Carmina o revienta / Carmina or Blow Up (2012)
Comedy | Drama
A 58 year old woman tries to make a plan to solve her financial problems after several robberies at her store. She contemplates her life.
Starring: Carmina Barrios, María León, Paco Casaus, Ana María García
Director: Paco León
The Childhood of a Leader (2015)
Drama | Horror | Mystery
This chilling fable about the rise of fascism in the 20th Century tells the story of a young American boy living in France in 1918 whose father is working for the US government on the creation of the Treaty of Versailles. What he witnesses helps to mould his beliefs – and we witness the birth of a terrifying ego. Loosely inspired by the early childhood experiences of many of the great dictators of the 20th Century.
Starring: Robert Pattinson, Liam Cunningham, Stacy Martin, Bérénice Bejo, Luca Bercovici, Yolande Moreau
Director: Brady Corbet
The Infiltrator (2016)
Biography | Crime | Drama | Thriller
During the 1980s, DEA agent Robert Mazur uses his undercover alias "Bob Musella" to become a pivotal player for drug lords cleaning their dirty cash. Later, he infiltrates the world's largest cartels and helps discover the money-laundering organization of drug lord Pablo Escobar.
Starring: Bryan Cranston, John Leguizamo, Diane Kruger, Amy Ryan, Joseph Gilgun, Benjamin Bratt
Director: Brad Furman
Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)
Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Martha is a young woman rapidly unraveling amidst her attempt to reclaim a normal life after fleeing from a cult and its charismatic leader. Seeking help from her estranged older sister Lucy and brother-in-law, Martha is unable and unwilling to reveal the truth about her disappearance. When her memories trigger a chilling paranoia that her former cult could still be pursuing her, the line between Martha's reality and delusion begins to blur.
Starring: Elizabeth Olsen, Sarah Paulson, John Hawkes, Christopher Abbott, Brady Corbet, Maria Dizzia
Director: Sean Durkin
Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV (2016)
Adventure | Animation | Drama | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
The magical kingdom of Lucis is home to the hallowed Crystal, but the menacing empire of Niflheim will stop at nothing to make it theirs. War has raged between the two for as long as most can remember. King Regis of Lucis commands an elite force of soldiers dubbed the Kingsglaive. Wielding their king's magic, Nyx Ulric and his fellow glaives stand before the crown city of Insomnia, fighting to stay the inexorable advance of Niflheim's imperial army. Before the overwhelming military might of the empire, King Regis can only salvage his kingdom by accepting an ultimatum-he must cede all lands outside the crown city, and see his son, Prince Noctis, wed to Lady Lunafreya, the former princess of Tenebrae now captive of Niflheim. As the war of wills rages, the machinations of Niflheim transform Insomnia into an awe-inspiring battleground, pulling Nyx into a struggle for the very survival of the kingdom.
Starring: Aaron Paul, Lena Headey, Sean Bean, Jon Campling, Adrian Bouchet, Will Bowden
Director: Takeshi Nozue
Definitely, Maybe (2008)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
A political consultant tries to explain his impending divorce and past relationships to his 11-year-old daughter.
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Rachel Weisz, An Nguyen, Abigail Breslin, Rick Derby, Matthew Mason
Director: Adam Brooks
La pazza gioia / Like Crazy (2016)
Comedy | Drama
Donatella and Beatrice reside in a psychiatric facility in Tuscany. They have very different life stories, but a chance to escape brings them together in an adventure that will change their lives forever and will help them realize the beauty in imperfection.
Starring: Micaela Ramazzotti, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Director: Paolo Virzì
Neon Bull / Boi Neon (2015)
Drama
Iremar works at the "Vaquejadas", a rodeo in the North East of Brazil where two men on horseback try bring down a bull by grabbing its tail. It's dusty and back-breaking work, but Iremar is a natural vaqueiro feeding, prepping and taking care of the bulls. Home is the truck used to transport the animals from show to show which he shares with his coworkers; Galega, an exotic dancer, truck driver and mother to her spirited and cheeky daughter Cacá, and Zé, his rotund compadre in the bull pen. Together they form a makeshift but close-knit family. But Brazil and the Northeast are changing and the region's booming clothing industry has stirred new ambitions in Iremar. Swinging in his hammock in the back of the truck, his head is filled with dreams of pattern cutting, sequins and exquisite fabrics as he mentally assembles his latest sexy fashion designs.
Starring: Juliano Cazarré, Maeve Jinkings
Director: Gabriel Mascaro
The Class / Entre les murs (2008)
Drama
Based on an autobiographical novel by François Bégaudeau, a drama that follows the year in the life of a French schoolteacher working at a high-school in a tough neighborhood of Paris. Ethnicities, cultures and attitudes often clash in the classroom. As amusing and inspiring as the teenage students can be, their difficult behavior can still jeopardize any teacher's enthusiasm for the low-paying job. Francois insists on an atmosphere of respect and diligence. Neither stuffy nor severe, his extravagant frankness often takes the students by surprise. But his classroom ethics are put to the test when his students begin to challenge his methods.
