THE STOREKEEPER

DescriptionDescription After suf fering a series o f burglaries, and elderly storekeeper finally takes the law into his own hands with tragic consequences.

SUSAN’S PLAN

DescriptionDescription One of this year's most anticipated screenings is the World Premiere of John Landis' first independent feature film in over 20 years. SUSAN'S PLAN is about a woman who conspires with her lover to murder her ex-husband for his substantial life insurance policy, but gets tangled in a disastrous and comical web of deceit....

SWEETY BARRETT

DescriptionDescription This gently affecting and beautifully directed first film is full of surprises. Sweety Barrett is a big, strong, simple man. When the film begins, he has lost his job at a circus and finds himself in a mean-spirited, corrupt little port town whose chief industry is smuggling "poteen," the lethal potato whiskey of legend....

THE SWINDLE

DescriptionDescription Betty and Victor, a rather ill-matched couple, tour unobtrusively around France in their motor-home, earning their living as petty con artists, until one day they find themselves involved in an international money scam which takes them far from France to the West Indies and finally to Switzerland. Working as a team, Betty seduces businessmen,...

THE TERRORIST

DescriptionDescription Second only to Hollywood in terms of production volume and box office, India's film industry almost never taps into American markets, resulting in a veritable gold mine of movies that generally remain undiscovered in the United States. Among the few breakouts this year is THE TERRORIST, writer/director Santosh Siva n's sleek, uncompromising story of...

THE SMELL OF HORROR

DescriptionDescription Chris Padilla, who presented last year's popular FEATS OF CLAY for AFI Fest, hosts a high caliber program of the latest imaginative, bold efforts pushing the envelope in animation. This series includes several films that make for perfect viewing during the Halloween season plus the rarely seen otherworldly animations of Ian Emes and more....

SOUTHIE

DescriptionDescription A young man returns home to his South Boston roots after being away from his family for three years. Although he has gotten his life back together, he finds it hard to come back to the temptations that forced him to leave in the first place. Donnie Wahlberg, Rose McGowan, Anne Meara and Lawrence...

SOUTHIE

DescriptionDescription A young man returns home to his South Boston roots after being away from his family for three years. Although he has gotten his life back together, he finds it hard to come back to the temptations that forced him to leave in the first place. Donnie Wahlberg, Rose McGowan, Anne Meara and Lawrence...

STONEBROOK

DescriptionDescription STONEBROOK is the story of a young man caught between the underworld and his integrity as he struggles to advance in life. Erik leaves his farm roots behind for Stonebrook, an elite private university. His finances in shambles, Erik is lured by his mysterious roommate into the fast-cash world of con games, but his...

THE SHOE

DescriptionDescription One morning, three Soviet patrolmen discover a woman's shoe in the sand and footsteps leading to the local village of Leipaja. Alarms sound, troops are dispatched: an official inquiry begins. To whom does the shoe belong? A three-man investigative team, along with their well trained dog, are determined to find the shoe's owner and...

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