佩德罗·阿莫多瓦、安东尼奥·班德拉斯、佩内洛普·克鲁兹将合作新片《痛苦与荣耀》(Dolor y Gloria)，7月上半月开拍。和阿莫多瓦上部影片《胡丽叶塔》相反，影片主角将是两名男性，由班德拉斯和阿谢尔·埃特塞安迪亚扮演，克鲁兹和胡丽叶塔·塞拉饰女配，讲述一个处于晚年的电影导演的生活故事，包含初恋、第二次恋爱、母亲、死亡、与他合作过的一些演员，时间跨越60、80年代和现在，一种不适应的空虚感导致他现在无法拍电影。
故事发生在一个虚构的国家埃尔拉多，整个国家充满着政治势力的相互争斗，这一切都被长期努力挖掘政治腐败的理想主义诗人兼记者保罗马丁斯看在眼里，他试图想通过民主选举来改变国家的苦难和那些社会的不公正，他为保守党候选人献计献策，但一些他无法理解的政治交易，使他转投支持另一政党自由党，两位参选的候选人都曾是他的朋友，然而获胜的一方，在掌握了领导权之后，却马上推翻了竞选时的承诺，保罗再次徘徊在疯狂的政治家与普罗大众之间难以取舍，他决定远离政治，但不久保罗马丁斯还是倒在了公路上的血泊之中。 本片是“巴西新电影运动”最重要的代表人物葛劳贝尔罗查的最著名作品，影片与他的长篇论文《The Aesthetics of Hunger 饥饿的美学》（又名：《The Aesthetics of Violence暴力的美学》）相映成辉，在这篇论文中罗查以高度的政治热情、激昂的控诉，是一个文学与艺术革命的宣言，也是拉美电影著作中最具有革命性的论著，电影被认为是罗查对这篇论著的再次影像验证，影片将故事安排在一个虚构的国家，但相似的军事独裁统治在巴西同样发生着，影片以一种难以想象的真实感，展现出了激烈的政治斗争与歇斯底里般的亢奋气氛，摄影机以一种不同寻常的视角和一种超乎寻常的快节奏，将一个充满了混乱无序和奇异怪诞的世界奉献给了观者，它出色地表现了社会的复杂性，这是一部天才的、疯狂的、政治激进的伟大作品，其在摄影、配乐、表演、剪辑上都展示了导演独特的构想魅力，影片在电影形式和拍摄手法上的突破和创新更是达到了顶点，影片无愧于“巴西新电影运动”的经典之作，一座巴西电影的里程碑。
七月四日，不僅是美國國慶，亦是黑道律師 Joe Morse（尊加菲路飾）將要上位的大日子！捉住了當日百姓們都喜歡投注非法彩票號碼776（美國立國於1776年）的心理，他聯同黑幫大佬 Ben Tucker 控制派彩結果，意圖令多間地下錢莊破產，繼而壟斷整個地下彩票業。豈料，他哥哥 Leo Morse 正是其中一間錢莊的老闆，為了金錢、為了名利，Joe 不惜要脅其兄跟他一起作非法勾當。路越走越是泥足深埳，Joe 能夠掌握得到百姓的心理，又能否掌握到自己的結局？
《虎穴金剛》用了不少紐約實境拍攝，借非法彩票故事，在短短七十多分鐘道出了大城市中人性黑暗的一面。在強烈的攝影、精鍊的對白下，罪惡這個黑色電影裹不可或缺的命題在電影中無所遁形。此片被馬田史高西斯推崇備至，甚至是其中一套影響他最深的犯罪電影。
Novelist Joseph Shearing specialized in using real cases which took place in Victorian England, altering them for fictional purposes. MOSS ROSE in 1947 was the first film to be made from his novels, then in 1948 two of his works were adapted for the screen, this film and THE MARK OF CAIN. The movie stars Todd as a recently widowed missionary returning to her home in England from Jamaica. During the voyage, she meets Milland, a charming though dangerous rascal who is wanted by police in connection with some unsavory dealings. Milland contracts malaria while onboard the ship and Todd nurses him back to health. In London, Todd settles into her home, taking in boarders to make ends meet. Milland arrives, moves in, and proclaims his love for her. Todd is thrilled, but it seems rather obvious that Milland is only toying with her. Milland finds some letters written to her by her friend, Fitzgerald, in which Fitzgerald reveals some of her sexual indiscretions. Since Fitzgerald is now married to the wealthy Huntley, Milland believes he can use the letters to blackmail Fitzgerald. Todd's love for Milland is so great that she goes along with the plan. Huntley, however, learns of the scheme and also uncovers details of Milland's shady past. Fearing for her lover's safety, Todd poisons Huntley, then remains silent when Fitzgerald is arrested for the murder. Milland has by now genuinely fallen in love with Todd and the two make plans to leave England. Before they can depart, one of Milland's former lovers shows up and Todd, in a jealous rage, kills Milland, then turns herself into the police. This is an intriguing film, although a little on the talky side. The performances are excellent throughout, with Milland shining as the cad, the type of role in which he excelled. Though he spent most of his time making films in the US, he occasionally returned to his native England for a production and this was his first British film since FRENCH WITHOUT TEARS in 1939. Director Allen was also an Englishman who chose to work in the US, this being his first directorial effort in his homeland. This was the fourth and last time Milland and Allen would work together, their pairing having begun in 1944 with the wonderfully eerie THE UNINVITED.
Novelist Joseph Shearing specialized in using real cases which took place in Victorian England, altering them for fictional purposes. MOSS ROSE in 1947 was the first film to be made from his novels, then in 1948 two of his works were adapted for the screen, this film and THE MARK OF CAIN. The movie stars Todd as a recently widowed missionary returning to her home in England from Jamaica. During the voyage, she meets Milland, a charming though dangerous rascal who is wanted by police in connection with some unsavory dealings. Milland contracts malaria while onboard the ship and Todd nurses him back to health. In London, Todd settles into her home, taking in boarders to make ends meet. Milland arrives, moves in, and proclaims his love for her. Todd is thrilled, but it seems rather obvious that Milland is only toying with her. Milland finds some letters written to her by her friend, Fitzgerald, in which Fitzgerald reveals some of her sexual indiscretions. Since Fitzgerald is now married to the wealthy Huntley, Milland believes he can use the letters to blackmail Fitzgerald. Todd's love for Milland is so great that she goes along with the plan. Huntley, however, learns of the scheme and also uncovers details of Milland's shady past. Fearing for her lover's safety, Todd poisons Huntley, then remains silent when Fitzgerald is arrested for the murder. Milland has by now genuinely fallen in love with Todd and the two make plans to leave England. Before they can depart, one of Milland's former lovers shows up and Todd, in a jealous rage, kills Milland, then turns herself into the police.
This is an intriguing film, although a little on the talky side. The performances are excellent throughout, with Milland shining as the cad, the type of role in which he excelled. Though he spent most of his time making films in the US, he occasionally returned to his native England for a production and this was his first British film since FRENCH WITHOUT TEARS in 1939. Director Allen was also an Englishman who chose to work in the US, this being his first directorial effort in his homeland. This was the fourth and last time Milland and Allen would work together, their pairing having begun in 1944 with the wonderfully eerie THE UNINVITED.
Jack (Peter Vack) is an internet gambler living in NYC. After the death of his roommate, he becomes fixated on Scarlet (Julia Fox) - a cam girl from San Francisco. His obsession reaches a boiling point when fantasy materializes in reality and Jack sees Scarlet on a rainy Chinatown street.