Starring: François Bégaudeau, Franck Keita, Nassim Amrabt, Esmerelda Ouertani, Laura Baquela, Cherif Bounaidja Rachedi
Director: Laurent Cantet
Man, Woman, and the Wall / Kikareta onna no mirareta yoru (2006)
Drama | Erotica | Romance | Thriller
When Ryo, a young magazine reporter, moves into a new apartment he is greeted by the passionate sounds of his astonishingly beautiful neighbor Satsuki. Realizing the wall dividing their apartments is paper thin, the captivated journalist begins to eavesdrop on every detail of the girl next door's life: her conversations, her bubble baths… her breathless cries. While Ryo's fantasies escalate into something bordering on love and obsession, Satsuki becomes increasingly hysterical over the bizarre and dirty phone calls terrorizing her every night. When their lives finally converge delusions and reality blur forcing the unthinkable to happen.
Starring: Sora Aoi, Hiroto Katô, Shô Nishino, Takashi Oda, Mutsuo Yoshioka, Keita Ôno
Director: Masashi Yamamoto
Complete Unknown (2016)
Drama | Mystery | Thriller
As a man contemplates moving to a new state with his wife for her graduate program, an old flame – a woman who often changes identities – reenters his life at a birthday dinner party.
Starring: Rachel Weisz, Michael Shannon, Kathy Bates, Danny Glover, Kelly AuCoin, Condola Rashad
Director: Joshua Marston
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Doctor Bull (1933)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Doc Bull, a no-nonsense country doctor who has served his community for decades, fights small-town prejudice and provincialism in several crises.
Starring: Will Rogers, Vera Allen, Marian Nixon, Howard Lally, Berton Churchill, Louise Dresser
Director: John Ford
Chihayafuru Part I (2016)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
When Chihaya Ayase was in the 6th grade of elementary school, she met Arata Wataya. Arata Wataya transferred from Fukui Prefecture. Taichi Mashima was Chihaya Ayase's friend since they were little. Arata got close to Chihaya and Taichi from the card game 'karuta'. Four years later, Chihaya is a high school student. Chihaya learns that Arata, who went back to Fukui Prefecture, doesn't play karuta anymore. Believing they will meet Arata again, Chihaya and Taichi start a karuta club at their high school.
Starring: Suzu Hirose, Shûhei Nomura, Mackenyu, Mone Kamishiraishi, Yûma Yamoto, Yûki Morinaga, Hiroya Shimizu
Director: Norihiro Koizumi
Swiss Army Man (2016)
Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Fantasy
A hopeless man stranded in the wilderness befriends a dead body and together they go on a surreal journey to get home.
Starring: Paul Dano, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Daniel Radcliffe, Timothy Eulich, Marika Casteel, Richard Gross
Director: Dan Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
All the Mornings of the World / Tous les matins du monde (1991)
Biography | Drama | Music | Romance
It's late 17th century. The viola da gamba player Monsieur de Sainte Colombe comes home to find that his wife died while he was away. In his grief he builds a small house in his garden into wich he moves to dedicate his life to music and his two young daughters Madeleine and Toinette, avoiding the outside world. Rumor about him and his music is widespread, and even reaches to the court of Louis XIV, who wants him at his court in Lully's orchestra, but Monsieur de Sainte Colombe refuses. One day a young man, Marin Marais, comes to see him with a request, he wants to be taught how to play the viol.
Starring: Gérard Depardieu, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Anne Brochet, Michel Bouquet, Jean-Claude Dreyfus
Director: Alain Corneau
Eksperimentet / The Experiment (2010)
Drama
The Experiment is about the nurse Gert, who in 1951 is appointed matron of a very special childrens asylum in Greenland, under the supervision of the Danish State. The asylum houses 16 specially selected greenlandic children, that after a year of general education in Denmark, now have returned to Greenland to become role-models in the process of transforming Greenland from an inuit hunter culture into a danish county.
Starring: Ellen Hillingsø, Morten Grunwald, Kurt Ravn, Laura Bro
Director: Louise Friedberg
Jättiläinen / The Mine (2016)
Drama
Fictionalized story about the founding of the ill-fated Finnish mining company Talvivaara.
Starring: Joonas Saartamo, Jani Volanen, Peter Franzén, Saara Kotkaniemi, Elena Leeve
Director: Aleksi Salmenperä
Wiener-Dog / Wiener Dog (2016)
Comedy | Drama
Chronicles the life of a dog as it travels around the country, spreading comfort and joy.
Starring: Zosia Mamet, Danny DeVito, Greta Gerwig, Kieran Culkin, Ellen Burstyn, Julie Delpy
Director: Todd Solondz
Like Dandelion Dust (2009)
Drama
A compelling drama that explores the different meanings of being a parent through the gritty, realistic lives of the struggling, blue-collar Porter's, and the privileged Campbell family. Their lives intersect, intertwine and collide, all for the love of a little boy. This film bravely exposes the humanity in each character reminding us that we each have the potential to be the best and worst versions of ourselves at any time.
Starring: Mira Sorvino, Barry Pepper, Cole Hauser, Maxwell Perry Cotton, L. Scott Caldwell, Abby Brammell
Director: Jon Gunn
Hong Kong, Hong Kong / Nam yi nui (1983)
Drama | Romance
Love and lust, passion and desire, man and woman, Hong Kong Hong Kong. A critically acclaimed drama from the Hong Kong New Wave, Hong Kong Hong Kong sizzles with erotic tension in relating the destruction of three lives involved in a triangular relationship: a macho Thai-Chinese rogue, a prosperous, middle-aged carpenter, and the sultry, beautiful illegal immigrant they both love.
Starring: Cherie Chung, Alex Man
Director: Clifford Choi
