A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries to convince his son that the whole thing is just a game.
Historien om fire år i Julies liv, en ung kvinne som navigerer i det urolige vannet i sitt kjærlighetsliv og sliter med å finne sin karrierevei, som gjør at hun må se realistisk på hvem hun egentlig er.
Anna Scott er verdens desidert mest kjente kvinnelige filmstjerne. Ansiktet hennes pryder all verdens magasiner og skandalepressen er etter henne konstant. Hun er overvåket 24 timer i døgnet, 7 dager i uken, og beskyttes etter beste evne av et antall agenter, sikkerhetsvakter og pressetalsmenn. Privatliv? Glem det! Men kan hun falle for mannen i gata?
The behind the scenes story of the life of A.A. Milne and the creation of the Winnie the Pooh stories inspired by his son Christopher Robin.
Joe Fox og Kathleen Kelly bor og arbeider få kvartaler fra hverandre på Manhattan. De handler i samme butikk, går til samme kaffebar, arbeider begge i bokbransjen og har begge kjærester. Joe og Kathleen har aldri truffet hverandre - tror de. Sannheten er at de på kveldstid fører lange, åpenhjertige samtaler på internett - som NY152 og Shopgirl. Hverdagen er ikke like hjertevarm. Kathleen hater nemlig Joe og alt han står for. Som multimillionær og sjef for bokkjeden Fox Books er han en stor trussel for Kathleens lille bokhandel The Shop Around the Corner som hun arvet etter moren. Når Fox Books' åpner en ny filial i nabolaget, skjønner hun straks alvoret. Hennes tro på personlig service og filosofi om bøker som fantasiføde for barn trues av Fox Books' rabatterte bøker og egen espressobar. Kathleen gir seg ikke uten kamp. Hun søker støtte hos gamle kunder, holder appeller og rakker ned på Joe offentlig.
The dramatic comedy is based on the true story of writer and pinball wizard Roger Sharpe, chronicling his journey to overturn New York City’s 35-year ban on pinball.
Nine years later, Jesse travels across Europe giving readings from a book he wrote about the night he spent in Vienna with Celine. After his reading in Paris, Celine finds him, and they spend part of the day together before Jesse has to again leave for a flight. They are both in relationships now, and Jesse has a son, but as their strong feelings for each other start to return, both confess a longing for more.
Som mange andre kampeksperter drømmer Tsui om at bli opptatt i den topp hemmelige Squad 701. Da drømmen endelig går i oppfyllelse, oppdager han at han ikke er villig til å betale prisen. den umenneskelige harde treningen har kun et formål - å frembringe robotaktige drapsmaskiner uten menneskelige følelser. Som den første noensinne lykkes han i å flykte fra treningssenteret - og overleve. I Hong Kong skjuler han seg bak en ny identitet som pasifistisk bibliotekar og forsøker å starte et nytt liv. Men da Squad 701 iverksetter en blodig kampanje blir han tvunget til å reagere.
Young-hee, an actress reeling in the aftermath of an affair with a married film director, escapes to Hamburg. But when she returns to Korea and meets with friends for drinks, startling confessions emerge.
For decades, a nice Jewish couple ran Circus of Books, a porn shop and epicenter for gay LA. Their director daughter documents their life and times.
Riding across Manhattan in a stretch limo during a riot in order to get a haircut, a 28-year-old billionaire asset manager's life begins to crumble.
Advice columnist Dan Burns is an expert on relationships, but somehow struggles to succeed as a brother, a son and a single parent to three precocious daughters. Things get even more complicated when Dan finds out that the woman he falls in love with is actually his brother's new girlfriend.
Kultkomedie som friskt parodierer såvel Elvis-musikaler som spionfilmer i skyggen av den kalde krigen. Filmdebutanten Val Kilmer spiller den amerikanske rockesangeren Nick Rivers som kommer til Øst-Tyskland for å opptre, og blir dratt inn i den franske motstandsbevegelsen.
Antoine is now 30, working as a proofreader and getting divorced from his wife. It's the first "no-fault" divorce in France and a media circus erupts, dredging up Antoine's past. Indecisive about his new love with a store clerk, he impulsively takes off with an old flame.
Young provincial Charles arrives in Paris to stay with his cousin Paul while studying law. Paul is a decadent, bohemian pleasure-seeker who shows the meek, diligent Charles the thrills of city life. When Charles falls for Florence, one of Paul's acquaintances, relationships begin to shift.
A romantic comedy about a mysterious love letter that turns a sleepy New England town upside down.
When a humorous script-reader in her New York apartment sees an ad in the Saturday Review of Literature for a bookstore in London that does mail order, she begins a very special correspondence and friendship with Frank Doel, the bookseller who works at Marks & Co., 84 Charing Cross Road.
Set in a small English town in 1959, a woman decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop, a decision which becomes a political minefield.
When a womanizing bookshop owner hears about the suicide of a former girlfriend, he tries to find out more and meets her friend, a prostitute. They hook up, but when she finds her friend's diary, she discovers she's repeating her mistakes.
This comical love story follows the story of A.J. Fikry, whose life is not at all what he expected it to be. His wife has died, his bookstore is experiencing the worst sales in its history and now his prized possession, a rare edition of Poe poems, has been stolen. He’s given up on people and even the books in his store offer another reminder that the world is changing too rapidly. But when a mysterious package arrives at the store, it gives Fikry the chance to make his life over and see things anew.