Two of the most popular stars in screen history are brought together for the first time in the follow up to True Grit. The film returns John Wayne to the role of the rapscallion eye patched whiskey guzzling Deputy Marshall that won him an Academy Award. Katharine Hepburn is prim Eula Goodnight a Bible thumping missionary who teams up with the gun fighter to avenge the death of her father. While in pursuit of the outlaws a warm rapport develops between the rough n' tumble lawman and the flirty reverend's daughter.
Sometimes the only way out is to break in. A psychological thriller a coming-of-age drama a gay love story and a black comedy Ethan Mao tells the story of an 18-year-old boy reaching the point of no return. Booted out of his house for being gay Ethan Mao survives on the street as a hustler. There he meets 19-year-old Remigio a drug dealer and fellow hustler who takes him in. After being tipped off by his younger brother that his family is going on a day tri
Nick Drake - Under Review attempts to unravel the mystery of this enigmatic singer-songwriter who passed away at the age of just 26. With the aid of those who were close to Nick those around at the time and those who have studied and written about Nick Drake in depth this program discusses dissects and appraises Nick's life music and astonishing albeit short career. The programme includes contributions from Nick's close friend Jeremy Mason; the man who 'discovered' Nick and founded Fairport Convention Ashley Hutchings; Fairport drummer who also drummed on Bryter Later Dave Mattacks; fellow Withchseason artist and founder of the Incredible String Band Robin Williamson; folk-blues guitarist and major influence on Nick John Renbourn; singer/guitarist and contemporary of Nick's Ralph McTell; the only journalist to have interviewed Nick Jerry Gilbert; both Nick Drake biographers Patrick Humphries and Trevor Dann singer-songwriter and Mercury Music Prize nominee Kathryn Willliams and many others.
Narracted by Robert Downey Jr. It'll Be Better Tomorrow is a harrowing and engaging exploration of the life and art of Hubert Selby Jr. a self described 'scream looking for a mouth!' Selby overcame incredible odds to become one of the 20th Century's most celebrated and controversial authors by writing some of the most remarkable and distinctive books ever! Featuring archival material and new interviews this sharp penetrating documentary includes rare footage of Selby reflecting on his life and work along with contributions from: Lou Reed Ellen Burstyn Jared Leto Darren Aronofsky Uli Edel Nicolas Winding Refn Henry Rollins Jerry Stahl Richard Price Gilbert Sorrentino Anthony Kiedis Michael Silverblatt and others! Requiem For A Dream follows the blighted lives of four Coney Islanders; a lonely widowed mother (Academy Award Winner Ellen Burstyn) her son Harry (Jared Leto) his beautiful girlfriend Marion (Jennifer Connelly) and his best friend Tyrone (Marlon Wayans). The film is a hypnotic tale of four human beings each pursuing their vision of happiness. Even as everything begins to fall apart they refuse to let go plummeting with their dreams into a nightmarish gut-wrenching freefall.
With his Missa solemnis the composer broke with all conventions for the composition of a mass creating a work that went beyond the normal framework of the liturgy. His treatment and interpretation of the text creates the impression of a coherent set of events and as such the work distances itself from the normal liturgical procedures becoming instead the main focus of interest.In his introduction to the performance given in the Cologne Cathedral as part of the World Youth Day 2005 Pope Benedict XVI states: The Missa solemnis bears overwhelming witness to an unceasing search for belief that refuses to turn its back on God.
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