克里斯·派恩、米歇尔·威廉姆斯有望加盟间谍题材新片[宝刀未老](All the Old Knives，暂译)，[万物理论]导演詹姆斯·马什或将执导本片。故事讲述一对曾经的恋人兼CIA工作伙伴再度见面，二人回忆起一次严重的劫机事件，他们中的一位似乎与此事有着莫大关联，这对亡命鸳鸯该何去何从？

　　20世纪30年代的德国柏林，纳粹势力正在兴起。美国女艺人Sally（丽莎·明奈利 Liza Minnelli 饰）是一家俱乐部的舞女，非常受欢迎。刚刚来到柏林的英国男教师Brian Roberts（麦克尔·约克 Michael York 饰）碰巧成了Sally的室友，他 以教英语来养活自己。Sally诱惑Brian没有成功，于是怀疑他是个男同性恋者。Sally和她的一个朋友Max（赫尔穆特·格里姆 Helmut Griem饰）发生了关系，后来她发现，Robert也和Max发生过关系。另一边，一个犹太人Fritz爱上了Robert学生Natalia，一个有钱的犹太小姐。为了和Natalia在一起，他从一个基督教徒转变成犹太教徒。Sally怀孕了，但她却不知道孩子是Robert还是Max的。纳粹在德国的势力越来越盛，Robert决定带Sally回英国.....　　本片被提名1973年奥斯卡十项大奖，最终赢得包括最佳导演、最佳女主角等八项。

　　故事发生在一个地处偏远的小镇之上，汤姆（Robert Milli 饰）的莫名失踪让警员约翰（唐纳德·萨瑟兰 Donald Sutherland 饰）百思不得其解，富有责任心和正义感的他决定追踪此案。汤姆在失踪前曾经和一位名叫丹尼尔斯（简·方达 Jane Fonda 饰） 的应召女郎有着密切的联系，根据一封两人之间的情书，约翰来到了纽约。　　在监视丹尼尔斯的过程中，约翰在这个神秘的女人身上发现了许多可疑之处，她似乎也正在追踪着什么人。之后，又一名受害人的出现让整个案件开始变得险恶起来，而随着调查的深入，一位名叫柯博尔（Charles Cioffi 饰）的男子浮出了水面，他是否就是约翰正在苦苦寻找的那个人呢？

　　Because I could not stop for Death, he kindly stopped for me; the carriage held but just ourselves and immortality” – Emily Dickinson　　If Death took a holiday, the guns would go silent in Iraq, the slaughter on our nation’s highways would cease, and the news media would be compelled to cover positive events in the humanities, arts, and sciences. Unfortunately, Death has not had a vacation in recorded history, but Mitchell Leisen’s 1934 fantasy, Death Takes a Holiday, allows us to consider the possibility. Co-written by Maxwell Anderson and Gladys Lehman and based on the play "La Morte in Vacanza" by Alberto Casella, Death Takes a Holiday stars Frederic March as the Grim Reaper who takes on human form in an attempt to discover why men fear him so much. Why he has waited 5,000 years to satisfy this curiosity is not explained.　　[Spoiler] After a brief tryout as a shadowy figure who scares the daylights out of those that cross his path, Death shows up at, of all places, an upscale party at an Italian villa, posing as the mysterious Prince Sirki. Only one person knows who he really is, the host Duke Lambert (Guy Standing), and he is sworn to secrecy. Sirki proceeds to fascinate the guests. Given to bursts of wit and poetry, he can just as quickly turn sullen and threatening, and some soon find out that it is better not to look too deeply into his eyes. During the three days in which the Prince is at the villa, however, people all over the world miraculously escape death and potential suicides are doomed to frustration.　　To see what’s behind all the conversation about love, the suave but naïve Prince Sirki falls for the irresistible Grazia (Evelyn Venable), the daughter of one of Duke’s friends. Grazia knows who Death is but does not fear him, much to the chagrin of her fiancé, Corrado (Kent Taylor) who has developed a strong disdain for Prince Charming.　　More sinister than Brad Pitt in the 1998 remake Meet Joe Black, March turns in a very convincing performance as the creepy yet strangely appealing guest. Although the ending is melodramatic, the emotions are very real and the suggestion that Death may in reality be a friend disguised as a foe is quite touching.　　(Howard Schumann, talkingpix.co.uk)　　In this wearisome and predictable plot line, Death falls in love and bores us to death talking about it.　　(Dennis Schwartz, homepages.sover.net)　　I've heard DRACULA was advertised with the tag line "The Weirdest Love Story ever told!" (this is probably a paraphrase), but at heart, I've never felt that you could honestly call that movie a love story. The tag line would be much more appropriate for this one, since it ultimately boils down to what amounts to a love story. This movie is very good indeed, particularly if you consider that it is built around a concept that could have easily been handled in a cute or facile manner. Instead, it is handled as seriously as possible, with some real thought put into how death would try to come to terms with a life and an outlook that was to that point totally unfamiliar to him; much of the credit does go to Fredric March in the title role. It's quite scary when it needs to be, particularly during the first twenty minutes. From then on, it deals with its themes with subtlety, a quiet wit, an enduring sadness, and an everpresent tension on how Death might react if crossed. It's not perfect; some of the dialogue is self-conscious and artificial, as if the writers knew they were dealing with weighty issues and were trying to be profound. But I am certainly glad they didn't try to turn it into a musical comedy of sorts.　　(Dave Sindelar, scifilm.org)　　See also the remake: Death Takes A Holiday (1971)

