Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) er en Vietnam-veteranen, der kører taxa i nattetimerne. Langsomt, men sikkert, påvirkes han af storbyens råddenskab, luderne, volden og den makabre og umenneskelige livsstil. Og langsomt forvandles hans i forvejen perforerede sind til en tikkende bombe for til sidst at eksplodere i afmagt over hans stærke oplevelser.
Det 6. århundrede. Kong Hrodgar sidder på tronen i det danske kongedømme, men hans kongerige plages af det forfærdelige monster Grendel. Kongen får derfor fat i krigeren Beowulf, som befrier landet og opnår status som folkehelt. Men Beowulf har indgået en aftale med Grendels vanvittigt smukke, men farlige moder - og det får afgørende betydning fro hans skæbne.
Max, en dygtig matematiker, som tror, at alt kan forklares ved hjælp af tal, står over for sit livs største opdagelse: at kunne forudsige, hvad der vil ske på aktiemarkederne. Der udbryder kaos, da både et Wall Street-firma og en religiøs sekt får øjnene op for Max' færdigheder, samtidigt med at han plages af hallucinationer, migræne og paranoia.
In the immense city of Tokyo, the darkness of the afterlife lurks some of its inhabitants who are desperately trying to escape the sadness and isolation of the modern world.
De voksne søskende Wendy og Jon har ikke den fjerneste lyst til at blive mindet om deres problematiske opvækst. Så det passer dem temmelig dårligt, da de får at vide, at deres far er ved at blive dement. De to neurotiske søskende tvinges til at bo under samme tag for første gang siden deres barndom. Og tage sig af den far, som de har frygtet og undgået i så mange år.
Four independent stories set in modern China about random acts of violence.
A recently-widowed science fiction writer considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative 6-year-old abandoned and socially-rejected boy who says he's really from Mars.
A true story of shocking violence catapults a picturesque little town into history. The close sibling relationship between the two maids takes on a new dimension as their overbearing employer discovers a sexual fever between the two sisters.
Twenty-something Freddy is becalmed in a podunk French village where the only sign of life is the local amateur brass band and youth aimlessly roaming around the countryside on scooters. He has an intense sexual connection with his girlfriend but has no joy or passion to give her. When she falls for a handsome Arab youth a tragedy unfolds.
In the Swedish city of Lethe, people from different walks of life take part in a series of short, deadpan vignettes that rush past. Some are just seconds long, none longer than a couple of minutes. A young woman (Jessica Lundberg) remembers a fantasy honeymoon with a rock guitarist. A man awakes from a dream about bomber planes. A businessman boasts about success while being robbed by a pickpocket and so on. The absurdist collection is accompanied by Dixieland jazz and similar music.
Louise is dissatisfied with her mundane life in a bleak Parisian new-town. She rents a pied-à-terre in the city so she can experience independence.
En comedy-forfatter fra New York forsøger, trods store kærestesorger, at være tapper og tage sig af sin døende mor i Sacramento.
A rebellious student embarks on an affair with the mother of his best friend, leading to disastrous consequences.
A deeply disturbed and epileptic young man benignly decides to murder other members of his dysfunctional family for altruistic reasons.
Tokyo is a mere five-hour flight from Hong Kong but it is a totally different world. Sarah (Josie Ho) has come to Japan seeking to buy an investment property and to have a brief and restful holiday after a bad break-up with her boyfriend. Everything has been precisely arranged in advance; from the schedule, to the hotel, to the real estate broker and the site visits. Immediately after her arrival, things start to go terribly wrong.
With input from actor and writer Jan Hlobil, director and cinematographer Rene Smaal presents a film in the true surrealist tradition, in the sense that only 'found' elements were used, and that it defies interpretation based on ordinary cause-and-effect time sequence.
Alberto is dead and can no longer hide it. Make-up and perfume can no longer conceal his quickly decomposing body. Dismayed, he decides to withdraw from the world, whilst forming an unusual friendship with Luly, the manager of the 24-hour gym where he works as a night guard.
This is the story of three characters (brothers Tomek and Jacek and their neighbor Magda), each of them is in their own way lonely and alienated. The title character makes herself secluded. Tomek's alienation results from his neurological disease, and Jacek contacts the world mainly via the Internet. This is also a film about love. Love of one brother to the other and of one alienated human being to the other. All together it creates a very universal picture with a Polish entourage.
Beyond Citizen Kane (1993) is a British documentary film directed by Simon Hartog, produced by John Ellis, and broadcast on Channel 4. It details the dominant position of the Rede Globo media group in the Brazilian society, discussing the group's influence, power, and political connections. Globo's president and founder Roberto Marinho came in for particular criticism, being compared with fictional newspaper tycoon Charles Foster Kane, created by Orson Welles for the 1941 film Citizen Kane. According to the documentary, Marinho's media group engages in the same Kane wholesale manipulation of news to influence the public opinion.
A timid young woman who lives with her domineering mother accepts an Adult Video scout's offer to "become somebody else" by performing in porn videos. As she rises in popularity, the boundaries between her two lives begin to disintegrate.