Al Ruban

O documentário narra a trajetória dos primos israelenses Menahem Golan e Yoram Globus, cinéfilos e donos da Cannon Films, que durante os anos 1980 foi a mais poderosa companhia independente de Hollywood e responsável por alguns dos maiores absurdos cinematográficos já cometidos durante aquele período, além de mostrar a sua ascensão e queda.

Producer Al Ruban, actor Ben Gazzara, and cinematographer Victor J. Kemper share their fond memories of director-actor John Cassavetes and of his filming Husbands (1970).

An hour-long documentary designed to celebrate the spirit of the independent filmmaker from D.W. Griffith to Quentin Tarantino. Interview footage and film clips are blended together to form a chronological approach to the subject matter.

A documentary featuring interviews with actors Lynn Carlin, Gena Rowlands, and Seymour Cassel, and cinematographer Al Ruban, in which they recall how John Cassavetes' Faces came to exist.

One of the great mavericks of cinema, John Cassavetes has earned a reputation as the godfather of American independent movies. The actor-turned-filmmaker invented a realist style of unadorned narrative films heavily influenced by documentaries. This in-depth analysis of Cassavetes' life and work features interviews with key collaborators and ensemble regulars, and explores the making of classics like "The Killing of a Chinese Bookie," "Opening Night" and "A Woman Under the Influence."

An intimate portrait of actor-writer-director John Cassavetes and a loving tribute to his genius for studying and depicting the human character. In-depth, candid interviews with his wife and muse Gena Rowlands as well as his most trusted friends and co-workers like Peter Falk, Ben Gazzara, Seymour Cassel, etc. Clips from Cassavetes' greatest films, and many rare photos illustrate this touching documentary.

Summer, 1984: 30 years after Duane captained the high school football team and Jacy was homecoming queen, this Texas town near Wichita Falls prepares for its centennial. Oil prices are down, banks are failing, and Duane's $12 million in debt. His wife Karla drinks too much, his children are always in trouble, and he tom-cats around with the wives of friends. Jacy's back in town, after a mildly successful acting career, life in Italy, and the death of her son. Folks assume Duane and Jacy will resume their high school romance. And Sonny is "tired in his mind," causing worries for his safety. Can these friends find equilibrium in middle age?

Summer, 1984: 30 years after Duane captained the high school football team and Jacy was homecoming queen, this Texas town near Wichita Falls prepares for its centennial. Oil prices are down, banks are failing, and Duane's $12 million in debt. His wife Karla drinks too much, his children are always in trouble, and he tom-cats around with the wives of friends. Jacy's back in town, after a mildly successful acting career, life in Italy, and the death of her son. Folks assume Duane and Jacy will resume their high school romance. And Sonny is "tired in his mind," causing worries for his safety. Can these friends find equilibrium in middle age?

Tribute to actor and director John Cassavetes who died in February 1989. Friends, associates and fellow directors remember the man and his work.

Mr. North, a stranger to a small, but wealthy, Rhode Island town, quickly has rumors started about him that he has the power to heal people's ailments...

Mr. North, a stranger to a small, but wealthy, Rhode Island town, quickly has rumors started about him that he has the power to heal people's ailments...

Small time crooksters Nick and Charlie have an elaborate plan to rob an exclusive jewelers store. Using a variety of disguises and posing as rich old men and women they begin the set-up, but then Nick falls for the owner of a neighboring antique store and things get a little complicated.

Small time crooksters Nick and Charlie have an elaborate plan to rob an exclusive jewelers store. Using a variety of disguises and posing as rich old men and women they begin the set-up, but then Nick falls for the owner of a neighboring antique store and things get a little complicated.

O filme descreve alguns dias na vida do escritor Robert Harmon e sua irmã Sarah. A vida decadente de Robert é feita de álcool, cigarros, e de curtos relacionamentos com mulheres; mulheres que ele entrevista para um livro. Ele se apaixona pela diversão de uma noite. Não tendo restrições, ele é incapaz de ser responsável por qualquer coisa, incluindo o seu filho, deixando-o sozinho em um quarto de hotel e ensinando ao menino de 12 anos como beber. Sua vida é feita de seus fantasmas com artista. Sua irmã está se divorciando de seu marido por causa de seu comportamento exuberante e insano. Ela assusta sua filha Debbie que prefere ficar com o pai, uma decisão que fere Sarah profundamente e reforça seu colapso nervoso. A maior parte do filme se passa na casa de Robert. Nós assistimos Robert e Sarah lutando com suas próprias vidas. À medida que o filme avança, a casa fica vazia pouco a pouco.

