I 1961 overførtes Leonard Bernsteins geniale musical fra Broadways scener til filmens magiske univers, hvilket - overraskende nok – gav den endnu et løft, der bragte den helt op i filmhistoriens øverste luftlag. West Side Story blev nomineret til 11 Oscars i 1962, af hvilke den vandt de 10, bl.a. Bedste Film! Historien er en klassisk Shakespearsk Romeo & Julie tragedie: Den yndige, uskyldige puertoricanske Maria, der er søster til en barsk bandeleder i New Yorks underverden, forelsker sig i Tony, der er modvilligt medlem af en rivaliserende bande amerikanske drenge. Deres kærlighed er stærk, ren – og bliver relativt kort – for deres respektive familier er ude af stand til at acceptere kærlighed på tværs af egne rækker. Filmen drives af en formidabel intensitet, der både kan tilskrives den medrivende musik, men også den ekvilibristiske koreografi, der fuldender den allerede betagende oplevelse.
Jane Austens meget populære roman fra 1813, Pride and Prejudice, omsat til indisk-amerikansk nutid. Der er tale om vaskeægte melodrama om en punjabi overklassefamilie og de fire døtres turbulenser gennem kærlighedens veje og vildveje. Hovedhistorien roterer om den ene datter og hendes omstændelige vej til foreningen med sin elskede via gensidige misforståelser, "stolthed og fordomme".
A middle-aged man meets a young woman who is waiting on a canal bridge for her lover's return.
A young Hip Hop star named Summer G falls for a middle to upper class sister while in college. After she rejects him for a fellow social climber, Summer G spends ten years building a Hip Hop empire, then moves to the Hamptons where he finds the object of his affections.
Antonio Barracano is a respected man among the Neapolitan underworld, keeping order and administering justice according to his own criteria, beyond the law. One day he's faced with a dilemma after a young man asks him permission to kill his father.
A struggling, indebted business man leaves his family immediately after Christmas to pursue a lucrative property deal that could solve all of his problems: buying foreclosed properties from banks at a fraction of their value, refitting them for a minimum cost, and then selling them for a large profit. He hires a local chauffeur for 24 hours to drive him around the mountainous area but, as night sets in and the weather worsens, the car is trapped on an icy road and the men face an uncertain fate.
A modern take on William Shakespeare's King Lear.
In this version of Oscar Wilde's tale, Dorian Gray is an actress who, desperate to become a worldwide star, makes a deal that switches her soul to her image on film, then proceeds to sleep and connive her way to the top, knowing that her screen test, and not she, will show the ravishes of time and of her immoral transgressions.
Jonathan Harker, a young lawyer, has been sent to the furthest reaches of Transylvania to help an old count with his move to the more populated Nilbog.
A young woman recovers from a traumatic relationship.
Rock musical adaptation of William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream".
The Saracens invade Spain again, but they seem content to compose music and watch the dancers.
Cara de Ángel's sexuality is about to explode, with Gabriela and Johnny in its sights in a context where it is not allowed. Transgression, sex, confusion, and the end of innocence.
A poor taxi driver offered a chance for a better financial future must weigh up the cost of walking away from what he most values. // In a world first omnibus collaboration between emerging Asian movie powerhouses, China, Korea and Australia, comes the classic adaptation of Loa She’s The Rickshaw Boy. Set in three locations, across three countries each thirty minute chapter tells the story of one man’s struggle for survival amidst the age of disruptive technology and explores the intimate relationship that has come to exist between man and machine and the evolution of that relationship.
While writing an adaptation of the play "4.48 Psychosis", by English playwright Sarah Kane. Luisa (Ingrid Trigueiro) travels to a desert beach with her family. Immersed in the text, Luisa finds the work's impulses increasingly immersed into her own reality, driving her to the threshold of adaptation and delirium. Between theater, sketch, archival images, and complex memories and family relationships, Arthur Lins uses different staging references to compose a small tropical tale about complex creation process.
A descendant of ancient Greek sirens searches for love on modern day Long Island. After many failed relationships she worries that the problem lies with her, but she remains determined to find her soulmate.
Emak who wanted a new digital TV because her analog TV service had been cut off, but was not financially able to afford it until her granddaughter Rahma invited her to do Live Streaming on "TokTok".
Sophia struggles with overthinking her life as a poor, nihilistic drifter. Exiled to a life of solitude, she has the chance to change it all upon meeting Liza one night - will she let her in or is she destined to burn it all?
A modern adaptation of Satyajit Ray's classic short story
A bare body guy buries his secrets in the earth right beside a river. An aspiring writer watches it from the bush. Begins a complex game with the secrets where the Earth stands witness.