WALK THE LINE

DescriptionDescription "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash," was the humble, friendly greeting that opened the concerts of country music's legendary Man in Black. This pioneering outlaw turned Nashville upside down, blurring the lines between blues, folk, gospel, rockabilly and country. Developed over seven years with the cooperation of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, WALK THE LINE...

THE WEDDING PARTY (DIE BLUTHOCHZEIT)

DescriptionDescription Based on the graphic novel, Lune de Guerre, that achieved cult status in Belgium and France, THE WEDDING PARTY is an action-fueled black comedy about a wedding reception that is derailed by shotguns and hand grenades before anyone makes it to the second course. Like most couples, Mark and Sophie end their vows with...

WHAT A WONDERFUL PLACE

DescriptionDescription Winner of the Israeli Academy's Best Picture Ophir Award and is Israel's official Oscar® submission for the Best Foreign Language Film. This film is a rare and moving examination of both human and exploitive relations between migrant workers and their adopted society. Director Eyal Holfon dares to explore the nature of compassion between outsiders...

TSOTSI

DescriptionDescription Winner of the People's Choice Award at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival, TSOTSI is based on the novel by renowned South African playwright Athol Fugard, tracing six days in the violent life of a young thug in the Johannesburg ghettos. The name and nature of the main character is Tsotsi, which means "thug"...

UNITED NATIONS OF HIP HOP

DescriptionDescription Jay-Z posters adorn bedroom walls, youth sport Adidas, MCs battle on street corners in Senegal, West Africa, where MCs talk about African debt dependency, Islam, and poverty over powerful beats. Explore the far reaches of hip hop, capitalism and the global economy.

TRANSAMERICA

DescriptionDescription The terrific performances of Felicity Huffman and Kevin Zegers work in synch to maximize the impact of this profoundly resonant film. Living in Los Angeles, Bree (Felicity Huffman in an Oscar-worthy performance, of a conservative transsexual woman saving money for her final sexual reassignment surgery. Out of the blue, she gets a phone call...

TRISTRAM SHANDY: A COCK AND BULL STORY

DescriptionDescription Michael Winterbottom (24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE, 9 SONGS, IN THIS WORLD) has turned his sights on classic literature with this irreverent take on Laurence Sterne's raucous The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman. Witerbottom intercuts adeptly from the costumed world of the film - powdered wigs and battle scenes - that comprise the...

THROUGH THE FIRE

DescriptionDescription A basketball journey that rivals the heart of the fictional film 8 MILE, THROUGH THE FIRE follows the most publicized high school athlete to come out of New York City's public schools in recent memory - Sebastian Telfair. Eighteen years of living in the projects of Coney Island has taken its toll on Sebastian...

TOWER OF BABEL

DescriptionDescription Miller, the modern-day King of Babel, has built a tower of corporate success. Through wealth and power he's challenging the gods. But, in the process, he's lost his ability to commune with the rest of us.

TATTOOED (TATUADO)

DescriptionDescription Director Eduardo Raspo's (GEISHA) new film is filled with potent observations about lingering memories and unspoken mysteries between father and son, and the longing for the woman who left them behind. Seventeen-year-old Paco, a boy on the brink of adulthood, struggles to accept the remarriage of his sweet but ineffectual father, and the newborn...

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