Prudence Arndt

Maurice Hines, a charming, gay African-American entertainer navigates the complications of show business while grieving the loss of his more famous, often estranged younger brother, tap dance legend Gregory Hines.

In this documentary, award-winning filmmaker Susan Froemke explores the creation of the Metropolitan Opera’s storied home of the last five decades. Drawing on rarely seen archival footage, stills, and recent interviews, The Opera House looks at an important period of the Met’s history and delves into some of the untold stories of the artists, architects, and politicians who shaped the cultural life of New York City in the ’50s and ’60s. Among the notable figures in the film are famed soprano Leontyne Price, who opened the new Met in 1966 in Samuel Barber’s Antony and Cleopatra; Rudolf Bing, the Met’s imperious General Manager who engineered the move from the old house to the new one; Robert Moses, the unstoppable city planner who bulldozed an entire neighborhood to make room for Lincoln Center; and Wallace Harrison, whose quest for architectural glory was never fully realized.

In his early days as an actor, Marlon Brando (1924-2004) was a shy young man with theatrical ambitions, like many others; but his charisma and superb acting skills made him truly unique, so that the doors to the starry sky of Hollywood opened for him. However, his peculiar manners, political commitment and complicated love life always overshadowed his artistic success.

When a young drug researcher is hired by a tobacco company, Victor DeNoble unexpectedly discovers the ingredients of addiction and fuels a national campaign to have it regulated.

John Cazale was in only five films - The Godfather, The Conversation, The Godfather - Part Two, Dog Day Afternoon and The Deer Hunter - each was nominated for Best Picture. Yet today most people don't even know his name. I KNEW IT WAS YOU is a fresh tour through movies that defined a generation.

Is American foreign policy dominated by the idea of military supremacy? Has the military become too important in American life? Jarecki's shrewd and intelligent polemic would seem to give an affirmative answer to each of these questions.

뉴저지 중소도시에 사는 30대의 리아나는 대학교수 남편 딕과 두 아이를 둔 여성이다. 그러나 위선적이며 권위적인 남편 딕이 리아나를 속이고 바람을 피게 되면서 리아나의 결혼 생활은 더 이상 행복하지 않다. 결혼 생활의 권태에서 탈출하기 위해 그녀는 친구 샌디와 아동 심리학에 관한 강좌를 듣는다. 그곳에서 리아나는 강사인 루스에게 점점 빠져든다. 루스를 통해 그녀는 지금까지 알지 못했던 자신의 성 정체성을 깨닫고 그녀를 위해 남편을 떠날 것을 결심한다. 하지만 남편 딕은 그 둘의 관계를 무기로 도리어 리아나를 위협한다.