Nøgleord Anthology

Velkommen til Sin City - byen for de barske, de korrupte og de sønderknuste! I den nådesløse by møder vi forskellige personer, hvis historier og skæbner bliver vævet sammen. En af dem er den hårdkogte slagsbror Marv, som tager den smukke pige Goldie med hjem en aften. Næste morgen får han sit livs chok, da hun ligger død ved siden af ham. Marv tager mordet meget personligt, og endevender byen for at opklare mordet på sin elskede. Herudover møder vi privatdetektiven Dwight, der i forbindelse med en sag allierer sig med kvinderne i byens letlevende natteliv. Og endelig er der John Hartigan, der er den sidste ærlige strømer i Sin City.

Vekslende fra det absurde til det dybsindige følger disse western-vignetter fra Coen-brødrene fredløse og nybyggeres eventyr i Det Vilde Vesten. Denne film er Ukonventionel, Absurd, Vittigt, Mørk...

Og de levede lykkeligt til deres dages ende... Men hvad skete der så? I "Cinderella II" kan du se fortsættelsen på Askepots vidunderlige eventyr. Det snavsede forklæde og det anstrengende liv hos den onde stedmoder er fortid. Nu er Askepot flyttet ind på slottet, hvor et nyt liv som prinsesse venter. Hendes venner, musene Tim og Bum og hendes gudmoder, den gode fe, gør alt for at hjælpe hende med arbejdet. Første udfordring er kongens årlige banket, som Askepot vil arrangere på sin egen måde. Derefter oplever Tim sit eget eventyr på slottet, da den gode fe forvandler ham til et menneske. Men Askepots sværeste opgave bliver at hjælpe en af sine stedsøstre til at gå sine egne veje for at finde den store kærlighed.

Kinds of Kindness er en tredelt fortælling af instruktøren Yorgos Lanthimos. Filmen følger en mand, der forsøger at finde sin frie vilje i en deterministisk virkelighed, en foruroliget politibetjent, hvis hustru forsvinder til søs og vender hjem som en anden person, og en kvinde, der, i sin søgen på en bestemt person med en særlig evne, går sin skæbne i møde som spirituel leder.

En taber i livets lotteri tager grum hævn over alle sine plageånder. En servitrice møder den mand, som fik hendes far til at begå selvmord. Skærmydsler på landevejen udarter til blodig duel mellem to bilister. En rigmand vil bestikke sit tyende til at tage skylden for en dødsulykke. En familiefar mister kone og job på grund af en p-bøde. Og en brud ser rødt til bryllupsfesten, da hun opdager gommens utroskab. Hvad sker der, hvis man som offer nægter at vende den anden kind til, men i stedet giver efter for sin impulsive vrede og tager kampen op? Hovedpersonerne i Wild Tales skubbes alle til den yderste grænse for, hvad de kan holde til, og giver sig selv den udsøgte fornøjelse af at miste kontrollen og krydse den fine linje mellem civilisation og vildskab.

I stil med Paris, je t'aime forsøger denne film at beskrive en by ved hjælp af en masse små fortællinger. Denne gang er emnet for historierne New York. Eneste krav var, at hver historie skulle optages på én dag, klippes på en uge og skulle handle om et bestemt område i New York. Allen Hughes, Mira Nair, Brett Ratner og Shekhar Kapur er blandt de instruktører, der påtog sig opgaven, og så får Natalie Portman også sin debut bag kameraet!

Historien udspiller sig på Halloween i en by, hvor de, som bryder denne aftens regler, selv er ude om de konsekvenser, det medfører. Filmen omfatter fire sammenflettede historier: En tilsyneladende ganske normal high school-rektor har et hemmeligt liv som seriemorder; en collegestuderende jomfru har muligvis mødt fyren i sit liv; en gruppe teenagere planlægger en led practical joke; en kvinde, der ikke kan udstå Halloween, må forsøge at finde sig i sin mands besættelse af højtiden.

Det er nytårsaften og første dag på jobbet for en ensom piccolo, derskal forsøge at holde styr på de tolv gæster i det forfaldne Mon Signor Hotel i Los Angeles. Ikke nogen uoverkommelig opgave, vil du nok mene, men du har til gengæld heller ikke mødt de hér gæster endnu. Hvis Ted -for det hedder piccoloen- overlever denne nat, vil han takke sin skaber og få sig et nyt job.

I bedste Twilight Zone stil består denne film af 5 små blodige og skræmmende fortællinger, der alle er forbundet, fordi de udspiller sig på og omkring det samme stykke landevej. De 5 historier er: The Way Out, Siren, Sunday roast, The Accident og Jailbreak, og filmen er instrueret af unge, nye gyserinstruktører, blandt andet David Bruckner, der lavede The Signal (2007) og arbejdede på V/H/S, og Patrick Horvath, der stod bag The Pact II.

Fra tidernes morgen og indtil en fjern fremtid følger vi verdenshistoriens gakkede udvikling ifølge Mel Brooks. Vi opdager sandheden om Cæsar, hvad der virkelig skete under den sidste nadver, omstændighederne omkring den franske revolution, hvordan man tester eunukker og hvilke sko de spanske inkvisitorer bar.

