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Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?

Rock star Georgie Soloway (Dustin Hoffman) has it all—fame, fortune, and adoring fans—but beneath the glamorous surface, he's spiraling into a crisis. Plagued by anxiety, paranoia, and a mysterious man named Harry Kellerman who’s spreading vicious rumors about him, Georgie begins to question his sanity. As he desperately searche...

Jabberwocky

Marking Terry Gilliam's first solo directorial effort after his work with Monty Python, "Jabberwocky" is a seminal film that fully establishes his unique cinematic voice. While it shares the anarchic humor and medieval setting of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, this film is a darker, more focused satire on capitalism, bureaucracy, and the absurdity of chivalric myths.

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Far from the Madding Crowd

In this sweeping adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s classic novel, headstrong and independent Bathsheba Everdene (Julie Christie) inherits a large farm, defying the expectations of Victorian society. As she navigates the challenges of managing her estate, she attracts the attention of three very different suitors: the steadfast shepherd Gabriel Oak (Alan Bates), the wealthy but lonely landowner...

The Lady Banker

In the high-stakes world of finance, one woman defies the odds to conquer Wall Street. The Lady Banker is a gripping drama set in the cutthroat banking industry of the late 1970s, where ambition, power, and betrayal collide.

The film follows Elizabeth Carter, a brilliant and determined young woman who rises through the ranks of a male-dominated investment firm. Facing sexism, ruthless c...

Austeria

Jerzy Kawalerowicz's Austeria is a profound and haunting chamber drama, a eulogy for a world on the brink of extinction. Set in August 1914, the film unfolds almost in real-time within the claustrophobic confines of a small inn (austeria) perched on the border of the Austro-Hungarian and Russian empires. As the Great War erupts, the innkeeper, an aging Jew named Tag,...