The Player (1971)

50歳になるカメラマンのボビーは、少年時代の友人の葬式で故郷に戻ってきた。荒れ果てた生家を訪れたボビーの心に、忘れかけていた少年時代の日々が鮮やかに蘇る……。魂を揺さぶる奇蹟の感動作。

不良高校生のラスティ・ジェームズは、ビリヤード場にたむろし、けんかばかりしていたが、その兄で、誰からも一目置かれ、カリスマ的な存在だったバイクボーイが戻ってくる。しかし、悟りを開いたかのように人が変わってしまった兄に、ラスティは戸惑う…。巨匠フランシス・フォード・コッポラ監督が、実験的でユニークな映像表現を駆使し、兄と弟の絆と相克、若者たちの心象をモノクロ画面に繊細にうつし出した名作。

P・ニューマン主演による「ハスラー」の続編。かつてのハスラー、エディは、あのミネソタ・ファッツとの死闘から25年が経ち、今はもう50代。現在は現役を離れ、シカゴを根城に気ままな生活を送っていた。そんな彼の目に、顔に似合わぬ鋭いキューさばきで容赦なく相手を打ち負かしているビンセントという若いハスラーの姿が止まった。彼の姿に若い頃の自分を重ねるエディ。彼はこの若者を、自分の手で最高のハスラーに育て上げようと決心する。

A bounty hunter helps out the wife of a bail-jumper after her child is kidnapped by neo-Nazi types.

賭けビリヤードのプロ、エディは、ミネソタ・ファッツと呼ばれる男に勝負をいどんだ。優勢に進んでいた試合も、エディが油断して酒を飲んだとたん逆転してしまう。その勝負で全ての財産を失ったエディは、次第に生活がすさんでいく。だが、愛する女性に自殺されたとき、彼は再びファッツに挑むのだった……。ひとりのハスラーを主人公に、人生の挫折と苦渋を描く。

While delivering a parking ticket to a small village in the Florida everglades, Officer Dave Speed finds himself in the middle of a radiation experiment conducted by the American government and NASA, where a detonated nuclear missile gives him a multitude of superpowers.

A retired pool hustler is forced to pick up the stick again when his brother starts a game he can't finish.

In three separate segments, set respectively in 1966, 1911, and 2005, three love stories unfold between three sets of characters, under three different periods of Taiwanese history and governance.

Jesse, a charismatic but down on his luck troubadour, finds himself at an existential crossroads as bad choices catch up with him during an unexpected reunion with Carla, an old flame.

A pool shark takes the ultimate gamble when she kidnaps her own son and flees her ex-husband.

Germany director Dani Levy filmed this comedy about Jewish life in today’s Germany along side the familiar east-west conflict. With it great success this film is a joyful comedy of humor and knowledge.

A provincial ingenue leaves her mother’s tobacco shop with dreams of a life in the Parisian theater, only to become entangled in relationships with a lecherous aristocrat, his starry-eyed nephew, and an old ham actor.

A film by Eddie Rodriguez.

A struggling, single mom with a precocious young daughter also has an unpaid mortgage. She falls back on her pool-playing skills to pay off her debts. But just as she plays her way into a big money tournament, a globe-trotting ladies' man threatens to disrupt her life with her daughter and her peace of mind. Suddenly, everything's riding on a single shot.

A movie about men and women involved in billiard gambling.

Having never won a single match of pool in his life, Ned seeks to redeem himself in the eyes of his deceased Uncle by finally winning in a game of pool. It gets pretty crazy bro.

This short film depicts troubles and panics caused by Calino (Clément Mégé) around the billiard table.

The movie is about a down-and-out professional pool player who, struggling with his relationship, hits the road, resorts to hustling, and makes a series of bad decisions (including challenging Minnesota Fats) that only worsen his situation. This is a lost film, there are no known prints available.

A stuntman who dabbles as a petty thief for corrupt policemen decides to quit. His bosses do not let him go but, instead, he is tortured. His consistent brushes with the law earn him a prize on his head and attention from a daily.