Second Best (1994)
Director: Chris Menges
Actors: Alan Cumming, Jane Horrocks, Keith Allen, Nathan Yapp, Prunella Scales, William Hurt
Country: United Kingdom
Raining Stones (1993)
Proud, though poor, Bob wants his little girl to have a beautiful (and costly) brand-new dress for her First Communion. His stubbornness and determination get him into trouble as he…
Kelly & Cal (2014)
Punk-rocker turned suburban mom, Kelly, is nostalgic for a life she can no longer have and uncertain of a future she doesn’t yet fit in. Seventeen-year-old Cal is frustrated at…
Karate Do (2019)
Nicki Wright learns the meaning of acceptance after being reunited with her father. He reluctantly teaches her martial arts.
Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
At a family reunion, the Cooper clan find that their parents’ home is being foreclosed. “Temporarily,” Ma moves in with son George’s family, Pa with daughter Cora. But the parents…
Her Man (1930)
A prostitute sees a friendly sailor as a way out of Havana’s grimy underworld.
Burning Men (2019)
Young, struggling musicians Ray and Don are evicted from their South London squat. They take to the road in their old Volvo Amazon, planning to sell their prized vinyl record…
Blow (2001)
A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950’s. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the…
Zoot Suit (1981)
Part fact and part fiction, Zoot Suit is the film version of Luis Valdez’s critically acclaimed play, based on the actual Sleepy Lagoon murder case and the zoot suit riots…
Shock and Awe (2017)
A group of journalists covering George Bush’s planned invasion of Iraq in 2003 are skeptical of the presidents claim that Saddam Hussein has “weapons of mass destruction.”
Violets are Blue (1986)
After fifteen years of traveling around the world, Gussie, a famous photographer, returns to the Maryland coastal resort where she grew up. She meets her high school sweetheart, Henry, who…