
The Terrorist (1998)
A young female terrorist goes on a suicide assassination mission, but her resolve to complete it is put to the test.
The Unloved (2009)
The Unloved is film that gives a child’s eye view of the U.K.’s government-run care system for orphans and children in danger. Lucy is eleven years old. Having been neglected…
Playing by Heart (1998)
Eleven articulate people work through affairs of the heart in L.A. Paul produces Hannah’s TV cooking show. Mark is dying of AIDS. Men have scalded Meredith so she rebuffs Trent’s…
Jude (1996)
In late 19th-century England, Jude aspires to be an academic, but is hobbled by his blue-collar background. Instead, he works as a stonemason and is trapped in an unloving marriage…
The Landlord (1970)
At the age of twenty-nine, Elgar Enders “runs away” from home. This running away consists of buying a building in a black ghetto in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn….
Madame Bovary (1991)
Bored with the limited and tedious nature of provincial life in 19th-century France, the fierce and sensual Emma Bovary finds herself in calamitous debt and purses scandalous sexual liaisons with…
Burn After Reading (2008)
When a disc containing memoirs of a former CIA analyst falls into the hands of gym employees, Linda and Chad, they see a chance to make enough money for Linda…
Christmas on Division Street (1991)
A good-natured homeless man and an ill-tempered student become good friends.
The Little Prince(ss) (2021)
When Gabriel, a 7-year-old Chinese kid who loves ballet, becomes friends with Rob, another Chinese kid from school, Rob’s dad gets suspicious about Gabriel’s feminine behavior and decides to intervene.
Magnolia (1999)
An epic mosaic of many interrelated characters in search of happiness, forgiveness, and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.