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"An abandoned boy is lured to America and drawn into the shadow of a dangerous father figure. Inspired by the real-life events that led to the 2002 Beltway sniper attacks."
"At the height of his career, Charles Dickens meets a younger woman who becomes his secret lover until his death."
"In the 1850s, Nelly Ternan (Felicity Jones) is a minimally talented actress who catches the eye of the hailed British author, Charles Dickens (Ralph Fiennes). Bored with his intellectually unstimulating wife, Catherine (Joanna Scanlan), Charles takes the educated Nelly as his mistress with the cooperation of her mother, Mrs. Frances Ternan (Dame Kristin Scott Thomas). What follows is a stormy relationship with this literary giant who provides her with a life few women of her time can enjoy. Yet, Nelly is equally revolted by Charles' emotional cruelty and determination to keep her secret. In that conflict, Nelly must judge her own role in her life and decide if the price she pays is bearable."
"Depressed single mom Adele and her son Henry offer a wounded, fearsome man a ride. As police search town for the escaped convict, the mother and son gradually learn his true story as their options become increasingly limited."
"A depressed mother's husband has left her for she could not bear a second child. Living alone with her only son, she has an unlikely meeting with an injured escaped convict, and reluctantly takes him into her own care. The man proves to be better than his criminal image as the three bond over Labor Day weekend. The only problem? Everyone in town is looking for him."
"As the twosome shop for clothes Henry will wear when he begins seventh grade after the long Labor Day weekend, the boy is accosted by Frank (Josh Brolin), an escaped convict with a bleeding wound on his stomach. Frank manipulates Adele into letting him hide out at their house, and soon the seemingly scary man shows a strong domestic side and, in just a few days, develops a deep bond with both Adele and Frank.."
"Policemen Ali Sokhela and Brian Epkeen investigate the brutal murder of a young white woman, apparently provoked by the availability of a new illegal drug and somehow connected to the disappearance of black street children."
"As a child, Ali Neuman narrowly escaped being murdered by Inkatha, a militant political party at war with Nelson Mandela's African National Congress. Only he and his mother survived the carnage of those years. But as with many survivors, the psychological scars remain. Today, Ali is chief of the homicide branch of the South African police in Cape Town. One of his staff is Brian Epkeen, a free-wheeling white officer whose family was originally involved in the establishment of apartheid but who works well with Neuman. Together they have to deal with crime that inevitably exists in sprawling areas of un- and under- employed people, crime exacerbated by gangs, both local and from other parts of Africa. Their job gets even more difficult when the corpses of two young women are found. A new evil has been introduced in the city and a new drug has been introduced to its residents, including both murder victims. At the chaotic crossroads where brutality and modernization collide, the echoes of apartheid still resound in the shadows of a society struggling toward reconciliation."
"13 of Edward Hopper's paintings are brought alive by the film, telling the story of a woman, whose thoughts, emotions and contemplations let us observe an era in American history. Shirley is a woman in America in the 1930s, '40s, '50s, and early '60s. A woman who would like to influence the course of history with her professional and socio political involvement."
"A series of snapshots from the life of a fictional actress named Shirley serves to weave together thirteen paintings by Edward Hopper (e.g. "Office at Night", "Western Motel", "Usherette", "A Woman in the Sun") into a fascinating synthesis of painting and film, personal and political history. Each station in Shirley's professional and private life from the 1930s to 1960s is precisely dated: It is always August 28/29 of the year in question, as the locations vary from Paris to New York to Cape Cod."
"A journey to the dark cutting edge of desires, lies and wickedness of a love triangle, from the moment a child is mysteriously kidnapped."
"A child is kidnapped. At the police station Silvia and Bernardo, the parents of the victim and Rosa, the main suspect and lover of Bernardo, give contradictory evidence which will take us to the gloomiest corners of desires, lies, needs and wickedness in the relationship of these three characters."
