WELCOME TO SARAJEVO

DescriptionDescription "Some of us had covered many wars before - Yugoslavia was my 14th ... Yet, despite all my experience of war, nothing prepared me for Yugoslavia," writes journalist Michael Nicholson in "Natasha's Story," the basis for this emotionally charged story of journalists who covered the war in Bosnia. After months ofreporting on the Sarajevan...

WHEN I WAS A BOY

DescriptionDescription The events surrounding a tomboy who gets her first bra circa 1963 .

THE WINGS OF THE DOVE

DescriptionDescription Based on Henry James' tumof- the-century tale of passion and betrayal, this stunningly photographed story unfolds amidst fashionable London townhouses and gilded Venetian palazzos. Kate (Helena Bonham Carter) is a spirited, intelligent woman who finds herself in a struggle between her head and her heart, between the safety of 19th century society and the...

WINNER TAKE NOTHING

DescriptionDescription In 1984 Margaux Hemingway and her husband, Bernard Foucher, set out to make a documentary about her grandfather Ernest Hemingway. It was to be a lighthearted adventure, visiting Ernest's watering holes and meeting and interviewing his friends. The search took them from the Ritz in Paris to the canals of Venice and the bull...

SWEET JANE

DescriptionDescription Tony, a young teen dying of AIDS, does not want to spend the end of his life in a hospital. Alone in the world, he escapes from the hospital to follow a lady who 'looks like an angel.' But the lady ( deftly played by Samantha Mathis) turns out to be a heroin addict...

SWEPT FROM THE SEA (AMY FOSTER)

DescriptionDescription Inspired by a Joseph Conrad story entitled "Amy Foster," Beeban Kidron's SWEPT FROM THE SEA is an epic romantic drama set in 19th century Cornwall, England that pitches the morality of man against the immortality of nature. To the world, Amy Foster (Rachel Weisz) is a girl who never smiles, a servant written off...

TOXIC REMEDY

DescriptionDescription Emotions: too much can kill you ... Too little and you're already dead.

TREKKIES

DescriptionDescription An engaging documentary that not only entertains, but paints a portrait of the largest, most amazing fan phenomenon in pop culture history. For 30 years the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise has entertained millions of fans around the world. But what clearly sets STAR TREK apart is the fan phenomenon it has created, a...

VINCENT

DescriptionDescription brings to audiences the best in contemporary clay animated films of the last 20 years. This landmark collection celebrates the I 00th anniversary of stop motion filmmaking, the earliest form of animation. Produced one frame at a time, and sometimes taking years to complete, these articulated visions in clay offer a sensory experience for...

STEAMING MILK

DescriptionDescription Andy, an aspiring screenwriter looking to hit the big-time, is having trouble distinguishing reality from the world he's created in his script. The possibility of actually selling his dream, intermixed with one bad day at the coffee house makes for a dangerous balance as Andy tries to stand up for himself and "be the...

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