0 votes and 0 Reviews Documentary, Drama After his father loses his job, Marcellous Strong, a high school senior in the suburbs finds that he must return to Detroit, the city of his youth. But Strong resists the easy route when it comes to his education, and bucks the system by continuing to attend school outside of the Detroit City limits. As one student struggles to define his future, a city fights to stave-off a legacy of exodus that seems unending....
0 votes and 0 Reviews Drama This French-Italian romantic drama is faithfully based on an early 19th century Goethe novel about the destruction of a married couple. They are Charlotte and Edouard, an aristocratic couple who married late in life and happily lives in a lovely Tuscan villa. Their peaceful, marital bliss is interrupted when Othon (Edourd’s closest friend) and his goddaughter Ottilie, who was raised in a convent, arrive for an extended visit....
0 votes and 0 Reviews In Theaters: October 17, 2015 (limited) Musical, Other Verdi’s Shakespearean masterpiece returns to the Met with two exciting casts. Johan Botha sings the title role opposite the acclaimed Desdemona of star soprano Renée Fleming, with Falk Struckmann as Iago and Semyon Bychkov conducting. Later in the season, José Cura, Krassimira Stoyanova, and Thomas Hampson take on the principal roles, with Alain Altinoglu on the podium....
0 votes and 0 Reviews Drama This portrayal of the reunion of an estranged father and daughter is set against the backdrop of a theatrical production. The father Pierre (Michel Piccoli) is the artistic director of a theater, and when his daughter Manon (Sandrine Bonnaire) lets him know that she is coming to see him after a year’s absence, Pierre decides to prepare for the meeting. He goes to the theater with his girlfriend Ariane (Sabine Azema) and has the actresses in his troupe act out different aspects of his daughter’s character....
0 votes and 0 Reviews 1h 15m | Animation, Family, Musical A chick who doesn’t look like any of his siblings becomes the laughing stock of the other animals at the farm where he was born. Chased from home, the ugly duckling wanders like a lost soul, until he discovers he is really a beautiful swan. Director: Garri Bardin Studio: K-Films Amérique Cast: Vladimir Kachan, Yuliya Rutberg, Svetlana Stepchenko, Khor Turetskogo, Vladimir Spivakov, Konstantin Rajkin...
0 votes and 0 Reviews Drama The ideologies underlying the foundation of modern Israel are explored in this documentary, the third of a trilogy (created over a twenty year span) exploring the Jewish experience. The two earlier documentaries, Porquoi Israel, and Shoah, have had great effect on the ways documentaries are produced. Tsahal zeroes in on the crucial role of the military in Israeli society and politics. The film uses many in-depth interviews to present the many feelings and thoughts about the Israeli military....
0 votes and 0 Reviews Documentary The directorial debut from filmmaker Ilko Davidov, this documentary examines the life and death of Todd Loren, who gained both acclaim and ridicule for publishing his controversial Rock ‘N’ Roll Comics before being murdered in 1992. Using interviews with the likes of Alice Cooper and Mojo Nixon as well as home-movie footage of Loren, Davidov attempts to shed some light on Loren’s mystery-shrouded slaying....
0 votes and 0 Reviews In Theaters: September 23, 2011 (limited) Drama “Weekend” follows Russell who, after randomly picking up artist Glen at a nightclub on a Friday night, unexpectedly spends most of the next 48 hours with him in bedrooms and bars, telling stories and having sex, while developing a connection that will resonate throughout their lives. This affecting and naturalistic romance is beautifully realized, earning comparisons to Richard Linklater’s Before Sunrise in its exploration of how two people can come together only briefly, yet impact each other in a profound way....
0 votes and 0 Reviews 1h 45m | Comedy, Drama, Romance In addition to her clients, her employees and mounting bills, Emily, the owner of a country hair salon, has to deal with her mother, Maddy, who has been in a deep depression since her husband left. One day, Emily receives an anonymous love letter. Although at first she’s tempted to just throw it out, she changes her mind and re-addresses it to her mother, hoping to cheer her up....
2 votes and 1 Reviews | Write a Review In Theaters: April 5, 2013 (limited) April 19, 2013 (limited) 1h 33m | Documentary Watch Trailer In the unconventional documentary Bert Stern: ORIGINAL MADMAN, the original “mad-man” photographer reveals himself for the first time. Bert’s meteoric career began as a mailroom-boy at Look Magazine, where he formed a close relationship with a young staff photographer, Stanley Kubrick. The launch of Stern’s career and the Golden Age of Advertising would coincide; with Stern’s “Driest of the Dry” campaign for Smirnoff....