"When the girl Clara is kidnapped from the daycare, her mother Sylvia goes to the police station to report the missing child. The chief inspector interrogates Sylvia and learns that her husband Bernardo is an enforcer in a bus company. The low-middle class couple does not have any possessions; therefore they do not believe their daughter has been abducted for money. Then he interrogates the owner of the daycare that explains that she received a phone call from Sylvia telling to deliver Clara to a neighbor that the girl knew very well. When Bernardo arrives, he accuses the twenty-two year-old Rosa of kidnapping his daughter. He discloses to the Chief Inspector that Rosa and he had had a love affair and the police detectives bring Rosa to the station to be interrogated and she tells that a woman forced her to kidnap the girl. As long as the interrogation goes on, it is disclosed a dark story of betrayal, jealousy and revenge."
"High in the mountains, two orphaned children keep their mother's death secret. They survive until the villagers destroy their innocence when they brutally assault the girl. Now, the siblings must protect each other to survive."
"High in the Mountains on a secluded farm a widowed mother dies leaving her two children alone and orphaned. Fearing being taken away and split up they keep their mother's death a secret and survive off the land with no one to rely on but each other. The sixteen year old sister is one with nature, innocent, and unaware of the evils that exist in mankind. Her ten year old brother is traumatized and mute from witnessing a disturbing incident years earlier (the death of his father) involving the town's Mayor. As the girl transitions into womanhood a harsh brutality destroys her innocence when savage hunters led by the Mayor's son attack and rape her. A social worker from a distant city arrives to investigate but ultimately it is the siblings who must come of age to protect each other and survive."
"Somewhere in the rugged Austrian mountains, on a small Alpine farm, two siblings, an independent 16-year-old girl and her 10-year-old brother, after witnessing their father's brutal murder and their mother's death shortly after, they struggle to carry on as usual, in secret. However, under those circumstances, it won't be long until the Mayor's son and his gang of hunters find out, seizing the opportunity to sexually assault the helpless teenage girl. Eventually, the attackers will come back for the girl's life, but this time, the unprotected siblings will have no other choice but to make their desperate last stand against the ruthless assailants. Now, it's either death or survival."
"Two brothers on either side of the law face off over organized crime in Brooklyn during the 1970s."
"In 1974 New York, 50-year-old Christ (Clive Owen) has just been released on good behavior after several years in prison following a gangland murder. Reluctantly waiting for him outside the gates is his younger brother (Billy Crudup), a cop with a bright future. Chris and Frank have always been different, and their father, Leon (James Caan), who raised them alone, seems to favor Chris despite all his troubles. Yet blood ties are the ones that bind, and Frank, hoping that his brother has changed, is willing to give him a chance - he shares his home, finds him a job, and helps him reconnect with his children and his ex-wife, Monica (Marion Cotillard). But Chris' inevitable descent back into a life of crime proves to be the last in a long line of betrayals, and after his brother's latest transgressions, Frank banishes him from his life. But it's already too late, as the brothers' destiny is bound together, forever."
"In 1974 New York, criminal Chris is released from prison and his younger brother Frank, an honest police officer, brings him home expecting that he has been rehabilitated. But after an incident, Chris returns to his life of crime, which affects Frank's career and the lives of his ex-wife Monica and his current wife Natalie. But when Chris discovers that criminal Scarfo (Matthias Schoenaerts) wants to kill Frank, who is living with his ex-wife Vanessa, he must decide whether to flee or to save his brother's life."
"A recounting of the chaotic events that occurred at Dallas' Parkland Memorial Hospital on the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated."
"Recounting the chaotic events that occurred in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963, Parkland Memorial Hospital weaves together the perspectives of a handful of ordinary individuals suddenly thrust into extraordinary circumstances: the young doctors and nurses; Dallas' chief of the Secret Service; an unwitting cameraman who captured what became the most watched and examined film in history; the FBI agents who nearly had the gunman within their grasp; the brother of Lee Harvey Oswald left to deal with his shattered family; and JFK's security team, witnesses to both the president's death, and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson's rise to power over a nation whose innocence was forever altered."
