John Turturro
1) Five corners
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Linda (Jodie Foster) is distraught when she learns that Heinz (John Turturro), the man who tried to rape her, has been released from prison; she soon realizes that the disturbed criminal is stalking her. She turns to Harry (Tim Robinson) for protection, but his recent turn to pacifism makes this a difficult task. As Heinz continues to grow more and more obsessed with Linda, the film weaves in and out of various sub plots which include partying teenagers,...
4) Cars 2
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Star racecar Lightning McQueen and the incomparable tow truck Mater take their friendship on the road from Radiator Springs to exciting new places when they head overseas to compete in the first-ever World Grand Prix to determine the world's fastest car. But the road to the championship is filled with plenty of potholes, detours, and hilarious surprises when Mater gets caught up in an intriguing adventure of his own: international espionage!
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Actor John Turturro takes audiences on a haunting, intimate journey to his maternal homeland of Sicily. There, while exploring the island's vanishing traditions, he is taken under the wing of one of the puppet theater's few remaining practitioners, Mimmo Cuticchio, who instructs him in the distinctively Sicilian art of puppetry.
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Criterion collection volume 97
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Story of the racial tensions that surround a white-owned pizzeria in the Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn on the hottest day of the summer. One of the most controversial and thought-provoking films ever made. Bonus material includes commentary with Director Spike Lee and more.
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John Turturro plays an extremely uptight engineer whose entire life is punctual and routine to the point of absurdity. He finds himself struggling with the monotony of everyday life and the threat of middle age. Then a routine business trip turns into a life-altering experience when he meets some bizarre but sincere strangers: a free spirit played by Sam Rockwell, a phone sex operator (Catherine Keener), and a paranoid mechanic (Dermot Mulroney)....
11) The Batman
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After two years of striking fear into Gotham City's criminals as Batman, Bruce Wayne, with the help of allies like Alfred Pennyworth and Lieutenant James Gordon, becomes the city's symbol of vengeance. However, when a sadistic serial killer targets political figures, including the mayor, Batman must delve into Gotham's hidden corruption and confront his family's involvement, unmasking the Riddler's deadly game and seeking justice.
12) State of grace
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When Terry Noonan returns to New York's Hell's Kitchen after a mysterious ten year absence, he immediately rejoins the Irish mob run by Frankie Flannery and soon finds himself torn between loyalty for his Irish cronies and loyalty to a secret that could bring them down.
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Ben is an overburdened movie producer. He tries to balance his life and has to contend with the never-ending demands of 2 ex-wives, his ice-queen studio head, and a menagerie of various Hollywood prima donnas. Ben manages to take it all in stride. He copes by exuding a smoothly assuring demeanor. The only thing that really seems to upset Ben is when he discovers that his ex-wife sleeps with one of his colleagues.
14) Being human
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In five distinct yet cleverly interlocked roles, tells of a man who is a cave dweller, a Roman slave, a medieval wayfarer, a Portuguese nobleman shipwrecked in Africa and a modern Manhattanite whose homelife has hit the rocks. Each character reaches for survival, love, belonging; for all the things that made humankind draw together in the first place. Each is a human being faced with an unforgettable and universal challenge: Being Human.
15) Landline
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When sisters Dana and Ali suspect their father is having an affair, cracks in their family façade begin to surface. The two sisters bond as they discover the reality of love while trying to uncover the truth about their father without their mother knowing.
16) Secret window
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Famous mystery writer Mort Rainey is confronted by a strange man who claims that Rainey plagiarized a manuscript written by him. The stranger demands that Rainey make restitution, lest he destroy Rainey's life.
17) The source
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Filmmaker Chuck Workman explores the lives, works and influence of four leading lights of the "Beat Generation" of the 1950s: Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs and Neal Cassady. Cutting back and forth between archival footage of his subjects and readings of selections from the authors' works, he creates a fast-paced collage of images that show how the Beats set precedents for the counter-cultural movements of the last half of America's...
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Zohan Dvir is an ex-commando, Mossad agent who decides to fake his death so he can re-emerge in New York City as a hair stylist. He romances his clients by giving them extra 'special services' in the back room of the beauty shop he works in. However, he is eventually recognized, and risks losing his newfound life and career.
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When Margot and her son, Claude, come to attend the wedding of her sister, Pauline, it seems as if a family rift is being mended. Despite their best efforts, Margot and Pauline revert to their most dysfunctional selves. It does not help that Pauline's fiancé is woefully depressed and Margot's lover is as narcissistic as she is. Margot's estranged husband can't seem to recognize that Margot cringes at his every effort at reconciliation. Margot and...