cait's favorite films
Crash
Love in the dying moments of the twentieth century.
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- Canada, United Kingdom • 1996
- Director David Cronenberg
- Cast James Spader, Deborah Kara Unger, Holly Hunter, Elias Koteas, Rosanna Arquette, Peter MacNeill
- Genre Drama, Romance, Thriller
- Available on Plex Player
Conspirators of Pleasure
(Spiklenci slasti)
Six outwardly average individuals have elaborate fetishes they indulge in with surreptitious care.
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- Czech Republic, Switzerland, United Kingdom • 1996
- Director Jan Švankmajer
- Cast Petr Meissel, Gabriela Wilhelmová, Barbora Hrzánová, Anna Wetlinská, Pavel Nový, Jiří Lábus
- Genre Drama, Animation, Comedy
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Funeral Parade of Roses
(薔薇の葬列)
The trials and tribulations of Eddie and other drag queens in Japan.
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- Japan • 1969
- Director Toshio Matsumoto
- Cast Pîtâ, Osamu Ogasawara, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Emiko Azuma, Yoshihiro Katô, Koichi Nakamura
- Genre Drama
- Available on Night Flight Plus, Kanopy
La Chinoise
(La chinoise)
In this dark political comedy, a group of French university students are studying Mao and decide to start a revolution.
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- France • 1967
- Director Jean-Luc Godard
- Cast Anne Wiazemsky, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Juliet Berto, Michel Semeniako, Lex De Bruijn, Omar Diop
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Metrograph, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy, Plex Player
Audition
(オーディション)
She always gets her part.
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- Japan • 1999
- Director Takashi Miike
- Cast Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Jun Kunimura, Tetsu Sawaki, Renji Ishibashi, Miyuki Matsuda
- Genre Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Screambox, Fandor Amazon Channel, Screambox Amazon Channel, Hi-YAH, AsianCrush, ARROW, Apple TV, Vudu, Tubi TV, Midnight Pulp, Kanopy
The Passion of Joan of Arc
(La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc)
The 15th-century teenage warrior Joan of Arc takes on the French church.
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- France • 1928
- Director Carl Theodor Dreyer
- Cast Maria Falconetti, Eugène Silvain, André Berley, Maurice Schutz, Antonin Artaud, Michel Simon
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Criterion Channel, FlixFling, Max Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Tubi TV
Theorem
(Teorema)
There are only 923 words spoken in “Teorema” – but it says everything!
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- Italy • 1968
- Director Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Cast Terence Stamp, Silvana Mangano, Massimo Girotti, Anne Wiazemsky, Andrés José Cruz Soublette, Laura Betti
- Genre Mystery, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
Ginger Snaps
Hungry like the Wolf.
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- Canada • 2000
- Director John Fawcett
- Cast Emily Perkins, Katharine Isabelle, Kris Lemche, Mimi Rogers, Jesse Moss, Danielle Hampton
- Genre Drama, Horror
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Shudder Amazon Channel, fuboTV, Night Flight Plus, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Crackle, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, Peacock, Peacock Premium, Freevee, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Redbox, Plex, Plex Player
Possession
Helen wants a divorce, but as her behavior grows more alarming, a sinister force is found to be operating on her.
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- France, West Germany • 1981
- Director Andrzej Żuławski
- Cast Isabelle Adjani, Sam Neill, Margit Carstensen, Heinz Bennent, Johanna Hofer, Carl Duering
- Genre Horror
- Available on Shudder
The Lighthouse
Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.
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- Canada, United States • 2019
- Director Robert Eggers
- Cast Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe, Valeriia Karaman, Logan Hawkes, Kyla Nicolle, Shaun Clarke
- Genre Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
- Available on Showtime Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, Xumo Play, Kanopy, Plex,
Velvet Goldmine
Style matters. Even when it comes to murder.
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- United Kingdom, United States • 1998
- Director Todd Haynes
- Cast Ewan McGregor, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Christian Bale, Toni Collette, Eddie Izzard, Emily Woof
- Genre Drama, Music
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
The Piano Teacher
(La Pianiste)
Perversion --- at its absolute best.
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- Austria, France, Germany • 2001
- Director Michael Haneke
- Cast Isabelle Huppert, Annie Girardot, Benoît Magimel, Susanne Lothar, Udo Samel, Anna Sigalevitch
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube