MALACHANCE

DescriptionDescription Debut director Gerardo Naranjo's MALACHANCE is an urban fable aimed at the disillusioned, stubborn and rebellious. It's the story of a kid who wants to be somebody else. In the New Orleans backstreets - inhabited by older drug dealers relying on a few young men to push their product - Mika, played by James...

THE MERCHANT OF VENICE

DescriptionDescription Michael Radford (IL POSTINO) approaches Shakespeare's classic play with an expert hand, magnificently drawing out its full conversation al meaning for contemporary audiences, thanks to his deft direction and stunning performances from a principal cast of actors including Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons, Joseph Fiennes, Lynn Collins and Kris Marshall. In 16th century Venice, a...

LSD A GO GO

DescriptionDescription LSD A GO GO is the story of how things got a little out of hand in the 1950s after the CIA embarked upon the MK-ULTRA major drug and mind control program, and studied the effects of LSD on themselves and others.

MACHUCA

DescriptionDescription Acclaimed director Andres Wood (LOCO FEVER, FOOTBALL STORIES) offers a perceptive story of friendship, class struggle and social responsibility. Chile's official Oscar® selection for Best Foreign Language Film. In a bid to foster mutual respect and tolerance, Father McEnroe-the headmaster of a private parochial school-admits children from the poor shantytown families. He is determined...

LITTLE GIRL BLUE (2003)

DescriptionDescription Director Anna Luif's (SUMMERTIME) new film is filled with potent observations about children on the brink of adulthood. Sandra, new to the neighborhood, doesn't fit into the cool crowd. But when she meets Mike, who lives in the house across the street, all her problems seem to be forgotten. She falls head over heels...

LIVE FLESH (CARNE TRÉMULA)

DescriptionDescription Based on the novel by Ruth Rendell, this colorful film overflows with rich, sensual performances and beauty. Penelope Cruz appears as Victor's mother, a prostitute who gives birth to him on a bus in the film's brilliant opening. A shooting in the Madrid apartment of Elena (Francesca Neri), an Italian dope addict, leaves policeman...

LONG STORY SHORT

DescriptionDescription LONG STORY SHORT is a comedy about the strangely impossible task of a black girl trying to get her hair done.

A LEAGUE OF ORDINARY GENTLEMEN

DescriptionDescription Bowling is back with a vengeance. Pete Webber, a renegade McEnroe-esque bad boy, returns to claim bowling's top honor from Walter Ray Williams, the cool headed, mild mannered pro who took it from him years ago. This is not your Monday night Bowling League. Featuring nostalgic footage of America's first love affair with bowling...

LET’S ROCK AGAIN!

DescriptionDescription For discerning music fans and radio disciples alike , former Clash singer Joe Strummer is a rock icon on par with (or higher than) Pete Townsend and Bruce Springsteen. But as he embarks on to r with his band, the Mescaleros, he's just another guy handing out flyers and trying to promote his music....

KONTROLL

DescriptionDescription Step out of your ordinary existence into the subterranean world of a strange young man and his fellow ticket inspectors, as they patrol the tracks and trains of the world's second oldest underground railway. Hungary's official Oscar® selection for Best Foreign Language Film. Bulcsu awakens on a subway platform, bleeding from the head and...

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