Danton (1921)

有名な悲劇の王妃マリー・アントワネットの物語を、1人の女性の成長期としてとらえた宮廷絵巻。幼くして故郷を離れ、異郷フランスの王室で必死に生きた女性の激動の人生を丁寧に物語る。監督は『ロスト・イン・トランスレーション』のソフィア・コッポラ。『スパイダーマン』シリーズのキルステン・ダンストが孤独を抱えて生きる女性を愛くるしく演じている。実際のヴェルサイユ宮殿で撮影された豪華な調度品や衣装の数々は必見。

Oscar François de Jarjayes was born female, but her father insisted she be raised as a boy as he had no sons. She becomes the captain of the guards at Versailles under King Louis XVI and Marie Antonette. Her privileged, noble life comes under fire as she discovers the hard life of the poor people of France. She is caught up in the French Revolution, and must choose between her loyalty and love.

An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.

Witty narration follows the history of Versailles Palace; founded by Louis XIII, enlarged by autocratic Louis XIV, whose personal affairs and amours, and those of his two successors, are followed in more detail to the start of the Revolution, after which the story is brought rapidly up to date. A huge cast plays mainly historical persons who appear briefly.

The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of France, in a politically advantageous marriage for the rival countries. The opulent Marie indulges in various whims and flirtations. When Louis XV passes and Louis XVI ascends the French throne, his queen's extravagant lifestyle earns the hatred of the French people, who despise her Austrian heritage.

A look at the relationship between Marie Antoinette and one of her readers during the final days of the French Revolution.

ひと切れのパンを盗んだ罪で、19年の獄中生活を強いられたジャン・バルジャン。仮出獄した彼は改心し、やがて市長にまでなって尊敬を集めていたが……。時代を超えて心を打つ、人間ドラマの名作。

18世紀初頭、フランスとの戦争状態にあるイングランド。 虚弱な女王、アン が王位にあり、彼女 の幼馴染、レディ・サラ が病身で気まぐれな女王を動かし、絶大な権力を振るっ ていた。 そんな中、没落したサラの従妹アビゲイル が召 使いとして参内し、その魅力がレディ・サラとアン女王を引きつけ る。 レディ・サラはアビゲイルを支配下に置くが、一方でアビゲイルは 再び貴族の地位に返り咲く機会を伺っていた。 戦争の継続をめぐる政治的駆け引きが続く中、急速に育まれるサラ との友情がアビゲイルにチャンスをもたらすが、 その行く手には数々の試練が待ち受けていた。

19世紀のフランス。パンを盗んだ罪で19年間の服役生活を送ったジャン・バルジャンは、ついに仮釈放されたものの、世間の風は冷たく、再び盗みを働いてしまう。しかし、その罪を見逃してくれた司教の温かい真心に触れて、彼は更生を心に誓う。名前もマドレーヌと改めて、こつこつと善行を積み重ねた彼は、やがて世間の人望を集める市長の座にまで上り詰めるが、昔の彼を知るジャベール警部が執拗にその後をつきまとう。

Presenting the tale of American founding father Alexander Hamilton, this filmed version of the original Broadway smash hit is the story of America then, told by America now.

貧困にあえぐパリ市民の苦悩をよそに、享楽的な日々を送るルイ14世。前国王に仕えた四銃士たちは、国家存続のために牢獄にいる仮面の男を救出しようとする。レオナルド・ディカプリオが善と悪の二役を演じて話題となった歴史ロマン。

1776年、ニューイングランドの入植者とジョージ3世（1760-1820年）の軍隊との間の独立戦争。 サウスカロライナ州では、フランスとインドの英雄的な兵士である未亡人ベンジャミン・マーティン（メル・ギブソン）が、7人の子供の世話をするために戦いを断念します。 しかし、長男のガブリエル（ヒース・レジャー）が軍隊に加わると、マーティン家の平和な生活は中断されます。 その間、父親は子供を育てるのに苦労しています。 しかし、イギリス人は、残酷なタビントン大佐（ジェイソン・アイザックス）の指揮下で、彼らの家の門に到達し、家族全員を危険にさらします...

