a twenty-something filmmaker in San Francisco.
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Written and directed by Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almódovar, Tacones Lejanos is a murder mystery centering on flamboyant actress Becky del Paramo (Marisa Paredes) and her daughter Rebecca (Victoria Abril), a television anchorwoman. After being estranged for 15 years, Becky re-enters Rebecca’s life when she comes to perform a concert. Rebecca, she finds, is now married to one of Becky’s ex-lovers, Manuel (Feodor Atkine). As the mother and daughter begin making up for lost time, Manuel is suddenly murdered at his home. Unfortunately, which of the ladies is responsible for the homicide remains unclear, even after one of them confesses. 1991
Pious detective Neil Howie (Edward Woodward) gets more than he bargained for when he probes a young girl’s disappearance in this harrowing psychological thriller. An anonymous tip sends Howie to a private island off the Scottish coast, where the Christian constable encounters a populace of modern pagans. As he dauntlessly follows a string of tantalizing and progressively disturbing clues, the trail leads him to a shocking conclusion. 1973
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Director Robert Altman’s wickedly funny masterpiece about a slick Hollywood studio executive named Griffin Mill (Tim Robbins) — a hotshot whose life is falling apart — is packed with irreverence and myriad star cameos (including appearances from Steve Allen, Cher, John Cusack, Peter Falk and Jeff Goldblum). A rival wants his job, and he’s facing a murder rap. But will Griffin face the music or turn his liabilities into assets? 1992
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Soon after saxophonist Fred Madison (Bill Pullman) suspects his wife (Patricia Arquette) of cheating on him, he is mysteriously framed for her murder and sent to death row, in this surreal, non-linear film by director David Lynch. In prison, Madison inexplicably transforms into a young mechanic (Balthazar Getty) who, after being released (he isn’t the convicted killer anymore), meets a local gangster’s moll — also played by Patricia Arquette. 1997
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When neighborhood kids begin vanishing, Jenny (Lolita Davidovich) suspects her child psychologist husband, Carter, may be resuming the deranged experiments his father performed on Carter when he was young. Now, it falls to Jenny to unravel the mystery. And as more children disappear, she fears for her own child’s safety. John Lithgow plays creepy multiple roles as Carter, his evil twin and their father in director Brian De Palma’s wicked shocker. 1992
As Aunt Alice, Ruth Gordon applies for the job of housekeeper in the Tucson, Arizona home of widow Claire Marrable in order to find out what happened to a missing widowed friend, Edna Tilsney. The crazed Claire, left only a stamp album by her husband, takes money from her housekeepers, kills them, and buries the bodies in her garden. 1969