tchaikovsky that from a lesser singer could sound rather cold and clinical. I wouldn't have thought her voice would be so well suited to Violetta Valéry in La Traviata, and it does take some getting used to, but I think she at least brings a distinct quality to the role with an emotional heart that isn't always necessarily there when a leading diva uses it primarily as a display for her vocal talents. It's served well also by Antonio Pappano's conducting of the Royal Opera House Orchestra in a traditional, but effective production by Richard Eyre.

Massenet's opera centres on its charming but contrary heroine, the vivacious young Manon who longs for luxury and excitement. We first encounter her en route to a convent, where her family are sending her to be educated. Along the way, she falls in love with the young student Des Grieux, and, impetuously, runs off with him. She soon leaves him, however, to become the mistress of a rich nobleman. Thus begins her descent into criminality and depravity, all too soon dragging the besotted Des Grieux with her, until she is imprisoned. Despite its tragic story, the opera is full of French charm and vitality – typified by the ambiguous Manon herself. Her plight is touching because of the subtle play of innocence and calculation in her character. The score contains many sparkling arias and ensembles, moving rapidly from moods of exuberance to tenderness, with perfect dramatic timing. Recorded live at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, April/May 2007.

This was a 1988 revival of a 1971 production that teamed Domingo (Vasco da Gama) and Verrett (Selika - both then very much in their prime) in Meyerbeer's discursive swan-song. Seventeen years on, they are more statuesque than sexy, but both give larger-than-life performances that contain moments of completely thrilling vocalism. The casting is very strong, with the exception of Justino Diaz's Nelusko, which has strong presence but not much vocal allure. As Inez, Vasco da Gama's fiancee and rival for Shirley Verrett, Ruth Ann Swneson sings with great beauty and has impressive stage presence, very much holding her own in the confrontation with Verrett in the last act. Domingo is refulgent of tone and dramatically convincing, and he and Verrett strike sparks. She really comes into her own in one of the most preposterous mad-scenes in all opera, where she is slowly poisoned by the scent of a giant tree, contriving to make this dramatically truthful and even moving.

AIDA, an Ethiopian princess, is captured and brought into slavery in Egypt. A military commander, Radamès, struggles to choose between his love for her and his loyalty to the Pharaoh. To complicate the story further, Radamès is loved by the Pharaoh's daughter Amneris, although he does not return her feelings. Sonja Frisell’s production captures all the grandeur and excitement of Verdi’s monumental opera, particularly the great triumphal scene where the Egyptian army, led by Radamès (Plácido Domingo), returns victorious from war. Aprile Millo is Aida, the slave girl whose love for Radamès has her squaring off with Amneris (Dolora Zajick), the Egyptian princess who also loves him. Sherrill Milnes is Amonasro, and James Levine leads The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus, and Ballet.

A film version of the famous Bizet opera, where a soldier (Don Jose) falls in love with a beautiful factory worker (Carmen), but she does not reciprocate his feelings.