The Castle (1994)
Closely based on Franz Kafka’s book “Das Schloß”, the movie shares the same action on a land surveyor who is called to a village to do a job that no one seems to have ordered. Once there, he takes up the struggle against bureaucracy emanating from the castle.
The Very Private Life of Mister Sim (2015)
François Sim considers himself worthless and he may have good reasons for that. Hasn’t he lost his job as well as his wife Caroline? Isn’t he unable to relate to…
Deacons for Defense (2003)
Inspired by a true story, this drama is set in 1965, not long after passage of the Civil Rights Act. Despite the Act, the African-American citizens of Bogalusa are still…
Arctic Void (2022)
When the power mysteriously fails, and almost everyone vanishes from a small tourist vessel in the Arctic, fear becomes the master for the three who remain. Forced ashore, the men…
Lest We Forget (1991)
Contre l’Oubli (Against Oblivion) is a compilation of 30 French filmmakers, Alain Resnais and Jean Luc Godard among them, who use film to make a plea on behalf of a…
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
When the dastardly Sheriff of Nottingham murders Robin’s father, the legendary archer vows vengeance. To accomplish his mission, Robin joins forces with a band of exiled villagers (and comely Maid…
My Dad the Communist (2009)
Chinese men are ‘inscrutable’; none more so than Tony’s Dad who works in a Chinese takeaway. Tony is Chinese but has lived in the UK all of his 20 years,…
A Little Closer (2011)
In the forgotten corners of rural Virginia, Sheryl struggles to balance her work as a housekeeper and raising her two sons, fifteen year-old Marc and eleven year-old Stephen. Hoping to…
River’s Edge (1986)
A group of high school friends discover that they are in the presence of a killer. One of them, Samson, has murdered his girlfriend Jamie. He brags to his friends…