Michael (1996)
Comedy | Drama | Fantasy
Two tabloid reporters checking out a report of the Archangel Michael living with an old woman find that it's true.
Starring: John Travolta, Andie MacDowell, William Hurt, Bob Hoskins, Robert Pastorelli, Jean Stapleton
Director: Nora Ephron
Poetic Justice (1993)
Drama | Romance
In this film, we see the world through the eyes of main character Justice, a young African-American poet. A mail carrier invites a few friends along for a long overnight delivery run.
Starring: Janet Jackson, Tupac Shakur, Regina King, Khandi Alexander, Tone Loc, Kimberly Brooks
Director: John Singleton
Child 44 (2015)
Drama | Thriller
Set in Stalin-era Soviet Union, a disgraced MGB agent is dispatched to investigate a series of child murders – a case that begins to connect with the very top of party leadership.
Starring: Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Noomi Rapace, Joel Kinnaman, Paddy Considine, Jason Clarke
Director: Daniel Espinosa
Revenge of the Green Dragons / Ching lung (2014)
Action | Crime | Drama
Two immigrant brothers Sonny and Steven who survive the impoverished despair of New York in the 1980s by joining Chinatown gang "The Green Dragons". The brothers quickly rise up the ranks, drawing the unwanted attention of hard-boiled city cops. After an ill- fated love affair pits Sonny against his own brother, he sets out for revenge on the very gang who made him who he is.
Starring: Justin Chon, Kevin Wu, Harry Shum Jr., Ray Liotta
Director: Wai-Keung Lau, Andrew Loo
The Incident / Jiken (1978)
Drama
The body of Sakai Hatsuko, a woman of 23 who has been slain with a knife, has been found in a forest. Some days later, Ueda Hiroshi, a 19-year-old shipyard worker, is arrested and charged with the murder. At Ueda's trial, a complex story unfolds. "The Incident" is a study in unrestrained passion and jealousy.
Starring: Keiko Matsuzaka, Shinobu Ôtake, Toshiyuki Nagashima, Tsunehiko Watase
Director: Yoshitarô Nomura
The Face of an Angel (2014)
Drama
Fictionalized version of the notorious Amanda Knox murder case.
Starring: Cara Delevingne, Kate Beckinsale, Daniel Brühl, Genevieve Gaunt, Ava Acres, Sai Bennett
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Blackbird (2014)
Drama
A young singer struggles with his sexuality and the treatment of others while coming of age in a small Southern Baptist community.
Starring: Mo'Nique, Julian Walker, Kevin Allesee, Isaiah Washington, Terrell Tilford, Gary LeRoi Gray
Director: Patrik-Ian Polk
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Dawn of the Crescent Moon (2014)
Drama | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
A supernatural thriller about five college students who travel to a small Texas town to do research on a local Comanche legend, but they soon discover that the legend is much more than local folklore when they come face-to-face with their own pasts and the legend its
Starring: Barry Corbin, Brooke Coleman, Kurt Cole, Johnny Walter, Shiree Nelson, Lauren Leal
Director: Kirk Loudon
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Hoovey (2015)
Drama
Life can change in an instant, and turn your whole world upside down. And that is exactly what happens to firefighter Jeff Elliott and his wife Ruth who are living their dream in the golden Midwest; high school sweethearts, married with two beautiful and healthy children, family farm, horses, sports, church groups, the whole American Dream come true. And one winters day, teenage son Eric "Hoovey" Elliott collapses at high school basketball practice, is rushed to the hospital, and the doctors find a tumor the size of an orange at the base of his brain.
Starring: Patrick Warburton, Lauren Holly, Cody Linley, Alyson Stoner, Brandon Mychal Smith, Alexandria Deberry
Director: Sean McNamara
Gemma Bovery (2014)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Martin, an ex-Parisian well-heeled hipster passionate about Gustave Flaubert who settled into a Norman village as a baker, sees an English couple moving into a small farm nearby. Not only are the names of the new arrivals Gemma and Charles Bovery, but their behavior also seems to be inspired by Flaubert's heroes.
Starring: Fabrice Luchini, Gemma Arterton, Jason Flemyng
Director: Anne Fontaine
The Lusty Men (1952)
Action | Drama | Western
When he sustains a rodeo injury, star rider Jeff McCloud returns to his hometown after many years of absence. He signs on as a hired hand with a local ranch, where he befriends fellow ranch hand Wes and his wife Louise. Wes has big dreams of owning his own little farm, and rodeo winnings could help finance it. Wes convinces Jeff to coach him in the rodeo ways, but Louise has her doubts. She doesn't want her man to end up a broken down rodeo bum like Jeff McCloud. Despite Louise's concern, the threesome hit the road in their Woody, chucking a secure present for an unknown future. Will they find success or sorrow? This picture features plenty of rodeo action and thrills.
