Heute bin ich blond / The Girl with Nine Wigs (2013)
Comedy | Drama
The true story of a young woman whose lust for life means she is determined to be so very much more than just another cancer patient.
Starring: Lisa Tomaschewsky, Karoline Teska, David Rott, Alice Dwyer, Peter Prager
Director: Marc Rothemund
My Brothers (2010)
Drama
Set over Halloween weekend of 1987, My Brothers is the story of three young brothers' epic quest to replace their dying father's watch. Noel, 17, serious, weighed down by responsibility; …
Starring: Timmy Creed, Paul Courtney, Tj Griffin, Don Wycherley, Kate Ashfield, Sarah Green
Director: Paul Fraser
Shepard & Dark (2012)
Documentary | Drama
Shepard & Dark is the remarkable story of a friendship in letters.
Starring: Johnny Dark, Sam Shepard
Director: Treva Wurmfeld
The Client List (2010)
Drama
A former beauty queen is forced to take a job at a massage parlor when her family faces foreclosure on their home after her husband suffers an injury that keeps him from working. Unfortunately for her she soon learns that her clients expect more than a rubdown.
Starring: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Teddy Sears, Sonja Bennett, Lynda Boyd, Chelah Horsdal, Heather Doerksen, Cybill Shepherd
Director: Eric Laneuville
Permanent Midnight (1998)
Biography | Drama | Romance
Comedy writer Jerry Stahl, whose $6000-a-week heroin habit had him taking his infant daughter along on his drug runs and doing smack during TV script conferences. Departing detox, Stahl explores memories with survivor Kitty, who listens patiently to Stahl's flashback. Other women in Stahl's life are his British wife Sandra and his agent Vola. For the TV series "Mr. Chompers" (inspired by ALF), Stahl meets with sitcom exec Craig Ziffer and puppeteer Allen. For freaky freebasing, Stahl hangs with mumbler Nicky and druggie Gus.
Starring: Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Maria Bello, Elizabeth Hurley, Fred Willard, Connie Nielsen
Director: David Veloz
Babette's Feast / Babettes gæstebud (1987)
Drama | Music | Romance
In 19th century Denmark, two adult sisters live in an isolated village with their father, who is the honored pastor of a small Protestant church that is almost a sect unto itself. Although they each are presented with a real opportunity to leave the village, the sisters choose to stay with their father, to serve to him and their church. After some years, a French woman refugee, Babette, arrives at their door, begs them to take her in, and commits herself to work for them as maid/housekeeper/cook. Sometime after their father dies, the sisters decide to hold a dinner to commemorate the 100th anniversary of his birth. Babette experiences unexpected good fortune and implores the sisters to allow her to take charge of the preparation of the meal.
Starring: Stéphane Audran, Bodil Kjer, Birgitte Federspiel, Jarl Kulle, Bibi Andersson
Director: Gabriel Axel
The Raccoon War / Pom Poko / Heisei tanuki gassen ponpoko (1994)
Animation | Comedy | Drama | Fantasy
Faced with the destruction of their habitat due to the growth of Tokyo, a group of tanuki try to defend their homes. They decide to use their transforming talents to try to hold back the new development. Two of them, especially skilled at transforming, are sent to Shikoku to enlist the help of three sages. Meanwhile, the rest of them do their best to disrupt the construction site, at first causing accidents, and then actually haunting the site. However, the humans are very persistent, and soon the tanuki are forced to use more and more extreme measures to save their home.
Starring: Shinchô Kokontei, Makoto Nonomura, Yuriko Ishida, Norihei Miki, Nijiko Kiyokawa, Shigeru Izumiya, Gannosuke Ashiya
Director: Isao Takahata
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag / B.M.B / Run Milkha Run (2013)
Biography | Drama | History | Sport
The true story of the "Flying Sikh" – world champion runner and Olympian 'Milkha Singh' — who overcame the massacre of his family, civil war during the India-Pakistan partition, and homelessness to become one of India's most iconic athletes.
Starring: Farhan Akhtar, Sonam Kapoor, Pavan Malhotra, Art Malik
Director: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
The Human Factor (1979)
Drama | Thriller
When Arthur Davis, a junior bachelor in the British secret service's African section, is seen taking a file with him -to meet his girlfriend Cynthia- the brass fears he may be the leak to Moskow, and allows Dr. Percival to terminate the 'risk factor' by poisoning to avoid a scandal. In fact Davis's desk chief, Maurice Castle, is the double agent since the South African communists helped him smuggle out his black lover Sarah M., meanwhile his wife and mother of schoolboy Sam, to force him to cooperate with the Apartheid government. When Cornelius Muller, the South African official who failed to get him in Pretoria's power, visits London for the anti-communist operation Uncle Remus, he points out Castle still is the natural suspect…
Starring: Richard Attenborough, Joop Doderer, Derek Jacobi, John Gielgud, Robert Morley, Nicol Williamson
Director: Otto Preminger
Ariel (1988)
Drama
Taisto Kasurinen, a Finnish coal miner must find a way to live in the big city after the mine closes and his father, also a miner, commits suicide.
