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Tag: decadence

  • Less Than Zero

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    A college freshman returns to Los Angeles for Christmas at his ex-girlfriend’s request, but discovers that his former best friend has an out-of-control drug habit.

  • The Last Emperor

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    A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just…

  • Requiem for a Dream

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    The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.

  • Me and My Sister

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    Louise, who has just written a novel, comes to Paris to meet with a potential publisher. While in the city, she stays with her older sister, Martine, who in many ways is the exact opposite of Louise: she lives in a fashionable neighborhood, is cold to others, and has snobby friends, while Louise lives in…

  • Savage Grace

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    This examination of a famous scandal from the 1970s explores the relationship between Barbara Baekeland and her only son, Antony. Barbara, a lonely social climber unhappily married to the wealthy but remote plastics heir Brooks Baekeland, dotes on Antony, who is homosexual. As Barbara tries to “cure” Antony of his sexuality — sometimes by seducing…

  • Dorian Gray

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    Seduced into the decadent world of Lord Henry Wotton, handsome young aristocrat Dorian Gray becomes obsessed with maintaining his youthful appearance, and commissions a special portrait that will weather the winds of time while he remains forever young. When Gray’s obsession spirals out of control, his desperate attempts to safeguard his secret turn his once-privileged…

  • A Touch of Sin

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    Four independent stories set in modern China about random acts of violence.

  • The Wolf of Wall Street

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    A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort’s autobiography.

  • Knight of Cups

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    Rick is a screenwriter living in Los Angeles. While successful in his career, his life feels empty. Haunted and confused, he finds temporary solace in the decadent Hollywood excess that defines his existence. Women provide a distraction to his daily pain, and every encounter brings him closer to finding his place in the world.

  • High-Rise

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    Life for the residents of a tower block begins to run out of control.