18世紀を代表する仏文学者、マルキ・ド・サド侯爵の晩年を描いたドキュメンタリー。猥褻文書の罪で監禁、ますます執筆活動にのめりこむサド侯爵と、その著書に翻弄された人々をユーモアたっぷりに描いた真実の物語。

With a reputation for seducing members of the opposite sex, regardless of their marital status, a notorious womanizer discovers a beauty who seems impervious to his charms. However, as he continues to pursue the indifferent lady, he finds himself falling in love.

孤児院で育ったエヴァンには豊かな音楽の才能が備わっていた。ある晩、エヴァンは不思議な音を追い、施設からマンハッタンへと導かれる。さまざまな出会いにより、エヴァンの音楽の才能は開花。同じころ、離ればなれとなっていた両親も、それぞれの思いを胸にニューヨークへと赴いていた。

スティーヴン・グールドの傑作SF小説を、『Mr.＆Mrs.スミス』のダグ・リーマンが映画化したSFアクション。世界中のどこへでもテレポートできる“ジャンパー”と、そんな彼の抹殺を使命とする謎の組織の攻防が展開する。主演は『スター・ウォーズ』シリーズのヘイデン・クリステンセン。彼の恋の相手を実生活でも交際中のレイチェル・ビルソンが演じる。ニューヨーク、ロンドン、パリ、さらには東京での撮影を敢行した世界規模のストーリーと映像が楽しめる。

18世紀のパリの悪臭の中で生まれたジャン・バティスト・グルヌイユは、優れた嗅覚を身につけ、それを使って世界最高の香水を作り上げる。しかし、究極の香水を求めて香りを保存しようとする彼の仕事は暗転していく。

美しい娘ベルは進歩的な考え方が原因で閉鎖的な村人たちとなじめないことに悩んでいたが、ある日、彼女は野獣と遭遇する。彼は魔女の呪いによって変身させられた王子で魔女が残したバラの花びらがすべて散ってしまう前に誰かと相思相愛の仲にならなければ元の姿に戻れない。ベルは野獣の恐ろしい外見にたじろぎながらも心惹かれていく。

18世紀末、女には相続権がなくイギリスの田舎町に住むベネット家の母親は、5人の娘たちの行く末を心配していた。ある日、近所の豪邸に大金持ちで独身男性のビングリーが引っ越してきた。

17世紀、海賊たちが大海原を荒らしまわっていた遥かなる時代。カリブ海の港町ポートロイヤル。美しい総督の娘エリザベスはかつて海上で助けた少年ウィルが身につけていた黄金のメダルを手に入れ、今も密かに保管していた。そんなある日、突然ブラックパール号に乗ったキャプテン・バルボッサ率いる冷酷な海賊たちが町に現われ、エリザベスがさらわれてしまう。海賊の目的は、彼女がその時身につけていた例のメダルだった。一方、鍛冶屋で働く逞しい若者へと成長したウィルは、幽閉されていた元ブラックパール号船長で一匹狼の海賊ジャック・スパロウと手を組み、エリザベスの救出に向かうのだが…。

A comedy based on NBC's "People Are Funny" radio (and later television) program with Art Linkletter with a fictional story of how the program came to be on a national network from its humble beginning at a Nevada radio station. Jack Haley is a producer with only half-rights to the program while Ozzie Nelson and Helen Walker are the radio writers and supply the romance. Rudy Vallee, always able to burlesque himself intentional and, quite often, unintentional, is the owner of the sought-after sponsoring company. Frances Langford, as herself, sings "I'm in the Mood for Love" while the Vagabonds quartet (billed 12th and last) chimes in on "Angeline" and "The Old Square Dance is Back Again."

Produced in 1943 under the guidance of Army Air Force Lieutenant Clark Gable, this film follows a single 8th Air Force B-17 crew from training through a series of missions over Europe.

Letters, Riddles and Writs is a one act opera for television by Michael Nyman broadcast in 1991.

Iskyss is a strong and poetic love story based on Gunvor Galtung Haavik’s double life through 30 years. During the Cold War, she was employed by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and assigned to the Norwegian Embassy in Moscow. With the information she had access to in the capacity of her position as interpreter and secretary, she frequently fed the KGB secret information.

A girl has to decide who to marry: a poor country boy or a rich nightclub owner.