Denne filmisk flotte bibelsaga er instrueret af John Huston, som foran kameraet også levendegør filmens mest spændende figur, Noah. Det er en lidt overset film, måske fordi man normalt forbinder John Huston med action, storbystemning og rappe replikker. Her er han gået over i en anden grøft, og han får god hjælp af filmens komponist Toshiro Mayuzumi med sin flotte, symfoniske baggrundsmusik, der rent faktisk ofte er at finde i forgrunden.

Da et antal mystiske og fremmedartede døre pludselig åbenbarer sig rundt om på planeten, er det op til en udvalgt gruppe mennesker at finde ud af, hvad disse døre egentlig er, hvor de fører hen, og om man kan – eller bør – forsøge at komme over tærsklen til den anden side.

Malhação is a Brazilian television series for the teenage audience. The soap started in 1995, and was set in a fictional Gym Club called Malhação on Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro. Through the years the location varied slightly. Although the name of the soap remains the same, it is now set in the Múltipla Escolha High School.

Dramatization of real-life situations and stories that are related to popular sayings, by Don Tomas.

Thirty-Minute Theatre is an anthology drama series of short plays shown on BBC Television between 1965 and 1973, which was used in part at least as a training ground for new writers, on account of its short running length, and which therefore attracted many writers who later became well known. Thirty-Minute Theatre followed on from a similarly named ITV series, beginning on BBC2 in 1965 with an adaptation of the black comedy Parsons Pleasure. In 1967 BBC2 launched the UK's first colour service, with the consequence that Thirty-Minute Theatre became the first drama series in the country to be shown in colour.

A peek behind closed doors at the intricacies of modern relationships. Each episode features three different fictional stories and follows various characters to see what happened during their most intimate moments. No subject is too taboo. All the stories have one very important thing in common, though: someone inevitably gets undressed.

A continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of suspense and featuring thrillers and mysteries.

Follow the exploits of various guests and employees at an exclusive tropical resort over the span of a week as with each passing day, a darker complexity emerges in these picture-perfect travelers, the hotel’s cheerful employees and the idyllic locale itself.

Based on the best-selling children's books and liberally splattered with guts, blood and poo, a group of British comedians offer an anarchic and unconventional take on some of history's most gruesome and funny moments, with topics including the Stone Age, the Middle Ages, the Egyptians and the Romans, among others.

Underbelly is an Australian television true crime-drama series, each series is a stand alone story based on real-life events.

Tales from the Darkside is an anthology horror TV series created by George A. Romero, each episode was an individual short story that ended with a plot twist. The series' episodes spanned the genres of horror, science fiction, and fantasy, and some episodes featured elements of black comedy or more lighthearted themes.

A young hitchhiker introduces characters who are about to experience a frightening and sometimes supernatural incident of some kind in this moody anthology series.

Rod Serling narrates an anthology of fantasy, horror and sci-fi stories from a set resembling a macabre museum. A chilling work of art serves as the connective link between the stories.

Four Star Playhouse is an American television anthology series that ran from 1952 to 1956, sponsored in its first bi-weekly season by The Singer Company; Bristol-Myers became an alternate sponsor when it became a weekly series in the fall of 1953. The original premise was that Charles Boyer, Ida Lupino, David Niven, and Dick Powell would take turns starring in episodes. However, several other performers took the lead from time to time, including Ronald Colman and Joan Fontaine. Blake Edwards was among the writers and directors who contributed to the series. Edwards created the recurring character of illegal gambling house operator Willie Dante for Dick Powell to play on this series. The character was later revamped and spun off in his own series starring Howard Duff, then-husband of Lupino. The pilot for Meet McGraw, starring Frank Lovejoy, aired here, as did another episode in which Lovejoy recreated his role of Chicago newspaper reporter Randy Stone, from the radio drama Nightbeat.

Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted. The individual episodes were between fifty and a hundred minutes in duration.

Kraft Suspense Theatre is an American anthology series that was telecast from 1963 to 1965 on NBC. Sponsored by Kraft Foods, it was seen three weeks out of every four and was pre-empted for Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall specials once monthly. Como's production company, Roncom Films, also produced Kraft Suspense Theatre. Writer, editor, critic and radio playwright Anthony Boucher served as consultant on the series. Later syndicated under the title Crisis, it was one of the few suspense series telecast in color at the time. While most of NBC's shows were in color then, all-color network line-ups did not become the norm until the 1966-67 season.

A live-action children's television anthology series retelling popular fairy tales.

The evil, sinister killer of the "Nightmare On Elm Street" movies, Freddy Krueger, hosts this show, where each week, he shows us a tale of evil and death about the lives of people who live in Springwood.

Robson Arms follows the lives of the tenants in a once-grand low-rise in Vancouver's eclectic West End. The building is home to an unlikely collection of characters who live under one roof, yet occupy different worlds. One thing is certain, you'll never see your neighbours the same way again.

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary Costa. It was one of the few CBS programs of that era to be broadcast in color. Many of the episodes were performed and broadcast live.

Producers' Showcase is an American anthology television series that was telecast live during the 1950s in compatible color by NBC. With top talent, the 90-minute episodes, covering a wide variety of genres, aired under the title every fourth Monday at 8 p.m. ET for three seasons, beginning October 18, 1954. The final episode, the last of 37, was broadcast May 27, 1957. Showcase Productions, Inc., packaged and produced the series, which received seven Emmy Awards, including the 1956 award for Best Dramatic Series.

A close-knit anthology series dealing with stories involving malice, violence and murder based in and around Minnesota.