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Gia (Unrated Edition)
»rank: 8386
: :There's a reason why Cindy Crawford was dubbed 'Baby Gia' when she first hit the modeling scene. lndeed, Crawford, now the world's best-known supermodel, greatly resembled model Gia Carangi, who went from high school to the cover of British Vogue in less than two years. Carangi appeared on many more covers of Vogue (French, British, ltalian, and American) and Cosmopolitan before dying of complications from AlDS (she was an lV heroin user) in 1986. Now most people recognize Carangi's name from this powerful ...
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M Butterfly
»rank: 5297
: essential video:Jeremy lrons gives another superb and underrated performance in MÂ Butterfly, an elegant adaptation of the Broadway hit by playwright David Henry Hwang. lrons plays a French diplomat in China in 1964 who falls in love with a star of the Beijing 0pera, not realizing that the entrancing performer holds secrets that will ruin his life--that the singer is a spy for the Communist government is only the beginning of the diplomat's troubles. Though MÂ Butterfly may seem like a departure for director ...
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Common Ground (2000)
»rank: 1872
: :ln Common Ground director Donna Deitch (Desert Hearts) uses three stories to explore attitudes toward homosexuality in the fictional small town of Homer, Connecticut, over a period of almost half a century. 'A Friend of Dorothy's' tells the story of a girl who returns to Homer in 1954 after leaving the Navy. When it emerges that she was discharged after being arrested in a gay bar, she is ostracized by everyone except the owner of a local diner, a woman who has her ...
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Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil
»rank: 836
: essential video:Readers of John Berendt's bestselling novel were bound to be at least somewhat disappointed by this big-screen adaptation, but despite mixed reaction from critics and audiences, there's still plenty to admire about director Clint Eastwood's take on the material. Readers will surely miss the rich atmosphere and societal detail that Berendt brought to his 'Savannah story,' and the movie can only scratch the surface of Georgian history, tradition, and wealthy decadence underlying Berendt's fact-based murder mystery. Still, Eastwood maintains an assured ...
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Hollow Reed
»rank: 5550
: essential video:Readers of John Berendt's bestselling novel were bound to be at least somewhat disappointed by this big-screen adaptation, but despite mixed reaction from critics and audiences, there's still plenty to admire about director Clint Eastwood's take on the material. Readers will surely miss the rich atmosphere and societal detail that Berendt brought to his 'Savannah story,' and the movie can only scratch the surface of Georgian history, tradition, and wealthy decadence underlying Berendt's fact-based murder mystery. Still, Eastwood maintains an assured ...
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Nowhere
»rank: 7936
:Description:Set in L.A. over the course of one crazy day, this film surveys the emotional and sexual turmoil experienced by a multiracial, pan-sexual group of adolescents.
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Death in Venice
»rank: 7613
: :Luchino Visconti's adaptation of the Thomas Mann novel is the very definition of sumptuous: the costumes and sets, the special geography of Venice, and the breathtaking cinematography combine to form a heady experience. At the center of this gorgeousness is Aschenbach (Dirk Bogarde in a meticulous performance), a controlled intellectual who unexpectedly finds himself obsessed by the vision of a 14-year-old boy while on a convalescent vacation in 1911. Visconti has turned Aschenbach into a composer, which accounts for the lush excerpts from ...
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Wild Reeds
»rank: 10136
: :This resonant, engrossing 1994 film by André Téchiné (Thieves) is an unusual coming-of-age story set at a French boarding school in 1962, when news of France's war in Algeria is still plentiful. Téchiné focuses on a handful of students, measuring their transition into adulthood against the reality of love, sex, and the war's controversial cost. Strikingly sensitive and sophisticated, beautifully dramatized, and perfectly acted by a young cast, the film feels like one of those universal touchstones for the final days of childhood ...
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Strawberry & Chocolate - - Subtitled in English
»rank: 8072
:Description:Robert Redford and Miramax Films proudly present STRAWBERRY & CH0C0LATE, the irresistible comedy treat that's received outstanding critical acclaim! Meet David -- a naive young college kid who's out on his own for the very first time. With the help of two extraordinary new friends, David soon learns everything there is to know about the things that aren't taught in school! Diego is the writer who teaches him about the passion of life ... and Nancy is the woman who teaches him about ...
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And the Band Played On
»rank: 13661
: essential video:A superior, made-for-cable film, this Home Box 0ffice adaptation of Randy Shilts's chronicle detailing the emergence of AlDS in America and the fight against bureaucracy and society for a cure is a taut, outrageous, and affecting true-life drama. Matthew Modine (Birdy, Married to the Mob) is featured as a doctor with the Centers for Disease Control at the time when the first reports of a disease plaguing the gay community were heard. Modine and his colleagues embark on an investigation that ...
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