Bound (1996)
Crime | Romance | Thriller
Corky, a tough female ex con and her lover Violet concoct a scheme to steal millions of stashed mob money and pin the blame on Violet's crooked boyfriend Caesar.
Starring: Jennifer Tilly, Gina Gershon, Joe Pantoliano, John P. Ryan, Christopher Meloni, Richard C. Sarafian
Director: Lana Wachowski
Algorithm (2014)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
A freelance computer hacker discovers a mysterious government computer program. He breaks into the program and is thrust into a revolution.
Starring: Raphael Barker, Keith Barletta, Julie Ceballos, Joey Devine, Aren Ewing
Director: Jon Schiefer
Mascots (2016)
Comedy
A look into the world of competitive mascots.
Starring: Parker Posey, Jennifer Coolidge, Christopher Guest, Zach Woods, Jane Lynch, Ed Begley Jr.
Director: Christopher Guest
Jack Goes Home (2016)
Drama | Horror | Thriller
After his father is killed in a car crash, Jack travels home to Colorado to help nurse his mother (who was injured in the crash) back to health. There, he uncovers long buried secrets and lies within his family history, his parents, his friends and his very identity.
Starring: Britt Robertson, Nikki Reed, Natasha Lyonne, Daveigh Chase, Rory Culkin, Lin Shaye
Director: Thomas Dekker
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The River Thief (2016)
Action | Adventure | Crime
Diz is a reckless teenage drifter living life on the run. Abandoned by his parents as a child, he looks out for himself and doesn't accept handouts. He takes whatever he wants and runs. Jaded and determined to answer to no one, Diz lives a life marked by thievery and abandonment. Things change for Diz when he floats into a small town on the Snake River. There he is confronted by an unflappable old man named Marty and falls for Marty's guarded granddaughter, Selah. When Diz robs a local drug-dealing crazy, he becomes the owner of a giant pile of cash and the target of two vicious killers. With more money than he knows what to do with, and criminals at his heels, Diz puts the people he's learned to care about in danger, still trying to win Selah. But some things can't be stolen or bought. The River Thief is a film about guilt, self-sacrifice, and accepting life as a gift.
Starring: Joel Courtney, Paul Johansson, Bas Rutten, Raleigh Cain
Director: N.D. Wilson
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Lights Out (2016)
Horror | Thriller
A woman is haunted by a creature that only appears when the lights go out. A feature adaptation of the 2013 short film, "Lights Out" by David Sandberg.
Starring: Teresa Palmer, Maria Bello, Billy Burke, Emily Alyn Lind, Alicia Vela-Bailey
Director: David F. Sandberg
The Evil in Us (2016)
Horror
While on a fourth of July holiday, six best friends fall victim to the insidious plan of a mysterious organization when they are unknowingly transformed into bloodthirsty cannibals.
Starring: David Aboussafy, Melanie Joy Adams, Chris Allen, Darren Andrichuk
Director: Jason William Lee
Julie & Julia (2009)
Biography | Drama | Romance
A culinary legend provides a frustrated office worker with a new recipe for life in Julie & Julia, the true stories of how Julia Child's (Meryl Streep) life and cookbook inspired fledgling writer Julie Powell (Amy Adams) to whip up 524 recipes in 365 days and introduce a new generation to the magic of French cooking. Stanley Tucci (The Devil Wears Prada) co-stars in director Nora Ephron's delicious comedy about joy, obssesion and butter. Bon appétit!
Starring: Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci, Chris Messina, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Jane Lynch
Director: Nora Ephron
La môme / La vie en rose (2007)
Biography | Drama | Music | Romance
From the slums of Paris to the limelight of New York, Edith Piaf's life was a battle to sing and survive, live and love. Raised in poverty, Edith's magical voice and her passionate romances and friendships with the greatest names of the period – Yves Montand, Jean Cocteau, Charles Aznavour, Marlene Dietrich, Marcel Cerdan and others – made her a star all around the world. But in her audacious attempt to tame her tragic destiny, the Little Sparrow – her nickname – flew so high she could not fail to burn her wings.
Starring: Marion Cotillard, Sylvie Testud, Pascal Greggory, Emmanuelle Seigner, Gérard Depardieu, Clotilde Courau
Director: Olivier Dahan
Seasons / Les saisons (2015)
Documentary
Germany Combines the history of the seasons, the human and animal.
Director: Jacques Perrin, Jacques Cluzaud
Broken Vows (2016)
Thriller
A charming yet troubled man spirals into a rage after being rejected by the woman he initially seduced.
