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Spain, 1950s. Montse's agoraphobia keeps her locked in a sinister apartment in Madrid and her only link to reality is the little sister she lost her youth raising. But one day, a reckless young neighbor, Carlos, falls down the stairwell and drags himself to their door. Someone has entered the shrew's nest... perhaps he'll never leave.

When a heartbroken scientist moves back home to start over, her scheming brother hires a handsome stranger to convince her to sell their land.

Classic adaptation of the even more classic play by William Shakespeare.

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Kaska and Patryk's romance gets tested when they suspect each other of infidelity. Making matters worse, their neighbors keep meddling in their affairs.

A few rich and glamorous people are flying to Nice, but instead of South France they land in the heart of the Sibir.

A performance by the Leningrad State Academic Theater named after The Lensoveta based on Shakespeare's play. One of the daughters of a venerable resident of Padua, distinguished by her harsh and scandalous character, was the reason for the refusal of her younger sister's suitors, who were more comely and accommodating. In order for the father to allow the marriage of the younger, applicants for her hand are looking for a groom for the eldest and find the same rude and scandalous young nobleman who is ready to marry anyone for a dowry. However, it is also necessary to obtain the consent of the girl with the obstinate character...

Italy, 16th century. Petruchio, a choleric, lying and poor rural landowner from Verona, arrives in Padua in search of fortune and a wife, while Baptista, a wealthy merchant, announces that he will not allow Bianca, his youngest daughter, to marry until the temperamental and unruly Katherina, his eldest daughter, does.

Kata Juhász is the shrew in this updating of Shakespeare's play. Kata's wedding is scheduled but her groom deserts her over her whims. In order to prevent the guests from being disappointed, she hires a tramp from the banks of the Danube to play the role of the groom. The tramp, Chief Engineer Péter Szabó, doesn't bend to her caprices. This leads to confusion and resolution in the Shakespearian fashion.

A modern retelling of The Taming of the Shrew shot in wartime Italy.

Shrews are small, lovely and always hungry mammals… which Happen to have some epic adventures! When dark shadow is cast upon the Valley of Shrews an old prophecy is remembered: the Great Enemy, destroyer of all life in the forest will bring doom to all shrews. But there is also an optimistic part of the legend – the shrew of destiny will come to aid its tribe in the darkest hour. But what if the chosen one turns out to be the smallest, weakest and honestly not-so-bright shrew?

Before pretty Bianca is allowed to marry, her prickly sister Katharina is first to walk down the aisle. The daredevil Petruchio takes on the recalcitrant and realizes that beneath the surface a sensitive but also strong woman is emerging. He, in turn, is able to shed his cocky mask with her. Thus, an initially stormy struggle ultimately turns into a harmonious partnership. John Cranko transformed Shakespeare's comedy into a lively ballet that focuses on the generally human: Only when the two come to trust each other can they reveal their true nature and meet as equals.

Barely known and never seen, elephant shrews baffle even the zoologists. With their stilt-like legs and long mobile trunk, joined to the body of a large shrew with a golden bottom, they certainly deserve their name - though they are related to neither elephant not shrew! This shy, endangered creature has become the mascot of Kenya’s beautiful Arabuko National Park. The income they attract via tourism pays for the education of local children. The elephant shrew has truly become the Spirit of the Forest.

Pálma, the spoilt daughter of the rich manufacturer, is a true monster in the house. The house staff flee her and even her father can hardly wait to marry her off.

Baptista has two daughters: Kate and Bianca. Everyone wants to wed the fair Bianca, but nobody's much interested in problem child, Kate. Baptista declares that he won't give Bianca away in a marriage until he's found a husband for Kate, so all the suitors begin busily hunting out a madman who's willing to do it, and they find Petruchio: a man who's come to wive it wealthily in Padua. And Petruchio marries Kate with a plan to tame her, while everybody else begins scheming to win Bianca's hand.

