介绍：The subject of Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub’s Der Tod des Empedokles (The Death of Empedocles, 1987) is the Greek pre-Socratic philosopher Empedocles (c. 490 BC – 430 BC), who lived in the Greek colony of Agrigentum in Sicily. His theories are mentioned in several of Plato’s dialogues. He maintained that all matter is made up of four irreducible elements water, earth, air and fire. A mystic and a poet, he is considered to be the founder of classical rhetoric. He is also thought to be the last Greek philosopher to write in verse; two fragments of his works survive Katharmoi (Purifications) and Peri Phuseôs (On Nature). An advocate of democracy, he came into conflict with his fellow citizens of Agrigentum and, as result, was banished with his young disciple, Pausanius. When he was asked to return, he preferred to commit suicide by throwing himself into the active volcano at Mount Aetna.　　The German writer Friedrich Hölderlin wrote two versions of Der Tod des Empedokles in 1798 and 1800, and a final third version in 1820, all three ultimately unfinished. They were conceived as five-act tragedies and all three differ in plot. According to Michael Hamburger, Hölderlin’s English-language translator,　　the main reason why Hölderlin finished no version of the play must be that he remained too closely identified with Empedocles, at the very period in his life when his own view of the poet as philosopher, prophet and priest – and as tragic hero – was subject to perpetual crisis and re-examination.　　Huillet-Straub’s The Death of Empedocles is based on Hölderlin’s first version (the longest of the three), whereas Black Sin is based on the third version.

介绍：影片是根据真人真事改编的，K19是苏联第一艘战略核潜艇　　影片导演凯瑟琳·毕格罗是首位奥斯卡最佳女导演奖获得者。　　亚里克西（哈里森·福特 Harrison Ford 饰）船长，在冷战最为紧张的时刻接到命令接替原船长米克黑尔（ 连姆·尼森 Liam Neeson 饰）出任核动力导弹潜艇K-19的指挥官。亚里克西的任务是不惜一切代价，尽快将这艘维护不当的潜艇投入作战戒备，执行其处女航行。但是两人和全艇忠诚的官兵们压根也没想到他们会去执行什么任务。他们也无法料想到失败的代价对于他们以及全世界会意味着什么。那时，一个核反应堆发生故障，一个危险的燃料棒即将溶融、发生核爆炸，这将肯定使艇上所有人员葬身海底。当时他们在北冰洋底游弋，是全体船员们的勇敢，以及船长对国家和对船员们的职责感最终挽救了K-19，避免了一场即将发生的核灾难。

介绍：故事发生在风景如诗如画的阿根廷布宜诺斯艾利斯卡洛斯（安东尼奥·班德拉斯 Antonio Banderas 饰）是一名剧作家，因为创作过几个成功的剧本而拥有着不小的名气。卡洛斯和妻子西西莉亚（艾玛·汤普森 Emma Thompson 饰）结婚多年，两人之间的感情一直十分恩爱。西西莉亚是一名记者，在业内小有名气，她和卡洛斯一直被朋友们视为一对金童玉女，十分相配。　　然而某一日，因为所撰写的新闻稿触痛了当局者敏感的政治神经，西西莉亚被秘密的抓紧了集中营中。妻子生死未卜，卡洛斯陷入了绝望和痛苦之中，他愿意付出一切代价，让妻子重新回到他的身边。奇怪的是，自打西西莉亚失踪后，卡洛斯发现自己获得了一项特异功能——能够通过那些和西西莉亚一样遭到秘密逮捕的人们的照片中发现他们的下落。

介绍：南希（加布里埃尔·尤尼恩 Gabrielle Union 饰）的前夫是有名的嘻哈歌手杰基（查理·墨菲 Charles Q. Murphy 饰），尽管这段破裂的婚姻带给了南希大笔的补偿金和三个可爱的孩子，但是南希却并不感到快乐，形单影只的生活令她感到窒息，圣诞节将近，她多么希望能有人能够陪伴在自己身边，同她和孩子们一起度过这个阖家团圆的节日　　南希的小女儿艾米丽（Khail Bryant 饰）无意之中得知了母亲的愿望，她找到了由本杰明（摩里斯·切斯塔特 Morris Chestnut 饰）乔装打扮的圣诞老人，将母亲的愿望告诉了他，深受感动的本杰明决定实现南希的愿望，以此为契机，两人之间产生了真挚的感情。可是，本杰明的出现却遭致了大儿子约翰（Malik Hammond 饰）的强烈抵抗，与此同时，杰基突然出现，他想要同南希争夺三个孩子的抚养权。

介绍：A couple of Italo-American journalists go missing during their work assignment in Romania.