Burl’s (2003)
When a young boy encounters three drag queens outside Burl’s Diner in L.A. he decides that perhaps its time he checked out Mom’s closet…
Genre: Drama
Director: Maryam Karimi
Actors: Jack Riley, Jerry Hardin, John de Lancie, Mark Hamill, Marnie Mosiman, Mookie Barker
South of the Moon (2008)
South of the Moon is the story of a young boy and his uncle, one dealing with the complexity and confusion of adolescence, the other with the pain and torment…
Joe (2014)
The rough-hewn boss of a lumber crew courts trouble when he steps in to protect the youngest member of his team from an abusive father.
Borstal Boy (2000)
Based on Irish poet Brendan Behan’s experiences in a reform school in 1942. A 16 year-old Irish republican terrorist arrives on the ferry at Liverpool and is arrested for possession…
The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
Larry Flynt is the hedonistically obnoxious, but indomitable, publisher of Hustler magazine. The film recounts his struggle to make an honest living publishing his girlie magazine and how it changes…
Pistol: The Birth of a Legend (1991)
A story about the great basketball player “Pistol” Pete Maravich when he was in the eighth grade. He plays on the varsity basketball team at Daniel High School but has…
Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud (1996)
Nelly leaves her lazy, unemployed husband to work for retired judge Mr Arnaud, forty years her senior, after he offers to clear her bills for her. While she types his…
Phone Booth (2002)
A slick New York publicist who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he hangs up, he’ll be killed… and the little red light…
Anbessa (2019)
Asalif and his mother defy Ethiopia’s omnipresent modern housing development culture, by continuing to live a life characterised by proximity to nature and rootedness in community. The boy counters the…
Evelyn (2002)
Desmond Doyle is devastated when his wife abandons their family on the day after Christmas. His unemployment and the fact that there is no woman in the house to care…
Stranger in Town (1932)
Crickle is a tenacious small-town grocer who stubbornly resists the efforts of a monopolistic chain-store firm to purchase his establishment. The chain manager retaliates by cutting off Crickles’ supply of…
Screwed (1998)
It has been two years since unsuccessful cartoonist Tsube started to live with Kuniko casually in a small apartment.
Forever’s Gonna Start Tonight (2011)
Sonya, a 17-year-old Russian immigrant, lives in a claustrophobic Brooklyn apartment with her dad and his ever-growing menagerie of cats. When the Landlady threatens to kick them out, Sonya is…