That Certain Summer (1972)
The first US teleplay to deal sympathetically with homosexuality. Divorced San Francisco contractor Doug Salter is looking forward to a summer visit from his fourteen-year-old son Nick, who lives in Los Angeles with his mother Janet. The boy does not know that his father is gay and committed to Gary McClain, his life partner of several years.
Director: Lamont Johnson
Actors: Hal Holbrook, Hope Lange, Joe Don Baker, Marlyn Mason, Martin Sheen, Scott Jacoby
There Will Be Blood (2007)
Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview, moves to oil-rich California. Using his son to project a trustworthy, family-man image, Plainview cons local landowners into selling him their valuable…
Bonneville (2006)
Three women take a road trip to Santa Barbara in order to deliver the ashes of one of their dead husbands to his resentful daughter. Faced with the decision of…
Brokedown Palace (1999)
Best friends Alice and Darlene take a trip to Thailand after graduating high school. In Thailand, they meet a captivating Australian man, who calls himself Nick Parks. Darlene is particularly…
Courage Mountain (1990)
In this version of “Heidi,” a young Swiss girl is sent off to boarding school at the beginning of World War I.
An American Girl: Isabelle Dances Into the Spotlight (2014)
Isabelle is an inspired dancer, but when her sister and a classmate make her doubt herself, she’s motivated by a ballerina to find her own way to shine. Stars Erin…
The Stolen Children (1992)
Antonio, a policeman (carabiniere), has an order to take two children (Rosetta and her brother Luciano) from Milan to Sicily to an orphanage. Their mother has been arrested for forcing…
Behind the Candelabra (2013)
Based on the autobiographical novel, the tempestuous 6-year relationship between Liberace and his (much younger) lover, Scott Thorson, is recounted.
After the Storm (2016)
Ryota is an unpopular writer although he won a literary award 15 years ago. Now, Ryota works as a private detective. He is divorced from his ex-wife Kyoko and he…