Beyond the Lights / Blackbird (2014)
Drama
A talented young musician on the brink of super stardom struggles with the pressure of her new-found success.
Starring: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Nate Parker, Minnie Driver, Danny Glover
Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood
Hits (2014)
Comedy | Drama
HITS is a dark comedy exploring the nature of fame in 21st Century YouTube America. The film takes place in a small town in upstate New York populated by people who trade in unrealistic expectations. Its a story in which fame, delusion, earnestness, and recklessness meet, shake hands, and disrupt the lives around them.
Starring: James Adomian, Matty Blake, Amy Carlson, Wyatt Cenac, Michael Cera, Jake Cherry
Director: David Cross
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Leviafan / Leviathan (2014)
Drama
A present day social drama spanning multiple characters about the human insecurity in a "new country" which gradually unwinds to a mythological scale concerning the human condition on earth entirely.
Starring: Elena Lyadova, Aleksey Serebryakov, Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Roman Madyanov, Anna Ukolova, Aleksey Rozin
Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev
Clouds of Sils Maria (2014)
Drama
At eighteen, Maria Enders was successful in theatre with MalojaSnake. She played Sigird, an ambitious girl with disorder charm who fascinated and led to suicide Helena, a mature woman. This role has changed her life. More than twenty years have passed when, at the peak of her fame, she was asked to receive in Zurich a prestigious award on behalf of Wilhelm Melchior, the author and director to which she owes her early recognition, and now lives as a recluse, in Sils Maria (Switzlerland). But the sudden death of the latter, a few hours before the ceremony, puts Maria Enders against the vertigo of time, that is of a past which she hasn't got away with. And even more when a young director in vogue asks her to play again in MalojaSnake, but this time on the other side of the story, Helena's, from the destruction of who she's built her notoriety. Caught in the turmoil of a divorce, which deprives her of any sentimental support, her only interlocutor is her assistant, Valentine, both the…
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart, Chloë Grace Moretz, Brady Corbet, Johnny Flynn, Lars Eidinger
Director: Olivier Assayas
The Better Angels / Green Blade Rising (2014)
Biography | Drama | History
In rural Indiana, Abraham Lincoln comes of age, enduring hardships and forming bonds which transform him into the man who became an iconic president.
Starring: Brit Marling, Jason Clarke, Wes Bentley, Diane Kruger, Braydon Denney
Director: A.J. Edwards
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Turnaround Jake / Turn Around Jake (2014)
Comedy | Drama | Family
A young businessman, bent on success, loses everything and discovers a family that he never knew he had.
Starring: Jarret LeMaster, Jen Lilley, Michael Madsen, Mark Withers
Director: Jared Isham
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Whiplash (2014)
Drama | Music
A young musician struggles to make it as a top jazz drummer.
Starring: Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons, Paul Reiser, Melissa Benoist, Austin Stowell, Nate Lang
Director: Damien Chazelle
Old Yeller (1957)
Adventure | Drama | Family | Western
Set amidst the landscape of 1860s Texas – a young boy named Travis (Tommy Kirk) wants nothing to do with the lop-eared stray. But Old Yeller quickly proves himself a loyal friend, protecting the family farm and saving Travis' life.
Starring: Dorothy McGuire, Fess Parker, Jeff York, Chuck Connors, Tommy Kirk, Kevin Corcoran
Director: Robert Stevenson
The Song (2014)
Drama | Music | Romance
Aspiring singer-songwriter Jed King is struggling to catch a break and escape the long shadow of his famous father when he reluctantly agrees to a gig at a local vineyard harvest festival. Jed meets the vineyard owner's daughter, Rose, and a romance quickly blooms. Soon after their wedding, Jed writes Rose "The Song," which becomes a breakout hit. Suddenly thrust into a life of stardom and a world of temptation, his life and marriage begin to fall apart.
Starring: Alan Powell, Ali Faulkner, Caitlin Nicol-Thomas
Director: Richard Ramsey
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Diner (1982)
Comedy | Drama
A group of college-age buddies struggle with their imminent passage into adulthood in 1959 Baltimore.
Starring: Steve Guttenberg, Daniel Stern, Mickey Rourke, Kevin Bacon, Tim Daly, Ellen Barkin
Director: Barry Levinson
Birdman / Birdman: or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
Comedy | Drama
A washed-up actor who once played an iconic superhero must overcome his ego and family trouble as he mounts a Broadway play in a bid to reclaim his past glory.
