Documentary on family issues of elders, aging, and death.
When mother Corina and daughter Melanie wake up one morning to find a ‘sorry’ note from husband and father Desmond, the two are left desolate. Struggling to find work and with bills piling up, Corina is becoming desperate and in a fit of anger smashes her mobile phone. She is forced to buy a cheap second-hand phone, but upon returning it home she notices a sim card still wedged inside, when suddenly the phone starts to ring. Times and Measures pushes the boundaries of feature-length narrative fiction, focusing solely on the relationship between a mother and her daughter, struggling in hard times. Prepared to do anything to keep them afloat, when one missed call turns into an opportunity to escape this torment the two are living in, Corina is left with no choice but to accept the offer, taking her on a dark and dangerous path that could destroy everything – or help them to survive. Full of dark twists and turns, Times and Measures is a feature film that will give audiences a viewing …
A serious accident occurs on board the Diego Star, a dilapidated Russian cargo ship. Traore, a mechanic from the Ivory Coast, is unfairly blamed for it. The ship is towed to the nearest shipyard for repairs. In the interim, crew members find shelter with the inhabitants of the small local village. Far from everyone he loves and knows, Traore is engulfed by the Quebec winter.
On the run from the Cavalry, a man tries to disappear while accompanied by two camels and a runaway boy. His escape is made harder when he meets a widow and her daughter who may turn him in.
Twelve-year-old, well-bred Lonnie meets the impudent Karen on the street. They spend some time together and Karen teaches Lonnie some of her favorite pastimes, like make-up, shop-lifting, skipping school and lying to her parents about it, but confessing to the priest later. But Karen also learns some honesty from Lonnie. A film about social differences and growing up.
Every woman gets one last night to cut loose and go a little wild. Surrounded by her best friends and her estranged cousin, Jess sets out to have the most memorable bachelorette party ever. From limo rides to sexy dare games, this night has it all. But not everything is as it seems. A few unexpected surprises turn her last day of freedom into something terrifying and unexpected. Now the girls must play a twisted game of dare cards in order to make it out alive. Hens Night is a dark horror comedy about a sexy bachelorette party that goes terribly wrong. It’ll be one hell of a night… if they survive!
This film tells the true story of fraudulent Washington, D.C. journalist Stephen Glass (Christensen), who rose to meteoric heights as a young writer in his 20s, becoming a staff writer at “The New Republic” for three years (1995-1998), where 27 of his 41 published stories were either partially or completely made up. Looking for a short cut to fame, Glass concocted sources, quotes and even entire stories, but his deception did not go unnoticed forever, and eventually, his world came crumbling down…
A Serial killer clown living a double life of murder and working an office job has to come to terms with who he really is while a subversive cop tracks him down.
Audie Murphy is again the kid who puts on a badge to catch the bad guy, skillfully played by Barry Sullivan. On the way back to town the two develop a curiously close relationship – Sullivan passes up several chances to get away – but in the end Sullivan “asks for it” and Murphy obliges.
In 1930’s Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings moves to Florida’s backwaters to write in peace. She feels bothered by affectionate men, editor and confused neighbors, but soon she connects and writes The Yearling, a classic of American literature.
Harvey Pekar is file clerk at the local VA hospital. His interactions with his co-workers offer some relief from the monotony, and their discussions encompass everything from music to the decline of American culture to new flavors of jellybeans and life itself. At home, Harvey fills his days with reading, writing and listening to jazz. His apartment is filled with thousands of books and LPs, and he regularly scours Cleveland’s thrift stores and garage sales for more, savoring the rare joy of a 25-cent find. It is at one of these junk sales that Harvey meets Robert Crumb, a greeting card artist and music enthusiast. When, years later, Crumb finds international success for his underground comics, the idea that comic books can be a valid art form for adults inspires Harvey to write his own brand of comic book. An admirer of naturalist writers like Theodore Dreiser, Harvey makes his American Splendor a truthful, unsentimental record of his working-class life, a warts-and-all self portrait…