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1.M Butterfly starring: Jeremy Irons, John Lone, Barbara Sukowa, Ian Richardson, Annabel Leventon directed by: David Cronenberg November 10, 1997
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At first I didn't know quiet what to make of this movie. Jeremy Irons sure does have the talent to play "STRANGE" beyond words. I don't own the VHS, I have a movie on a CD, but still this is quiet an interesting movie. To love someone for 18 years and NOT know they are man, only proves, "Love is blind". After I watched this a couple of times, I grew to appreciate the talent that REALLY went into this movie. ONLY Jeremy Irons and John Lone could have pulled this off. If you are affended by same sex love, don't watch this!!! I cried at the end... I simply LOVE this movie. I have watched it so many times, and each time, I find something I didn't see before. GREAT directing, GREAT actors and just plain a GREAT movie. It's NOT a porn movie!! It's LOVE at it's deepest. When I first saw John Lone ... Read More

2.Voyager starring: Sam Shepard, Julie Delpy, Barbara Sukowa, Dieter Kirchlechner, Traci Lind directed by: Volker Schlöndorff October 16, 1997
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This is a movie that will stay with you [maybe forever?]--I first saw it on Bravo about 1994, recorded it and have shared it with lots of friends. It is possible to figure out the ending about halfway through but you hope that it is NOT what you think. You desperately want the couple to be happy because they both need each other. It proves that without the circumstances of the ending--a girl CAN be happy with a man 25 years older than her! This is common throughout Europe--it is only Americans who have a problem with it.

3.Zentropa starring: Jean-Marc Barr, Eddie Constantine, János Herskó, Cæcilia Holbek Trier, Henning Jensen September 11, 1996
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I first rented this from my library and I liked it so much that I had to purchase it. This film is very surreal and grabs one and takes one on a wild ride through post-WWII Germany via the railway. The ending is also not what it seems. This is truly a find in a world of international films!

4.Marianne & Juliane starring: Jutta Lampe, Barbara Sukowa, Rüdiger Vogler, Doris Schade, Vérénice Rudolph directed by: Margarethe von Trotta November 11, 1998
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In the early 1980's I lived for art-house films. "Marianne & Juliane" nearly cured me of that: My knees were knocking trying to leave the showing. No other film (for me) better portrays the love/hate bond between siblings or the experience of well-minded individuals slamming up against extablished politcal structures. What I only learned recently from trolling the internet, is that the film is based on real-life sisters and the events that transpired in their lives. The story is a series of horrors that von Troota underplays at each step. No other director could have, or would have made this film. Pair it with Fassbinder's "The Third Generation," and you have a haughting view of radical politics in Germany. This film won several awards but never reached a wide audience. Sadly, this has been true of ... Read More

5.Johnny Mnemonic starring: Keanu Reeves, Dolph Lundgren, Dina Meyer, Ice-T, Takeshi Kitano directed by: Robert Longo April 09, 1996
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A fascinating film that brings together several genres and also several influences. First the technical level of virtual reality and computerized graphics. Interesting though not exceptionally original (see for one example The Lawnmower Man). Second the Japanese, Chinese, Honk Kong, Kung Fu type of action. There it is in a way renewed because it is grafted onto, into or under another type of post-apocalyptic vision that is typically American: underground resistance (with one of the archetypes being the Terminator trilogy, or The Running Man) or people who refuse the modern slavery imposed by the corporate trust that governs and controls the world, through dependence on data-processing machines that create a nervous disorder that is both incurable and catching. The models of this underground vision are numerous. Here he sets ... Read More

6.Rosa Luxemburg starring: Barbara Sukowa, Daniel Olbrychski, Otto Sander, Adelheid Arndt, Jürgen Holtz directed by: Margarethe von Trotta January 01, 1998
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Impressive portrait of this historical personage. Barbara Sukova made the best role of her career, deserving for this role the coveted Silver Bear in Berlin, 1986 sharing honors with Cher in Mask. A superb and unforgettable masterpiece.

7.Urbania starring: Dan Futterman, Scott Denny, Paige Turco, Samuel Ball, Lothaire Bluteau directed by: Jon Matthews March 13, 2001
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Very engaging story thanks to the good looks of the main character Charlie who engages with several people throughout the movie. At times sad, at times scary, this is a movie that will have you frustrated as well as enthralled. The acting is superb and the situations unique.

8.Office Killer starring: Doug Barron, Jason Brill, Paula Cale, Alice Drummond, Mike Hodge June 04, 2002
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I enjoyed this film so much. And the key to enjoying it is to get rid of any preconceived ideas of what a horror film should be like. It keeps a sarcastic tone from beginning to end, and to tell you the truth, I spent a considerable part of the movie laughing when I was supposed to be scared. Carol Kane is fantastic as Dorine, and her performance alone is worth the price of the DVD. The soundtrack is also great and very fitting to the atmosphere. Just watch the opening credits and you'll know what I'm talking about!

9.Johnny Mnemonic starring: Keanu Reeves, Dolph Lundgren, Dina Meyer, Ice-T, Takeshi Kitano directed by: Robert Longo June 18, 1998
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A fascinating film that brings together several genres and also several influences. First the technical level of virtual reality and computerized graphics. Interesting though not exceptionally original (see for one example The Lawnmower Man). Second the Japanese, Chinese, Honk Kong, Kung Fu type of action. There it is in a way renewed because it is grafted onto, into or under another type of post-apocalyptic vision that is typically American: underground resistance (with one of the archetypes being the Terminator trilogy, or The Running Man) or people who refuse the modern slavery imposed by the corporate trust that governs and controls the world, through dependence on data-processing machines that create a nervous disorder that is both incurable and catching. The models of this underground vision are numerous. Here he sets it in the guts of an old decaying ... Read More

10.Sicilian starring: Christopher Lambert, Terence Stamp, Joss Ackland, John Turturro, Richard Bauer directed by: Michael Cimino October 24, 2001
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No joke, this is two hours of amateurish stuff, which cannot really be called cinema without upsetting someone up there. I just went back to see some of the scenes of this movie again because they are so ridiculous I wanted to have another go! So, let's start in the right order (warning, contains some spoilers, but you're not really going to watch this movie, are you?): - The fact that the movie was entirely in English should have given it away, very funny to hear would-be sicilians talking to each other in English. - Past that, we encounter the limping professor. An attempt to add a sinister touch to an otherwise meaningless character. Very amateurish. - Then came signs and inscriptions throughout the movie, all in English (things like Sicilian Region, Minister of Law and Justice). Made up stuff not ... Read More

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