Starring: Wes Bentley, Jaimie Alexander, Cam Gigandet, Alexandra Breckenridge, Astrid Bryan, Matt Riedy
Director: Bram Coppens
Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
Biography | Comedy | Drama | History
A drama based on a Texas congressman Charlie Wilson's covert dealings in Afghanistan, where his efforts to assist rebels in their war with the Soviets have some unforeseen and long-reaching effects.
Starring: Tom Hanks, Amy Adams, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ned Beatty, Emily Blunt
Director: Mike Nichols
Far from Heaven (2002)
Drama | Romance
Cathy is the perfect 50s housewife, living the perfect 50s life: healthy kids, successful husband, social prominence. Then one night she surprises her husband Frank kissing another man, and her tidy world starts spinning out of control. In her confusion and grief, she finds consolation in the friendship of their African-American gardener, Raymond – a socially taboo relationship that leads to the further disintegration of life as she knew it. Despite Cathy and Frank's struggle to keep their marriage afloat, the reality of his homosexuality and her feelings for Raymond open a painful, if more honest, chapter in their lives.
Starring: Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysbert, Patricia Clarkson, Viola Davis, James Rebhorn
Director: Todd Haynes
Les grandes vacances / The Exchange Student (1967)
Comedy
Charles Bosquier, a role apparently written for French comedy superstar Louis de Funès, is the dictatorial headmaster of a French strict boarding school. No father could be deeper shocked to find one of his own sons miserably failed his exams, and too embarrassed to enroll him for his own summer-school, so he sends Philippe to England as exchange student. Philippe planned to save his sailing plans with friends by sending fat nerd Stephane Michonnet to England using his name, which comes out when Michonnet gets indigestion. Meanwhile Charles expects his spoiled favorite son, Gérard, who tells daddy about all the other schoolboys for money, to chaperon Shirley, the daughter of his English counterpart MacFarrell, but the girl gets all French boys horny, so even his perfect record is soon gravely soiled as dad spies on them, and he and Shirley join Philippe and his friends. Now the headmaster chases the kids' yacht -incognito, to avoid a scandal- all the way to England, where his colleague soon joins him, and further…
Starring: Louis de Funès, Ferdy Mayne, Claude Gensac, Maurice Risch, Mario David, Olivier De Funès
Director: Jean Girault
Valley of the Dolls (1967)
Drama | Music | Romance
Film version of Jacqueline Susann's best-selling novel chronicling the rise and fall of three young women in show business.
Starring: Barbara Parkins, Patty Duke, Sharon Tate, Paul Burke, Susan Hayward, Tony Scotti
Director: Mark Robson
God Willing / Se Dio vuole (2015)
Comedy
What does an authoritarian father, atheist, which is believed to be liberal, when his son tells him that he wants to become a priest?
Starring: Marco Giallini, Alessandro Gassman, Laura Morante, Ilaria Spada, Edoardo Pesce
Director: Edoardo Maria Falcone
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
Drama
A Mumbai teen who grew up in the slums becomes a contestant on the Indian version of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?", but before he can answer the final question, he's arrested for cheating. While being interrogated, he explains how his life struggle has provided all the answers.
Starring: Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Madhur Mittal, Anil Kapoor, Irrfan Khan, Tanay Chheda
Director: Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan
Dollman (1991)
Action | Comedy | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Brick Bardo is a traveller from outer space who is forced to land on Earth. Though regular-sized on his home planet, he is doll-sized here on Earth, as are the enemy forces who have landed as well. While Brick enlists the help of an impoverished girl and her son, the bad guys enlist the help of a local gang. When word leaks out as to his location, all hell breaks loose. Brick is besieged by an onslaught of curious kids, angry gang members, and his own doll-sized enemies, and he must protect the family who has helped him and get off the planet alive.
Starring: Tim Thomerson, Jackie Earle Haley, Kamala Lopez, Humberto Ortiz, Nicholas Guest, Judd Omen
Director: Albert Pyun
I Believe in Miracles (2015)
Documentary | History | Sport
The story of the history-making Nottingham Forest team that won back-to-back European Cups in 1979 and 1980, led by the mercurial Brian Clough and his assistant Peter Taylor.
Director: Jonny Owen
Nerve (2016)
Adventure | Crime | Thriller
A high school senior finds herself immersed in an online game of truth or dare, where her every move starts to become manipulated by an anonymous community of "watchers."
Starring: Emma Roberts, Dave Franco, Juliette Lewis, Kimiko Glenn, Samira Wiley, Emily Meade
Director: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman
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