简介：Fernando Di Leo's Milano Calibro 9 is an out-and-out masterpiece of Italian Crime cinema and, in my opinion, one of the most astonishing crime stories ever told. The first film in Di Leo's excellent 'Milieu' trilogy, Milano Calibro 9 was followed by La Mala Ordina (aka. Manhunt, also 1972) and the brilliant Il Boss (1973). The three films are not connected story-wise, but all three are excellent, and highly realistic portrayals of organized crime. As far as I am concerned Manhunt is (allthough excellent) slightly inferior to this one and Il Boss which both stand out as absolute all-time highlights of crime cinema. Milano Calibro 9 is the best of them all, a film that is astonishing in all aspects, be it the ingenious plot that, apart from a compelling story and clever twists, includes social criticism, the performances, the gritty atmosphere and suspense or the brilliant score. I can hardly find the right words to express my admiration for this masterpiece which easily ranks among the greatest Gangster flicks ever brought to screen. Gastone Moschin stars as Ugo Piazza, a tough and elliptical ex-convict who has just been released from prison. Immediately after his release, Ugo is approached by members of the Milan mob lead by the irascible gangster Rocco (Mario Adorf), as they suspect him to be responsible for the disappearance of a large sum of money belonging to their boss, an American (Lionel Stander) who controls the organized crime in Milan... Milano Calibro 9 is a film that delivers an astonishingly realistic mood of the underworld like hardly another. The intriguing storyline goes in hand with interesting characters, raw atmosphere, suspense and breathtaking action, social criticism and brutal violence. The film is simply stunning from the beginning to the end, which is even intensified by the brilliant score, a collaboration of the famous composer Luis Enríquez Bacalov and the Italian Progressive Rock band Osanna. Ugo Piazza must be one of the most charismatic gangster characters ever in cinema, and Gastone Moschin was the prefect choice for the role. Moschin delivers a brilliant performance, and the rest of the cast is also great. Mario Adorf is irascible like a rabid dog as the ferocious gangster Rocco, a role that fits him like a glove. The great Lionel Stander fits perfectly in his role of the American Mafia Don. The two cop characters in the film are played by two of the greatest regulars of Italian genre-cinema, Luigi Pistilli and Frank Wolff (who committed suicide before the film was released). The ravishing Barbara Bouchet is astonishing and incredibly sexy in the role of Ugo Piazza's stripper girlfriend. Bouchet is both a stunning beauty and an excellent actress and this is doubtlessly one of her most memorable roles. This is also a political film and director Di Leo embedded a lot of social criticism about topics like corruption. This film simply has everything one can possibly desire in cinema. Films like Milano Calibro 9 are the reason why I love cinema. This is an absolute masterpiece in all regards and, without exaggeration, one of the greatest Crime flicks ever made! The ingenious opening scene alone is more memorable than most films get in two hours.
简介：艾克(理查•基尔 Richard Gere 饰)是一名专栏记者，他的妻子就是顶头上司。然而，这并没有给他带来多少好运气，相反，和妻子性格不合离婚后，因这层关系艾克过得更加抑郁。一次偶然，艾克在酒吧里听闻了马里兰州一名女子玛琪(朱莉娅•罗伯茨 Julia Roberts 饰)三次踏上红地毯时临阵脱逃的故事。他对这件事深感兴趣，并将其写成了专栏。 当艾克去到实地采访当地人时，没想到人们普遍对他的做法感到很愤怒。而即将第四次踏上红地毯的事件主人公玛琪因为看了艾克的专栏后大感尴尬，第四次临阵逃脱。玛琪认为是艾克害惨了自己，决定以牙还牙。
