Midnight Diner / Shinya shokudô the movie (2014)
Comedy
A cook opens a restaurant that only serves from midnight till dawn. One day, je discovers am obituary urn. Follow the stories of his regulars tangled astound this urn.
Starring: Kaoru Kobayashi, Mansaku Fuwa
Director: Joji Matsuoka
O.T. Ghost Overtime / O.T. phi Overtime (2014)
Horro | Thriller
O.T. Ghost Overtime continues the story from film O.T. in the omnibus 3AM. After being spooked by the ghosts in their office in the first film, Karan and Tee have made it out alive, though they now suffered hallucination and paranoia.
Starring: Ananda Everingham, Ray MacDonald, Shahkrit Yamnarm
Director: Isara Nadee
True Story (2015)
Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Caught fabricating part of an article in the New York Times Magazine, Michael Finkel is a disgraced journalist when he encounters and forms an uneasy bond with Christian Longo, a suspected murderer who claimed to be Finkel when arrested in Mexico.
Starring: Jonah Hill, James Franco, Felicity Jones, Ethan Suplee, Gretchen Mol, Genevieve Angelson
Director: Rupert Goold
A Little Chaos (2014)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Madame Sabine De Barra is an unlikely candidate for the landscape architect of the still-to-be-completed palace of Versailles. She has little time for the classical ordered designs of the man who hires her; the famous architect Le Notre. However, as she works on her creation, she finds herself drawn to the enigmatic Le Notre and forced to negotiate the perilous rivalries and intricate etiquette of the court of King Louis XIV. But Sabine is made of strong stuff; her honesty and compassionate nature help to overcome both the challenges of her newfound popularity, and an unspeakable tragedy from her past, to win the favour of the Sun King and the heart of Le Notre.
Starring: Kate Winslet, Alan Rickman, Jennifer Ehle, Stanley Tucci, Helen McCrory, Matthias Schoenaerts
Director: Alan Rickman
The Lady (2011)
Biography | Drama | History | Romance
THE LADY is an epic love story about how an extraordinary couple and family sacrifice their happiness at great human cost for a higher cause. This is the story of Aung San Suu Kyi and her husband, Michael Aris. Despite distance, long separations, and a dangerously hostile regime, their love endures until the very end. A story of devotion and human understanding set against a background of political turmoil which continues today. THE LADY also is the story of the peaceful quest of the woman who is at the core of Burma's democracy movement.
Starring: Michelle Yeoh, David Thewlis, Jonathan Raggett, Susan Wooldridge, Benedict Wong
Director: Luc Besson
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
Drama
A housewife who is unhappy with her life befriends an old lady in a nursing home and is enthralled by the tales she tells of people she used to know.
Starring: Kathy Bates, Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker, Jessica Tandy, Cicely Tyson, Chris O'Donnell
Director: Jon Avnet
The Comedy (2012)
Drama
Indifferent to the notion of inheriting his father's estate, a Williamsburg guy passes the time with his friends, playing games of mock sincerity and irreverence.
Starring: Tim Heidecker, Neil Hamburger, Eric Wareheim
Director: Rick Alverson
Interview (2007)
Drama
Self-destructive journalist Pierre Peders is no stranger to violence and inhumanity. Having made his name as a war reporter, he has traveled the world seeing some of the most horrifying sights imaginable. So it's no surprise that he's upset when he's demoted to interviewing America's most famous soap star Katya. The two meet and immediately it's a collision of two worlds–Pierre's serious political intentions and Katya's superficial world of celebrity. But as the night progresses and their confessions grow more intimate, Pierre and Katya find a deeper connection, each scarred in their own way. Honest revelations soon give way to punishing decisions and the interview evolves into a passionate verbal chess game spiked with wit, intrigue and sexual tension.
Starring: Steve Buscemi, Sienna Miller, Michael Buscemi, Tara Elders, Molly Griffith
Director: Steve Buscemi
The Living Wake (2007)
Comedy
Director Sol Tryon's critically acclaimed debut feature is a timeless fairytale with a biting sense of humor. When self-proclaimed genius K. Roth Binew (Mike O'Connell, Funny People) learns his life will be cut short by a grave but unnamed illness, he decides to go out in style-with a living wake. Accompanied by his faithful assistant Mills (Jesse Eisenberg, Zombieland), K Roth spends his scheduled final day on earth revisiting all the people who touched his life – from the village prostitute, to his estranged mother – in order to invite them to his grand finale.
Starring: Mike O'Connell, Jim Gaffigan, Jill Larson, Jesse Eisenberg, Eddie Pepitone
Director: Sol Tryon
Octane / Dolphins (2007)
Action | Drama | Romance
Brent Black lives in one of the roughest parts of town, and spends most days looking after his alcoholic father and younger brother. About a year ago, Brent purchased a Ford Capri for fifty quid, and ever since then he's been under the hood tinkering away. Now he's got the fastest, meanest Capri in the country, and as a result he's become the default leader of the coolest racing gang in Brighton. But as winter closes in, a new challenge appears: The Bling London Boy Racers fear no road, and they drive like they're headed straight to hell. They think they can leave Brent's seasoned crew of asphalt shredders in the dust, but just one week before the big race everything starts to fall apart. His garage burnt to the ground and his car destroyed, Brent contemplates what it will take to win the race while falling for Ophelia James, a gorgeous, posh punk angel who's addicted to danger.
Starring: Karl Davies, Lauren Steventon, Layke Anderson, Gemma Dyllen, Jason Maza, Frank Harper
Director: Mark Jay
Vitus (2006)
Drama | Music
A child prodigy has everything he wants – except the chance to be a normal kid.
