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Lunatic at Large (2032) [Movie] Douban
Film noir thriller in keeping with other collaborations between Kubrick and his frequent collaborator, screenwriter Jim Thompson. “A dark and surprising mystery, in which the greatest puzzle is who, among several plausible candidates, is the true escapee from a nearby mental hospital.”
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小镇人口1280 (2023) [Movie] Douban
Pop. 1280
director: 欧格斯·兰斯莫斯
other title: Pop. 1280
欧格斯·兰斯莫斯([宠儿])将自编自导新片[小镇人口1280](Pop. 1280，暂译)。影片改编自吉姆·汤普森撰写的同名犯罪小说，该小说于1964年出版，讲述一个小镇腐败警长以他独有的方式操纵小镇人民，以赢得下一次选举。该小说曾于1981年被法国导演贝特朗·塔维涅改编为影片[政变]，菲利普·努瓦雷、伊莎贝尔·于佩尔主演，并提名奥斯卡最佳外语片奖。
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The Grifters (1990) [Movie] Douban IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Grifters
6.1 (10 ratings) director: 斯蒂芬·弗雷斯 actor: 安杰丽卡·休斯顿 / 约翰·库萨克 …
other title: 致命赌局 / 千网危情(港) …
A small-time conman has his loyalties torn between his estranged mother and his new girlfriend, both of whom are high-stakes grifters with their own angles to play.
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The Killer Inside Me (2010) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Killer Inside Me
6.0 (22 ratings) director: 迈克尔·温特伯顿 actor: 卡西·阿弗莱克 / 凯特·哈德森 …
other title: 心中的杀手 / 魔由心生(台) …
Deputy Sheriff Lou Ford is a pillar of the community in his small west Texas town, patient and apparently thoughtful. Some people think he is a little slow and maybe boring, but that is the worst they say about him. But then nobody knows about what Lou calls his "sickness": He is a brilliant, but disturbed sociopathic sadist.