"Set in Dallas during the assassination of John F. Kennedy and centered on how it affected certain persons like the staff at Parkland Memorial Hospital where he was brought. Abraham Zabruder, a man who was filming him as he was passing by and managed to get a shot of him being shot. He would then be detained by the Secret Service so that they could see the film. And when Secret Service Agent Sorrels sees it, he feels responsible. And Zabruder would have to deal with people asking him for the film. Later, Lee Harvey Oswald is brought in as a person of interest and when word gets out his brother, Robert, is shocked. And Federal Agent James Hosty who was investigating Oswald and got a threatening letter from him but chose not to act on it. And when his superiors learn of this, they tell him that if he had told them about Oswald, Kennedy might still be alive. Later Oswald is shot while in police custody and is brought to Parkland."
"The moment those shots echoed through the streets of Dallas on November 22, 1963, the entire city erupted into chaos. The President was dead, and his security team was scrambling for clues. Film from an amateur had captured the tragedy in vivid detail, but the gunman had slipped through the FBI's grasp. Meanwhile, the doctors and nurses at Dallas' Parkland Memorial Hospital found themselves in the eye of the storm, and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was thrust into the role of the new President. In this film, we follow the events of that fateful day from the perspectives of the people who were there to witness one of the most disputed events in history firsthand."
"A two-part drama which portrays The Great Train Robbery of 8 August 1963, firstly from the point of view of the robbers and then from the point of view of the police who set out to identify and catch the robbers."
"Documentarian visits best friend in India to see the mutual unconditional love that keeps his buddy bonded to a village hostel housing AIDS-afflicted children."
"Blood Brother is an intimate portrait of Rocky Braat, a young man who longed to find a family. He didn't know it, but this desire would lead him to an AIDS hostel in India, a place of unspeakable hardship, where he would find almost more love and need than he could bear."
"This documentary centers around Rocky and his best friend, Steve. Rocky has been working at an AIDS center in a remote Indian village as a volunteer and goes home to the US for a visit. He feels like he is lost at home and quickly goes back to his work in India and takes Steve along. Steve decides to film the trip and the things he sees that are bringing about such changes in his friend's life. In the course of filming, Steve also starts to gain Rocky's passion for the AIDS infected children of the center where Rocky lives and serves. Rocky many times puts his own health concerns aside as he nurses and cares for the children, many near death, whom he loves and who, in turn, love him for accepting them unconditionally despite their afflictions."
"Inventor Tim Jenison seeks to understand the painting techniques used by Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer."
"A documentary that details the creation of Julian Assange's controversial website, which facilitated the largest security breach in U.S. history."
"Fifteen years of verite footage show the epic rivalry between half-pipe legends Shaun White and Kevin Pearce, childhood friends who become number one and two in the world leading up to the Vancouver Winter Olympics, pushing one another to ever more dangerous tricks, until Kevin crashes on a Park City half-pipe, barely surviving. As Kevin recovers from his injury, Shaun wins Gold. Now all Kevin wants to do is get on his snowboard again, even though medics and family fear this could kill him. We also celebrate Sarah Burke who crashed in Park City and died January 19, 2012."
"Fifteen years of footage show the epic rivalry between half-pipe legends Shaun White and Kevin Pearce, childhood friends who become number one and two in the world leading up to the Vancouver Winter Olympics, pushing one another to ever more dangerous tricks, until Kevin crashes on a Park City half-pipe, barely surviving. As Kevin recovers from his injury, Shaun wins Gold. Now all Kevin wants to do is get on his snowboard again, even though medics and family fear this could kill him. We also celebrate Sarah Burke who crashed in Park City and died January 19, 2012."
"From 15 years of a child prodigy's life we are essentially told three stories: the becoming of two world class snowboarders and their rivalry to be the best, a tragic accident and the dangers of extreme sports, and life in recovery after the recovery ward."
"A missing brother. Hide and seeks codes. A shocking truth for two different families and the struggle to save their families from someone who is already living inside their house."
