A high-school boy who has run away to Tokyo befriends a girl who appears to be able to manipulate the weather.
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A meditation on sexual obsession… “Bad Timing” is nothing short of brilliant. This overlooked masterpiece from director Nicolas Roeg is a fascinating study of raw sexual obsession and megalomania. This matches the classic “Last Tango in Paris” in erotic content, and Theresa Russell gives a risky, no-holds-barred performance that will stay with the viewer long after the film is over.
Amid the decaying elegance of cold-war Vienna, psychoanalyst Dr. Alex Linden (Art Garfunkel) becomes mired in an erotically charged affair with the elusive Milena Flaherty (Theresa Russell). When their all-consuming passion takes a life-threatening turn, Inspector Netusil (Harvey Keitel) is assigned to piece together the sordid details. Acclaimed for its innovative editing, raw performances, and stirring musical score, Bad Timing is a masterful, deeply disturbing foray into the dark world of sexual obsession.
An erotic masterpiece comes to life as award winning director Brad Armstrong tells the tale of “Angel” (Jessica Drake), a fallen Gregorian Angel who has been banished to earth and stripped of her wings after the accidental death of the young woman she was sent to watch over. Alone and desperate for companionship, she finds it in the city’s seedy underworld, far from the idyllic heavens she once knew. Follow Angel on her dark journey through some of the most sinful and perverse places this world has to offer.
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In 1994, a team of thieves plans an ambitious heist to steal millions from Colombia’s Bank of the Republic. Inspired by true events.
Following the journey of two rappers, Lucky and Poutine. Both become signed to Shark Records and a world of temptation follows- Its a tale of two artist – Same opportunities, different journeys.
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A woman who wakes in a cryogenic chamber with no recollection of how she got there, must find a way out before running out of air.
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Mark is at first reluctant when aspiring producer Seth and writer Holly want him to help them make a movie about a local serial killer: after all, they might figure out that he is behind them, but figures it could be interesting. However when rivalries, crushes, and outside influence begin to cloud his mind the harder it is to tell if he’s in his own story or theirs. And who knows what direction the story will go in next?
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A biohazard remediation cleaner finds the integrity of her business threatened after hiring a technician with an insatiable appetite for his work.
This book explores the range of challenges faced by women in business and leadership today, identifying how far we need to progress before women in business experience the same level of advancement as men.
Including a range of different viewpoints, the book analyses women’s position at work from three perspectives: the constraints affecting women’s career advancements, gender-specific challenges to women in leadership roles, and women’s experiences of undertaking these roles while trying to maintain a work-life balance. By highlighting the specific disadvantages relating to gender, chapters outline the extent of change needed culturally, as well as through policy and attitude, if women are to achieve parity with their male counterparts.
Digital platforms controlled by Alibaba, Alphabet, Amazon, Facebook, Netflix, Tencent and Uber have transformed not only the ways we do business, but also the very nature of people’s everyday lives. It is of vital importance that we understand the economic principles governing how these platforms operate. This book explains the driving forces behind any platform business with a focus on network effects. The authors use short case studies and real-world applications to explain key concepts such as how platforms manage network effects and which price and non-price strategies they choose. This self-contained text is the first to offer a systematic and formalized account of what platforms are and how they operate, concisely incorporating path-breaking insights in economics over the last twenty years.
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Reviewing the analytical strategies used in the study of cultural heritage assets such as movable artworks and archaeological items, and immovable objects like mural paintings, archaeological sites and historical buildings, this book pays particular attention to analytical methodology. It is not always necessary to use new and sophisticated instrumentation, what is important is how the instruments are used to obtain reliable, reproducible and repetitive results in view of the problems to be solved. The book considers the influence of the environment on the conservation state including degradation and how modern analytical methods have improved the analysis of materials. It emphasizes multi-method approaches on a range of materials, an approach that is of keen interest to those working in conservation practice.
Case studies are used to show how theory is applied in practice. In the design and construction process, various models are used – geotechnical, laboratory, analytical, delivery, and economic models as the project is developed from planning to construction. This book explores the use and limitations of these earthwork models to be understood and appropriately applied.
