Lime Salted Love

2006

After engaging in an affair with his brother's lonely wife, Isabella (Kate del Castillo), affection-hungry hipster Chase (Joe Hall) becomes entangled in a confusing love triangle with emotionally damaged Ellie (Danielle Agnello) and sexually aggressive Zephyr (Kristanna Loken). Set in Los Angeles, this surreal drama employs an intriguing nonlinear structure and explores such themes as abandonment, guilt and pain.

2.2 Average Rating

How to Go Out on a Date in Queens

2006

Rob Estes, Kimberly Williams, Alison Eastwood, Esai Morales, Ron Perlman and Jason Alexander co-star in this quirky romantic comedy that explores the relationships of several patrons of a popular eatery. A "dating expert" persuades a widower to get back in the game; the restaurant's manager finds out her boyfriend is gambling with their life savings; and a bookie tells his mistress he's being hunted by the Russian Mafia.

2.2 Average Rating

Mascara

1999

Three very different women (Ione Skye, Lumi Cavazos and Amanda De Cadanet) find that no amount of mascara can hide their hunger for passion or the pain of infidelity as they struggle to rediscover the value of their friendship at a time when their lives are in turmoil. But panic sets in as they approach their 30th birthdays and nothing in their lives is going according to plan.

2.2 Average Rating

La Captive

2000

Simon (Stanislas Merhar) is a wealthy man living a sheltered life in an affluent Paris neighborhood. He's smitten with his companion Ariane (Sylvie Testud) and spends all his time by her side. His obsession deepens when he sets out to discover everything about Ariane, including her past, her secrets and even her most private thoughts. He even begins to follow her, stopping at nothing to allow his complete vision of her to take shape.

2.1 Average Rating

Red Is the Color Of

2007

When famous painter Mary Shaw (Irina Björklund) becomes intrigued by her artist husband David Stellar's (Peter Franzen) free-spirited nude model, Julie Belle (Eliza Pryor Nagel), the friendship leads Mary to explore her sexuality and spirituality in new ways. Meanwhile, the fragile marriage between Mary and David begins to unravel as both their lives intertwine with Julie's in this absorbing drama written and directed by Anne Norda.

2.1 Average Rating

As You Like It

1992

Released in 1992, this contemporary adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy stars Emma Croft as young noblewoman Rosalind; Andrew Tiernan as her suitor, Orlando; and Celia Bannerman as her cousin, Celia. Performed in modern dress, the classic drama of ardent romance and false identities preserves much of the hilarity and elegant language of the original play. The cast also features veteran actors Cyril Cusack and James Fox.

2.1 Average Rating

Smokers Only

2002

A suicidal young singer named Reni (Cecilia Bengolea) is about to get kicked out of her band when she meets a male gigolo, Andres (Leonardo Brezicki), at an ATM after he picks her pocket. They begin an affair, and she decides to become a hooker so she can spend more time with her newfound love. Suicide's beginning to look good! Filmed in Buenos Aires.

2.1 Average Rating

Nerd Boy

2008

When the neighborhood hottie, DeDe (Racquia West), gets dumped by her beau (Tyrell Ellis), all the guys line up for a chance to win her heart in this laugh-out-loud urban comedy directed by Crystal Burdette. Does the local dweeb (Jah Shams) -- who wears his grandmother's sweaters and holds his glasses together with tape -- stand a chance? The supporting cast includes Taetta Chip and Tianah Patterson.

2.1 Average Rating

Four Corners of Suburbia

2006

Teacher Walt Samson (Paul Blackthorne) is bored by his life, despite the devotion of his wife, Rachel (Mädchen Amick), and is intrigued by a sultry colleague. Concerned, Rachel organizes a romantic weekend getaway, but Walt derails her plans by inviting his reclusive friend, Benjamin. The desired intimacy is further dampened by the appearance of two other friends, and as they ponder their relationships, they all begin to question their choices.

2.1 Average Rating

Women in Love

2005

Award-winning documentarian Karen Everett turns the camera on herself in this highly intimate portrait of her own love life. Drawing from her circle of lesbian, bisexual and polyamorous friends and lovers, Everett fashions a collective biography set in the vivid San Francisco lesbian scene. Subjects include erotica video makers Jackie Strano and Shar Rednour, as well as photographer Phyllis Christopher, who specializes in lesbian erotica.

2.1 Average Rating

Strange Fits of Passion

2001

Directed by Aussie Elise McCredie, this bittersweet rites-of-passage tale follows the misadventures of an awkward twentysomething (Michela Noonan) who -- with help from her gay friend (Mitchell Butel) -- sets out to learn about love by losing her virginity. Among those eager to deflower her are a bashful but pretentious bard (Samuel Johnson) and a self-possessed Spanish teacher harboring a secret (Steve Adams).

2.0 Average Rating

The Black Widow

2005

Upon learning of her lover's tragic death, the grieving Eleanora makes a pilgrimage to his home -- a mysterious abode known as the Rubber House -- where she meets his eccentric caretaker and finds her life forever changed.

2.0 Average Rating

Francisca

2002

Helmut Busch is a German spy who comes to Mexico with phony paperwork. He's arrested, but Mexican police strike a deal and ask him to spy on a group of activist students. Helmut pretends to be a French professor and gets close to the students, soon falling in love with the ringleader. But he's faced with a painful decision when the police want him to eliminate his new love. Stars Ulrich Noethen, Fabiola Campomanes and Arcelia Ramírez.

2.0 Average Rating

Russian Bride

2006

Restless in Russia and pining for a better life, Tanya (Elena Roth) desperately adds her photograph to a catalog of mail-order brides. She soon heads to America to wed a middle-aged workaholic (Richard Virga), naïvely believing this will solve all her problems. But the normal complexities of married life are accentuated by the fact that Tanya and her new husband barely know each other -- and that he has no clue how to communicate with women.

2.0 Average Rating

Our Burden Is Light

2000

Foo Fighters bassist Nate Mendel co-stars with Denise Coates, Nathan Webb, Jessica Ballard and Jack Rooney in this inspiring love story about an edgy female artist named Karen who, after her mother's recent suicide, is feeling bereft, drowning in a sea of grief. All that changes when she meets Kyle -- a musician who's sold out by writing jingles -- under tragic circumstances that fail to squelch their burgeoning friendship.

2.0 Average Rating

Cosmopolitan

2003

Bollywood veteran Roshan Seth stars in this offbeat romantic comedy as Indian immigrant Gopal, whose serene New Jersey life suddenly disintegrates when both his wife and daughter decide to depart and begin new lives.

2.0 Average Rating