The Vanishing of Sidney Hall

A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A young poet, who is plunged into the heady world of Moulin Rouge, begins a passionate affair with the club's most notorious and beautiful star.

Runtime

2h 8m

Director

Baz Luhrmann

Cast

Ewan McGregor, Nicole Kidman, John Leguizamo

Near a gray and unnamed city is the Zone, a place guarded by barbed wire and soldiers, and where the normal laws of physics are victim to frequent anomalies. A stalker guides two men into the Zone, specifically to an area in which deep-seated desires are granted.

Runtime

2h 42m

Director

Andrei Tarkovsky

Cast

Alisa Freyndlikh, Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy, Anatoliy Solonitsyn

Mort Rainey, a writer just emerging from a painful divorce with his ex-wife, is stalked at his remote lake house by a psychotic stranger and would-be scribe who claims Rainey swiped his best story idea. But as Rainey endeavors to prove his innocence, he begins to question his own sanity.

Runtime

1h 36m

Director

David Koepp

Cast

Johnny Depp, John Turturro, Maria Bello

A cashier poses as a writer for blacklisted talents to submit their work through, but the injustice around him pushes him to take a stand.

Runtime

1h 35m

Director

Martin Ritt

Cast

Andrea Marcovicci, Woody Allen, Zero Mostel

Gabriel is a young, aspiring musical composer whose life seems stuck in the First Act. When his new musical number gets a critical reception, a theatre colleague, Perry, tells Gabriel that he needs to get a life before he can write about one – so he heads straight for his local gay bar.

Runtime

1h 29m

Director

Jim Fall

Cast

Christian Campbell, John Paul Pitoc, Tori Spelling