Elegy
Cultural critic David Kepesh finds his life — which he indicates is a state of “emancipated manhood” — thrown into tragic disarray by Consuela Castillo, a well-mannered student who awakens…
David’s Mother
Sally Goodson has been raising her autistic son David alone since her husband left many years ago. Now a social worker discovers that Sally has been dodging ‘The System’ to…
North Korea: A Day in the Life
If the cityscapes and patriotic anthems of this film seem a far cry from the bleak landscape of Seoul Train, that’s no accident. Dutch filmmaker Pieter Fleury, with the full…
Burden of Dreams
The Amazon rain forest, 1979. The crew of Fitzcarraldo (1982), a film directed by German director Werner Herzog, soon finds itself with problems related to casting, tribal struggles and accidents,…
A Son’s Promise
An iron-willed Georgia boy accepts the burden of a man on his young shoulders. Fifteen-year-old Terry O’Kelly is fatherless and his remaining parent, his mother, is dying. Anguished, the soon-to-be…
Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog
A Labrador retriever named Quill begins specialized training as a guide dog from an early age, then the canine is paired with a blind man who is initially reluctant to…
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
Dewey and Wallace are small-town lawmen who are ordered by the governor to go undercover as prison inmates to find out where a gang of thieves have hidden their loot….
So Evil My Love
In the late 19th century, on board a ship sailing from Jamaica to England, Olivia Harwood, a recent widow, takes on the task of caring for several malaria patients, including…
Kiss Me, Stupid
While traveling home from Vegas, an amorous lounge singer named Dino gets conned by a local mechanic/songwriter into staying in town for the night. The mechanic’s songwriting partner, Orville, offers…
Five and Ten
John owns the largest chain of five and ten cent stores in the country. He moves his family to New York from Kansas City and their life, though grand, is…
Heart Condition
Racist police officer Jack Moony has a vendetta against Napoleon Stone, a charismatic black lawyer who is sleeping with Jack’s old flame Crystal Gerrity. Jack has a heart attack, but…
Yumeno Kyusaku’s Girl Hell
Utae and Aiko attend an all-girl private school where the devoutly religious principal seems to be raping some of the students, including Utae.