"Seong-soo, a successful businessman who lives with the perfect family in a luxury apartment, has secrets and mysophobia about his one and only brother. One day, he goes to see his brother after a phone call about him missing and sees weird symbols all over the house and he meets Joo-hee who knows his brother. "Please tell him to stop looking at my daughter. Joo-hee lives alone with her daughter but lives in fear of someone watching them. Seong-soo looks around carefully at the old apartment and realizes the symbols mean gender and numbers of people.Seong-soo returns to his from his brother's and notices a familiar symbol written next to the bell of his house too."
"A prisoner discovers a magical box with a baneful secret that he falls foul to."
"Left to rot in a gloomy cell of a remote Soviet prison, a weary new inmate struggles to come to terms with the new reality. But, while trapped in the grey cement cage, a mysterious red wooden box catches the eye of the prisoner. What are the contents of the case? Should he try to open it?"
"A man's long yearned for wish is rumbled by the cleaning lady"
"For Mia, beauty is everything. A trophy, a promise, a ball and chain, a wish upon a star. A life sentence."
"A man obsessed with voyeur pornography makes a shocking discovery, forcing him onto the trail of an anonymous photographer known by his online username ANORAK."
"Troll is a story about a pregnant and religious girl, Mille, 13 years old, who endures a life filled with sexual abuse."
"A man returns to the Midwestern farm of his childhood on a desperate mission to unearth the horrifying truth of what landed there in the summer of 1960."
"Jurek is 23 years old and he is a history student. He lives with his loving auntie, who raises him and supports him. Feeling that she is a cause and a symbol of his existential boredom, monotony and malaise, he reaches for the hammer... But will his life without his aunt reach brighter colors? Killing Auntie is a movie about fighting your own demons, based on an unfinished novel written by Andrzej Bursa in 1957."
"The dark and tragic tale of a tiring mother who struggles to protect both herself and her disabled teenage daughter from the continual attacks of local adolescents. Repeatedly rebuffed and frustrated by the authorities, she ultimately turns to a far greater power than can be found on her failing human plane."
"Tadeusz Rolke, an aged master of Polish photography, has more than just a typical teacher-student relationship with 15-year-old Michal. Together, they travel across Poland to take portrait photographs of the residents of small towns and villages while the dark room placed in their camper enables them to develop pictures on the spot and give them to the models whom they meet accidentally. For the boy, this is an excellent opportunity to find out about the arcana of traditional photography. For both - an opportunity to experience a beautiful friendship."
"The film is a personal statement of the director and his wife, who have to deal with an incurable disease of their newborn son."
"Director Tomasz Sliwinski chronicles his family's life during the few months following the birth of their new born child who suffers from a very rare and incurable disease, the Ondine's curse (also known as congenital central hypoventilation syndrome or CCHS) which prevents breathing during sleep and requires a lifetime mechanical ventilation system."
"The film is a personal statement of the director and his wife, who have to deal with a very rare and incurable disease of their newborn child. People affected with this disease stop breathing during sleep and require lifetime mechanical ventilation on a ventilator. The film shows the process of taming fear associated with the disease."
"Eight Rwandan children leave their families behind to embark on a life-or-death journey seeking high-risk heart surgery in Sudan. Their hearts ravaged by a treatable disease from childhood strep throat, they have only months left to live. Open Heart reveals the intertwined endeavors of Dr. Emmanuel, Rwanda's lone government cardiologist fighting to save the lives of his young patients, and Dr. Gino, the Salam Center's head surgeon, who is fighting to save his hospital, Africa's only link to life-saving free cardiac surgery for the millions who need it."
"'The Horsemen' captures the traditions and values of the noble Almonte Horsemen. For over 500 years these men have annually driven over 1000 horses across the Spanish plains and to pastures new. This short documentary follows the spectacle of that journey, exploring what it means to be a Horseman and what the future holds for this ancient practice."
"Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall is a moving cinema verite documentary that breaks through the walls of one of Americas oldest maximum security prisons to tell the story of the final months in the life of a terminally ill prisoner and the hospice volunteers, they themselves prisoners, who care for him. The film draws from footage shot over a six-month period behind the walls of the Iowa State Penitentiary and provides a fascinating and often poignant account of how the hospice experience can profoundly touch even the forsaken lives of the incarcerated."
"Janusz, a self-confident 60-year old, an incredibly active person and an accomplished diver, suffers a stroke which leaves him paralyzed. Rehabilitation and assistance of his partner Asia help him regain mobility and improve his functions. He is still struggling with speech and the only person who understands what he says is Asia who interprets him for the world. What keeps Janusz going and motivates to carry on is his big dream - he would like to dive again, despite major hazard for his health and life. His goal is to travel to beautiful but perilous Blue Hole in Dahab, Egypt which poses a challenge even to fit divers."
"An uptight getaway driver waiting outside a bank robbery has three nerve shredding minutes to get through before his crew returns. All he has to do is focus."
"Mr Hublot is a withdrawn, idiosyncratic character with OCD, scared of change and the outside world. Robot Pet's arrival turns his life upside down: he has to share his home with this very invasive companion."
"OCD sufferer Mr Hublot lives in a frightening, fully automated world from which he hides, working from home. One day he spies an abandoned robot dog about to be crushed with the garbage and rescues it. The dog makes Mr Hublot very happy but it grows to an enormous size, forcing Mr Hublot to embrace a welcoming change as they move to larger premises."
"The eccentric and silent OCD-ridden recluse, Mr Hublot, prefers leading a solitary life in his small apartment, somewhere in a bleak and mechanical city. Spending his well-ordered life from the safety of his home, Mr Hublot's perfect world will turn upside down with the arrival of a poor and helpless stray dog--Robot Pet. Will Mr Hublot make a choice to take a chance on him, and risk everything?"
"Eight years after the Joker's reign of anarchy, Batman, with the help of the enigmatic Catwoman, is forced from his exile to save Gotham City from the brutal guerrilla terrorist Bane."
"Despite his tarnished reputation after the events of The Dark Knight (2008), in which he took the rap for Dent's crimes, Batman feels compelled to intervene to assist the city and its Police force, which is struggling to cope with Bane's plans to destroy the city."
"Eight years after the events of The Dark Knight (2008) find Gotham at a time of peace. This is due to Batman taking the fall for Harvey Dent's murder. However, a new evil force named Bane has arrived in Gotham and aims to take over the city and expose the truth behind who Harvey Dent really was. Now that Wayne Manor has been completely rebuilt, Bruce Wayne has become almost reclusive, rarely leaving the estate. And with Bane taking over the city by force, it forces Batman to come out of retirement. But his allies are few and far between. An elusive jewel thief by the name of Selina Kyle could be the key to stopping Bane, but whose side is she on?"
"Eight years after The Joker's Defeat and Batman took the fall for the murders committed by Harvey Dent, Gotham has a new enemy, Bane, a former member of the League of Shadows. Earlier, with Wayne Manor completely rebuilt, Bruce had become completely reclusive, rarely leaving the estate. Bane plans to continue the work of Ra's al Ghul by destroying Gotham. With allies being few and far between, Batman teams up with elusive jewel thief Selina Kyle, who may also be the key to stopping Bane. But whose side is she really on?"
"Batman is forced out of eight years of hiding when a ruthless mercenary called Bane takes control of Gotham's underworld, and makes plans to take over the whole city. With the help of the mysterious Selina Kyle and his butler Alfred, Bruce must protect the citizens of the beloved from their greatest threat yet."
"From a far side of the world, a lunatic rises from the darkness, determined to annihilate the city of the Dark Knight, who has been hiding for eight years. Joining forces with old and new allies, Bruce Wayne must put his mask on one last time to finish what he had started and become a hero again."
"Georges and Anne are an octogenarian couple. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, also a musician, lives in Britain with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested."