Blaze (1989)
Biography | Drama
Newman stars as a fiery, eccentric governor who falls head over heels in love with dazzling Blaze Star (Lolita Davidovich), an innocent New Orleans stripper with a heart of gold.
Starring: Paul Newman, Lolita Davidovich, Gailard Sartain, Jeffrey DeMunn, Richard Jenkins, Robert Wuhl
Director: Ron Shelton
Městem chodí Mikuláš / St. Nicholas Is in Town (1992)
Drama
During the evening when St. Nicholas arrives to hand out gifts to good children, when human hearts and souls are yielding to the good deeds of the Christmas season, events in the lives of four people become interlinked. A 12-year-old boy spent months at a hospital, out of sight and mind of his uncaring mother. Finally it is a gesture of human love and sympathy that becomes the nicest gift – one that not even St. Nicholas can bring a child.
Starring: Daniel Douda, Eliska Balzerová, Josef Abrhám, Alena Mihulová, Katerina Hrachovcová
Director: Karel Kachyna
Funny Girl (1968)
Biography | Comedy | Drama | Musical | Romance
Brice, a poor Jewish girl from New York's Lower East Side, rose to fame and won audience's hearts everywhere with her comic antics and powerful singing. Unfortunately, she had far less success in her personal life, and the film focuses on her doomed romance with her first husband, gambler Nicky Arnstein.
Starring: Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif, Kay Medford, Anne Francis, Walter Pidgeon, Mae Questel
Director: William Wyler
Je vais bien, ne t'en fais pas / Don't Worry, I'm Fine (2006)
Drama
Back from a holiday in Spain, Lili, 19, finds that Loïc, her twin brother, has left the house following a row with their father. She disapproves of her parents' apparently light attitude and is particularly shocked by her father's reluctance to even talk about the event. Lili desperately waits for a phone call from Loïc but her brother shows no sign of life. It is not long before Lili falls into depression and her condition quickly deteriorates. She won't eat anymore and is about to die when, at long last, a postcard written and sent by Loïc brings her back to life…
Starring: Mélanie Laurent, Kad Merad, Isabelle Renauld, Julien Boisselier, Aïssa Maïga
Director: Philippe Lioret
C.O.G. (2013)
Comedy | Drama
A cocky young man travels to Oregon to work on an apple farm. Out of his element, he finds his lifestyle and notions being picked apart by everyone who crosses his path.
Starring: Jonathan Groff, Denis O'Hare, Corey Stoll, Troian Bellisario, Dale Dickey, Casey Wilson, Dean Stockwell
Director: Kyle Patrick Alvarez
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Thursday (1998)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
A former L.A. drug dealer has moved to Houston to make a new life for himself as a married architect. Everything falls apart when he is suddenly visited by one of his former cohorts who comes carrying heroin. Discovering the dope, the architect flushes it down the drain. This sets up a series of tough customers seeking the dope including a Rasta hit-man, an ex-lover Dallas who ties him up and rapes him, a criminal called Billy with a penchant for torture, and a rogue cop.
Starring: Thomas Jane, Aaron Eckhart, James LeGros, Paula Marshall, Michael Jeter, Glenn Plummer
Director: Skip Woods
Earthquake (1974)
Action | Drama | Thriller
This prime example of the Seventies cycle of disaster movies centres on the repercussions of a massive earthquake that rips Los Angeles apart. Amongst those attempting to restore order are construction engineer Stewart Graff (Charlton Heston) and streetwise cop Lew Slade (George Kennedy), whilst construction company owner Sam Royce (Lorna Greene) struggles to escape from his own devastated building.
Starring: Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, George Kennedy, Lorne Greene, Geneviève Bujold, Richard Roundtree
Director: Mark Robson
Iris (2001)
Biography | Drama | Romance
Iris, based on the life of revered British writer and philosopher Iris Murdoch, is a story of unlikely yet enduring love. As a young academic, teaching philosophy at Oxford, Murdoch meets and eventually falls in love with fellow professor John Bayley, a man whose awkwardness seems in stark opposition to the spirited self-confidence of his future wife. The story unfolds as snippets of time, seen through Bayley's eyes. He recalls their first encounter over 40 years ago, activities they enjoyed doing together, and Iris' charismatic and individualistic personality. These images portray Murdoch as a vibrant young woman with great intellect and are contrasted with the novelist's later life, after the effects of Alzheimer's disease have ravaged her. Murdoch's great mind deteriorates until she is reduced to a mere vestige of her former self, unable to perform simple tasks and completely reliant on her at times frustrated yet devoted husband.
Starring: Judi Dench, Jim Broadbent, Kate Winslet, Hugh Bonneville
Director: Richard Eyre
Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer / Tenchi meisatsu (2012)
Drama
A chronicle of the life of Yasui Santetsu, a 17th century master of go who turned his attention to astronomy and created a new calendar for Japan.
Starring: Jun'ichi Okada, Aoi Miyazaki, Kiichi Nakai, Kojiro Matsumoto, Ryûta Satô
Director: Yôjirô Takita
Comfortably Lost (2012)
Drama
A young NY photographer takes an impulsive trip to Cambodia and allows the journey to be the destination.
Starring: Karin Hershkovitz, Joshua Lewis, Pich Sovanareach, Gnem Teum, Dale Leigh Walker, Duch Yieb, Ta Yien
Director: Quentin Clausin
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Trattoria (2012)
Drama
Inspired by real chefs, this funny and heartwarming dramedy set in the exciting San Francisco culinary scene follows Sal Sartini, a workaholic chef intent on making his new restaurant a critical and commercial success. As Sal navigates his family and work life, his estranged son Vince returns for a visit and reluctantly agrees to help out in the restaurant. Determined not to repeat the mistakes he made years before, Sal must learn to rekindle his passion for cooking and love, and repair the bond he has with his son before he risks losing everything again. A FilmBuff Presentation.
