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1) Big eyes
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Walter Keane became a worldwide celebrity and talk show fixture in the 1950s after he pioneered the mass production of prints of big-eyed kids, and used his marketing savvy to sell them cheaply. Unfortunately, he claimed to be the artist. That role was played by Margaret, his shy wife. The ruse broke up their marriage and led to a divorce and a dramatic courtroom battle to prove authorship of the paintings.
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A not so average family wrestles with Satan in a house from hell in this heavy metal charged shocker. Diehard metal head and struggling artist Jesse moves with his wife and daughter to a middle of nowhere Texas town, unaware that the new house they got for an unbelievable deal comes with a grisly history. Disturbing demonic goings on culminate with the appearance of Ray. He's the home's former resident, and he's here to do the Devil's bidding.
4) The painting
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Français
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In this delightful parable, a kingdom within a painting is divided into three castes: the impeccably colored Alldunns, the incomplete Halfies, and the barley outlined Sketchies, who are treated as outcasts. Chastised for her forbidden love of the dashing Ramo, Claire runs away into the cursed forest. Ramo and her best friend Lola journey after her, crossing over the boundaries of the forest only to arrive at the very edge of the painting where they...
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English
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In an aristocratic English family the young lord finds to his horror, while painting his wife's portrait, that as the work progresses life drains from his lady. In this poetic horror film, called by some the most outstanding achievement of this genre, an absolute mastery of editing and rhythm is employed with lighting and Gothic sets combining to impart an unearthly sense of mystery.
6) Starry night
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English
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Vincent van Gogh returns to life in modern-day Los Angeles a century after his death. Having sold only one painting in his lifetime, he is awestruck to learn that he is now considered one of the world's greatest artists. But no one believes that he's van Gogh, least of all his own lawyer, the media and a skeptical art detective who is out to prove that he's an impostor.
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English
Description
Big eyes: Walter Keane became a worldwide celebrity and talk show fixture in the 1950s after he pioneered the mass production of prints of big-eyed kids, and used his marketing savvy to sell them cheaply. Unfortunately, he claimed to be the artist. That role was played by Margaret, his shy wife. The ruse broke up their marriage and led to a divorce and a dramatic courtroom battle to prove authorship of the paintings.
The brave one: New York radio...
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