If you could meet one person in the world, who would it be and why? This was a question filmmaker Rick Ray posed to himself many years ago. His answer was 'The Dalai Lama', a man who always seemed to speak the truth, from his heart and... more>
In the 1950's, a man is accidentally locked into a freezer compartment on a locomotive going through the Australian desert. By the time he is found, hours later, he has frozen to death. On the walls are his first-hand account of... more>
Set in the desert landscape of America, Argo is synonymous with loneliness, desperation, and the unconscious longing for human connection. The film tells the story of Becca (Jordana Spiro), a dispossessed soul, who is on the road to... more>
How much can you love a woman you’ve been married to for 50 years? Away From Her sets out to hold that question up in the air, turn it about and then slips it into the capable hands of Gordon Pinsent to answer.
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The way our food is grown impacts both our personal and environmental health, as well as foreign trade policies far removed from our dinner tables. American corporate farm practices have increasingly become the subject of exposé,... more>
They have been on the run for a long time — a man and his very young son. When they reach their destination, they realize they are still in trouble. The father is forced to make a choice of two evils to provide for his son's future. more>
Claire and Joe are childhood sweethearts, and newlyweds. Their world is torn apart when Joe, a pilot, is called to fight in W.W. II. His plane is shot down over Europe and destroyed in the crash. He is missing and eventually... more>
If this were a fiction feature film, we would call it too crazy to believe. Three older men – a cardiologist, retired mortgage banker, and owner of a construction company – have designated themselves as the Knights of Malta and... more>
What makes a 16-year-old throw a chair through the window, kick holes in the walls or try to light his school on fire? The Bondage is a journey through middle-class, tract-home America and what lies beneath. It is a look at the... more>
Boom Man tells the story of a struggling writer turned boom operator who must come to terms with a strange addiction before achieving personal and career success. more>
Jake Groden is the black sheep of his family. Ankle deep in fish guts, he serves out his parole in Alaska. Then, after a decade of self-imposed exile, he is forced to return to his Brooklyn family. He soon discovers that his perfect... more>
Throughout history, man has quested for something greater then himself. Yet at times, looking at our divisions rather then similarities has caused great strife. What are the reasons and the solutions to religious hatred? When we view... more>
What do a schizophrenic; a Shakespearean actor, a reluctant thug and a director hell bent on revenge have in common? They’re all working together on the same film. Callback tells the story of the actors and director whose lives are... more>
Writer/Director Joseph Greco's own childhood experiences inspired this poignant story of one family's struggle with mental illness, filmed against the backdrop of Greco's hometown of Hollywood, Florida. A father, John Marino, (Joseph... more>
'Make art not war' is Jimmy Mirikitani's motto. This feisty 80-year-old artist was born in California and raised in Hiroshima, but by 2001 he is living on the streets of New York. How did he end up here? The answer is in his art. In... more>
Jeanie Jurgess is a lost soul stuck in a grey world, lifeless and afraid — until an unexpected walk with her faithful beagle reveals a chalk phrase written in an alley ... “Smile at least once today.” Suddenly, a series of strange,... more>
The LA-born Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) has been declared by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as the largest and most violent street gang in the United States. The Bureau recently classified the fight against the MS-13 as one of its... more>
Winner of the prestigious Fipresci Award at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival, Climates is internationally acclaimed writer-director Nuri Bilge Ceylan's sublime follow-up to his Cannes multi-award winner Distant. Beautifully drawn and... more>
