Zdalo sa, že v roku 1996 sa stretli naposledy - superpolicajt John Spartan a superzločinec Simon Phoenix to vtedy „trochu“ prehnali a zavinili smrť skupiny rukojemníkov. Za trest boli preventívne zmrazení... Uplynie niekoľko rokov a svet sa zmení. V roku 2032 je San Angeles nové nielen názvom, ale aj poriadkom a dokonalým životným štýlom. Ideálnemu, ale zároveň nudne dokonalému mestu vládne Dr. Raymond Cocteau. V podzemí sa však ukrýva skupina vzbúrencov, ktorí sa novým pomerom odmietajú prispôsobiť. Zaslepený Dr. Cocteau preto nechá rozmraziť zločinca Phoenixa a poverí ho likvidáciou vzbúrencov. Phoenix sa však vymkne spod kontroly a obyvatelia San Angeles sa ocitajú v smrteľnom nebezpečenstve. Mladá a krásna policajtka Lenina Huxleyová síce túžila po troške vzrušenia, ale na brutalitu dávno neznámych zločinov ona ani celý policajný zbor jednoducho nestačia. Preto sa mesto rozhodne rozmraziť drsného svalovca Spartana, pretože iba on môže zastaviť orgie krutosti a násilia.
Režisér spomína na svoje detstvo, kedy si zamiloval filmy v jeho dedinskom kine a vytvoril si silné priateľstvo s premietačom.
Film Professor Marston & the Wonder Women popisuje nekonvenčný život doktora Williama Marstona, harvardského psychológa a vynálezcu, ktorý pomáhal vymyslieť moderný detektor lži a v roku 1941 vytvoril postavu Wonder Woman. Marston bol v polyamornom vzťahu so svojou ženou Elizabeth, psychologičkou a vynálezkyňou, a Olive Byrne, bývalou študentkou, z ktorej sa stala akademická pracovníčka. Tento vzťah bol kľúčom k vytvoreniu Wonder Woman, pretože feministické ideály Elizabeth a Olive boli v tejto postave zakorenené už od jej začiatku. Marston zomrel v roku 1947 na rakovinu kože. Elizabeth a Olive stále tvorili pár a spoločne vychovávali deti, ktoré mali s Marstonom.
When a big TV crusader Melvin P. Thorpe threatens to expose the Chicken Ranch to public scandal and close it down, Miss Mona doesn't go down without a fight.
In the 1970s, Director Kim is obsessed by the desire to re-shoot the ending of his completed film Cobweb, but chaos and turmoil grip the set with interference from the censorship authorities, and the complaints of actors and producers who can't understand the re-written ending. Will Kim be able to find a way through this chaos to fulfill his artistic ambitions and complete his masterpiece?
A film screener at the BBFC, who has earned an unsavory reputation for being the strictest censor of violent films, begins to spiral out of control after viewing a low budget horror movie with similarities to the disappearance of her sister.
Moscow, 1930s. A prominent writer's works are suddenly censored by the Soviet state and the premiere of his theatrical play about Pontius Pilate is canceled. He's kicked out of the Soviet Writer's Union, and quickly turns into an outcast with no means to survive. Inspired by Margarita - his lover, he begins working on a new novel in which all the characters are satirically reinterpreted from his life. The novel's central character is Woland - a mystical dark force who visits Moscow to revenge all those who caused the writer's downfall. As the Master sinks himself deeper and deeper into his novel, adding himself and Margarita as characters, he gradually stops noticing as the border between reality and his imagination fades away.
A yellow cab is driving through the vibrant and colourful streets of Tehran. Very diverse passengers enter the taxi, each candidly expressing their views while being interviewed by the driver who is no one else but the director Jafar Panahi himself. His camera placed on the dashboard of his mobile film studio captures the spirit of Iranian society through this comedic and dramatic drive…
A retrospective documentary about the groundbreaking horror series, Friday the 13th, featuring interviews with cast and crew from the twelve films spanning 3 decades.
Taking inspiration from Peter M. Bracke's definitive book of the same name, this seven-hour documentary dives into the making of all twelve Friday the 13th films, with all-new interviews from the cast and the crew.
Mike Epps, Richard Pryor Jr. and others recount the culture-defining influence of Richard Pryor - one of America's most brilliant, iconic comic minds.
In recent years, more than 2,500 books have been removed from school districts around the US, labeled as banned, restricted, or challenged, and made unavailable to millions of students. By no accident, the themes targeted are the usual scapegoats of the American Right—LGBTQ+ issues, Black History, and women’s empowerment—impeding the power of future generations to develop their own thoughts and opinions on critical social issues. By weaving together a lyrical montage of young readers and authors, THE ABCs OF BOOK BANNING reveals the voices of the impacted parties, and inspires hope for the future through the profound insights of inquisitive youthful minds.
Fed up with being censored in their post-Trailer Park Boys lives, the out of work stars/world-renowned 'swearists', Mike Smith, Robb Wells and John Paul Tremblay decide to start their own uncensored network on the internet.
Italy, 1970. An increasing legion of harmless warriors begins a peaceful struggle for sexual freedom through pornography, shaking and shocking religious authorities and conservative political institutions. They are ironic, happy, crazy. They are dreamers, defenders of definitive communion between body and soul. But they were censored and humiliated. They were mistreated and arrested for demanding loud a new cultural renaissance.
Rok 1945 Stalinova moc ovláda Poľsko. Slávny maliar Wladyslaw Strzeminski odmietne robiť umelecké kompromisy a tak sa stane prenasledovaným, vylúčia ho z univerzity, jeho obrazy sú strhané zo stien galérií. Za pomoci niektorých svojich študentov sa rozhodne bojovať proti komunistickej strane a stáva sa symbolom umeleckého odporu proti tyranii.
Residents of a big city, each of whom has their own sexual problems and desires, secret and, most often, shameful from the point of view of society, need to solve them. Each of the characters tries to solve their problems in their own way: someone sublimates them, someone turns to a psychotherapist for help, someone rushes into experiments... but sooner or later they all return to where they started, and they have to overcome themselves again and again to get at least a little, even a millimeter closer to their happiness.
Based on true events of the late 60s in Italy, poet, playwright and myrmecologist Aldo Braibanti is prosecuted and sentenced to prison for the love he shares with his barely-of-age pupil and friend, Ettore. Amidst a chorus of voices of accusers, supporters and a largely hypocritical public, a single committed journalist takes on the task of piecing together the truth, between secrecy and desire, facing suspicion and censorship in the process.
A look at the forces that shaped Pre-Code Hollywood and brought about the strict enforcement of the Hays Code in 1934.
It is a sex education film of sorts dedicated to all forms of human sexuality.
Between 1933 and 1945 roughly 1200 films were made in Germany, of which 300 were banned by the Allied forces. Today, around 40 films, called "Vorbehaltsfilme", are locked away from the public with an uncertain future. Should they be re-released, destroyed, or continue to be neglected? Verbotene Filme takes a closer look at some of these forbidden films.