Munchies
Simon Watterman, a space archaeologist, discovers the “Munchies” in a cave in Peru. Cecil Watterman, Simon’s evil twin brother and snack food entrepreneur, kidnaps the creature. What Cecil does not…
Invaders from Mars
In the early hours of the night, young David Maclean sees a flying saucer land and disappear into the sand dunes just beyond his house. Slowly, all of the adults,…
Sweet November
A woman refuses to let her romances last longer than one month.
The Inland Sea
In 1971, author and film scholar Donald Richie published a poetic travelogue about his explorations of the islands of Japan’s Inland Sea, recording his search for traces of a traditional…
Mandela and de Klerk
Sidney Poitier and Michael Caine both received Emmy nominations for their performances in this made-for-TV movie. The plot follows Nelson Mandela’s 27-year struggle to end apartheid.
The Ghost & Mr. Chicken
Luther Heggs, a typesetter for the town newspaper, pitches an idea for a story about a local haunted house where a famous murder/suicide occurred 20 years earlier. After the editor…
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media
A film about the noted American linguist/political dissident and his warning about corporate media’s role in modern propaganda.
Long Twilight
A tale about an independent-minded university professor who leaves her family to travel across the countryside to visit a friend.
Clash of the Titans
Born of a god but raised as a man, Perseus is helpless to save his family from Hades, vengeful god of the underworld. With nothing to lose, Perseus volunteers to…
H.M.S. Defiant
Defiant’s crew is part of a fleet-wide movement to present a petition of grievances to the Admiralty. Violence must be no part of it. The continual sadism of Defiant’s first…
The Lost City of Z
A true-life drama in the 1920s, centering on British explorer Col. Percy Fawcett, who discovered evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilization in the Amazon and disappeared whilst searching for…
Tightrope
Wes Block is a detective who’s put on the case of a serial killer whose victims are young and pretty women. The murders are getting personal when the killer chooses…