Bound (1996)
Crime | Romance | Thriller
Corky, a tough female ex con and her lover Violet concoct a scheme to steal millions of stashed mob money and pin the blame on Violet's crooked boyfriend Caesar.
Starring: Jennifer Tilly, Gina Gershon, Joe Pantoliano, John P. Ryan, Christopher Meloni, Richard C. Sarafian
Director: Lana Wachowski
Algorithm (2014)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
A freelance computer hacker discovers a mysterious government computer program. He breaks into the program and is thrust into a revolution.
Starring: Raphael Barker, Keith Barletta, Julie Ceballos, Joey Devine, Aren Ewing
Director: Jon Schiefer
Mascots (2016)
Comedy
A look into the world of competitive mascots.
Starring: Parker Posey, Jennifer Coolidge, Christopher Guest, Zach Woods, Jane Lynch, Ed Begley Jr.
Director: Christopher Guest
Jack Goes Home (2016)
Drama | Horror | Thriller
After his father is killed in a car crash, Jack travels home to Colorado to help nurse his mother (who was injured in the crash) back to health. There, he uncovers long buried secrets and lies within his family history, his parents, his friends and his very identity.
Starring: Britt Robertson, Nikki Reed, Natasha Lyonne, Daveigh Chase, Rory Culkin, Lin Shaye
Director: Thomas Dekker
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The River Thief (2016)
Action | Adventure | Crime
Diz is a reckless teenage drifter living life on the run. Abandoned by his parents as a child, he looks out for himself and doesn't accept handouts. He takes whatever he wants and runs. Jaded and determined to answer to no one, Diz lives a life marked by thievery and abandonment. Things change for Diz when he floats into a small town on the Snake River. There he is confronted by an unflappable old man named Marty and falls for Marty's guarded granddaughter, Selah. When Diz robs a local drug-dealing crazy, he becomes the owner of a giant pile of cash and the target of two vicious killers. With more money than he knows what to do with, and criminals at his heels, Diz puts the people he's learned to care about in danger, still trying to win Selah. But some things can't be stolen or bought. The River Thief is a film about guilt, self-sacrifice, and accepting life as a gift.
Starring: Joel Courtney, Paul Johansson, Bas Rutten, Raleigh Cain
Director: N.D. Wilson
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Sing My Life / Suspicious Woman / Ayashii kanojo (2016)
Comedy | Drama | Fantasy
Katsu is now an old woman who even at seventy three has not lost her penchant for being sardonic and dissatisfied. Upon visiting a photography studio her life and body are transported to that of a twenty-year-old girl giving her the opportunity to make up for missing out on her earlier dreams of becoming a singer, a more harmonious family member and to have more fun than life generally afforded her.
Starring: Mikako Tabe, Mitsuko Baishô, Satomi Kobayashi, Jun Kaname, Takumi Kitamura, Katsuko Kanai, Yôichi Nukumizu, Kôtarô Shiga
Director: Nobuo Mizuta
A Cappella / Mubansô (2016)
Drama
Set in the year 1969 in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Kyoko Noma is a loving female high school student who takes part in campus protests. One day, she meets university student Wataru Domoto in the tea cafe Mubansou ("A Cappella"). Kyoko falls in love with him, but they get involved in an incident that leads to a shocking ending.
Starring: Riko Narumi, Sôsuke Ikematsu, Takumi Saitô, Nina Endô, Wakana Matsumoto, Tomoko Fujita, Ken Mitsuishi
Director: Hitoshi Yazaki
Lights Out (2016)
Horror | Thriller
A woman is haunted by a creature that only appears when the lights go out. A feature adaptation of the 2013 short film, "Lights Out" by David Sandberg.
Starring: Teresa Palmer, Maria Bello, Billy Burke, Emily Alyn Lind, Alicia Vela-Bailey
Director: David F. Sandberg
The Evil in Us (2016)
Horror
While on a fourth of July holiday, six best friends fall victim to the insidious plan of a mysterious organization when they are unknowingly transformed into bloodthirsty cannibals.
Starring: David Aboussafy, Melanie Joy Adams, Chris Allen, Darren Andrichuk
Director: Jason William Lee
Julie & Julia (2009)
Biography | Drama | Romance
A culinary legend provides a frustrated office worker with a new recipe for life in Julie & Julia, the true stories of how Julia Child's (Meryl Streep) life and cookbook inspired fledgling writer Julie Powell (Amy Adams) to whip up 524 recipes in 365 days and introduce a new generation to the magic of French cooking. Stanley Tucci (The Devil Wears Prada) co-stars in director Nora Ephron's delicious comedy about joy, obssesion and butter. Bon appétit!
Starring: Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci, Chris Messina, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Jane Lynch
Director: Nora Ephron
La môme / La vie en rose (2007)
Biography | Drama | Music | Romance
From the slums of Paris to the limelight of New York, Edith Piaf's life was a battle to sing and survive, live and love. Raised in poverty, Edith's magical voice and her passionate romances and friendships with the greatest names of the period – Yves Montand, Jean Cocteau, Charles Aznavour, Marlene Dietrich, Marcel Cerdan and others – made her a star all around the world. But in her audacious attempt to tame her tragic destiny, the Little Sparrow – her nickname – flew so high she could not fail to burn her wings.
