The Star

The Reality of Love

2004 · ★ 5.5

Ryan Banks's manager and old friend, Todd, comes up with the idea to have Ryan be the bachelor on a reality dating show in order to clean up his image. The only problem is, Todd falls in love with Charlie, the girl Ryan has chosen to propose to.

Katha Parayumbol

2007 · ★ 7.6

the film is about how a barber's life is turned upside down when a film unit comes to the village for a shoot, and the news spreads that superstar Ashok Raj (Mammootty) is the barber's childhood friend. The script also by Srinivasan is so layered that every frame has a comment to make about the world and every line of the dialogue, on the mores of the society. The craze for celebrities and the problems of leading a principled life are discussed without being preachy.

Star Vehicle

Hollywood doesn't make stars anymore, so he made himself. A mythic work of meta-cinema where Ian Bloom becomes his own movie star.

Star Dust

1940 · ★ 5.7

When Hollywood film studios reject her because she's too young, an Arkansas woman sets out to build a career as an actress on her own.

Bogie

1980 · ★ 6.3

The Humphrey Bogart story from the early '30s until his death, covering the period as a struggling young actor through movie stardom and his marriages to Mayo Methot and Lauren Bacall.

The Legend of Lylah Clare

1968 · ★ 6

A dictatorial film director hires an unknown actress to play the lead role in a planned movie biography of a late, great Hollywood star.

This Is What Happy Looks Like

Teenage movie star Graham Larkin mistakenly emails small-town girl Ellie O’Neill about his pet pig, sparking a witty and anonymous online correspondence. When Graham discovers Ellie’s hometown is ideal for his latest film, he aims to transition their connection from virtual to real life. However, the challenge arises as Graham, a renowned celebrity, tries to navigate a relationship with an ordinary girl like Ellie, who is determined to avoid media attention at any cost.

My Week with Marilyn

2011 · ★ 6.7

London, 1956. Genius actor and film director Laurence Olivier is about to begin the shooting of his upcoming movie, premiered in 1957 as The Prince and the Showgirl, starring Marilyn Monroe. Young Colin Clark, who dreams on having a career in movie business, manages to get a job on the set as third assistant director.

Straight-Jacket

2004 · ★ 5.7

In 1950's Hollywood, movie star Guy Stone must marry a studio secretary in order to conceal his homosexuality. Sally has no idea her marriage is a sham, though, and turns Guy's life upside-down. However, soon after the wedding, Guy develops feelings for a writer named Rick.

What Price Hollywood?

1932 · ★ 6.8

Sassy and ambitious waitress Mary Evans amuses and befriends amiable seldom-sober Hollywood film director Max Carey when he stumbles into her restaurant. Max invites Mary to his film premiere and, after a night of drinking and carousing, Mary is granted a screen test. A studio contract follows. Just as Mary finds her dreams coming true, Carey’s life and career begins its descent.

The Flip Side

2018 · ★ 5

Centred around Ronnie, a struggling restaurateur who is mired in debt and the fallout from her previous short-lived romance with British actor Henry. Ronnie’s now living with laidback, loyal Jeff, but her world is turned upside down when Henry returns to Australia with his French lover Sophie in tow.

Two Weeks in Another Town

1962 · ★ 5.9

After spending three years in an asylum, a washed-up actor views a minor assignment from his old director in Rome as a chance for personal and professional redemption.