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Gosford Park (2001) Movies

Posted by rwdfox at Nov. 15, 2017

Set in the 1930s, the story takes place in an old-fashioned English country house where a weekend shooting party is underway. The story centers on the McCordle family, particularly the man of the house, William McCordle.

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What Is Cinema? (2013) Movies

Posted by rwdfox at March 9, 2017

Using the words and ideas of great filmmakers, from archival interviews with Alfred Hitchcock and Robert Bresson to new interviews with Mike Leigh

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American Cinema Movies

Posted by at Sept. 21, 2021

American Cinema (1995)
The history of Hollywood and filmmaking comes alive in this spectacular nine hour celebration of movie magic. It's a mesmerizing, epic analysis that combines rare archival film, key scenes from immortal movies, interviews with leading filmmakers and commentary from noted film scholars and critics. As seen on PBS, this highly acclaimed series is the definitive chronicle of the American cinema, from its beginning to today. Includes interviews with Robert Altman, Clint Eastwood, Harrison Ford, Spike Lee, George Lucas, Sidney Lumet, Julia Roberts, Martin Scorsese, Gene Siskel, Steven Spielberg, Oliver Stone, Quentin Tarantino, and many more. A New York Center for Visual History Production in co-production with KCET and the BBC

Documentary

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BBC - The Real Marigold Hotel: Series 4 Part 1 (2020) Movies

Posted by Tutorial at May 4, 2020

Britt Ekland, Duncan Bannatyne, Dame Zandra Rhodes, Paul Chuckle, Henry Blofeld, John Altman, Susie Blake and Barbara Dickson arrive in India and get their first taste of the chaotic traffic on the bus to Puducherry and their new home by the sea. Although Britt struggles with the heat and Paul is struck down with an upset stomach, the group throw themselves into their new surroundings ready to embrace retired life in India.

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IMAX - Hubble (2010) Movies

Posted by Tutorial at April 3, 2017

An IMAX 3D camera chronicles the effort of 7 astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.

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What Is Cinema? (2013) Movies

Posted by Tutorial at March 9, 2017

Using the words and ideas of great filmmakers, from archival interviews with Alfred Hitchcock and Robert Bresson to new interviews with Mike Leigh, David Lynch, and Jonas Mekas, Oscar-winning filmmaker Chuck Workman shows what these filmmakers and others do that can't be expressed in words - but only in cinema.

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BBC - How Pop Songs Work (2008) Movies

Posted by notbanned at Oct. 7, 2022

Celebration of the magic of pop music and the skill and musical dexterity that goes into writing, performing and producing hit records. Conductor Charles Hazlewood explores the mechanics of pop songs such as Imagine, Tomorrow Never Knows and Back to Black by breaking them down into six key areas, aided by contributions from a cast of writers, producers and arrangers including Guy Chambers, Martin Fry, Steve Levine, Richard Niles, Nick Ingman, John Altman and Rob Davis.

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Cookie's Fortune (1999) Movies

Posted by rwdfox at Sept. 30, 2017

Cookie's Fortune unfolds over an eventful Easter weekend in the small town of Holly Springs, Mississippi. The town residents are peaceful, kind folk – with the exception of Camille Dixon – a pushy theatre director with an incredibly shy younger sister, Cora, whose estranged daughter Emma has just returned to town.

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Panic Room Movies

Posted by at Dec. 27, 2023

Panic Room (2002)
Trapped in their New York brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg Altman and her young daughter Sarah play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three intruders - Burnham, Raoul and Junior - during a brutal home invasion. But the room itself is the focal point because what the intruders really want is inside it.

Crime Drama Thriller

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Broadcast News (1987) [Criterion Collection] Movies

Posted by RSU75 at Dec. 28, 2017

Broadcast News (1987) [Criterion Collection, Spine #552]
Blu-Ray | BDMV | AVC, 1920x1080, ~27.0 Mbps | 2hr 12mn | 44,1 GB
English: DTS-HD MA, 2 ch, 2048 kbps \ AC3, 2 ch, 192 kbps
Subtitles: English
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Take two rival television reporters: one handsome, one talented, both male. Add one Producer, female. Mix well, and watch the sparks fly.

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