The Island (2003)
A coming of age story of a boy Turi and his younger sister Teresa (on an island off the coast of Sicily. Using mostly non professional actors in a neorealist style, this film creates a charming and seemingly authentic slice of village life.
Genre: Drama
Director: Costanza Quatriglio
Actors: Anna Ernandes, Anna Rita Mazzara, Erri De Luca, Francesco Vasile, Ignacio Ernandes, Ilary De Ioannon, Marcello Mazzarella, Veronica Guarrasi
By God’s Grace (2014)
In the tradition of a classic “A Christmas Carol”, this film offers many lessons on the importance of giving and the cause and effect our choices have on others.
Before Night Falls (2000)
Spanning several decades, this powerful biopic offers a glimpse into the life of famed Cuban poet and novelist Reinaldo Arenas, an artist who was vilified for his homosexuality in Fidel…
The Boathouse (2021)
When an emotionally-fragile young woman takes a job as nanny to two troubled children at a remote summer cottage, she falls in love with the children’s father, while becoming enmeshed…
Wheels (2014)
Two suicidal paraplegic junkies hustle their way through the city streets trying to find a reason to live.
The Children (1990)
Rose Sellars (Kim Novak) is a middle-aged woman who falls in love with a widower (Ben Kingsley). However, his children believe that their father is too old to start a…
The Ruling Class (1972)
When the Earl of Gurney dies in a cross-dressing accident, his schizophrenic son, Jack, inherits the Gurney estate. Jack is not the average nobleman; he sings and dances across the…
The Young Graduates (1971)
Spunky and precocious high school senior Mindy Evans spurns her decent, but frustrated boyfriend Bill and has a fling with hunky married nice guy teacher Jack Thompson. Midy finds out…
Charlie St. Cloud (2010)
Accomplished sailor Charlie St. Cloud has the adoration of his mother Claire and his little brother Sam, as well as a college scholarship that will lead him far from his…
A Christmas Visitor (2002)
The Boyajian family learned of 18-year-old John’s death in the Persian Gulf War on Christmas Eve eleven years earlier and have not celebrated Christmas since. They have been so consumed…
Myra Breckinridge (1970)
Myron Breckinridge flies to Europe to get a sex-change operation and is transformed into the beautiful Myra. She travels to Hollywood, meets up with her rich Uncle Buck and, claiming…