Starring: Tony Denison, John Patrick Amedori, Kandis Erickson, Lisa Rotondi
Director: Jason Wolos
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Gimme the Loot (2012)
Comedy | Crime | Drama
When a rival gang buffs Malcolm and Sofia's latest graffiti masterpiece with a replica of the NY Mets home-run apple, they're determined to get spectacular revenge – by tagging the real Mets' apple. Over the course of a whirlwind two-day heat wave, these tough teens from the Bronx must hustle, scramble, and steal to execute the scheme that will make them the most famous writers in New York.
Starring: Ty Hickson, Tashiana Washington, Joshua Rivera, Zoë Lescaze
Director: Adam Leon
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A Broken Code (2012)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
Two brothers Carmelo and Gino (Girgenti and Webber) are raised by their mob boss grandfather Salvatore Gianni (Williams). Through a series of events Salvatore is killed and the boys then go on a journey to find the killers. No one is ruled out as a suspect, including one of the brothers. How will the truth unfold?
Starring: Michael Girgenti, Josh Abraham Webber, Bill T. Williams, Eleni Symeonides, Joey Napoli
Director: Michael Girgenti, Josh Abraham Webber
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An Oversimplification of Her Beauty (2012)
Animation | Comedy | Drama | Romance
A quixotic artist hypothesizes about why he feels bad when a mystery girl stands him up. The event prompts him to ask: what's the content of a momentary feeling? Is it the sum of your experiences? And perhaps more importantly, are your experiences the sum of you?
Starring: Terence Nance, Namik Minter
Director: Terence Nance
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Inside Story / Inside Story: The Science of HIV/AIDS (2011)
Action | Drama | Sport
INSIDE STORY THE SCIENCE OF HIV AIDS is a media-based initiative designed to educate the sub-Saharan African public about the basic science of HIV and AIDS. At the center of this initiative is a unique feature-length film that brings together the best of fiction and non-fiction storytelling in order to unravel the mysteries of HIV. Audiences are engaged and transported to a vibrant, inner world where hard-to-grasp science is transformed into a compelling visual reality. The aim is to demonstrate the science of how HIV works in a personal, practical, and memorable way. Misunderstanding is replaced with facts, demystifying the virus, and motivating informed health decisions.
Starring: Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Fana Mokoena, Kevin Ndege Mamboleo, Kendra Etufunwa, Sdumo Mtshali, Seth Zweli Zimu
Director: Rolie Nikiwe
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The Magdalene Sisters (2002)
Drama
A thoroughly mind provoking film about 3 young women whom, under tragic circumstances see themselves cast away to a Magdalene Asylum for young women t in 1964. One of many like institutions, the asylums are run like prisons and young girls are forced to do workhouse laundry and hard labor. The asylum, one of many that existed in Theocratic Catholic Ireland, is for supposedly 'fallen' women. Here, young girls are imprisoned indefinitely and endure agonizing punishments and a long, harsh working system which leaves them physically drained and mentally damaged. As the girls bond together, it soon becomes clear that the only way out of the Magdalene convent is to escape, but with twisted Sister Bridget running the wing, any chances seem limited…
Starring: Eileen Walsh, Dorothy Duffy, Nora-Jane Noone, Anne-Marie Duff, Geraldine McEwan
Director: Peter Mullan
Blood of Redemption (2013)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Quinn Forte had it all: power, money, a brother who idolized him, and a woman who loved him. He also had enemies. In the course of one night, he loses everything. Betrayed by someone in his inner circle, Quinn is set up and arrested. His father, the patriarch of the criminal empire is killed and his brother suspects that Quinn is behind it all. When he's released from jail he tries to escape the demons from his past, but that becomes an impossible task. Campbell, the ruthless new leader of "The Company" won't let him leave in peace. So instead of escaping them, Quinn fights back. He joins forces with his former henchman and friend, The Swede, and takes on his enemies head on.
Starring: Dolph Lundgren, Billy Zane, Vinnie Jones, Robert Davi, Gianni Capaldi
Director: Giorgio Serafini, Shawn Sourgose
Mean Streets (1973)
Crime | Drama
The future is set for Tony and Michael, owning a neighborhood bar and making deals in the mean streets of New York city's Little Italy. For Charlie, the future is less clearly defined. A small-time hood, he works for his uncle making collections and reclaiming bad debts. He's probably too nice to succeed. In love with a woman his uncle disapproves of (because of her epilepsy) and a friend of her cousin, Johnny Boy, a near psychotic whose trouble-making threatens them all, he can't reconcile opposing values. A failed attempt to escape (to Brooklyn) moves them all a step closer to a bitter, almost preordained future.
Starring: Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, David Proval, Amy Robinson, Richard Romanus, Cesare Danova
Director: Martin Scorsese
Blue Caprice (2013)
Crime | Drama
An abandoned boy is lured to America and drawn into the shadow of a dangerous father figure. Inspired by the real life events that led to the 2002 Beltway sniper attacks.
Starring: Isaiah Washington, Tequan Richmond, Tim Blake Nelson, Joey Lauren Adams, Leo Fitzpatrick
Director: Alexandre Moors
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Bless Me, Ultima (2013)
Drama | War
A drama set in New Mexico during WWII, centered on the relationship between a young man and an elderly medicine woman who helps him contend with the battle between good and evil that rages in his village.
Starring: Luke Ganalon, Joseph A. Garcia, Benito Martinez, , Dolores Heredia, Castulo Guerra, Joaquín Cosio, Miriam Colon
Director: Carl Franklin
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