Starring: Susan Hayward, Robert Mitchum, Arthur Kennedy, Arthur Hunnicutt, Frank Faylen, Walter Coy
Director: Nicholas Ray, Robert Parrish
Madame Bovary (2014)
Drama
Coveting sensuality and sophistication and bored with her husband, a simple country doctor, Emma Bovary pursues several extramarital relationships, including one with her long-term friend Leon, a man she perceives to be cosmopolitan. Her actions have destructive and tragic consequences.
Starring: Mia Wasikowska, Ezra Miller, Laura Carmichael, Paul Giamatti, Rhys Ifans, Logan Marshall-Green
Director: Sophie Barthes
The Chase / Stakeout / Harikomi (1958)
Crime | Drama | Film-Noir
When a team of detectives losees the trail of a murderer, they decide to keep an eye on the suspect's ex-lover, who is trapped in an oppresive marriage.
Starring: Minoru Ôki, Takahiro Tamura, Seiji Miyaguchi, Hideko Takamine, Kin Sugai, Masao Shimizu
Director: Yoshitarô Nomura
Far from the Madding Crowd (2015)
Drama | Romance
The beautiful and headstrong Bathsheba Everdene is a penniless girl who inherits a fortune and an expansive farm in Weatherbury. As she learns to run the farm, two distinct suitors vie for her hand: one is Sergeant Frank Troy, a vain and volatile soldier, and the other is William Boldwood, a terse gentleman and the owner of a nearby farm. Meanwhile, she is aided by Gabriel Oak, an honest farmhand and shepherd who knew Bathsheba before she became a wealthy landowner and holds her in fond regard.
Starring: Carey Mulligan, Matthias Schoenaerts, Michael Sheen, Tom Sturridge, Juno Temple, Jessica Barden
Director: Thomas Vinterberg
Blind (2014)
Drama
Having recently lost her sight, Ingrid retreats to the safety of her home – a place where she can feel in control, alone with her husband and her thoughts. But Ingrid's real problems lie within, not beyond the walls of her apartment, and her deepest fears and repressed fantasies soon take over.
Starring: Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Henrik Rafaelsen, Vera Vitali
Director: Eskil Vogt
Lost and Love / Shi gu (2015)
Drama
Based on a true story, "Lost and Love" strives to represent the trauma that human trafficking brings to individuals and families. In 1998, Lei Zekuan loses his son and goes on a journey of searching for his son ever since. On his way, he encounters a motorcycle repairman named ZengShuai who is trafficked at the age of 4. Two lost souls go hand in hand to search for their long lost families, developing a special father-son relationship. At last, Lei Zekuan helps ZengShuai successfully find his families and resumes his journey in quest of his son.
Starring: Andy Lau, Boran Jing, Tony Leung, Sandra Ng
Director: Sanyuan Peng
Unexpected (2015)
Comedy | Drama
An inner-city high school teacher discovers she is pregnant at the same time as one of her most promising students and the two develop an unlikely friendship while struggling to navigate their unexpected pregnancies.
Starring: Cobie Smulders, Anders Holm, Gail Bean, Elizabeth McGovern, Michele Sweeney, Adrian Bond
Director: Kris Swanberg
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Dark Was the Night (2014)
Drama | Horror | Thriller
Isolated and threatened, a mysterious force hidden within the trees outside the small town of Maiden Woods, strikes fear in the townspeople as Sheriff Paul Shields attempts to overcome the demons of his past while protecting those that he loves.
Starring: Kevin Durand, Lukas Haas, Bianca Kajlich
Director: Jack Heller
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Elena (2011)
Drama
Sixty-ish spouses Vladimir and Elena uneasily share his palatial Moscow apartment. He's a still-virile, wealthy businessman; she's his dowdy former nurse who has clearly "married up." Estranged from his own wild-child daughter, Vladimir despises his wife's freeloading son and family. But when a sudden illness and an unexpected reunion threaten the dutiful housewife's potential inheritance, she must hatch a desperate plan.
Starring: Nadezhda Markina, Andrey Smirnov, Aleksey Rozin, Elena Lyadova, Evgeniya Konushkina, Igor Ogurtsov
Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev
Une rencontre / Quantum Love (2014)
Drama | Romance
A family man's encounter with a beautiful woman develops into a mutual fascination.
Starring: Sophie Marceau, Lisa Azuelos, François Cluzet, Alexandre Astier
Director: Lisa Azuelos
