Maxi Contenti Selects
Maxi Contenti – director – The Last Matinee
“I was honored to make a selection from the Arrow player catalogue, I must confess I’m quite terrible at this, but I could not resist. So here is my eclectic and very personal mix bag of movies I found compelled to include. Some are personal favs or directed by filmmaker idols. There’s some giallos and movies about movie theaters. Pick and choose.”
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Tideland
To escape her unhappy life in a remote part of Texas, nine-year-old Jeliza-Rose dreams up an elaborate fantasy world. But the reality of having junkie parents - played by Jeff Bridges (The Big Lebowski) and Jennifer Tilly (Bound) - and the influence of her eccentric neighbours begins to encroach,...
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Hellraiser
1987 • United Kingdom • Directed by Clive Barker
Hedonist Frank Cotton (Sean Chapman) thinks he has reached the limits of earthly pleasure. But a mysterious puzzle box will take him further than he can possibly imagine, opening the doors to a dominion where pain and pleasure are indivisible and ...
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Don't Torture A Duckling
From Lucio Fulci, the godfather of gore (The Psychic, The Beyond), comes one of the most powerful and unsettling giallo thrillers ever produced: his 1972 masterpiece Don't Torture a Duckling.
When the sleepy rural village of Accendura is rocked by a series of murders of young boys, the supersti...
