Blanche DuBois is a fading, but still-attractive, Southern belle whose pretensions to virtue and culture only thinly mask alcoholism and delusions of grandeur. Her poise is an illusion she presents to shield others (but most of all, herself) from her reality, and an attempt to make herself still attractive to new male suitors. Blanche arrives at the apartment of her sister Stella Kowalski in the Faubourg Marigny neighborhood of New Orleans, on Elysian Fields Avenue; the local transportation that she takes to arrive there includes a streetcar route named "Desire." The steamy, urban ambiance is a shock to Blanche's nerves. Stella, who fears the reaction of her husband Stanley, welcomes Blanche with some trepidation. As Blanche explains that their ancestral Southern plantation, Belle Reve in Laurel, Mississippi, has been "lost" due to the "epic fornications" of their ancestors, her veneer of self-possession begins to slip drastically. Blanche tells Stella that her supervisor allowed her to take time off from her job as an English teacher because of her upset nerves, when in fact, she has been fired for having an affair with a 17-year-old student. This turns out not to be the only seduction in which she has engaged, and, along with other problems, has led her to escape Laurel. A brief marriage marred by the discovery that her husband, Allan Grey, was having a homosexual affair and his subsequent suicide has led Blanche to withdraw into a world in which fantasies and illusions blend seamlessly with reality.
In contrast to both the self-effacing and deferential Stella and the pretentious refinement of Blanche, Stella's husband, Stanley Kowalski, is a force of nature: primal, rough-hewn, brutish, and sensual. He dominates Stella in every way and is physically and emotionally abusive.[1] Stella tolerates his primal behavior as this is part of what attracted her in the first place; their love and relationship are heavily based on powerful—even animal-like—sexual chemistry, something that Blanche finds impossible to understand.
The arrival of Blanche upsets her sister and brother-in-law's system of mutual dependence. Stella's concern for her sister's well-being emboldens Blanche to hold court in the Kowalski apartment, infuriating Stanley and leading to conflict in his relationship with his wife. Blanche and Stanley are on a collision course, and Stanley's friend and Blanche's would-be suitor, Harold "Mitch" Mitchell,gets trampled in their path. Stanley discovers Blanche's past through a co-worker who travels to Laurel frequently, and he confronts her with the things that she has been trying to put behind her, partly out of concern that her character flaws may be damaging to the lives of those in her new home, just as they were in Laurel, and partly out of a distaste for her pretense in general. However, his attempts to "unmask" her are predictably cruel and violent. In their final confrontation, it is implied that Stanley rapes Blanche, resulting in her nervous breakdown. Stanley has her committed to a mental institution, and in the closing moments, Blanche utters her signature line to the kindly doctor who leads her away: "Whoever you are, I have always depended on the kindness of strangers."
The reference to the streetcar named Desire—providing the aura of New Orleans geography—is symbolic. Blanche not only has to travel on a streetcar route named "Desire" to reach Stella's home on "Elysian Fields" but her desire acts as an irrepressible force throughout the play—she can only hang on as her desires lead her.
The character of Blanche is thought to be based on Williams' sister Rose Williams who struggled with her mental health and became incapacitated after a lobotomy.

一个十几岁的男孩跑去追随他父亲的脚步，传奇的风暴追逐者比尔·布罗迪。

Liz Lemon（蒂娜·菲 Tina Fey 饰）是当红喜剧秀《The Girlie Show》的首席编剧，可谓如沐春风，前途坦荡。可是旧BOSS因病去世，新上任的Jake（亚历克·鲍德温 Alec Baldwin 饰）是个挑剔的主。刚上任就整出不少事，而节目中的明星演员也带来一堆麻烦。一时间，Liz的问题接踪而至。第一，为了可以保住自己的饭碗；第二，为了保持节目一贯良好的收视率；第三，为了自己能在压力下保持清醒，Liz必须学会克服各种问题，把困难迎刃而解。Liz一帆风顺的生活就这样被打破了，为了让一切都走上正轨，她必须找到一条正确的路。

The life and career of acting teacher and co-founder/director of the American Place Theater, Wynn Handman.

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age is the sequel to the feature film documentary Broadway: The Golden Age, which documented American theater in the 30s, 40s and 50s. This second installment of director Rick McKay's Broadway film trilogy continues the story from the legendary Broadway season of 1959 (Gypsy, Raisin in the Sun, Once Upon a Mattress, etc.) through the tumultuous 60s (Hair, Oh, Calcutta, etc.), the revolutionary 70s (Sondheim, A Chorus Line, Chicago, etc.), up to the opening night of David Merrick and Gower Champion's 42nd Street in 1980. Once again, McKay tells the story with in depth, candid, personal interviews with over 100 newly filmed, legendary stars, while incorporating never before seen footage of the original productions, as well as home movies and photos from the stars' own personal collections, bringing to life a lost era in American history. Many of the stars of the film went on to become household names from their subsequent fame in film and television, and talk of the differences in the mediums and how the theater gave them the foundation for their success in front of the camera.

