The Cinephile - Monarchy of Madness

After the death of the paranoid emperor Tiberius, Caligula, his heir, seizes power and plunges the empire into a bloody spiral of madness and depravity.

Runtime

2h 36m

Director

Tinto Brass

Cast

Malcolm McDowell, Teresa Ann Savoy, Helen Mirren

Rookie cop Megan Turner orders a burglar to drop his gun. He whirls to shoot. Too late. Turner fires, killing him instantly. When someone lifts the assailant's gun from the crime scene, the police hold Turner accountable for killing an unarmed man. That same someone carves Turner's name into the bullets and uses them in a series of mur...

Runtime

1h 42m

Director

Kathryn Bigelow

Cast

Jamie Lee Curtis, Ron Silver, Clancy Brown

Exactly one year after young rock guitarist Eric Draven and his fiancée are brutally killed by a ruthless gang of criminals, Draven, watched over by a hypnotic crow, returns from the grave to exact revenge.

Runtime

1h 42m

Director

Alex Proyas

Cast

Brandon Lee, Rochelle Davis, Ernie Hudson

Dr. Peyton Westlake is on the verge of realizing a major breakthrough in synthetic skin when his laboratory is destroyed by gangsters. Having been burned beyond recognition and forever altered by an experimental medical procedure, Westlake becomes known as Darkman, assuming alternate identities in his quest for revenge and a new life w...

Runtime

1h 35m

Director

Sam Raimi

Cast

Liam Neeson, Frances McDormand, Colin Friels

Three tales of love, ambition, and neurosis unfold in the city that never sleeps. In "Life Lessons" (Martin Scorsese), a tormented painter channels heartbreak into his art. In "Life Without Zoë" (Francis Ford Coppola), a precocious 12-year-old navigates privilege and loneliness in a Manhattan hotel. And in "Oedipus Wrecks" (Woody Allen...

Runtime

2h 4m

Director

Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen

Cast

Nick Nolte, Rosanna Arquette, Patrick O'Neal