O filme descreve alguns dias na vida do escritor Robert Harmon e sua irmã Sarah. A vida decadente de Robert é feita de álcool, cigarros, e de curtos relacionamentos com mulheres; mulheres que ele entrevista para um livro. Ele se apaixona pela diversão de uma noite. Não tendo restrições, ele é incapaz de ser responsável por qualquer coisa, incluindo o seu filho, deixando-o sozinho em um quarto de hotel e ensinando ao menino de 12 anos como beber. Sua vida é feita de seus fantasmas com artista. Sua irmã está se divorciando de seu marido por causa de seu comportamento exuberante e insano. Ela assusta sua filha Debbie que prefere ficar com o pai, uma decisão que fere Sarah profundamente e reforça seu colapso nervoso. A maior parte do filme se passa na casa de Robert. Nós assistimos Robert e Sarah lutando com suas próprias vidas. À medida que o filme avança, a casa fica vazia pouco a pouco.

O filme descreve alguns dias na vida do escritor Robert Harmon e sua irmã Sarah. A vida decadente de Robert é feita de álcool, cigarros, e de curtos relacionamentos com mulheres; mulheres que ele entrevista para um livro. Ele se apaixona pela diversão de uma noite. Não tendo restrições, ele é incapaz de ser responsável por qualquer coisa, incluindo o seu filho, deixando-o sozinho em um quarto de hotel e ensinando ao menino de 12 anos como beber. Sua vida é feita de seus fantasmas com artista. Sua irmã está se divorciando de seu marido por causa de seu comportamento exuberante e insano. Ela assusta sua filha Debbie que prefere ficar com o pai, uma decisão que fere Sarah profundamente e reforça seu colapso nervoso. A maior parte do filme se passa na casa de Robert. Nós assistimos Robert e Sarah lutando com suas próprias vidas. À medida que o filme avança, a casa fica vazia pouco a pouco.

Dr. Alec Holland, escondido nas profundezas de um pântano tenebroso, está tentando criar uma nova espécie - uma combinação de animais e plantas capazes de se adaptar e prosperar nas condições mais adversas. Infelizmente, ele torna-se sujeito de sua própria criação e se transforma. Arcane, desesperado para a fórmula, tenta capturar o Monstro do Pântano. Uma perseguição explosiva se segue até que, finalmente, termina com um confronto entre Holland e um modificado Arcane...

Dr. Alec Holland, escondido nas profundezas de um pântano tenebroso, está tentando criar uma nova espécie - uma combinação de animais e plantas capazes de se adaptar e prosperar nas condições mais adversas. Infelizmente, ele torna-se sujeito de sua própria criação e se transforma. Arcane, desesperado para a fórmula, tenta capturar o Monstro do Pântano. Uma perseguição explosiva se segue até que, finalmente, termina com um confronto entre Holland e um modificado Arcane...

Elena, a depressed young Catalan translator, discovers that David, her former lover, is living in New York with a new girlfriend, where she will travel to obsessively look for him and try to win him back.

Although members of the Hitler Youth chant anti-Semitic paroles in front of his house during the Purim festival, Rabbi Singer is still profoundly convinced that Germany will stay a safe country for him, his family, and his fellow believers. But several years later, his son David is banned from going to school because he is a Jew. Shortly after, Rabbi Singer and his wife are deported. Now, young David also fears for his life. In constant fear of being detected, he tries to find a way to leave Germany.

Private detective Moses Wine is hired by his former college girlfriend to investigate a political smear campaign and he sets out to find out who is responsible, with deadly results.

Actress Myrtle Gordon is a functioning alcoholic who is a few days from the opening night of her latest play, concerning a woman distraught about aging. One night a car kills one of Myrtle's fans who is chasing her limousine in an attempt to get the star's attention. Myrtle internalizes the accident and goes on a spiritual quest, but fails to finds the answers she is after. As opening night inches closer and closer, fragile Myrtle must find a way to make the show go on.

Cosmo Vittelli, the proprietor of a sleazy, low-rent Hollywood cabaret, has a real affection for the women who strip in his peepshows and the staff who keep up his dingy establishment. He also has a major gambling problem that has gotten him in trouble before. When Cosmo loses big-time at an underground casino run by mobster Mort, he isn't able to pay up. Mort then offers Cosmo the chance to pay back his debt by knocking off a pesky, Mafia-protected bookie.

Cosmo Vittelli, the proprietor of a sleazy, low-rent Hollywood cabaret, has a real affection for the women who strip in his peepshows and the staff who keep up his dingy establishment. He also has a major gambling problem that has gotten him in trouble before. When Cosmo loses big-time at an underground casino run by mobster Mort, he isn't able to pay up. Mort then offers Cosmo the chance to pay back his debt by knocking off a pesky, Mafia-protected bookie.