　　50年代-60年代初波兰电影学院派的经典作品之一，堪称与同时代意大利导演安东尼奥尼的《奇遇》相比，改编自Józef Hen在社会主义波兰时期被禁的小说。　　In 1960 his second film NIKT NIE WOLA / NOBODY'S CALLING, based on a Jozef Hen novel that was never published in Poland, described the fate of Poles on the Eastern Front. Kutz used the film to explore new formal solutions, collaborating closely with cinematographer Jerzy Wojcik to reveal the psychological landscape of a pair of lovers who are strongly affected by wartime events. The camera recorded the couple's inner experiences, contrasting their muted intimacy against the surrounding scenery of a ruined town. The film did not win over critics at the time of its release. It was not until later that critics recognized Kutz's effort to experiment with aesthetics in a manner akin to that pursued by filmmakers of the new wave. NOBODY'S CALLING came to be compared with Michelangelo Antonioni's THE ADVENTURE, which was produced around the same time.

　　

　　本片是苏联二战后摄制的第一部彩色影片，获戛纳电影节大奖和斯大林艺术电影奖最佳导演奖。影片取材于俄罗斯民间故事，青年石匠达尼拉雕刻了一朵宝石花作为爱的信物送给自己的未婚妻，不料铜山女巫突然出现，施魔法诱惑了达尼拉……

　　故事发生在1942年的耶路撒冷，大卫（汤姆·汉克斯 Tom Hanks 饰）和好友皮特（本内迪克特·泰勒 Benedict Taylor 饰）加入了英国皇家空军，被派往那里驻守。在那儿，大卫邂逅了名为莎拉（克里斯蒂娜·马尔西利亚奇 Cristina Marsillach 饰）的女孩，几经波折之后，两人相爱了。　　可是，莎拉出生在一个非常传统的犹太家庭之中，对于她的父母来说，和异族人通婚是大逆不道的事情。为了拆散萨拉和大卫，萨拉的家人囚禁了这个可怜的姑娘，不仅如此，他们还想方设法逼迫莎拉嫁给她的堂兄。眼看着无法逃脱悲惨的命运，萨拉决定见大卫最后一面，然后彻底放弃挣扎的希望。

　　Hardin portrays romance novelist Emilia, described as a whirlwind who blows back into the lives of her adult children, Taylor (McNamara) and Zach (Lloyd-Jones), under the pretense of a book signing arranged by her hometown's local book shop. As Emilia tries to reconnect, Taylor and Zach explore new and past relationships through an app that boasts old-fashioned human connection by way of the classified ad. Zach is given a chance to heal old wounds while Taylor matches with a woman that changes the way she's always thought about love. This is such a fun story from writer Lynn Sternberger, that is ultimately a story of love, family, and commitment in all its forms. With a cast that includes Melora Hardin, Arienne Mandi, Katherine McNamara, and Max Lloyd-Jones to help bring this movie to life will no doubt put a smile on the faces of our viewers this spring," said Lisa Hamilton Daly, EVP Programming Crown Media Family Networks. The movie is being produced by Neal Dodson, with Stacey Harding directing from a script by Sternberger.

　　乔（凯文·科斯特纳 Kevin Costner 饰）的妻子艾米丽（苏珊娜·汤姆森 Susanna Thompson 饰）死于一场车祸，讽刺的是，在医院担任心理创伤治疗的乔这一回却无法修复自己破碎的内心。乔的世界崩塌了，他抑郁，酗酒，对于工作的无法放弃和责任感成为了他活在这个世界上的唯一理由。　　一次偶然中，乔被委托完成一项工作，他的病人们是身患绝症的儿童。令乔感到意外的是，艾米丽生前一直照料着的，正是这些儿童。为了怀念妻子，乔毅然接手了这项工作，天真懵懂的孩童逐渐治愈了乔的内心，正当他的生活逐渐走上正轨之时，一个意外的消息再次扰乱了乔的内心，一个有过濒死经历的孩子告诉乔，他在“那个世界”里看到了艾米丽，而艾米丽似乎有着什么话想要传达给乔。