Starring: Turo Pajala, Susanna Haavisto, Matti Pellonpää
Director: Aki Kaurismäki
Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008)
Comedy | Drama
Angus the fluffy cat retains its dignity even in a crazy Eastbourne family, unlike them. Eldest daughter Georgia is completely besotted with 'Stiff Dylans' band hottie Robbie, who just moved in from London and helps run an organic groceries shop with his brother Tom, whom her best friend Jas has the hots for. Peter Dyer calls Georgia his best ever kissing-course pupil, but she ignores him and later the brothers' other classmate Dave the Laugh. Robbie was considering to dump haughty Lindsay, but reconsiders given the immature brat's apparent cruelty. Thus manipulative Georgia keeps changing her mind about a grand birthday party and her father's career opportunities as engineer in New Zealand, while mother seems to flirt with hunky interior decorator Jem.
Starring: Georgia Groome, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Karen Taylor, Alan Davies, Eleanor Tomlinson, Kimberley Nixon, Tommy Bastow
Director: Gurinder Chadha
The Happy Poet (2010)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
A poet who starts a health-conscious food stand finds support from his friends, as well as a potential love match with one of his customers. But will unexpected complications jeopardize his dreams of a hot dog-free future?
Starring: Paul Gordon, Jonny Mars, Chris Doubek, Liz Fisher, Sam Wainwright Douglas
Director: Paul Gordon
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Hit 'n Strum (2012)
Drama | Music
After committing a hit and run, a beautiful career woman attempts to clear her conscience by befriending her victim, a homeless but talented street musician.
Starring: Michelle Harrison, Kirk Caouette, Paul McGillion, Angelo Renai
Director: Kirk Caouette
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The Citizen (2012)
Drama
An Arab immigrant wins the American green card lottery, arriving in New York City on September 10, 2001.
Starring: Khaled Nabawy, Agnes Bruckner, Rizwan Manji, William Atherton, Cary Elwes
Director: Sam Kadi
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Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Drama | Horror | Mystery
A young couple move into a new apartment, only to be surrounded by peculiar neighbors and occurrences. When the wife becomes mysteriously pregnant, paranoia over the safety of her unborn child begins controlling her life.
Starring: Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Maurice Evans, Ralph Bellamy, Patsy Kelly
Director: Roman Polanski
Paranoia (2013)
Drama | Thriller
Determined to make the most of his new job at Wyatt Telecom, Adam Cassidy is horrified after a felonious mistake earns him the wrath of unforgiving CEO Nicholas Wyatt. Typically, Wyatt's first response would be to throw a law-breaking employee under the bus. But this time Wyatt is willing to cut a deal; should Adam agree to infiltrate Wyatt Telecom's chief rival, the CEO will turn a blind eye to his employee's error. In no time Adam is climbing the corporate food chain straight to the top. Upon realizing that his success is a mere illusion and that he's become a simple pawn in a much bigger game, Adam hatches an ingenious plan to get out of the game before it's too late.
Starring: Liam Hemsworth, Gary Oldman, Harrison Ford, Amber Heard, Lucas Till, Embeth Davidtz
Director: Robert Luketic
JFK (1991)
Drama | History | Thriller
Oliver Stone's detailed examination of possible answers to unsolved mysteries surrounding John F. Kennedy's assassination. Kevin Costner plays New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison, who remained unconvinced by the Warren Commission Report and launched his own investigation. This film was released on a wave of controversy and led to calls for Congress to re-open government records from the 1977 House Select Committee on the assassination. Stone weaves actual archive footage with historical reconstruction and conjecture to present his argument that Kennedy was killed by the CIA due to his desire to withdraw troops from Vietnam. The film gained several Oscar nominations and Stone won a Golden Globe award for Best Director.
Starring: Kevin Costner, Sissy Spacek, Joe Pesci, Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Oldman, Wayne Knight
Director: Oliver Stone
Darwin (2011)
Documentary | Drama | History
Darwin is a documentary feature about an isolated community at the end of a weathered road in Death Valley, California. Propelled from society by tragic turns, the people of Darwin (population 35) must now find ways to coexist in a place without a government, a church, jobs, or children. The film tells the story of a uniquely American place and yet a place that is unique even within America.
Starring: Monty Brannigan, Susan Pimentel, Hank Jones, Connie Jones, Ryal Strom
Director: Nick Brandestini
Prisoners (2013)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
In the rural New England town of Brockton, Massachusetts, neighbors and friends the Dovers and the Birches gather for Thanksgiving dinner, but by the end of the night, their celebration turns to panic when the families' two youngest daughters go missing. As the hours pass and the girls don't turn up, it becomes terrifyingly apparent they've been kidnapped. After the cops fail to find them, Keller Dover (Hugh Jackman) decides to take the law into his own hands, running up against dedicated Detective Loki (Jake Gyllenhaal). But even as Loki is diligently working against the clock to solve the case, Keller will stop at nothing to get their prime suspect to talk before it's too late.
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Paul Dano, Maria Bello, Terrence Howard, Melissa Leo, Paul Dano
Director: Denis Villeneuve
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Unbeatable / Ji Zhan (2013)
Action | Drama | Sport
After a stint in prison for participating in underground boxing, Fai is knee-deep in debt with no solution in sight. To escape his debtors, he flees to Macau and works as a gym assistant. He meets and ends up training Si-Qi, a hot-blooded young man who enrolled in an open MMA competition with no fighting experience. After a series of wins, Si-Qi is critically injured and eliminated from the tournament. Ignited by Si-Qi's persistence and unwillingness to give up in the face of defeat, he rediscovers his will to fight and steps back in the ring against the fighter who injured his student. How far will Fai’s resurrected fighting spirit take his 48-year-old body?
Starring: Singh Hartihan Bitto, Nick Cheung, Feier Li, Ting Mei, Andy On, Eddie Peng, Fatih Ugurlu
Director: Dante Lam
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