狂虐的飓风向苏格兰内陆步步紧逼。泰晤士水闸首席设计师罗伯(罗伯特·卡莱尔 Robert Carlyle 饰)和前妻——水闸工程总监萨米(杰萨琳·吉尔西格 Jessalyn Gilsig 饰)被叫回到水闸做安全检查,而罗伯心怀芥蒂疏远的父亲莱纳德教授(汤姆·康特奈 Tom Courtenay 饰)根据自己丰富经验测算并料定一旦洪水袭来,泰晤士河水闸必将被击溃。他及时将此情况报告给了危机控制中心的纳什女士。然而他的警告并未到重视,危机控制中心的专家不能准确地判断情况,不置可否的副首相竟向人们承诺洪水不会抵达伦敦市区。 洪峰3小时后到达了伦敦,滔天骇浪跃过水闸,数亿吨的洪水急速奔涌进中央伦敦,顷刻间一片汪洋。数百万伦敦人危在旦夕。罗伯特,萨米和莱纳德只有几小时来挽救这座城市……
Just after the First World War Fred Roberts goes for a job as a newspaper journalist and tells the sub-editor how, in the trenches in 1916, he discovered a printing press in working order. Helped by ex-printer Sergeant Harris and with his friend Jack Pearson as his assistant, he sets up the Wipers Times - the name coming from the soldiers' pronunciation of the town Ypres. Despite disapproval from officious Colonel Howfield but with backing from sympathetic General Mitford they produce twenty-three issues of a satirical magazine - its articles represented on screen in black and white - which boosts morale and even gets mentioned in the Tatler. The press is destroyed by a German shell but another is found and the paper's title changed to fit in with wherever the regiment is deployed.
James starts his coast-to-coast odyssey in Mumbai, one of India's greatest cities. A white-knuckle auto rickshaw journey through the bustling streets in the company of top stand-up comedian Aditi Mittal leads James to a roasting at a nearby comedy club. Attempting to find his feet after this bruising experience, James explores Dharavi, India's biggest slum which, despite its challenges, is buzzing with determined entrepreneurs and an uplifting community spirit. Next up, in a confusing and hilarious encounter, James meets one of the last great Bollywood poster artists and has a go at creating his own vision of a blockbuster. A traditional fortune teller warns James of the perils of the journey ahead before he sets out on a 500-mile trek into Rajasthan and Udaipur, the fabled city of lakes. Here, a serene morning in the company of India's champion kite flyer descends into apocalyptic chaos as James and the crew battle the elements. As dusk falls, James cycles into the old city for the explosive and fiery ritual of Holika Dan. The episode ends with the wild and colourful celebration of Holi, where the whole city comes together to dance to earth-shattering beats in a kaleidoscopic array of paints and powders.
一个男人由于患上了强迫性神经官能症,生活面临崩溃。可是在这样关键的时刻,他竟然遇上一段意想不到的风流韵事。黑色幽默的故事让观众惊喜连连。 The British indie DIRTY FILTHY LOVE offers a quirky spin on the standard romantic-comedy formula with the tragicomic misadventures of its neurochemically-addled hero. Mark Furness (Michael Sheen) is a thirtysomething architect whose marriage and career are threatened by his increasing obsessive-compulsive disorder and Tourette’s syndrome, which include repetitive and completely involuntary activities such as stair-counting, hand-washing, and swearing. When his wife Stevie (Anastasia Griffith) files for divorce and he loses his job to a subordinate, Mark turns to his doctor for help but instead meets a kindred soul, Charlotte (Shirley Henderson), who immediately diagnoses Mark’s mental disorders and offers him therapy via her own self-help group. The film’s darkly humorous yet poignant tone is carried by Sheen’s nuanced performance and an unsentimental script co-penned by Ian Puleston-Davies, whose own experiences with OCD lend authenticity to the proceedings.
James May discovers how the car became an everyday part of normal people's lives.
A sinister, neurotic white girl Lula, with the provocation of her lovely, half-naked body and of her startlingly lascivious speech, lures to his doom a good-looking young black man Clay, a stranger whom she has picked up in the subway and whom she mocks for wearing the clothes and employing the voice and manners of the conventional white intellectual. The man, who, at first seeing no reason to resist the girl's advances, perceives too late that he is being used by her, drops his "white" disguise, and launches a wild and bitter counterattack on her and on the entire white race. Written by alfiehitchie
故事发生在1692年的美国,一个名为萨勒姆的小镇之中,在这里生活着一群思想单纯,甚至有些愚昧的村民们。阿比盖尔(萨曼莎·科利 Samantha Colley 饰)是牧师的外甥女,她爱上了名为普罗克托的男人,然而,普罗克托已经有家室了,这段感情在普罗克托的妻子伊丽莎白发现之 后,迅速走向了破灭。 阿比盖尔失败的恋情在小镇里传开了,她遭到了同伴们的嘲笑和奚落,愤怒和羞愧中,阿比盖尔在森林里举行了诅咒仪式,诅咒伊丽莎白。这场仪式被刚好经过的帕里斯牧师给看到了,虽然没有看清究竟是谁在举行仪式,但是村子里存在女巫的消息很快就传开了,整个小镇陷入了恐慌之中……
希腊小岛塞佛伦尼亚岛,纯美恬静,仿若世外桃源。岛民世代居住生活在这里,与世无争。然而二战烽烟很快打破了这份宁静祥和。意大利军团上尉安东尼奥·柯莱利(尼古拉斯·凯奇饰)带领士兵驻扎进小岛,双方都保持着敌对的距离。跟随柯莱利的唯有一把排遣孤寂的曼陀林琴。一次偶然的机会,柯莱利邂逅当地姑娘佩拉吉娅(佩内洛普·克鲁兹饰)。两人在最初的相处中格格不入,但佩拉吉娅优雅的举止与坚韧的性格很快打动了柯莱利的心,柯莱利天籁般的琴声也令佩拉吉娅神往不已。然而美好的时光总是如此短暂,随着战事的日益临近,坠入爱河的两人不得不做出最后的抉择。 这部发生在二战硝烟战火中感人至深的爱情故事《战地情人》,改编自英国著名作家路易斯·德·伯尔涅斯的畅销小说《柯莱利上尉的曼陀林》。女主角佩内洛普·克鲁兹凭借此片荣获2001年第14届欧洲电影奖“观众-最佳女演员”提名。
冷酷粗暴的流浪汉约翰尼(大卫·休里斯 David Thewlis饰)来到伦敦寻找自己的前任女友路易丝·克兰西(莱丝莉·夏普 Lesley Sharp饰),从一座失业问题严重的工业城市曼彻斯特来到交织在光鲜与黑暗中的大都市伦敦。约翰尼结识了路易丝的室友索菲(凯特琳·卡特利吉 Katrin Cartlidge饰),两人当天就在公寓做了爱。一觉醒来,已经爱上约翰尼的索菲得到的却是约翰尼一副玩世不恭的冷面拒绝。愤世嫉俗的约翰尼不仅仇视女性,也痛恨着自己与他身处的一切。他冷漠地与陌生女人做爱,绝望地与这个世界暴力相向。 本片荣获1993年第46届戛纳电影节主竞赛单元-最佳导演大奖,男主角大卫·休里斯凭借此片荣获最佳男演员奖,本片也同时入围第46届戛纳电影节主竞赛单元-金棕榈奖。