Starring: Michael Keaton, Emma Stone, Edward Norton, Andrea Riseborough, Zach Galifianakis, Naomi Watts
Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Tazza: The Hidden Card / Tajja: sineui son (2014)
Crime | Drama
Go-ni's nephew, Ham Dae-gil, enters the gambling underworld only to be used as a scapegoat in a deal gone wrong. Now he's planning his revenge by entering one big fatal game.
Starring: Seung Hyun Choi, Se-Kyung Shin, Yun-seok Kim, Hae-jin Yoo, Ha-nui Lee
Director: Hyeong-Cheol Kang
Nightcrawler (2014)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
A young man stumbles upon the underground world of L.A. freelance crime journalism.
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Bill Paxton, Ann Cusack, Kevin Rahm, Anne McDaniels
Director: Dan Gilroy
Rosewater (2014)
Biography | Drama
A journalist is detained in Iran for more than 100 days and brutally interrogated in prison.
Starring: Gael García Bernal, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Dimitri Leonidas, Jason Jones, Haluk Bilginer
Director: Jon Stewart
About Schmidt (2002)
Comedy | Drama
Upon retirement, a man embarks on a journey to his estranged daughter's wedding only to discover more about himself and life than he ever expected.
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Kathy Bates, Hope Davis, Dermot Mulroney, June Squibb, Howard Hesseman
Director: Alexander Payne
One Eight Seven / 187 (1997)
Drama | Thriller
After surviving a brutal attack teacher Trevor Garfield moves from New York to Los Angeles to teach at a highschool near South Central.
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, John Heard, Kelly Rowan, Clifton Collins Jr., Tony Plana, Method Man
Director: Kevin Reynolds
Accidental Activist (2013)
Drama | Family
Ted and Lynn Murphy lead a simple suburban life. They have three wonderful children, their own small business, and good relationships with friends and neighbors. But that life is turned upside down when Ted signs a petition advocating traditional marriage. It is a small act of civic duty in his mind, but to others in their community it seems like a heartless act of bigotry.
Starring: Kristin Wollett, Rodney Luis Aquino, Larry Bukovey, David Mackey, Marnie Van der Burgt
Director: Duane Barnhart
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I Sell Love / Fan mai ai (2014)
Drama | Romance
The only daughter of a single mother, university student Tiffany has long had to support herself financially by taking up various part-time jobs. She's introduced to the world of compensated dating when a friend tells her about an app that connects young women with prospective suitors willing to pay for their company. She soon finds a long-term client in, and through time, the two develop a different kind of relationship. Just as she's settling into her easy-money part-time job, she meets idealistic young doctor Rex. When Tiffany falls for the kindly Rex, she begins to re-evaluate her choice to enter the field of compensated dating.
Starring: Rose Chan, Pakho Chau, Kai Chi Liu
Director: Kevin Chu
Rise (2014)
Crime | Drama | News
Rise is a true story about a young nurse falsely accused of rape. Stripped of his career and his freedom, Will is forced to survive maximum security jail. The film centers on an unlikely friendship formed with Jimmy, a hardened armed robber and the legal battle by a prominent lawyer who must compromise status and wage to prove his innocence.
Starring: Nathan Wilson, Martin Sacks, Marty Rhone, Erin Connor, David Cuthbertson
Director: Mack Lindon
Ink & Steel (2014)
Drama
In this upstate New York drama, when a turf war engulfs the city, aging mob enforcer Michael retrieves the Don's troubled son from his college partying. After they survive an attempted hit on the road home, Michael seeks refuge at a rural farm, imposing on a single mother and her teenage son living there. As violence escalates in the city, Michael is ordered to wait it out, keeping the boss' son safe while coexisting as unwelcome house guests. But, when dark pasts threaten to collide, Michael, a man more comfortable solving problems with force, must find a way to keep the peace, and decide if he should break the Don's son free of the cycle of violence which has haunted the family for generations.
Starring: Marc Basch, Jason Beckmann, Dennis Blazek, Jonathan Ehlers, Jason Esoteric, Richard Fiske
Director: Jonathan Ehlers, Patrick Ward-Perkins
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