Starring: Fabrizio Borsani, Bruno Ganz, Teo Gheorghiu, Urs Jucker, Bruno Ganz
Director: Fredi M. Murer
Prefontaine (1997)
Biography | Drama | Romance | Sport
It's the true-life story of legendary track star Steve Prefontaine, the exciting and sometimes controversial "James Dean of Track," whose spirit captured the heart of the nation! Cocky, charismatic, and tough, "Pre" was a running rebel who defied rules, pushed limits … and smashed records … in an incredible against-all-odds quest for Olympic gold.
Starring: Jared Leto, R. Lee Ermey, Ed O'Neill, Amy Locane, Breckin Meyer, Lindsay Crouse
Director: Steve James
The Winner (1996)
Comedy | Crime | Thriller
Vincent D'Onofrio stars as Philip, a soft-spoken, rather dimwitted young man who stumbles into an incredible lucky streak in Las Vegas. Every Sunday, he enters the same casino, wins some money, and goes home. While Philip himself is pretty nonchalant about his lucky streak, it earns him the attention of a lot of unsavory characters. Louise, a tacky nightclub singer, and her impotent hitman boyfriend, Jack, plan to get Philip to fall in love with Louise and offer her a fortune to pay off her debt to the sinister, seemingly omnipotent Kingman, the casino owner who employs Jack. A small-time hood, Joey and his motley crew plan to rip Philip off, but their plans are complicated when the antic, impulsively violent Joey begins to feel a strange attraction to his would-be prey. Wolf, Philip's thuggish brother (and Louise's former lover) arrives in town, practically guaranteeing some kind of violent showdown.
Starring: Rebecca De Mornay, Vincent D'Onofrio, Richard Edson, Saverio Guerra, Delroy Lindo, Michael Madsen
Director: Alex Cox
Crooklyn (1994)
Comedy | Drama
A jazz musician whose career has faded and his wife, a schoolteacher, raise their family and cope with financial hardship in Brooklyn in the 1970s. They have five children: a bright and introspective daughter named Troy and four sons with a habit of causing trouble.
Starring: Alfre Woodard, Delroy Lindo, David Patrick Kelly, Jose Zuniga, Isaiah Washington, Spike Lee
Director: Spike Lee
Shall We Dance (1937)
Comedy | Musical | Romance
A budding romance between a ballet master and a tapdancer becomes complicated when rumours surface that they're already married.
Starring: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton, Eric Blore, Jerome Cowan
Director: Mark Sandrich
Love and Honor / Bushi no ichibun (2006)
Drama | Romance
Shinnojo Mimura is a lower-ranked samurai who is employed by his clan as a poison taster. He has lived a thrifty but happy life with his beautiful wife Kayo and their old servant Tokuhei. However, his happiness comes to an end when he becomes blind after eating shellfish that is accidentally put into the lunch for the clan. Shinnojo cannot stand spending the rest of his life in darkness, so he tries to kill himself, but Kayo and Tokuhei manage to save his life, and he gradually becomes used to living without sight. Yet, one day Shinnojo finds out that Kayo has a relationship with the head clerk, Toya Shimada: in return for his recommendation for Shinnojo's position in the castle, he has demanded her body, and Shinnojo decides to divorce her. But when Shinnojo eventually figures out that Shimada merely took his pleasure with Kayo, he challenges the man to a duel.
Starring: Takuya Kimura, Rei Dan, Mitsugorô Bandô, Takashi Sasano, Kaori Momoi, Nenji Kobayashi, Ken Ogata
Director: Yôji Yamada
The Dead Lands (2014)
Action
After his tribe is slaughtered through an act of treachery, Hongi, a Maori chieftain's teenage son, must avenge his father's murder in order to bring peace and honor to the souls of his loved ones. Vastly outnumbered by a band of villains, Hongi's only hope is to pass through the feared and forbidden Dead Lands and forge an uneasy alliance with the mysterious Warrior, a ruthless fighter who has ruled the area for years.
Starring: James Rolleston, Lawrence Makoare, Te Kohe Tuhaka, Xavier Horan, George Henare, Raukura Turei
Director: Toa Fraser
Adult Beginners (2014)
Comedy | Drama
A young, narcissistic entrepreneur crashes and burns on the eve of his company's big launch. With his entire life in total disarray, he leaves Manhattan to move in with his estranged pregnant sister, brother-in-law and 3-year-old nephew in the suburbs – only to become their nanny.
Starring: Rose Byrne, Nick Kroll, Bobby Cannavale, Joel McHale, Caitlin FitzGerald, Paula Garcés
Director: Ross Katz
Ooops! Noah is Gone… / All Creatures Big And Small / Two by Two: God's Little Creatures (2015)
Adventure |Animation | Comedy
It's the end of the world. A flood is coming. Luckily for Dave and his son Finny, a couple of clumsy Nestrians, an Ark has been built to save all animals. But as it turns out, Nestrians aren't allowed. Sneaking on board with the involuntary help of Hazel and her daughter Leah, two Grymps, they think they're safe. Until the curious kids fall off the Ark. Now Finny and Leah struggle to survive the flood and hungry predators and attempt to reach the top of a mountain, while Dave and Hazel must put aside their differences, turn the Ark around and save their kids. It's definitely not going to be smooth sailing.
Starring: Dermot Magennis, Callum Maloney, Tara Flynn, Ava Connolly, Paul Tylak, Alan Stanford
Director: Toby Genkel, Sean McCormack
Dark Places (2015)
Drama | Mystery | Thriller
A woman who survived the brutal killing of her family as a child is forced to confront the events of that day by a secret society obsessed with solving notorious crimes.
Starring: Chloë Grace Moretz, Charlize Theron, Christina Hendricks, Nicholas Hoult, Drea de Matteo, Tye Sheridan
Director: Gilles Paquet-Brenner
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