Moody, atmospheric ghost story starring Mason as a retired tradesman who purchases an old mansion that has been vacant for 40 years because it is believed to be haunted by the spirit of a young woman who had died there. Unaware of the mansion's reputation, Mason and his wife Mullen move in and hire a young woman, Lockwood, to keep house. Soon after Lockwood's arrival, strange things begin to happen in the household, and it becomes apparent that she is possessed by the spirit of the dead girl, though Mason scoffs at the idea. On death's door and bedridden, Lockwood asks for the same doctor who treated the woman who died 40 years ago. He arrives and treats her. The next morning Lockwood is cured, and it is revealed by the police that the doctor's dead body was found in his carriage hours before the time Mason claims he arrived to see Lockwood. Convinced that not only the ghost of the girl but that of the doctor as well entered his home, Mason finally believes in the supernatural.

A loving couple struggle to fend for themselves in modern day Los Angeles, One a loner and down and out, the other a lonely but hardworking secretary. Eventually, as cracks form in their passionate relationship, they resort to robbing an aging actress for money.

A filmmaker returns to Normandy thirty years after a working on a movie based on a local homicide and tries to find the actors who worked on the project.

This is not merely another film about cinema history; it is a film about the love of cinema, a journey of discovery through over a century of German film history. Ten people working in film today remember their favourite films of yesteryear.

The story of the Dassau family, a family of artists: Frau Dassau is a composer, her husband is a writer, and their children are equally gifted as painters, poets and musicians. But unfortunately, no one wants to invest money in their art. The family is about to starve when Nicole comes up with a marvelous idea: She is going to write the "most scandalous book", the sex memoirs of a teenager. For this, she hides under the pseudonym of Eva. The book becomes an enormous success indeed, but Nicole's parents are decent people, and the public interest in their sluttish daughter begins to bother them. Things begin to get even more unpleasant when Nicole falls in love with an American publisher who'd prefer a virgin…

Four nights in Caracas. A documentary essay about chaos and civilization.

On Christmas Eve, Léa and Juliette, a couple, want to rob a supermarket that Juliette knows is empty of surveillance on this festive evening. But, as much for each of them as for Eric, the vigil who is there after all, nothing will happen as planned. Besides, shortly before leaving him alone, the store manager gave Eric a gun, just in case.

While Douglas Coupland works on a grand art project about Canada, the writer recounts his life and his musings about the various aspects of Canadian identity.

I love Vienna is a social comedy that explores the clash of cultures and values.

Based on a story by Vietnam veteran Paul Staples, the film concerns six American Green Berets, held for 17 years in a Vietnamese POW camp. They are finally released in secret, during a delicate trade-talk session between Vietnam and the United States. Captain Tom Watkins, the ex-prisoners' CO, begins to suspect that government-man Adam Roth, who is in charge of the debriefing, may be pursuing a hidden agenda that will result in the early deaths of Watkins and the five men under his command.

A humorous and satirical comedy, which places a man from the year 2222 one day in the (then) present day life in GDR, East Germany under Communist regime. Using a crystal for mind reading he uncovers some improprieties and moral weaknesses in the "Beautiful future" professed by VEB ("Volkseigener Betrieb" – "State Owned Holdings").

The subject of this historical drama is a splintering Berlin in the years of 1948 and 1949. Played against the backdrop of social upheaval, the characters in the drama come to epitomize the best and worst of each pole of the political sphere. A 17-year-old hoodlum by the name of Gladow works hand-in-glove with a local white-collar criminal to rob and pillage every day and night, defying capture. While he and his gang of thugs are terrorizing the people of Berlin, the Soviets are trying to make the blockade of their region of control impermeable. The future casts long shadows over the drama, as Berlin's problems take the shape of times to come.

KNOW YOUR MUSHROOMS follows uber myco visionaries Gary Lincoff and Larry Evans (two of the more expert and unforgettably mercurial characters in the community) as they lead us on a hunt for the wild mushroom and the deeper cultural experiences attached to the mysterious fungi.

The same day of their marriage, Jean's wife dies of a strange ailment in the middle of surgery. Afflicted by the loss, the young man abandons his medical studies and takes refuge in the memories of his time of courtship. At the same time that this happens, a wave of murders shakes the city with the same pattern of behavior: the victims are surgery students whose bodies have had both hands amputated.