drama
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THE HOUSE OF TOLERANCE aka L'APOLLONIDE
This rather bizarre movie from renowned French director Bertrand Bonello is set in a high end Brothel in Paris at the turn of the 20th Century and is essentially a series of tableaus of near naked woman lounging around as if they are about to be painted. The house is stunning and the girls are…
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A Better Life
When you are an undocumented immigrant just trying to survive daily life in the US can be very tough. Carlos, a middle-aged Mexican, and single parent gets by working as a gardener tending the lawns of wealthy Los Angeles homeowners. He lives hand to mouth in a tiny rundown house, barely making ends meet, with Luis his teenage…
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Tuesday After Christmas
Paul is a middle aged banker, who one can tell by all the nudity in this film, has not been to the gym for some time, and he is having an affair with Ralucca his daughter’s dentist. He is torn between staying with Adriana his Lawyer wife who he has been married too for 10…
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THE ARTIST
I’m still reeling from the shock that I have just left my local Multiplex Theater where the crowds were out in full force for the latest ‘Mission Impossible’ blockbuster and another ‘Sherlock Holmes’ flick, yet my screen had a sold-out house even though it was playing a French Black & White Silent Movie, and as…