Cosmo Vittelli, the proprietor of a sleazy, low-rent Hollywood cabaret, has a real affection for the women who strip in his peepshows and the staff who keep up his dingy establishment. He also has a major gambling problem that has gotten him in trouble before. When Cosmo loses big-time at an underground casino run by mobster Mort, he isn't able to pay up. Mort then offers Cosmo the chance to pay back his debt by knocking off a pesky, Mafia-protected bookie.

Peter Falk é Nick Longhetti, chefe de família que precisa lidar com a instabilidade mental de sua esposa Mabel (Gena Rowlands). Ele luta de todas as formas para manter uma aparente normalidade diante do comportamento bizarro da mulher. Mas quando as ações de Mabel começam a afetar os próprios filhos, Nick é obrigado a tomar medidas drásticas.

Depressed and jaded after being dumped by her married boyfriend, aging beauty Minnie Moore wonders if she'll ever find love. After shaggy-haired parking lot attendant Seymour Moskowitz comes to her defense from an angry and rebuffed blind date, he falls hopelessly in love with her despite their myriad differences. Minnie reluctantly agrees to a date with Moskowitz, and, slowly but surely, an unlikely romance blossoms between the two.

A common friend's sudden death brings three men, married with children, to reconsider their lives and ultimately leave together. But mindless enthusiasm for regained freedom will be short-lived.

Richard Frost (John Marley) resolveu deixar sua esposa, Maria (Lynn Carlin), para se encontrar com a jovem Jeannie Rapp (Gena Rowlands), que conheceu recentemente em um bar. Maria, por sua vez, decide ir a uma boate, onde se deixa seduzir por um garoto de programa.

Richard Frost (John Marley) resolveu deixar sua esposa, Maria (Lynn Carlin), para se encontrar com a jovem Jeannie Rapp (Gena Rowlands), que conheceu recentemente em um bar. Maria, por sua vez, decide ir a uma boate, onde se deixa seduzir por um garoto de programa.

Richard Frost (John Marley) resolveu deixar sua esposa, Maria (Lynn Carlin), para se encontrar com a jovem Jeannie Rapp (Gena Rowlands), que conheceu recentemente em um bar. Maria, por sua vez, decide ir a uma boate, onde se deixa seduzir por um garoto de programa.

Um assistente de xerife do Arizona (Clint Eastwood) vai a Nova York para levar ao seu estado um homem suspeito de assassinato (Don Stroud). Mas, quando o prisioneiro escapa, o policial começa a persegui-lo, com métodos muito pessoais.

Os policiais Bonaro e Madigan perdem suas armas para o fugitivo Barney Benesch. Como recompensa, os dois detetives de Nova York tem um fim de semana inteiro para achar e levar Benesch pra cadeia.

A "modeling agency" in New York City is the setting for this outrageous erotic romp where men and women will do anything to satisfy their wildest carnal cravings.

A "modeling agency" in New York City is the setting for this outrageous erotic romp where men and women will do anything to satisfy their wildest carnal cravings.

A cook dreams of naked women.

An artist and his wife hold art classes using nude models. Their photographer friend Pete returns from two years in Europe, and they try to convince him he has a promising career in nude photography. He eventually agrees to try it, but finds that the sight of red hair or red nail polish triggers unhealthy impulses, to the detriment of some of his models.

An artist and his wife hold art classes using nude models. Their photographer friend Pete returns from two years in Europe, and they try to convince him he has a promising career in nude photography. He eventually agrees to try it, but finds that the sight of red hair or red nail polish triggers unhealthy impulses, to the detriment of some of his models.

A Broadway director goes to a Florida nudist camp for a rest. He's shocked to discover that the star of his Broadway show is also a nudist and he decides to make a movie there with her.

A magazine hires photographer Bunny Yeager to do a pictorial on the showgirls of Las Vegas.

A magazine hires photographer Bunny Yeager to do a pictorial on the showgirls of Las Vegas.

An art dealer asks a number of local artists for paintings centered around the nude female form; a nudie-cutie ensues.

An art dealer asks a number of local artists for paintings centered around the nude female form; a nudie-cutie ensues.

Dedicated to the wholesome feminine type of glamour, workaholic Bunny shoots nude after nude while giving us the scoop on what photographing naked cheesecake is all about.

Ben leva uma vida errante, sem muitos propósitos. Sua irmã Leila está prestes a se apaixonar e sofrer. O outro irmão Hugh tenta uma carreira como músico, mas não tem tido muita sorte. O trio se envolve numa rede que envolve amores, mentiras e preconceitos. Tudo ligado pelo jazz.