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Beneath the Fold

2024

Beneath the Fold

2024
Set at the tail end of the 2007-2009 financial crisis, a team of local news people cope with the realities of a changing world, waning resources, and a clash of personalities. A gritty story about the dying days of print media.
4 Nights in the Hamptons

2014

4 Nights in the Hamptons

2014
3.7
A married couple of 6 years invites an old friend and his new, free spirited girlfriend to their Hamptons Summer home for a long weekend. Emotions and desires are stirred but in ways none of them expected.
The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic

2021

The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic

2021
7.2
Jaakko and Sirpa have never met face to face, but talk on the phone every day. When Jaakko hears news about Sirpa's declining health, he decides to go meet her in another city. It's not the easiest decision, because he's blind and paralyzed from the chest down - and he has to make the journey alone. To get there, Jaakko must rely on the help of five strangers. What could go wrong?
Moka

2016

Moka

2016
6
Diane Kramer is led by one obsession: to find the driver of the mocha color Mercedes which hit her son and devastated her life. With a few belongings, some money and a gun, she goes to Evian, where she's learned the driver lives.
Red Yellow Pink

2020

Red Yellow Pink

2020
2.6
The story of a son and his mother. He: homosexual. She: strictly Roman Catholic. Two different worlds - a conflict is starting. Can love overcome all prejudices? A film against discrimination. A movie for acceptance.
In Her Name

2016

In Her Name

2016
6.8
In 1982, André Bamberski learns about the death of his 14 year-old daughter, Kalinka, while she was on vacation with her mother and stepfather in Germany. Convinced that Kalinka’s death was not an accident, Bamberski begins to investigate. A botched autopsy report raises his suspicions and leads him to accuse Kalinka’s stepfather, Dr Dieter Krombach, as the murderer. Unable to indict Krombach in Germany, Bamberski attempts to take the trial to France, where he will dedicate his life to Kalinka’s justice and the imprisonment of Krombach.
The Fifth Thoracic Vertebra

2023

The Fifth Thoracic Vertebra

2023
5.9
A creature born in an abandoned mattress travels around the country feasting on its victims’ vertebrae, struggling to break free from the bed, the mold, and its past.
Cursed by Happiness

2022

Cursed by Happiness

2022
Moonlight and Valentino

1995

Moonlight and Valentino

1995
5.5
A young widow still grieving over the death of her husband finds herself being comforted by a local housepainter.
Dindin

2024

Dindin

2024
9
A dark, dark comedy of manners, set on a rainy evening at the swanky country home of Pierre and Emily, who have invited installation artist Darlene and Ricky, a local furniture designer and builder, to dinner. Each character has an agenda that is ultimately thwarted. Based on the original play by Brenda Withers.
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Golden Cockerel

2021

Rimsky-Korsakov: The Golden Cockerel

2021
Pushkin folk tale as comedic opera whose sultry elements expand an Oriental influence. Korsakov portrays the story of Tsar Nicholas II, punished for his cowardice and despotism, using satire to condemn Russia's autocratic ruler.
Distortion

2017

Distortion

2017
A woman awakens from a coma to flashes of the memory of her family's brutal murder, but without any solid memory to assist the police in catching the killer. Without her memory, she never knows who she can trust and who is plotting.
Princess Cut 2: Hearts on Fire

2021

Princess Cut 2: Hearts on Fire

2021
8.2
After years of trying to start a family, Robert and Lauren Anderson are excited to be pregnant. They share the news with Robert's sister Grace who runs a small clinic with her husband Clint. Despite Grace's reassurances and motherly example, Lauren fears she can't maintain her athletic boutique and adequately raise a family. Modest success buoys her hopes, until the storms of life converge.
Shall We Die?

2023

Shall We Die?

2023
A high-school girl resents her family’s traditional Taiwanese funeral business, but gains the attention of the whole school after using her knowledge of traditional funerals to help a popular but secretly suicidal classmate perform a “living funeral”. She begins providing living funeral therapy to other schoolmates, helping them with their personal problems such as depression, pressure from schoolwork, and bullying. However, in a dramatic turn, her therapy services quickly start to affect her family, social, and romantic relationships.
The Gospel According to St. Matthew

1965

The Gospel According to St. Matthew

1965
7.4
Along a rocky, barren coastline, Jesus begins teaching, primarily using parables. He attracts disciples; he's stern, brusque, and demanding. His parables often take on the powers that be, so he and his teachings come to the attention of the Pharisees, the chief priests, and elders. They conspire to have him arrested, beaten, tried, and crucified, just as he prophesied to his followers.
Big Night

1996

Big Night

1996
6.9
Primo and Secondo, two immigrant brothers, pin their hopes on a banquet honoring Louis Prima to save their struggling restaurant.
For Love & Honey

2024

For Love & Honey

2024
5.6
Beekeeper Eva uncovers an ancient fresco while rescuing a hive. Austen, a visiting archeologist, thinks it is key to his research, so he persuades Eva to help him on his quest across Malta.
Christmas in Harmony

2021

Christmas in Harmony

2021
5
Harmony is tricked into auditioning for the Holiday Chorus — directed by an ex-boyfriend. By Christmas Eve, they could be harmonizing in the key of love.
3/4

2017

3/4

2017
5.7
Mila, a young pianist, tries to prepare for an audition abroad but her brother, Niki, keeps distracting her with his annoying talent for the absurd. Todor, their astrophysicist father, seems unable to deal with his children’s anxieties. A family portrait during their last summer together.
The Amusement Park

2021

The Amusement Park

2021
6.1
An elderly gentleman goes for what he assumes will be an ordinary day at the amusement park, only to find himself in the midst of a hellish nightmare.