When Dr. Frankenstein is killed by a monster he created, his daughter and his lab assistant Marshall continue his experiments. The two fall in love and attempt to transplant Marshall's brain in to the muscular body of a retarded servant Stephen, in order to prolong the aging Marshall's life. Meanwhile, the first monster seeks revenge on the grave robbers who sold the body parts used in its creation to Dr. Frankenstein. Soon it comes after Marshall and the doctor's daughter.
Paris, 1315. The Tour de Nesle, a guard tower on the banks of the Seine, has become a symbol of mystery and fear. Each morning, at its base, the bodies of handsome young aristocrats are found floating in the river, all butchered by sword or arrow. One evening, two noblemen, Buridan and Philippe d'Aulnay, find themselves in the infamous tower, lured there on the expectation of a night of unbridled passion. Little do they realise that they are to be the next victims of a woman who is determined to take revenge against all men - Margaret of Burgundy, the present Queen of France. Although Philippe is killed, Buridan escapes, and intends to blackmail the Queen. Unless she makes him her prime minister, he will expose her crimes to Philippe's brother and her husband, King Louis X. When she moves to eliminate Burdan, Margaret makes a terrible discovery... In the twilight years of his long and pretty uneven career, the great avant-garde film director Abel Gance made a number of films which, whilst not as grand and artistically inspired as his early silent masterpieces (La Roue (1923), Napoléon (1927)), still compared very favourably with the work of his contemporaries. Of these, La Tour de Nesle is a film that still stands up remarkably well today - an ambitious historical drama based on the famous 1832 play by Alexandre Dumas. It makes a nice companion piece to Gance's subsequent historical romp, Cyrano et d'Artagnan (1964). Needless to say, the film isn't to be commended on its historical accuracy. As any historian will tell you, the Alexandre Dumas version of French history is wildly fanciful, to say the least. However, this doesn't prevent La Tour de Nesle from being an entertaining and, at times, highly poignant, piece of cinema. Whilst the characterisation and dialogue leave much to be desired, the plot (a murky tale of cruel revenge and political intrigue) is gripping, and the film's artistic design is exceptional for a film of this period. Gance brings a strangely expressionistic touch to his use of colour and shade, something which adds to the darkly sinister nature of the plot, whilst imbuing the film with a striking sense of historical realism.
A propos, Gance's assistant director Nelly Kaplan makes her screen début in a small role, shortly before she herself embarked on a successful film making career.
Follows Bowers as he talks about his long journey to his first comedy special, the stigma of mental health, his schizophrenic father and his feelings regarding his Blackness.
Amateur crypto-zoologists Nigel and Oscar want nothing more than to capture definitive evidence of a Sasquatch. When their guide bails on them, they must resort to using a mis-matched group of outdoor enthusiasts. Meanwhile, their rival Claus, also on the hunt for the 'Squatch,' races to beat them to the prize in this coming of age comedy about brotherhood.
玛姬(艾米丽·沃森 Emily Watson 饰)和汤姆(伊弗兰·梅勒蒂斯 Ifan Meredith 饰)是一对感情十分要好的兄妹。父亲爱德华(伯纳德·希尔 Bernard Hill 饰)破产后,汤姆被迫放弃了优渥的留学机会,靠着自己的双手努力支撑起整个家庭的负担,妹妹玛姬亦从一个衣食无忧的天真女孩成长为了勤劳贤惠的女人,最终,汤姆终于攒够了钱赎回了磨坊。 玛姬和律师的儿子菲利普(詹姆斯·弗莱恩 James Frain 饰)相互抱有好感,但汤姆却认为律师正是造成他们家破人亡的罪魁祸首,因而极力反对妹妹同其交往。之后,不幸的玛姬又爱上了表妹的未婚夫,暴怒的汤姆将她逐出门外。一场暴雨引发了洪水泛滥,汤姆被困在磨坊之中,玛姬心急如焚。
雷迪(罗伯特?肖 Robert Shaw 饰)是魔鬼党的头号杀手,一直从未失手。由于007(肖恩?康纳利 Sean Connery 饰)屡次破坏魔鬼党的好事,魔鬼党决心除掉他,于是放出情报说英国军方一直渴望得到的密码机在俄国。同时,俄国女郎塔迪娜(达尼埃拉?比昂什 Daniela Bianchi饰)向英国军方提出要求,只要他们协助她逃往西方,即可奉上密码机。英国军方于是派出007前往俄国接应塔迪娜,拿回密码机。这边,魔鬼党早已准备好天罗地网等待007的到来。007最终命运如何?