Seconds (1966)
Drama | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Desperate to escape his dreary, dead-end life, aging broker Arthur Hamilton succumbs to a mysterious organization's offer of a new identity and a fresh start.
Starring: Frank Campanella, John Randolph, Murray Hamilton, Jeff Corey, Will Geer, Richard Anderson
Director: John Frankenheimer
Shane (1953)
Drama | Western
A mysterious drifter helps farmers fight off a vicious gunman.
Starring: Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin, Brandon De Wilde, Jack Palance, Ben Johnson
Director: George Stevens
Amazon Falls (2010)
Drama
Amazon Falls tells the story of a faded B-movie actress JANA who refuses to let go of her dream of being a star. Famous for her roles in Amazon movies where she portrayed a variety of pre-Xena warrior-princesses, she desperately tries to keep her leg in the B-movie game, and pursues her career with a zealous fervor. She is on the cusp of forty and its now or never. She will not be dispirited by her job at a sleazy nightclub nor the ceaseless grind of waiting for the big break. She creates the illusion that her big break is just around the corner and her friends and co-workers are supporting her in her dreams: ARON, her much younger 25-year old boy toy is in love with her LI-LI, an achingly beautiful 22-year-old actress her best friend and protégé will follow in her glamorous footsteps DEREK, a film producer will be the one to give Jana the big break she yearns for. But the reality is she works in a nightclub run by TOMMY, her sleazy boss who encourages flirtation with an array of oily characters including CALVIN, a particularly shady character from Janas distant past who has resurfaced to tempt her down a dark path. Jana avoids facing the truth at all costs. Despite her best efforts to live clean and expand her skills, Jana is ultimately overcome by the burden of a dream in a business that would seem to punish more for virtue than for vice. Faced with perpetual futility and diminishing returns, when is it time to finally let the dream go? Amazon Falls is the first feature by award winning director Katrin Bowen With the energy and mood of a B-movie, the film seduces you. With the feel of The Wrestler and Boogie Nights, this unapologetic film will expose you to the grit behind the glitz in a world you never expected.
Starring: April Telek, Zak Santiago, Anna Mae Wills, William B. Davis, Tom Braidwood, Gabrielle Rose, Benjamin Ratner
Director: Katrin Bowen
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Restoration (1995)
Biography | Drama | History | Romance
An aspiring young physician, Robert Merivel found himself in the service of King Charles II and saves the life of a spaniel dear to the King. Merivel joins the King's court and lives the high life provided to someone of his position. Merivel is ordered to marry one of the King's mistresses in order to divert the suspicions of another one of his mistresses. He is given one order by the king and that is not to fall in love. The situation worsens when Merivel finds himself in love with his new wife. Eventually, the King finds out and relieves Merivel of his position and wealth. His fall from grace leaves Merivel where he first started. And through his travels and reunions with an old friend, he rediscovers his love for true medicine and what it really means to be a physician.
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Sam Neill, David Thewlis, Polly Walker, Meg Ryan, Ian McKellen, Hugh Grant
Director: Michael Hoffman
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Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008)
Crime | Documentary | Drama
In 2001, Andrew Bagby, a medical resident, is murdered not long after breaking up with his girlfriend. Soon after, when she announces she's pregnant, one of Andrew's many close friends, Kurt Kuenne, begins this film, a gift to the child. Friends, relatives, and colleagues say warm and loving things about Andrew, home movies confirm his exuberance. Andrew's parents, Kathleen and David, move to Newfoundland, Canada where the ex-girlfriend has gone. They await an arrest and trial of the murderer. They negotiate with the ex-girlfriend to visit their grandchild, Zachary, and they seek custody. Is there any justice; is Zachery a sweet and innocent consolation for the loss of their son?
Starring: Kurt Kuenne, Andrew Bagby, David Bagby, Kathleen Bagby, Zachary Andrew Turner
Director: Kurt Kuenne
Hope for Love (2013)
Drama
Deeply scarred after discovering her husband’s infidelity, Theresa escapes to New Orleans for a few days to clear her head. While there, she runs into an old flame and their romance is rekindled. She returns home more confused than ever, wrestling with her guilt and trying to decide whether to forgive her husband and the father of her child, or surrender her heart to the man she truly loves.
Starring: Jazsmin Lewis, Drew Sidora, Jason Weaver, Sydnee Simone, Ameer Baraka, Billy Williams
Director: Dan Garcia
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Simon Killer (2012)
Drama
The follow-up to Antonio Campos' critically acclaimed AFTERSCHOOL, SIMON KILLER is an erotic and and psychological portrait of Simon (Brady Corbet, MELANCHOLIA, MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE), a well-educated, handsome and seemingly sympathetic college graduate with just a hint of something off-putting enough to ignite a sense of concern. Recently heartbroken, Simon travels to Paris to clear his head. After several days of wandering aimlessly, Simon finds himself drawn into a sex parlor and has a sexual encounter with an exotic prostitute, Victoria (Mati Diop, 35 SHOTS OF RUM). The chemistry builds between the two until they find themselves in a serious relationship, one that leads to blackmail, betrayal and the ultimate revelation of Simon's true nature.
Starring: Brady Corbet, Nicolas Ronchi, Constance Rousseau, Lila Salet, Etienne Rotha Moeng, Alexandra Neil
Director: Antonio Campos
Barabbas (2013)
Drama
Barabbas or Jesus Barabbas (literally "son of the father" or "Jesus, son of the father" respectively) is a figure in the account of the Passion of Christ, in which he is the insurrectionary whom Pontius Pilate freed at the Passover feast in Jerusalem, instead of Jesus Christ.
