The Last Days of Pompeii
Carmine Gallone and Amleto Palermi’s The Last Days of Pompeii 1926 stages in sumptuous colour tinting the epic fall of the ancient city buried by Mount Vesuvius’ eruption. Adapted from Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s love story,
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Carmine Gallone and Amleto Palermi’s The Last Days of Pompeii 1926 stages in sumptuous colour tinting the epic fall of the ancient city buried by Mount Vesuvius’ eruption. Adapted from Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s love story,
The title refers to a character named Pompeo Quarantini; an attorney tries to prevent marriage between an heiress and a musician, but without success.
Darwish is a young man with existential fatigue. He returns home from work with one concern: to fix the broken fan, While his neighbor is shot in the building's lobby. Darwish gets stuck at the crime scene looking for so
The panorama of human affairs encounters the “man with a movie camera”. His playground has no boundaries, his curiosity no limits. Characters, situations and places pitch camp in the life of a humanity that is at once th
An end-of-life hospice opens its doors in this intimate documentary, revealing moments of joy and tenderness between staff, residents and loved ones.
The last days of humanity by Karl Kraus, a mammoth drama - almost 800 pages in the Adelphi edition - staged by Luca Ronconi in the Lingotto in Turin, broadcast by Rai
Mendizábal, a hit man, its ordered by his anonymous clients to murder a man. But in the precise and obsessive persecution, he will discover that he is only part of a game that doesn't belong to him, a web at the service
After reuniting with his high school sweetheart, Blake and his girlfriend go on the run from his own family as they await the Second Coming of Jesus.
This eye-opening film goes behind the scenes at two head shops in Portsmouth – businesses selling powerful legal highs, in bright packets. From cocaine substitutes 'Blow' and 'Rush', to the zombifying effects of 'Spice',
In May 1936, the “Abe specific incident.” shook the entire country of Japan. It is said that Abe had a live-in maid (Yuma Asami), the owner of the restaurant’s employer Ishida (Nobuyuki Matsuda) was killed, that the cut
The play tells the story of Socrates, the father of philosophers and one of the founders of philosophy in history. It also tells the history of Athens, the city of thought, and the story of its resistance to the occupati
From 1989 to 1991 a string of unpredictable events happened that brought to light the rivalry between two men: Gorbachev, hindered by the economic results of his perestroika, and Yeltsin, embodying the hopes of the Russi
After the United States mounted a covert mission to eliminate America's number-one terrorist target, celebration turned to mounting questions. Now, Peter Bergen obtains rare access to interview former CIA agents, Navy Se
A team of pop artists arrives in a small resort town and hopes to make money easily. But the guest performers are not given a provincial reception. Vacationing students of the theater university expose the hacks and decl
In 1995, Chasen's closed its doors after 60 years of serving chili to movie stars and visiting dignitaries, Presidents and the Pope. During its two final weeks, Chasen regulars (actors and producers), staff, and manageme
Chuck and Greg's father works as a security guard for a company that is closing down in December 1996. On his final shift, he sets out to record any paranormal activity he encounters during the night.
This is a collection of home movies that's meant to cover everything from the musical and comedical journeys of Hank Dynamo to his struggles with jobs, alcohol, drugs, and his ongoing battles with various mental illnesse
Neil Hollander sailed a ten-meter sailboat nearly 25,000 miles meeting and working alongside those men who still earned their livings using sailboats. This book recalls the authors' experiences with eight surviving craft
Chronicles the last days of WWII with original footage of the Allied advance in Europe, the final battles, and the after-effects of peace such as the Nuremberg Trials and the beginnings of the Cold War.