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Black and White
rating:3.2

Black and White

2008Runtime:0 minutes
Cristina Comencini's follow-up to her Oscar-nominated foreign language film Don't Tell (2005) is an interracial love story about an Italian computer programmer (Fabio Volo) who falls for a Senegalese embassy worker (Aïssa Maïga), much to the dismay of their spouses (Ambra Angiolini and Eriq Ebouaney). When their illicit affair is revealed, their mutual passion -- and their racial differences -- wreak havoc on both of their lives.

Directed by:

  • Cristina Comencini
  • rating:3.2 3.2 Average Rating

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    French Twist
    rating:3.2

    French Twist

    1995Runtime:0 minutes
    Laurent (Alain Chabat) thought he knew his wife, Loli (Victoria Abril), quite well. Chronically unfaithful, Laurent believes Loli is happy and will be hurt by news of his infidelities. But when a truck breaks down in front of their home and its owner, a female plumber (Josiane Balasko, who also directs), asks to use the phone, Laurent discovers that he and his wife have something in common: a sexual attraction to women.

    Directed by:

  • Josiane Balasko
  • rating:3.2 3.2 Average Rating

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    The Ballad of Little Jo
    rating:3.2

    The Ballad of Little Jo

    1993Runtime:0 minutes
    Based on a true story, this Western chronicles the adventures of wealthy Josephine Monaghan (Suzy Amis), who, longing for more than just the narrow and subservient life women lived at the time, passes herself off as a man in the Old West. But when love strikes and Josephine falls for a man (David Chung), she must decide whether revealing her secret is worth the risk she'll face for deceiving others.

    Directed by:

  • Maggie Greenwald
  • rating:3.2 3.2 Average Rating

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    Resurrection Blvd.: Season 1
    rating:3.2

    Resurrection Blvd.: Season 1

    2000Runtime:0 minutes
    This complex, critically acclaimed TV dramatic series focuses on the Santiagos, a strong, tight-knit Latino family living in contemporary East Los Angeles, who for generations has hoped to produce a boxing champion. While widowed patriarch Roberto Santiago (Tony Plana) training his middle son Carlos (Michael DeLorenzo) for the middleweight title, and family struggles to overcome the fate's hurdles, everyone's hopes and dreams hang in the balance.

    Directed by:

  • Jeremy Kagan
  • Sylvia Morales
  • John Behring
  • Norberto Barba
  • Reynaldo Villalobos
  • rating:3.2 3.2 Average Rating

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    Skipped Parts
    rating:3.2

    Skipped Parts

    2000Runtime:0 minutes
    In 1963, Lydia (Jennifer Jason Leigh) and her 14-year-old son, Sam (Bug Hall), are sent to live in Wyoming while Lydia's politician father runs for governor of North Carolina. There, Sam meets Maurey (Mischa Barton), a pre-pubescent girl struggling with her sexuality. And while Lydia lives it up, Sam and Maurey race to grow up. But becoming an adult is harder than any of them expected in this coming-of-age drama co-starring Drew Barrymore.

    Directed by:

  • Tamra Davis
  • rating:3.2 3.2 Average Rating

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    Big Girls Don't Cry
    rating:3.2

    Big Girls Don't Cry

    2002Runtime:0 minutes
    Seventeen-year-olds Kati (Anna Maria Mühe) and Steffi (Karoline Herfurth) are best friends. But while Steffi has a great boyfriend and a loving home, Kati is lovelorn amid her family's incessant squabbling -- but the tables are about to turn. Kati discovers that Steffi's father is having an affair, and as Steffi's perfect world falls apart, the girls try to find out all they can about her father's new lover.

    Directed by:

  • Maria von Heland
  • rating:3.2 3.2 Average Rating

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    I Shot Andy Warhol
    rating:3.2

    I Shot Andy Warhol

    1996Runtime:0 minutes
    In 1968, radical feminist Valerie Solanas (Lili Taylor) shot pop-art icon Andy Warhol (Jared Harris) when he ignored the screenplay she wrote. This film traces Solanas's life up to that moment, from childhood abuse to college prostitution to writing the male-bashing "SCUM Manifesto." Taylor won a Special Recognition Award at the Sundance Film Festival for her portrayal of a deranged woman seeking recognition.

    Directed by:

  • Mary Harron
  • rating:3.2 3.2 Average Rating

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    Look Both Ways
    rating:3.2

    Look Both Ways

    2005Runtime:0 minutes
    In her feature film debut, animator Sarah Watt creates a complex web of relationships, sketching strikingly human characters facing adversity and destined to cross paths. After attending her father's funeral, an artist (Justine Clarke) witnesses a train accident, while a newspaper photographer (William McInnes) covering the story has just been diagnosed with cancer, and a married reporter (Anthony Hayes) grapples with his girlfriend's pregnancy.

    Directed by:

  • Sarah Watt
  • rating:3.2 3.2 Average Rating

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    The Boys Next Door
    rating:3.2

    The Boys Next Door

    1985Runtime:0 minutes
    On the eve of their high school graduation, two young men (Maxwell Caulfield and Charlie Sheen) head for Los Angeles -- along the way they embark on a violent murder spree that shocks the nation. They're not maniacs, nor are they hardened criminals; they're just the "typical" boys next door. This crime drama from director Penelope Spheeris (Wayne's World) is a startling look at crime amid normalcy.

