This Oscar-nominated film opens with an absurd act: stealing a door. Then, what had seemed an absurd act turns into a simple statement of human dignity, of people making sense of loss through ritual. THE DOOR reflects on the fact that it is based on someone's testimony. Images are impressionistic, haunting, like fragments of memories which the viewer must piece together. Although the main character, Nikolai, gives us the facts, he himself is trying...

This production is part of a famous series produced by BBC of all of William Shakespeare's plays. The resulting films, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilized the best theatrical and television directors and brought highly praised performances from leading contemporary actors. The trickiest sort of play -- a comedy with tragic relief. With her brother condemned to die for the crime of premarital sex, Isabella is torn between her vows to God...

It's the autumn of 1985. In intertwining tales written by Oscar nominated actor James Franco, three 5th grade friends - Chris, Joe and Ted - unfold in the suburban paradise of Palo Alto.. Chris drives up to Yosemite for the weekend with his dad (James Franco, 127 Hours) and discovers a corpse in the woods. Joe, left to his own devices by his babysitter, befriends a lonely drifter who shares his love of comic books. Meanwhile, a mountain lion is spotted...

In this tense French drama, a doctor brings a boy to Belgium and raises him as his own. When the boy reaches adulthood, he gets married and starts his own family, though he still relies on the doctor. When trouble strikes his family, this dependence turns into domination.

The story of three neurotic characters: A a girl whose face is scarred in a vicious attack (Liza Minnelli), a paraplegic (Robert Moore) and an introverted epileptic (Ken Howard) who, after leaving the hospital, set up housekeeping together in a cottage where they support each other. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at the **Cannes Film Festival.** *"It succeeds, among other things, in making human entertainment out of rather unlikely story." - Roger Ebert,...

Peter Mettler's enthralling, mind-bending new documentary is a tour de force that challenges our conception of time - and perhaps the very fabric of our existence. With stunning cinematography and a knack for capturing astonishing moments, The End of Time travels the planet - from the CERN particle accelerator outside Geneva to the lava flows of Hawaii; from a disintegrating Detroit where Henry Ford built his first factory to the tree where Buddha...

A New York City cab driver visiting the famous Cannes Film Festival is chosen to be the test subject to settle a bet between film producer Sy Lerner (Seymour Cassel) and a fellow film executive claiming that he can turn anybody into a Hollywood star. Sy uses his skills of hype and manipulation to turn the cab driver, Frank (Francesco Quinn), into the talk of the town. "*Richard Martini really knows Hollywood - if you're a fan of THE PLAYER, you'll...

Beyond its obvious cultural significance as the only classic film noir directed by a woman (actress Ida Lupino), THE HITCH-HIKER is perhaps better remembered as simply one of the most nightmarish motion pictures of the 1950s. Inspired by the true-life murder spree of Billy Cook, THE HITCH-HIKER is the tension-laden saga of two men on a camping trip (Edmond O'Brien and Frank Lovejoy) who are held captive by a homicidal drifter (William Talman). He...

In Richard III, director, producer, and star Laurence Olivier brings Shakespeare's masterpiece of Machiavellian villainy to ravishing cinematic life. Olivier is diabolically captivating as Richard, Duke of Gloucester, who, through a series of murderous machinations, steals the crown from his brother Edward. And he surrounds himself with a royal supporting cast, which includes Ralph Richardson, John Gielgud, and Claire Bloom. Filmed in VistaVision...

This production is part of a famous series produced by BBC of all of William Shakespeare's plays. The resulting films, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilized the best theatrical and television directors and brought highly praised performances from leading contemporary actors. Jealousy in love is one of the most common of human emotions. In OTHELLO, Shakespeare combines this universal theme with perfectly structured scenes, a storyline that...