Set on a steam-shrouded railway station and shot in high-contrast black and white, Richard Kwietniowski’s film lovingly twists David Lean’s stiff-upper-lipped romance Brief Encounter into a rich and witty contemporary melodrama, with two devilishly handsome young men standing in for Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard.
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A Point Of View
The story of the comedy is about a group of blind people who live in a place that is like hell and is not surrounded by any kind of care or appreciation for their difficult situation comes to them Arafa Shawaf (Mohammed Sobhi) blind who was in prison and came out to come and lead them and become their leader and tries to uncover the head of the body who does not He cares about them and does not give them their money.
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Words of Love
2 February 1959. The Winter Dance party, Clear Lake, Iowa – another date on Buddy Holly’s whistle-stop tour. Across the Atlantic, a schoolboy models his life on the rock ‘n’ roll star whose music and untimely death affected the lives of a generation.
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City Kids 1989
The pressures of the gang-ridden Hong Kong streets threaten to tear two teenage friends apart. A provocative look at misunderstood youth and juvenile delinquency on the urban streets of Hong Kong.
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Movie Showman
This short film portrays the NFB’s itinerant projectionists during the ’40s and early ’50s who travelled throughout Canada, bringing films and discussions to rural communities. The film uses a mix of dramatic re-enactments with archival footage and interviews with veterans of the movie circuit to shed light on an important period in Canadian film history.
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Vice Academy
A band of female police cadets train to join the Hollywood vice squad. The toothsome rookies are assigned to infiltrate a kiddy porn operation, then must go undercover and join a prostitution ring run by Queen Bee.
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The Return of Swamp Thing
The Swamp Thing returns to battle the evil Dr. Arcane, who has a new science lab full of creatures transformed by genetic mutation, and chooses Heather Locklear as his new object of affection.
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Parents
Michael is a young boy living in a typical 1950s suburbanite home… except for his bizarre and horrific nightmares, and continued unease around his parents. Young Michael begins to suspect his parents are cooking more than just hamburgers on the grill outside, but has trouble explaining his fears to his new-found friend Sheila, or the school’s social worker.
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The Heat Is On: The Making of Miss Saigon
A behind-the-scenes look at the putting on of the successful West End stage musical, including footage of the cast rehearsing and the triumphant first night.