Starring: Billy Zane, Filippo Nigro, Cristiana Capotondi, Anna Valle, Franco Castellano, Matteo Branciamore
Director: Roger Young
Picnic (1955)
Drama | Romance
The morning of a small town Labor Day picnic, a drifter blows into town to visit an old fraternity buddy who also happens to be the son of the richest man in town. Hal is an egocentric braggart – all potential and no accomplishment. He meets up with Madge Owens, the town beauty queen and girlfriend of Alan Benson.
Starring: William Holden, Kim Novak, Betty Field, Susan Strasberg, Cliff Robertson, Arthur O'Connell
Director: Joshua Logan
Wings (1927)
Action | Drama | Romance | War
In this silent film, romantic rivals fly against the enemy in World War I.
Starring: Clara Bow, Charles Rogers, Richard Arlen, Gary Cooper, El Brendel, Henry B. Walthall
Director: William A. Wellman, Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast
Poongsan / Phungsan Dog / Poong-san-gae (2011)
Action | Drama | Romance
Poongsan has the unenviable – and death-defying – job of delivering messages across the North and South Korean border to separated families. When South Korean government agents ask him to smuggle in In-ok, the lover of a high-ranking North Korean defector, into the South, the damsel and rescuer fall in love instead.
Starring: Kye Sang Yoon, Kim Gyu-Ri, Jong-soo Kim, Han Gi-Joong, Moo-Seong Choi, Ha-bok Yu, Yong-geun Bae
Director: Jaihong Juhn
Macbeth (1948)
Drama | History | War
In fog-dripping, barren and sometimes macabre settings, 11th-century Scottish nobleman Macbeth is led by an evil prophecy and his ruthless yet desirable wife to the treasonous act that makes him king.
Starring: Orson Welles, Jeanette Nolan, Dan O'Herlihy, Roddy McDowall, Alan Napier, Edgar Barrier
Director: Orson Welles
Bashment (2010)
Drama
After a brutal gay bash attack at a reggae dance hall competition, a group of thuggish performers defend their actions as being provoked by the victim. They serve a shockingly light sentence, and as their release date nears, their original public defender rallies with the victims to examine the homophobic song lyrics and ask the question 'Did the music make you do it?'.
Starring: Ludvig Bonin, Donovan Christian-Cary, Nathan Clough, Jennifer Daley, Cole Dines
Director: Rikki Beadle Blair
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Hell on Wheels (TV Series 2011- )
Drama | Western
Hell on Wheels tells the epic story of post-Civil War America, focusing on a Confederate soldier (Mount) who sets out to exact revenge on the Union soldiers who have killed his wife. His journey takes him west to Hell on Wheels, a dangerous, raucous, lawless melting pot of a town that travels with and services the construction of the first transcontinental railroad, an engineering feat unprecedented for its time.
Starring: Anson Mount, Colm Meaney, Common, Ben Esler, Phil Burke, Robin McLeavy, Kasha Kropinski, Dohn Norwood, Christopher Heyerdahl, Dominique McElligott, Eddie Spears, Tom Noonan, Duncan Ollerenshaw
Creator: Joe Gayton, Tony Gayton
The First Time (2012)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
A romantic comedy centered on the two high schoolers: Dave, who until now has pined for a girl he can't have, and Aubrey, a creative type who's dating a guy who doesn't quite understand her.
Starring: Britt Robertson, Dylan O'Brien, Craig Roberts, Victoria Justice, James Frecheville
Director: Jon Kasdan
Afterwards (2008)
Drama | Mystery | Thriller
After divorcing his wife, a brilliant New York lawyer meets a mysterious doctor who explains he can sense when certain people are about to die, and is sent to help put their life in order before it's too late.
Starring: Romain Duris, John Malkovich, Evangeline Lilly
Director: Gilles Bourdos
Fantastic Planet / La planète sauvage (1973)
Animation | Drama | Sci-Fi
On planet Ygam, the Draags (an alien race of blue giants) keep the human-like Oms as domesticated. An Om called Terr manages to escape enslavement from a Draag learning device used to educate the savage Oms – and begins to organise an Om revolt.
Starring: Barry Bostwick, Jennifer Drake, Eric Baugin, Jean Valmont, Hubert de Lapparent
Director: René Laloux
The Petrified Forest (1936)
Crime | Drama
A waitress, a hobo and a bank robber get mixed up at a lonely diner in the desert.
Starring: Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Genevieve Tobin, Dick Foran, Joe Sawyer
Director: Archie Mayo
The Man Who Haunted Himself (1970)
Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Harold Pelham encounters a duplicate of himself in the aftermath of a car crash. After that moment his life is upset.
Starring: Roger Moore, Hildegard Neil, Alastair Mackenzie, Kevork Malikyan, Thorley Walters, Anton Rodgers
Director: Basil Dearden
Boardwalk Empire (TV Series 2010- )
Crime | Drama | History
Chronicles the life and times of Nucky Thompson, the undisputed ruler of Atlantic City, who was equal parts politician and gangster.
Starring: Steve Buscemi, Stephen Graham, Vincent Piazza, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham, Michael Kenneth Williams, Paul Sparks, Gretchen Mol, Michael Stuhlbarg, Anthony Laciura, Jack Huston, Anatol Yusef
Creator: Terence Winter
