Marisa Berenson

An Irish rogue wins the heart of a rich widow and assumes her dead husband's position in 18th Century aristocracy.

It is the city of Berlin in 1930, a time when political unrest racks the country, the economy has been destroyed, and millions of unemployed roam the streets. Enter into this chaos an American cabaret dancer, working at the downtown "Kit-Kat club". Into this young dancer's life come several characters such as a rich German politician, a young Jewish man struggling with his identity, an Englishman teacher from London, and of course the all-knowing, all-seeing Master of Ceremonies.

In this adaptation of the Thomas Mann novel, avant-garde composer Gustave Aschenbach (loosely based on Gustav Mahler) travels to a Venetian seaside resort in search of repose after a period of artistic and personal stress (imdb)

A thinly fictionalized account of a legendary movie director, whose desire to hunt down an animal turns into a grim situation with his movie crew in Africa. (imdb)

A film-within-a-film: a fading movie producer has a plan for a successful movie: get a actress famous for her wholesome image to appear in the nude on the screen.... much like this film itself. (imdb)

The true story of a man who posed as director Stanley Kubrick during the production of Kubrick's last film, Eyes Wide Shut, despite knowing very little about his work and looking nothing like him.

Female prisoners in a Nazi concentration camp (Auschwitz) are spared from death in return for performing music for their captors. (imdb)

A tragic love story set at the turn of the millennium in Milan. The film follows the fall of the haute bourgeoisie due to the forces of passion and unconditional love.

Max Martin (Reg Rogers) is a down-on-his luck photographer poised to blow a lucrative deadline. At a bar, he meets a stranger who leaves him an envelope containing 10 striking photographs. At first reluctant to pass them off as his own, Max has a change of heart but then discovers, after he's pummeled in a fight, that the photographs are gone. Now, he must journey through the bizarre streets of New York City to reclaim the pics.

Five women, all near the wrong side of forty, face life's ups and downs together with laughter, tears, and sometimes irony. Their only imperative: live, love and live some more.

While hiding from the royal authorities, Jacomo Casanova, the famous romancer, encounters his look-alike: Jacomino, a fugitive petty con man. Meanwhile, the Arabian Caliph and his wife are arriving in Venice for a state visit, and she insists on a night with the legendary lover. Through a series of erotic encounters and mistaken-identity comedies, Jacomo and Jacomino make their way back to Venice for their appointment with the Caliph's wife. (imdb)

From a non-mythical perspective, The Disciple presents with high production value, the life of Jesus from a daring new angle, a human, without divinity, fallible and worrying disciple of God and the People on very real ground. (imdb)

This biography of the American writer Ernest Hemingway is aptly titled, since Hemingway was forever struggling with life. A mixture of outdoorsman and intellectual, Hemingway has become emblematic of a certain way of life in the 20th century. His personal style and his many written works have become intertwined in the public imagination. In this A&E portrait, both the man and the myth are examined in an illuminating way. (allrovi.com)

A crooked, neo-Nazi police inspector supplies his gangland cohorts with weapons to slaughter the Vietnamese, black, and Arab gangs fighting for the upper hand in the drug trade. Before the final showdown, an undercover cop (Daniel Auteuil) tries to prevent the bloodshed and faces one defeat after another as his connections and informants are killed. (Allmovie)

Romain, boss of a flourishing advertising agency, is a man fulfilled. After three unhappy marriages, he seems to have finally found the ideal woman in the person of Vera, his elegant mistress, and displays on the material level an insolent success, as attested by his last model Jaguar, his vast Parisian apartment and his stylish valet...

Pierce Brosnan and Emma Thompson star in this romantic caper comedy as a divorced duo who set aside their differences to undertake a high-stakes jewel robbery on the Côte d'Azur. (tiff.net)

Aims to tell the story of Versace, as well as explores the events leading up to his death and the effects it had on the fashion industry. The documentary includes great interviews with family members and Pete Cunanan, who talks about his son, Andrew. If that's not enough, there's also footage of Versace's Miami home and the designer at his fashion show that took place just days before his death, as well as audio of the phone call made when Versace was found dead. (complex.com)

Secrets of Mary Magdalene strips away the veils of history to reveal the flesh and blood woman who served as Jesus' foremost apostle and possibly the love of his life. Based on the nonfiction book "Secrets of Mary Magdalene" by bestselling authors Dan Burstein and Arne De Keijzer, this documentary special uncovers the latest information on one of the world's most controversial religious figures. (imdb)

The thwarted loves of Jean Cocteau and Raymond Radiguet, in the early 1920s. The death of Radiguet who did Cocteau sink in opium. A story under the influence of drug. A narrative description in the mind of Cocteau. A musical. (imdb)

Set in the heart of the claret country, the Medoc. A cop is asked to look into the death of a member of one of France's big wine dynasties. The family say the death was an accident but the cop is not so sure. (explore.bfi.org.uk)

Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965), the mission doctor, theologian and philosopher who founded a hospital in the rainforests of Gabon, achieved sainthood in his lifetime, at least in the popular imagination. The critical assessment of his life and works in recent years, however, has been slightly more ambivalent. Ba Kobhio Bassek is the first director to examine this medical missionary from a purely African point-of-view. (themoviedb)

In Florence, soon-to-be husband and wife Alessandro and Bea are about to postpone their wedding due to a business trip in the US.

During her rich and famous mother's absence, a little girl, alone in a big hotel, tries to understand what being a woman means by interviewing various women... (imdb)

Prodigiously talented, Halston reigned over fashion in the 1970s and became a household name. But everything changed in the Wall Street era. With his empire under threat, Halston took the biggest gamble of his life.

Young Sigmund Freud discovers the ultimate answer to all his patient's problems - hypnosis. Hilarity ensues.

After Alicia Velorus' father is convicted as a communist spy, CIA asks her to prove her loyalty by getting close to her father's friend, who's a suspected arms dealer. In the meantime she and her CIA contact Devlin fall in love. (imdb)

Estelle flees domestic violence to rejoin her mother prior to a family reunion. Together, they share emotions and memories.

Joan Collins, Timothy Dalton and Gene Kelly star in a 1986 miniseries about a woman's rise in the fashion-magazine industry. (imdb)

Not too excited Arthur asks marriage Lola. What should have been a quiet ceremony evolves in something bigger, expensive and overwhelming as family is involved. The organization of the best day of their lives threatens to destroy them. (imdb)

Emily, a young woman in her thirties and far from her dysfunctional family, is told by one of her sisters that their mother has attempted suicide in Italy. The three sisters rush off to see her, but on their way Emily soon learns that it was actually a fake suicide attempt, a pretext to get her daughters to come to her and throw an end-of-life party (imdb)

Set in the risque world of 1960's Paris, Gigola is a witty and desirable young girl who explores the lesbian underworld of the city and soon becomes a high-priced escort. (imdb)

Famous singer Agnès rescues baby Julie from a black mass sacrifice. Twenty years later, Julie seeks her origins, discovers Agnès isn't her mother and endures adventures before marrying her street performer love. (imdb)