I’M NOT SCARED (IO NON HO PAURA)

DescriptionDescription Haunting and suspenseful, I'M NOT SCARED tells the story of a boy who discovers a chilling secret just beneath the surface of an idyllic rural landscape. Director Gabriele Salvatores (MEDITERRANEO) delves into his characters' hearts through images that are as keenly intelligent as they are striking. It is 1978, the hottest summer of the...

IN AMERICA

DescriptionDescription Director Jim Sheridan's (MY LEFT FOOT, IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER) semi-autobiographical film, IN AMERICA is an intimate story of an Irish family's pursuit of dreams in New York City. IN AMERICA is told through the eyes of Christy, the eldest of two young daughters (real life scene stealers and sisters Emma and...

IN THE CITY (EN LA CIUDAD)

DescriptionDescription From the director of the beautiful coming-of-age film KRAMPACK, Cesc Gay's new film IN THE CITY is a mature, honest and engaging story of modern life and love in the city. IN THE CITY is about the hidden desires of a group of 30-somethings in Barcelona and the confusion they experience in the traditional,...

HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG

DescriptionDescription Academy Award® winners Sir Ben Kingsley (GANDHI) and Jennifer Connelly (A BEAUTIFUL MIND) star in the dramatic thriller HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG, based on the acclaimed bestseller by Andre Dubus Ill. Massoud Amir Behrani (Sir Ben Kingsley ) is living a lie to fulfill a dream. Once a member of the Shah of...

HOW MY MOTHER GAVE BIRTH TO ME DURING MENOPAUSE (COMMENT MA MERE ACCOUCHA DE MOI DURANT SA MENOPAUSE)

DescriptionDescription Motherly love takes on a whole new meaning in Sebastien Rose's hilarious debut feature. The mother of graduate student Jean Charles is like most mothers-loving, overly protective, eager for grandchildren-only Jean Charles's mother is more so. She sleeps in the same bed as her grown daughter, befriends Jean Charles's psychiatrist and seduces virtually every...

THE GREEN BUTCHERS (DE GRONNE SLAGTERE)

DescriptionDescription THE GREEN BUTCHERS is a remarkable sophomore feature debut from director Anders Thomas Jensen (FLICKERING LIGHTS). He turns his attention to the morbid and a musing in this story of two friends who open a butcher shop. Featuring strong characters and beautiful cinematography, Jensen creates a stunning buddy film that is dripping with intelligence....

HAPPY HOUR

DescriptionDescription HAPPY HOUR explores a tragic life drowning in booze. While a writer thinks he has all the time in the world to accomplish his goals, it might be too late when he meets the woman who could change his life. Tully, a once promising writer, hides in the shadow of his famous writer father....

GIRLHOOD

DescriptionDescription GIRLHOOD, the new documentary from Academy Aword®-nominated director Liz Garbus, tells two coming-of-age stories from the real America: Shanae, 10 years old when she was gong-roped by five boys, responded by drinking and drugging, graduating to murder at age 12 with the stabbing death of a friend. Megan, abandoned by a mother who turns...

GO FURTHER

DescriptionDescription Director Ron Mann (GRASS, TWIST, POETRY IN MOTION) has once again created an entertaining film that offsets the propaganda dominating our culture. Celebrating the idea that the single individual is the key to large-scale transformational change, the film follows actor/activist Woody Harrelson and a small group of friends on their Simple Organic Living Tour-an...

FUNNY GIRL

DescriptionDescription Omar Sharif stars as gambler Nicky Arnstein opposite Barbra Streisand in her film debut as Ziegfeld star Fanny Brice. In this highly fictionalized musical biopic, Brice-a poor Jewish girl from the Lower East Side-rises to fame and wins audience's hearts with her comic antics and powerful singing. Unfortunately, her personal life is much more...

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