6.3 /10
Starting from childhood attempts at illustration, the protagonist pursues his true obsession to art school. But as he learns how the art world really works, he finds that he must adapt his vision to the reality that confronts him.
Run Time: 102 Min . MMPA: 18 . Release: May 05, 2006
Director: Director: Terry Zwigoff,
Stars: Max Minghella, Sophia Myles, John Malkovich, Jim Broadbent, Matt Keeslar,
6.5 /10
Hattie, a New Orleans prostitute, meets a photographer named Bellocq at her brothel one night and, after he photographs her, he befriends her 12-year-old daughter, Violet. When Violet is brought on as a working girl by her mother's madam and Hattie skips town to get married, Violet quickly loses her innocence and focuses on reuniting with Bellocq. But a life with Bellocq is compromised for Violet after her mother returns to town.
Run Time: 110 Min . MMPA: 17 . Release: Apr 05, 1978
Director: Director: Louis Malle,
Stars: Brooke Shields, Keith Carradine, Susan Sarandon, Frances Faye, Antonio Fargas,
4.2 /10
A bride-to-be plans on becoming more uninhibited in bed for her future husband. What she didn't plan on was a steamy affair with an erotica photographer to make her have second thoughts about her fiancé.
Run Time: 90 Min . MMPA: 17 . Release: Jan 01, 2001
Director: Director: Madison Monroe,
Stars: Brandy Davis, Danny Pape, Anthony Skordi, McKayla, Daniel Busch,
6.2 /10
Cousin Bette is a poor and lonely seamstress, who, after the death of her prominent and wealthy sister, tries to ingratiate herself into lives of her brother-in-law, Baron Hulot, and her niece, Hortense Hulot. Failing to do so, she instead finds solace and company in a handsome young sculptor she saves from starvation. But the aspiring artist soon finds love in the arms of another woman, Hortense, leaving Bette a bitter spinster. Bette plots to take revenge on the family who turned her away and stole her only love. With the help of famed courtesan Jenny Cadine she slowly destroys the lives of those who have scorned her.
Run Time: 108 Min . MMPA: 17 . Release: Jun 12, 1998
Director: Director: Des McAnuff,
Stars: Jessica Lange, Elisabeth Shue, Bob Hoskins, Hugh Laurie, Kelly Macdonald,
6.9 /10
Gia Carangi travels to New York City with dreams of becoming a fashion model. Within minutes of arriving, she meets Wilhelmina Cooper, a wise and high-powered agent who takes Gia under her wing. With Cooper's help and her own natural instincts, Gia quickly shoots to the top of the modeling world. When Cooper dies of lung cancer, however, Gia turns to drugs – and both she and her career begin to spiral out of control.
Run Time: 120 Min . MMPA: 17 . Release: Jan 31, 1998
Director: Director: Michael Cristofer,
Stars: Angelina Jolie, Elizabeth Mitchell, Eric Michael Cole, Kylie Travis, Mercedes Ruehl,
6.7 /10
Vittorio is looking for a woman who matches his ideal. Through a classified ad he meets Sonia, a sweet, pleasant, intelligent girl. However, she weighs 125 pounds -- which according to Vittorio is way too much. A goldsmith by trade, Vittorio is obsessed with the desire to shape Sonia's body and mind as does a fire with gold. Almost imperceptibly Sonia becomes a passive participant and the relationship grows into a reciprocal masochistic game. When the two lovers isolate themselves in a country house in the Veneto hills, they dangerously lose touch with reality and the rest of the world.
Run Time: 100 Min . MMPA: 0 . Release: Jan 01, 2004
Director: Director: Matteo Garrone,
Stars: Vitaliano Trevisan, Michela Cescon, Roberto Comacchio, Alberto Rey, Paolo Capoduro,
7.5 /10
The former famous painter Frenhofer lives quietly with his wife on a countryside residence in the French Provence. When the young artist Nicolas visits him with his girlfriend Marianne, Frenhofer decides to start again the work on a painting he long ago stopped: La Belle Noiseuse. And he wants Marianne as model.
Run Time: 238 Min . MMPA: 15 . Release: Sep 04, 1991
Director: Director: Jacques Rivette,
Stars: Michel Piccoli, Jane Birkin, Emmanuelle Bart, Marianne Denicourt, David Bursztein,
6.3 /10
A sensuous and ethereal story of two young women falling in love for the first time. Young, beautiful Àsia lies in a coma, her mother and boyfriend keeping constant vigil by her side. In flashback we see what led up to her accident, her life studying architecture at university, the somewhat overbearing relationship she has with her mother and her passionless relationship with Nathaniel.
Run Time: 92 Min . MMPA: 15 . Release: Oct 29, 2009
Director: Director: Jess Garay,
Stars: Diana Gmez, Ariadna Cabrol, Laura Conejero, Bernat Saumell,
5.9 /10
In 1930s Australia, Anglican clergyman Anthony Campion and his prim wife, Estella, are asked to visit noted painter Norman Lindsay, whose planned contribution to an international art exhibit is considered blasphemous. While Campion and Lindsay debate, Estella finds herself drawn to the three beautiful models sitting for the painter's current work, freethinking Sheela, sensual Pru and virginal Giddy.
Run Time: 98 Min . MMPA: 17 . Release: Mar 04, 1994
Director: Director: John Duigan,
Stars: Hugh Grant, Tara Fitzgerald, Sam Neill, Elle Macpherson, Portia de Rossi,
7.3 /10
Successful surgeon Tomas leaves Prague for an operation, meets a young photographer named Tereza, and brings her back with him. Tereza is surprised to learn that Tomas is already having an affair with the bohemian Sabina, but when the Soviet invasion occurs, all three flee to Switzerland. Sabina begins an affair, Tom continues womanizing, and Tereza, disgusted, returns to Czechoslovakia. Realizing his mistake, Tomas decides to chase after her.
Run Time: 171 Min . MMPA: 17 . Release: Feb 05, 1988
Director: Director: Philip Kaufman,
Stars: Daniel DayLewis, Juliette Binoche, Lena Olin, Derek de Lint, Stellan Skarsgrd,
7.9 /10
101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets aboard the ship. Rose tells the whole story from Titanic's departure through to its death—on its first and last voyage—on April 15, 1912.
Run Time: 194 Min . MMPA: 13 . Release: Nov 18, 1997
Director: Director: James Cameron,
Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Frances Fisher,