Being confident in his seduction abilities, the main character Petruchio tries to "tame" and woo the obstinate Catherine. Everything turns out to be not so simple…

Trapped on a remote island by a hurricane, a group discover a doctor has been experimenting on creating half sized humans. Unfortunately, his experiments have also created giant shrews, who when they have run out of small animals to eat, turn on the humans.

On an isolated island, a small group of people are terrorized by giant voracious shrews in the midst of a hurricane.

A reality TV crew charter a boat to an island for filming, one which the boat's captain had been to before and attacked by giant shrews, more than fifty years earlier.

On the first day at his new school, Cameron instantly falls for Bianca, the gorgeous girl of his dreams. The only problem is that Bianca is forbidden to date until her ill-tempered, completely un-dateable older sister Kat goes out, too. In an attempt to solve his problem, Cameron singles out the only guy who could possibly be a match for Kat: a mysterious bad boy with a nasty reputation of his own.

A woman who believes she has been chosen by God to heal people is taken in by a greedy promoter and his shrewish wife to make the rounds of the rural South.

At the close of the war in Japan, a widowed mother makes every possible sacrifice to bring up her ungrateful son and daughter who are unimpressed with their poor standard of living at home. They gradually reject her in search of the material comforts that working as a maid cannot provide. The mother's despair becomes interminable.

An Englishwoman who writes novels meets a farmer who has just killed his nagging wife.

This scintillating production of Shakespeare’s boisterous comedy will stir your emotions even as it challenges you with its pointed social commentary. Is the story of Kate and Petruchio one of courtship or of conquest? The breaking down of a defiant spirit or a breakthrough that liberates a heart deprived of love? You decide – but either way, this is an experience not to be missed!

Everyone hates Ward’s wife and wants her dead, Ward most of all. But when his friends’ murderous fantasies turn into an (accidental) reality, they have to deal with a whole new set of problems — like how to dispose of the body and still make their 3 p.m. tee time.

The king is a juvenile dolt who tries the patience of the shrewish queen. While she's in the throne room awaiting him, he's outside playing with guns, drilling his soldiers, and dallying with the wife of a new minister. The queen catches him kissing her, her husband figures out that something fishy is going on, and the king tries his best to proceed with his plans for a night out. The queen contrives to keep him cuffed in the bedroom: king, queen, minister, and coquette end up in a game of musical beds. Will his royal highness get his night out?

Jealousy overcomes a college freshman as he attempts to sabotage his girlfriend's first stage audition.

Four children - Mari, Sadu, Olav and Anton form a secret society to play hide-and seek games invented by Mari's grandfather, a professor at the university. When the city is attacked by a mysterious poison which turns adults into children our gang embarks on a quest for the antidote.

Examining the modern phenomenon of "sexting"; the sending of dirty messages and naughty pictures via a mobile phone.

A biologist from London goes to Amazonia to study the local flora. There she meets three other scientists from different nationalities and backgrounds. They advise her not to go near the Autana, a mountain regarded sacred by the local tribes, without a guide. She will do exactly the contrary.

In the depression-era Mississippi delta, a young boy named Luster Bayless frequented the picture show to escape the hardships of poverty and isolation; his hero was John Wayne. Little did young Luster know, he would not only meet John Wayne one day, but would eventually become the Duke's main costumer. This film follows Mr. Bayless's unique journey from picking cotton to working with some of Hollywood's biggest names.

his film is a brief glimpse into the life of Mississippi musician, Jimbo Mathus. Hang out with Jimbo as he takes the stage at the Hill Country Picnic and talks about his musical background: from picking guitar on camping trips with his family, through appearances on the Late Show with David Letterman with his former band, The Squirrel Nut Zippers.

A nerdy virgin who spends most of his waking hours dreaming about big-busted, naked women gets a job catering at a film festival party that is chock full of his "dream girls". Unfortunately, he finds himself involved in a Mafia jewel-smuggling plot and must impersonate a Mafia don who he has inadvertently caused to die of a heart attack.