Starring: Marion Cotillard, Sylvie Testud, Pascal Greggory, Emmanuelle Seigner, Gérard Depardieu, Clotilde Courau
Director: Olivier Dahan
HK: Hentai Kamen – Abnormal Crisis / HK2: The Abnormal Crisis (2016)
Comedy
News about the disappearance of panties is covered every day. Kyosuke still wears Aiko's panties to battle evil. Meanwhile, Aiko has mixed emotions and decides to get her panties back from Kyosuke. Kyosuke suffers from the loss of Aiko's panties and disappears. The biggest enemy yet appears in front of Kyosuke.
Starring: Ryôhei Suzuki, Fumika Shimizu, Yûya Yagira, Tsuyoshi Muro, Ayame Misaki, Nana Katase, Narushi Ikeda
Director: Yûichi Fukuda
The Magnificent Nine / Tono, risoku de gozaru! (2016)
Comedy | History
It is eighteenth century Japan and the residents of a poor town lead a typically meagre life. Then nine residents, which include Juzaburo, hatch a scheme to improve their lots by running a pawn and loan business with the proceeds being distributed among the townfolk. However, the plan is risky with such commerce and profiteering being frowned upon in a society with a caste system. Based on a novel by Isoda Michifumi, The Magnificient Nine features a cast of well-known Japanese cinema familiars.
Starring: Sadao Abe, Eita, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Yûko Takeuchi, Ryûhei Matsuda, Tsutomu Yamazaki
Director: Yoshihiro Nakamura
Seasons / Les saisons (2015)
Documentary
Germany Combines the history of the seasons, the human and animal.
Director: Jacques Perrin, Jacques Cluzaud
Broken Vows (2016)
Thriller
A charming yet troubled man spirals into a rage after being rejected by the woman he initially seduced.
Starring: Wes Bentley, Jaimie Alexander, Cam Gigandet, Alexandra Breckenridge, Astrid Bryan, Matt Riedy
Director: Bram Coppens
Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
Biography | Comedy | Drama | History
A drama based on a Texas congressman Charlie Wilson's covert dealings in Afghanistan, where his efforts to assist rebels in their war with the Soviets have some unforeseen and long-reaching effects.
Starring: Tom Hanks, Amy Adams, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ned Beatty, Emily Blunt
Director: Mike Nichols
Far from Heaven (2002)
Drama | Romance
Cathy is the perfect 50s housewife, living the perfect 50s life: healthy kids, successful husband, social prominence. Then one night she surprises her husband Frank kissing another man, and her tidy world starts spinning out of control. In her confusion and grief, she finds consolation in the friendship of their African-American gardener, Raymond – a socially taboo relationship that leads to the further disintegration of life as she knew it. Despite Cathy and Frank's struggle to keep their marriage afloat, the reality of his homosexuality and her feelings for Raymond open a painful, if more honest, chapter in their lives.
Starring: Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysbert, Patricia Clarkson, Viola Davis, James Rebhorn
Director: Todd Haynes
Les grandes vacances / The Exchange Student (1967)
Comedy
Charles Bosquier, a role apparently written for French comedy superstar Louis de Funès, is the dictatorial headmaster of a French strict boarding school. No father could be deeper shocked to find one of his own sons miserably failed his exams, and too embarrassed to enroll him for his own summer-school, so he sends Philippe to England as exchange student. Philippe planned to save his sailing plans with friends by sending fat nerd Stephane Michonnet to England using his name, which comes out when Michonnet gets indigestion. Meanwhile Charles expects his spoiled favorite son, Gérard, who tells daddy about all the other schoolboys for money, to chaperon Shirley, the daughter of his English counterpart MacFarrell, but the girl gets all French boys horny, so even his perfect record is soon gravely soiled as dad spies on them, and he and Shirley join Philippe and his friends. Now the headmaster chases the kids' yacht -incognito, to avoid a scandal- all the way to England, where his colleague soon joins him, and further…
Starring: Louis de Funès, Ferdy Mayne, Claude Gensac, Maurice Risch, Mario David, Olivier De Funès
Director: Jean Girault
Valley of the Dolls (1967)
Drama | Music | Romance
Film version of Jacqueline Susann's best-selling novel chronicling the rise and fall of three young women in show business.
Starring: Barbara Parkins, Patty Duke, Sharon Tate, Paul Burke, Susan Hayward, Tony Scotti
Director: Mark Robson
Lullaby of the Earth / Daichi no komoriuta (1976)
Drama
The story of Rin, a blind orphan girl, brought up in the rustic mountains of Shikoku by her grandmother. When her grandmother dies, she is sold into prostitution. What follows is a depiction of her cruel descent into the depths of moral decay in a system of exploitation, unbridled lust, vanity, and greed.
Starring: Mieko Harada, Natsuko Kahara, Meiko Kaji, Mihoko Nakagawa, Eiji Okada, Yûsuke Satô, Kinuyo Tanaka, Kôji Uruki
Director: Yasuzô Masumura