    Directed by:

  • Penelope Spheeris
  • rating:3.2 3.2 Average Rating

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    Eden
    rating:3.2

    Eden

    2012Runtime:0 minutes
    Hyun Jae is still a teenager when she's kidnapped and spirited to Las Vegas, where she's forced to work as a prostitute for the next two years. Renamed Eden by her captors, she works to gain their respect in a bid to win her liberty.

    Directed by:

  • Megan Griffiths
  • rating:3.2 3.2 Average Rating

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    A Wedding for Bella
    rating:3.2

    A Wedding for Bella

    2003Runtime:0 minutes
    Hard-driven businessman Dominic (Scott Baio) learns there's much more to life than work and money when he gets to know Bella (Rosemary Prinz), a neighbor and mother figure who longs for a wedding for her estranged daughter, Lucca (Kristin Minter). When Dominic discovers Bella is gravely ill, he vows to make her dream come true.

    Directed by:

  • Melissa Martin
  • rating:3.2 3.2 Average Rating

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    Thin Ice
    rating:3.2

    Thin Ice

    2011Runtime:0 minutes
    Midwest insurance salesman Mickey Prohaska (Greg Kinnear) hatches a get-rich-quick scheme that depends on him gaining possession of a rare and precious violin, but his planned score results in wild and unexpected consequences. Alan Arkin, Billy Crudup and Lea Thompson co-star in this meditation on lying and its consequences, written by sisters Jill and Karen Sprecher (Thirteen Conversations About One Thing).

    Directed by:

  • Jill Sprecher
  • rating:3.2 3.2 Average Rating

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    Laurel Canyon
    rating:3.2

    Laurel Canyon

    2003Runtime:0 minutes
    When Sam (Christian Bale) takes Alex (Kate Beckinsale) home to meet his mom, Jane (Frances McDormand), he's worried his fiancée will be embarrassed by his family. Instead, Alex becomes inexplicably drawn to Jane's and her boyfriend's (Alessandro Nivola) lives -- leaving Sam vulnerable to the attentions of another woman. Writer Lisa Cholodenko (High Art) also directs this complicated tale of love and lust.

    Directed by:

  • Lisa Cholodenko
  • rating:3.2 3.2 Average Rating

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    Jose Rizal
    rating:3.2

    Jose Rizal

    1998Runtime:0 minutes
    Award-winning actor Cesar Montano brings his dramatic talent to one of Philippine filmmaking's most controversial movies of all time. The drama chronicles the life of political reformist and national martyr Jose Rizal, who was put to death for his role in the 1890s uprising against colonial power in the Philippines. Director Marilou Diaz Abaya's stunning historical epic garnered more than 70 local and international filmmaking awards.

    Directed by:

  • Marilou Diaz-Abaya
  • rating:3.2 3.2 Average Rating

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    Lucky Days
    rating:3.2

    Lucky Days

    2008Runtime:0 minutes
    Coney Island resident Virginia (Angelica Torn) -- still single and solitary at the ripe old age of 30 -- faces the prospect of watching the town's world-famous amusement park be demolished to make way for a new development. But Virginia's meditations are interrupted when a face from the distant past reappears in this earnest independent feature that was the last film made using the iconic Coney Island boardwalk as a backdrop.

    Directed by:

  • Tony Torn
  • Angelica Torn
  • rating:3.2 3.2 Average Rating

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    Little Fugitive
    rating:3.2

    Little Fugitive

    2005Runtime:0 minutes
    Left in the care of his older brother Lenny for the weekend, 7-year-old Joey takes the first opportunity to flout his sibling's authority. But when a joke goes awry and Joey thinks he's killed his brother, he runs off to Coney Island to escape. Now, Lenny must track his brother down before he comes to harm. Joanna Lipper directs and Nicolas Martí Salgado and David Castro star in this remake of the 1953 film of the same name

    Directed by:

  • Joanna Lipper
  • rating:3.2 3.2 Average Rating

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    Now and Then
    rating:3.8

    Now and Then

    1995Runtime:0 minutes
    Waxing nostalgic about the bittersweet passage from childhood to puberty in this tender coming-of-age tale, four childhood girlfriends -- Teeny, Chrissy, Samantha and Roberta -- recall the magical summer of 1970. During their walk down memory lane, they reconcile experiences with boys, secrets, bullies and more. Lesli Linka Glatter directs; Gaby Hoffmann, Ashleigh Aston Moore, Cloris Leachman, Thora Birch and Christina Ricci co-star.

    Directed by:

  • Lesli Linka Glatter
  • rating:3.8 3.8 Average Rating

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    Now and Then (1995)
    A heartwarming movie about four childhood girlfriends who, in adulthood reunion, relive their experience of the life-changing summer of 1970, including a mystery death, divorce, standing up to the boys, first kiss, and the meaning of true friendship. Each explores her unique identity amidst family and friends. Beautifully directed by Lesli Linka Glatter.
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