Bruno is the story of an asthmatic misanthropic bicycle enthusiast named Derek and his sensitive all-American sitcom-loving cousin Bruno.

Amid record police shootings in Utah, an investigation into the use of deadly force in the state with Frontline's local journalism partner The Salt Lake Tribune.

A series of figure studies using high-speed HD video, and inspired by the works of Eadweard Muybridge and Etienne-Jules Marey.

Five malefactors in a dead end town generate money through means of intimidation and sinking a few Stellas.

A sociopath who, upon meeting a reporter, begins to explain that his killings and the pain he inflicts on others are to him a form of art.

In a small American coal town living in the shadow of a recent mining accident, the disappearance of a teenage boy draws three people together—a surviving miner, the lonely wife of a mine executive, and a local boy—in a web of secrets.

WWII German soldiers take an occult scientist into a haunted forest in Romania, only to be confronted by their own ghosts.

A briefcase with undisclosed contents – sought by Irish terrorists and the Russian mob – makes its way into criminals' hands. An Irish liaison assembles a squad of mercenaries, or 'ronin', and gives them the thorny task of recovering the case.

Shown from the perspective of a young submariner with unusually sensitive hearing and uncannily precise sound recognition. The fate of many often depends on his ability, and one time, whilst highly stressed, he makes a incorrect call which put his entire crew in mortal danger. Trying to regain the confidence of his comrades, he conducts an unauthorised investigation of an apparent plot which, it turns out, risks escalating into a nuclear apocalypse. Suddenly working under pressure with the fleet admiral, they must do whatever is necessary, even the unthinkable, to prevent a nuclear war, since a confirmed nuclear strike order cannot be countermanded.

A father and his daughter struggle to survive in deep space where they live in isolation.

A young woman takes in her estranged father after he suffers a stroke, but his home-care nurse's attentive dedication may be masking a dark and dangerous secret.

A young law student, Abby Porter, suspects that her sister, a stripper, may have been murdered. She discovers an illegal network of cross border plastic surgery centers providing crude, but inexpensive cosmetic surgery to young women in the United States.

Two travelers meet on the open prairie, and pass their time together by trading stories with each other. Their tales become a sort of competition, each attempting to relate something which might disturb the other.

A psychiatrist uses virtual reality to probe the minds of three unsuspecting patients, unleashing horrific psychic forces in the process.

The world of high fashion takes a deadly turn when a vicious killer stalks beautiful models.

Leisel is a college photography student preparing for her final gallery. However, her world quickly changes when her diva-minded friend Finley steals her concept and presents it as her own. Her friends Rosalie and Beau turn a blind eye, leaving Leisel defenseless to Finley's actions. Desperate to regain her project and place in her friend group, Leisel confronts Finley about her behavior. Finley won't hear it, and the girls become locked in a bloody battle for dominance.

Meet Lucy a loving warm smart ass, but is a lost soul trying to find a little bit of good in the world after years of being in the foster system meanwhile her uncle Victor Frankenstein World renowned scientist, and maniac tries to find his way back into the public eye by adopting Lucy from the foster home after weeks of good times Lucy discovers a dark secret. She discovers Frankenstein's creature another lost soul who wasn't even supposed to be a soul has been kept away for many years follow Lucy and the creature as they not only find themselves but each other

Confirmed 2nd full feature film for the writer/director no plot details have been revealed

A Louisiana con man enters his steamboat into a winner-take-all race with a rival while trying to find a witness to free his nephew, about to be hanged for murder.

A family of confidence tricksters sets their sights on a very rich, very lonely old lady named Miss Fortune.

After being nabbed while trying to stow away on board an ocean liner en route to Hawaii, young Bobby Breen sings for his travel fare and, along with sidekick Pua, turns detective to recover stolen naval documents from crooks