生活潦倒的導演史提文偶遇電影製作人戴文，並獲邀出任一部新戲的導演。戴文的真正身份其實是一名聯邦密探，拍戲只是他誘捕黑幫大佬的煙幕…

In their own words, and not a moment too soon - 'Broadway' tells the stories of our theatrical legends, how they came to New York, and how they created this legendary century in American theatre. This may be the last chance that these stories may be documented, for unlike film and television, live theatre exists only in the memories of those who were there watching, or more importantly, creating this magic. 'Broadway' tells the stories of these legendary performers, composers and writers while illustrating their tales with amazing, rare, archival performance footage and these legends' own home movies and photos.

在二次世界大战后，即将结婚的花花公子开车到赌城作最后一次寻欢，不料邂逅了美丽的女歌手，并发现了她是赌城大亨巴格西的情妇。他该回到自己的规律生活中，还是继续追求这段冒险的爱情呢？名编剧家尼尔赛门由自己的爱情经历创作出本片，对男女之间的感情游戏有深刻的体会，所以剧情虽然简单，趣味性倒不弱。亚历克．鲍德温和金．贝辛格因拍摄本片而牵上红线，可见其演出投入。此外，金．贝辛格亲自主唱片中歌曲，颇有几分性感歌星的架势。

A hardened New Orleans cop, Dave Robicheaux, finally tosses in the badge and settles into life on the bayou with his wife. But a bizarre plane crash draws him back into the fray when his family is viciously threatened.

《魔幻铁路历险记》由最受孩子们欢迎的电视连续剧《火车头托马斯和他的朋友们》改编而成。该片秉承了原片无与伦比的魔法魅力，而且首次采用宽荧幕的形式向观众展示这种"半真人演绎半动画制作"的新派电影。 11岁的Lily（由Mara Wilson扮演）坐火车去她爷爷家玩。她爷爷（由Peter Fonda扮演）年轻时可是一名快乐的铁路工程师，但是现在过着孤独的生活。没想到Lily坐错了火车，最后在一个景色优美的小镇下了车。那个小镇名为" 美丽时光"， 在那里Lily遇上了一位会使魔法的列车长（由Alec Baldwin扮演），跟着他又上了火车，沿着"魔幻铁路"开始去苏达岛的探险之旅。要知道苏达岛可是一个玩具王国，可爱的Thomas（迷你型蓝色蒸气车头玩具）就住在那,但是现在这个"世外桃源"正在受到贪婪和愚昧的侵蚀。于是Lily 和Thomas联手，在小狗Mutt、小男孩Patch等其他许多好朋友们的帮助下，共同惩治坏蛋，最终使故事有了一个圆满的结尾。

北极狐Swifty在北极“爆裂”运输公司的收发室工作，却梦想着加入由哈士奇组成的Top Dog——该公司的明星邮递员队伍。某天他为了证明自己的能力，挪用了雪橇把一个神秘的邮件送到一处秘密堡垒，与本片反派——胖乎乎的海象博士狭路相逢，这个博士有着人造四肢，手下是一群礼貌得很诡异的角嘴海雀。北极狐很快发现博士的邪恶计划：要融化北极冰盖来淹没世界，统治全球。于是北极狐组织了他的朋友们：内向的北极熊PB、老是开小差的信天翁Lemmy、阴谋论者水獭Sal和Weez、坚韧的机械师狐狸Jade。这支杂牌军要对抗邪恶，拯救世界。

NBC将把艾伦·索金的成名作舞台剧《好人寥寥》改编成电视现场版搬上小荧屏。索金任编剧及制片。故事围绕美军驻古巴海军基地内的一桩谋杀案展开。1989年舞台剧《好人寥寥》在百老汇首映并大获好评。1992年，同名电影上映，主演汤姆·克鲁斯、杰克·尼科尔森、黛米·摩尔等，该片获奥斯卡最佳影片提名。

一部关于电影制作困难的纪录片。

故事讲述作家(鲍德温饰)因车祸失明，终日郁郁寡欢的他在和一个有夫之妇(黛米·摩尔饰)接触后，创作热情被再次点燃。然而这种微妙的关系却被女人的丈夫(麦克德莫特饰)打破。

Ms. Julie teaches performing arts workshops with the help of her assistant Gus at their Wellspring Center for the Performing Arts.

In Canada's history, there are few people who signified the nation's modern confidence in its arts more than Gordon Lightfoot. This singer-songwriter's singular talent in music changed the world's opinion of Canada's culture with his tremendous variety of songs that both celebrated the nation and touched its soul. Sparing moxia.cc nothing about Lightfoot's personal weaknesses and failures as well as his triumphs, this film covers Lightfoot's career from his own words and his closest associates with recordings of his greatest hits.