Allen Baron's chilly 1961 noir Blast of Silence follows hitman Frank Bruno (played by Baron) as he returns to New York City during Christmastime. Ostensibly in the city to perform a hit, the coldhearted Bruno finds himself unable to focus, instead choosing to lose himself in the winter festivities.

A married couple has suffered a tragedy, and now the only way they can relate to one another is by meeting as different characters through a series of personal ads. A remake of the original work by the late Dutch director Theo van Gogh.

Roong longs for the day when she can be in the arms of her Burmese lover, Min, an illegal immigrant. One afternoon Roong and Min have a picnic in the jungle where they feel free to express their love. Orn, a friend of Roong`s, is also in the jungle with her lover, with whom she has found all the pleasure ...

"Poets . . . shed not only the red blood of their hearts but the white blood of their souls," proclaimed Jean Cocteau of his groundbreaking first film - an exploration of the plight of the artist, the power of metaphor and the relationship between art and dreams. One of cinema's great experiments, this first installment of the Orphic Trilogy ...

A bar-owner in Texas is certain that his wife is cheating on him and hires a private detective to spy on her. This is just the beginning of a complex plot which is full of misunderstandings and deceit. Ethan and Joel Cohen's first feature film.

A man returns to his home town after being away and discovers a severed human ear in a field. Not satisfied with the police's pace, he and the police detective's daughter carry out their own investigation. The object of his investigation turns out to be a beautiful and mysterious woman involved with a violent and perversely evil man.

Controversial actress Asia Argento teams up with equally divisive director Olivier Assayas for this sexy thriller. Sandra has left a life of prostitution behind, but her past haunts her when an old lover returns. Their tryst doesn't turn out as either had imagined, and Sandra is forced to escape to Hong Kong. But a change of scenery doesn't reduce the ...

Suffused with wry humor, Jean - Pierre Melville's Bob le Flambeur melds the toughness of American gangster films with Gallic sophistication to lay the roadmap for the French New Wave. As the neon is extinguished for another dawn, an aging gambler navigates the treacherous world of pimps, moneymen, and naive associates while plotting one last score - the heist of ...

Although the 1920s brought him acclaim as a stage actor and singer, Paul Robeson still had to prove himself as a viable screen performer. Mainstream avenues were limited, however, and his first two films, both silent, were made on the peripheries of the film business. Body and Soul (1925), directed by the legendary African-American filmmaker Oscar Micheaux, is a direct ...

While many films have portrayed the negative ramifications of war, few will pack the visceral and emotional punch that Body of War delivers. The film puts a human face on the devastating consequences both physical and physiological of conflict.

Before carving out a niche as one of the most distinct voices in nineties American cinema , Allison Anders made her debut, alongside codirectors and fellow UCLA film school students Kurt Voss and Dean Lent, with 1987's Border Radio. A low - key, semi - improvised postpunk diary that took four years to complete, Border Radio features legendary rocker Chris ...

Born into Brothels, the winner of the 77th Annual Academy Award for Best Documentary, is a tribute to the resiliency of childhood and the restorative power of art. The film is a portrait of several unforgettable children who live in the red light district of Calcutta, where their mothers work as prostitutes. Zana Briski, a New York-based photographer, gives each ...

After 15 years of exile in France, Kamal returns to Beirut with his mind set on one goal: recreate the dance group he had formed with his school friends and whom he hasn’t seen since – but today, not only does he want to bring back this disparate group together, but also take the bold move of introducing a Western ...

The story of the early days of California wine making featuring the now infamous, blind Paris wine tasting of 1976 that has come to be known as "Judgment of Paris."

Michel Simon gives one of the most memorable performances in screen history as Boudu, a Parisian tramp who takes a suicidal plunge into the Seine and is rescued by a well - to - do bookseller, Edouard Lestingois (Charles Granval). The Lestingois family decides to take in the irrepressible bum, and he shows his gratitude by shaking the household to ...

Bowling for Columbine is an alternately humourous and horrifying film about the United States. It is a film about the state of the Union, about the violent soul of America. Why do 11,000 people die in America each year at the hands of gun violence? The talking heads yelling from every TV camera blame everything from Satan to video games. ...

Sweet and polite Jack Burridge is not who he claims to be. Recently released from a British prison, where he served a 14-year sentence for a crime he committed while still a child, he has adopted a new identity and new life in a new town. But reentering society proves to be a labyrinthine journey for the 24-year-old whose last ...

Boy Culture is the candid confession of “X,” a wildly successful male escort. After ten years of sex-for-pay, “X” gets romantically entangled with his two hot roommates and a reclusive elderly client, Gregory. But before Gregory will agree to sex, he tells an unsetting love story spanning fifty years and dares “X” to try something he hasn’t felt in years: ...

Based on actual events. Brandon Teena is the popular new guy in a tiny Nebraska town. He hangs out with the guys, drinking, cussing, and bumper surfing, and he charms the young women, who've never met a more sensitive and considerate young man. Life is good for Brandon, now that he's one of the guys and dating hometown beauty Lana. ...

A feature film package of 3 short films including Pool Days by Brian Sloan, A Friend of Dorothy by Raoul O`Connell and The Disco Years by Robert Lee King. Pool Days takes a ride down the path of coming to terms with sexuality while working as a lifeguard at an indoor pool. A Friend of Dorothy is an award-winning short which delves ...