THE HEART IS DECEITFUL ABOVE ALL THINGS

DescriptionDescription Based on the autobiographical book by J.T. LeRoy, this film polarized audiences to the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. Ripped from o loving foster home and returned to his drug addicted, sexually dysfunctional mother (played to. miserable perfection by Asia Argento), young Jeremiah learns the ugly side of life all too quickly. Tragically compelling, you...

HOTEL RWANDA

DescriptionDescription Winner of the People's Choice Award at the 2004 'Toronto International Film Festival, HOTEL RWANDA is the story of one of those rare iconic individuals who perform unassuming, selfless acts of heroism during mankind's darkest hours. Ten years ago, as the country of Rwanda descended into madness, one man made a promise to protect...

HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS (SHI MIAN MAU FU)

DescriptionDescription Renowned filmmaker Zhang Yimou (JU DOU, RAISE THE RED LANTERN, TO LIVE, HERO) returns with HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS, an exquisitely realized masterpiece that is both breathtaking martial arts epic and sweeping romance. The film is China's official Oscar® selection for Best Foreign Language Film. It is 859 AD and the once flourishing Tang...

HANK WILLIAMS FIRST NATION

DescriptionDescription Shot on the Woodland Cree First Nation in Northern Alperta, HANK WILLIAMS FIRST NATION is steeped in the indigenous miasma of this sleepy Cree reservation. Reminiscent of SMOKE SIGNALS and POW WOW HIGHWAY, HANK WILLIAMS FIRST NATION is a road trIp movie grounded by the people left at home. A remote Cree comrrunity ii...

HEAD ON

DescriptionDescription Winner of the Golden Bear at the 2004 Berlin Film Festival, HEAD or is a not so quintessential, yet utterly convincing, love story about two lost souls who bring each other back to life. In what one would call a suicidal collision, Sibel and Cahit meet in the mental ward in Hamburg. Sibel is...

GUERILLA: THE TAKING OF PATTY HEARST

DescriptionDescription One of America's most notorious kidnappings-young newspaper heiress Potty Hearst 's abduction and alleged induction into the Symbionese Liberation Army-caused a national stir, while what really happened to Hearst still seems a mystery. GUERRILLA immerses its audience in the cultural climate that gave rise to the SLA, the first prominent domestic terrorist organization ,...

GYPPO

DescriptionDescription In GYPPO, sex education in the mid-1980s is a nightmare for 12-year-old Rosa.

GENESIS 3:19

DescriptionDescription Spurred to action by a strange and sudden love for a woman, lion entrusts his best friend Eric with three dying wishes in GENESIS 3:19.

THE GOD (BOZHESTVO)

DescriptionDescription In THE GOD we find out even a god might have to reincarnate to get rid of a pesky fly.

THE GREAT WATER (GOLEMATA VODA)

DescriptionDescription Risk taking in every sense of the word, Ivo Trajov's unique take on a '70s era novel explores the atrocious effects of war and political oppression. Filmed in Macedonia despite brimming socio-political upheaval, THE GREAT WATER is a coming-of-age period piece that is, even by today's standards, fantastically cutting edge. Republic of Macedonia's official...

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