BROKEN ENGLISH
In a startling mature and nuanced performance, Parker Posey plays Nora Wilder, a thirty-something Manhattanite who is cynical about love and relationships, in this astute collaboration with first-time writer/director Zoe Cassavetes. Nora plugs away at her job in a posh downtown hotel and can't help but wonder what it is she has to do to find a relationship as ideal as her friend Audrey's (Drea De Matteo)
"perfect marriage." more
YOU KILL ME
Frank Falenczyk (Ben Kingsley) loves his job. He just happens to be the hit-man for his Polish mob family in Buffalo, New York. But Frank's got a drinking problem and when he messes up a critical assignment that puts the family business in peril, his uncle (Philip Baker Hall) sends him to San Francisco to clean up his act. Played with gruff charm by Kingsley, Frank is not a touchy-feely kind of guy.
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A MIGHTY HEART
On January 23, 2002, Mariane Pearl’s world
changed forever. Her husband Daniel, the South Asia Bureau
chief for the Wall Street Journal, was researching a story
on shoe bomber Richard Reid. The story drew them to Karachi
where a go-between had promised access to an elusive source.
As Danny left for the meeting, he told Mariane he might be
late for dinner. He never returned. more
EVENING
A drama exploring the emotional and romantic past of Ann Grant, a 65-year-old woman with terminal cancer. Ann's children gather around to make sense of their complicated mother while she drifts back through morphine-induced memories to a brief romantic interlude in the late 1950s, perhaps the only defining moment of complete surrender and happiness in her life.
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INTRODUCING THE DWIGHTS
“Introducing the Dwights” is a
heartfelt comedy about a mother who tries to come between her son
and his coming of age. Tim’s mom, Jean, is a bawdy and risqué
comedienne still hoping to make it big. His brother Mark helps
their mother rehearse for shows. more
RESCUE DAWN
 I n the annals of history’s great
escapes there is no other story like that of Dieter Dengler, the
only American to ever break out of a POW camp in the impenetrable
Laotian jungle. After months plotting his getaway and a
death-defying journey through some of the world’s fiercest
wilderness,
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TALK TO ME
In the mid-to-late 1960s, in
Washington, D.C., vibrant soul music and exploding social
consciousness were combining to unique and powerful effect. It was
the place and time for Petey to fully express himself – sometimes to outrageous
effect – and “tell it like it is.” With the support of his
irrepressible and
tempestuous girlfriend Vernell Watson (Taraji P. Henson),
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CASHBACK
When art student Ben Willis is
dumped by his girlfriend Suzy, he develops insomnia. To pass the
long hours of the night, he starts working the late night shift at
the local supermarket. There he meets a colorful cast of
characters, all of whom have their own 'art' in dealing with the
boredom of an eight-hour-shift. Ben's art is that he imagines
himself stopping time. more
GOYA'S GHOSTS
GOYA’S GHOSTS is a sweeping historical
epic, told through the eyes of celebrated Spanish painter
Francisco Goya (STELLAN SKARSGARD). Set against the backdrop
of political turmoil at the end of the Spanish Inquisition
and start of the invasion of Spain by Napoleon’s army, the
film captures the essence and beauty of Goya’s work which is
best known for both the colorful depictions of the royal court and
its people, more
THIS IS ENGLAND
It's 1983 and school is out.
Twelve-year-old Shaun is a lonely boy growing up in a grim coastal
town in northern England, whose father died fighting in the
Falklands War. Over the course of the summer holiday he befriends
a group of local skinheads. With his pent-up rage and frustration,
Shaun finds exactly what he needs in the gang-mischief, mayhem and
brotherhood more
BECOMING JANE
BECOMING JANE is an imaginative
romantic comedy in the spirit of Jane Austen, which places young
Jane herself at the center of a witty, enchanting romance not
unlike those that would later captivate millions in her celebrated
works of literature. more
ROCKET SCIENCE
A teenager tackles the mysteries of
life, love and public speaking in ROCKET SCIENCE, a wry comedy of
adolescent angst by Jeffrey Blitz, director of the Academy
Award®-nominated documentary SPELLBOUND. Making his feature
narrative debut, Blitz leaves behind the conventions and clichés
of coming-of-age tales to instead conjure a world where everyone,
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DESCENT
 I n Descent, acclaimed actress Rosario
Dawson plays the most controversial character of her career:
a promising college student who becomes bent on seeking
revenge after a shocking act of violence is committed on
her. The feature debut of co-writer/ director/producer Talia
Lugacy, Descent is a film that unnervingly tackles some of
the country’s most taboo subjects. more
DEATH AT A
FUNERAL
A dignified send-off for a loved one
erupts into uproarious chaos when romance, jealousy,
in-laws, hallucinogens, dark secrets, life-long yearnings
and a spot of bold blackmail all collide in the irreverent
British comedy DEATH AT A FUNERAL. Directed by Frank Oz (Bowfinger,
In & Out) and featuring a cast made up of the cream of Britain's
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SEPTEMBER DAWN
On September 11, 1857 in an unspoiled
valley of the Utah Territory--and in the name of God--120
men, women and children were savagely murdered
Who ordered the massacre, and why, has been hidden in a
cloak of secrecy and conspiracy.
And the reputation of one of the nation's mightiest
religious figures has been preserved and protected. more
RESURRECTING THE CHAMP
Struggling sports reporter Erik Kernan
(Josh Hartnett) encounters a homeless man who calls himself
“Champ” (Samuel L. Jackson) only to determine that he is the
one-time boxing champion Battling Bob Satterfield. What begins as
a story about resurrecting a once-great man becomes Erik’s title
shot. In his journey to uncover the truth more
RIGHT AT YOUR DOOR
After multiple dirty bombs are detonated, spreading deadly toxic ash across Los Angeles, Brad (Rory Cochrane) inadvertently quarantines his wife, Lexi (Mary McCormack) outside their new home by safely sealing himself inside. With the city under siege and Martial Law in affect, Brad and Lexi
struggle to survive with little supply,
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THE NINES
John August, the acclaimed screenwriter of
GO, BIG FISH, CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY and THE
CORPSE BRIDE, makes his directorial debut with THE NINES, an
intricately constructed intriguing blur of reality, virtual
reality and metaphysical fantasy. The film unfolds in three
parts, featuring the same actors in different (and in some
ways overlapping) incarnations. more
LADRON QUE
ROBA LADRON
A heist movie in the classic Hollywood
tradition, LADRON QUE ROBA A LADRON follows two veteran
thieves, Emilio and Alejandro, who reunite to rob the
biggest thief they know – Moctesuma Valdez, a TV infomercial
guru who’s made millions selling worthless health products to poor
Latino immigrants. Valdez’s empire is next to impossible to
infiltrate., more
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