2 votes and 0 Reviews Rotten Tomatoes® Score 78% 86% In Theaters: May 18, 2012 (limited) 1h 43m | Documentary Watch Trailer BILL W. tells the story of William G. Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, a man included in TIME Magazine’s “100 Persons of the 20th Century.” Interviews, recreations, and rare archival material reveal how Bill Wilson, a hopeless drunk near death from his alcoholism, found a way out of his own addiction and then forged a path for countless others to follow....
0 votes and 0 Reviews Drama Bombay Talkie was, together with Shakespeare Wallah, the property that brought worldwide recognition to the Merchant-Ivory filmmaking team. Jennifer Kendal plays a British writer, seeking out new adventures in India. The writer comes across actor Shashi Kapoor and his director Zia Mohyeddin and has romantic relations with both, thereby opening up a culture-clash can of worms. The script is by Merchant-Ivory perennial Ruth Prawer Jhabvala....
722 votes and 9 Reviews | Write a Review In Theaters: April 21, 2017 On DVD/Blu-ray: August 29, 2017 On Disney+: November 12, 2019 G | 1h 16m | Documentary Watch Trailer Disneynature’s Born in China takes a look at three animal families — a panda bear mother and her adorable little baby, a rambunctious two-year-old golden monkey who has to learn how to be more independent when he gets a new sister, and a mother snow leopard struggling to raise her two young cubs in a harsh climate with very little food sources....
4 votes and 1 Reviews | Write a Review R | Drama, Romance, Thriller Fantasy and desire are unleashed in this haunting, erotic tale of love, lust and obsession. Nick Cavanaugh is a brilliant surgeon who seems to have it all – money, prestige, looks – everything except Helena, a voluptuous, cold-hearted seductress. After a one-night stnad with Nick, she refuses his advances, but he continues to pursue her. WHen Helena is in a tragic accident in front of Nick’s mansion, he takes her into his tome, imprisons her and transforms her into his own version of the mythic Venus....
0 votes and 0 Reviews R | Drama Bugsy is a character study of mobster Benjamin Bugsy Siegel wrapped up in a gangster movie. Siegel (Warren Beatty in a flashy performance) arrives in California in the Forties, assigned to oversee the L.A. rackets. He is quickly seduced by both the glamour of Hollywood and actress Virginia Hill (Annette Bening), whom he romances despite being unable to leave his wife and children....
0 votes and 0 Reviews In Theaters: January 1, 1988 (limited) Documentary This film is a study of the cane toad, introduced into Australia in 1935 to control a beetle infestation that was destroying the country’s sugar cane fields. The cane toad ate the beetles – and everything else. With no natural predator to withstand its poison, the 100 original cane toad settlers soon took over the entire northern half of the vast continent of Australia....
12 votes and 0 Reviews R | 1h 43m | Drama, Thriller Watch Trailer CHARLIE ZONE is a twisting dramatic thriller set against the drug-ravaged streets of one of Canada’s roughest neighborhoods. Avery Paul, a disgraced boxer and ex-convict, is hired to abduct a runaway from a crack house in the city’s notorious ‘Charlie Zone,’ and return her safely to her family. But nothing goes quite as planned and nothing is quite what it seems....
0 votes and 0 Reviews Comedy, Thriller In this light, sometimes tongue-in-cheek mystery based on a Charles Williams thriller – with snippets of Hitchcock, Kubrick, and even Victor Hugo – director François Truffaut showcases one of his favorite actresses, Fanny Ardant, as an enterprising secretary in love with her boss but up against clearing him of murder. Julien Vercel (Jean-Louis Trintignant) is a real estate dealer accused of killing his wife and her lover....
4 votes and 1 Reviews | Write a Review 1h 30m | Action, Adventure, Other Watch Trailer NCM Fathom Events and BBC AMERICA are thrilled to celebrate 50 years of the world’s longest-running Sci-Fi series, Doctor Who, with an explosive RealD 3D presentation of the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special: The Day of the Doctor. This extraordinary one-night event will take place on Monday, November 25 at 7:30pm (local time) in cinemas nationwide and includes bonus content exclusive to movie theaters!...
0 votes and 0 Reviews Drama A man turning over a new leaf finds staying true to himself is no easy task in this drama from writer and director Simon Chung. Ming (Lee Chi Kin) is a young man who has accepted his homosexuality but keeps it a secret from his mother, fearing she would disapprove. One evening, Ming’s mother discovers him having sex with Yan (Ben Yeung), a man he met that evening, and Ming’s worst fears are confirmed – his mother commits suicide rather than deal with the shame of a gay son....