简介：葛洛莉亚（朱丽安·摩尔 Julianne Moore 饰）曾经有过一段失败的婚姻，但是这段经历并没有让她对生活和爱情失去希望，正相反，如今的葛洛莉亚觉得自己比从前变得更好了。平日里，葛洛莉亚喜欢去一间舞蹈俱乐部跳舞，在那里，葛洛莉亚邂逅了名为亚诺（约翰·特托罗 John Turturro 饰）的男子。 和葛洛莉亚一样，亚诺刚刚和妻子离婚了，他有一个孩子，跟着前妻生活。相似的经历让葛洛莉亚和亚诺之间很快就碰撞出了爱情的火花，很快两人就走到了一起。然而，激情退却之后，两人之间的问题也渐渐浮现。虽然亚诺和妻子离婚了，但很显然这个女人并不能适应没有亚诺的生活，她的阴魂不散成为了葛洛莉亚和亚诺两人的关系里埋藏的一颗定时炸弹。
简介：故事发生在纽约，一个专业棒球队里两个球员的故事。Henry是明星投手，Bruce Pearson是普通投手，Bruce和其他球员十分友好，但与Henry投手却十分隔漠，这甚至开始影响球队的命运…… ◎简 介 Henry Wiggen是纽约长毛象队( New York Mammoths based on NYY)的明星投手。 (那是自由球员制还未施行的年代，球员的薪水并不高，即使像Henry Wiggen这种明星球员，还得兼营一些副业。在电影中，可看出他还是保险经纪人，而且对理财颇有一套，另外，他还是曾出过书的作家——这就是他 Author 这个绰号的由来。) 而他的室友——也是他保险的客户—— Bruce Pearson，则和他刚好相反。他球技普通，生活习惯又差，平时一副蠢样，在队上根本没人理他。(Henry 本身也很讨厌他，有一次，Henry 逮到Bruce在洗手檯便溺，气得向总教练Dutch投诉。) 但，就在这一年春训之前，一切都改变了。 因不幸而变成好友 Bruce感到身体不适，经医师诊断是何杰金氏淋巴瘤(Hodgkin's disease, or Hodgkin's lymphoma)，这在当时是绝症。Bruce的保险是向Henry投保的，在Henry 的陪伴之下，他们一起到专门的医院做进一步诊疗，并得到医院的确认。 Henry听从Bruce的要求，保守著这个秘密。两人回到春训集训地，当时 Henry 和球团的谈薪陷入僵局，Henry 正在「罢训」。但不久他得到消息，球团打算要释出Bruce，於是他接受球团提议的薪资，只不过要加入一条附加条款——他的命运必须和Bruce绑在一起，球团不管要交易还是释出Bruce，都得连他一块送走。 球团答应这个条件。但总教练觉得事有蹊蹺，如之前所述，Henry曾向他抱怨Bruce的不良生活习惯，但怎么突然间，又像是情人一样不可分离呢？总教练私下想尽办法要查个水落石出。 总教练一直找线索，想要知道之前Henry和Bruce到了什么地方、做了什么事，而 Henry就不断扯谎，想出各种理由来掩饰他和Bruce去过医院。 脱胎换骨的表现 Henry还以他的理财知识当条件，和一位老爱奚落Bruce的队友达成协议，希望他不要对Bruce那么刻薄。Henry告诉这位队友Bruce罹患绝症的秘密，并要他守口如瓶。 但这种「秘密」，很快就在队友之间秘密流传，没多久，大多数球员都知道了。忽然间，大家对 Bruce 都特别包容，人人都愿意与他交友。原本这支球队，充满了球技一流的球星，但人人各自为政，谁也不服谁，现在因为Bruce的不幸，球队的向心力竟因而凝聚了起来，此后球队连战连胜。 Bruce原本只是替补捕手，上场机会不多，表现也不理想；因为队友的接纳，他开始有了自信，各项表现都创下生涯新高，到了七月，他已是主战捕手了。 球队最终拿下第一，季后赛一路横扫，夺得世界大赛冠军。而Bruce在球季结束前，就因病重离队，於不久后便病逝了。 电影在Henry的旁白中结束。Bruce的丧礼，球队只有送花，没有代表到场。 ◎幕 后 Bang the Drum Slowly ，中译名为「战鼓轻敲」。不过首先要说明的，这个Drum，并不是战鼓，而是送丧时的哀鼓；Slowly，也非「轻」敲，而是「慢」敲。这个鼓声，就像是丧鐘，沉重地、缓慢地敲击著，像是死神逐渐走近的脚步…… 本片改编自 Mark Harris 的同名小说 Bang the Drum Slowly 。Mark Harris 总共写了四本棒球小说，这「四部曲」分别是：The Southpaw (1953)、 Bang the Drum Slowly (1956)、A Ticket for a Seamstitch (1957)，和 It Looked Like For Ever (1979)，书中的主角，都是投手 Henry Author Wiggen。 Bang the Drum Slowly 这个书名，是从一首美国的传统牛仔歌曲 Streets of Laredo （或称为「牛仔悲歌」 Cowboy's Lament ）中的歌词改编而来，这首歌，唱的是一位垂死牛仔的临终遗言，原先的歌词，有些用语比较古老一点，而在电影里，歌词有小小的更动，以下是和书名有关的副歌部分： O bang the drum slowly and play the fife lowly, Play the dead march as they carry me on, Put bunches of roses all over my coffin, Roses to deaden the clods as they fall 啊，哀鼓慢慢击，横笛低声奏， 当他们抬我灵柩时，演奏那送丧曲， 在我棺木上，覆满成束玫瑰， 让那玫瑰，舒缓落下的土块。
主演：芭芭拉·斯坦威克,弗莱德·麦克莫瑞,比尤拉·邦蒂,伊丽莎白·帕特森,威拉德·罗伯逊,斯特灵·哈洛威,查尔斯·沃尔德伦,保罗·吉尔福伊尔,查尔斯·阿恩特,约翰·雷,Thomas W. Ross,Fred 'Snowflake' Toones,汤姆·肯尼迪,乔治娅·凯恩,弗吉尼亚·布里萨克,斯潘塞·查特斯,简·阿克,Ambrose Barker,John Beck,布鲁克斯·贝内
简介： Just before Christmas, Lee Leander is caught shoplifting. It is her third offense. She is prosecuted by John Sargent. He postpones the trial because it is hard to get a conviction at Christmas time. But he feels sorry for her and arranges for her bail, and ends up taking her home to his mother for Christmas. Surrounded by a loving family (in stark contrast to Lee's own family background) they fall in love. This creates a new problem: how do they handle the upcoming trial?
简介：Guy Maddin writes, Tscherkassky has made two films cannibalizing Sidney J. Furie's 1982 Barbara Hershey horror film THE ENTITY, the story of a woman who is continually assaulted and raped either by real ghosts or by awfully adept repressed traumas… The screen literally explodes with a tumult of Hershey faces, shattering Steve Burum's original cinematography into shards of frightened eyes, trembling hands and violent outbursts of self-defense, presented in multiple exposures too layered to count, too arresting to ignore.