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Recounts the aftermath of the murder of Henry Marrow, a 23-year-old African-American Vietnam veteran who was killed by a prominent white businessman and his grown sons in Oxford, North Carolina. Responding to the crime and the sham trial that followed, many young African-American men take to the streets, engaging in riots and vandalism. Marrow's cousin, Benjamin Chavis, decides that the best way to protest the government is a peaceful march on the state capitol.
"...thoughtful and moving..." -- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times
Catherine is suspicious that her husband David is having an affair, and hires Chloe, an alluring young escort, to test his fidelity. Their arranged weekly meeting allows Catherine to hear the explicit details of the encounters Chloe has with David. As Catherine becomes caught up in a web of sexual desire herself, she begins a journey that will put her family in grave danger. Is it too late to stop Chloe? Includes commentary, featurette, and deleted scenes.
"Moore and Neeson beautifully underplay their roles..." -- The Hollywood Reporter
"Seyfried plays Chloe as a woman in command of her instrument..." -- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fifteen-year-old Mia Williams is at war with the world. She's been kicked out of school and spends her days drinking and dancing to hip-hop tunes in an abandoned apartment. Music feels like Mia`s only escape from fueding with her sister and scornful mother.
"...exceptionally well-crafted drama..." -- Los Angeles Times
"...Fish Tank is nearly flawless." -- New York Times
Three months after Allen and Grace's son dies, a young woman shows up pregnant with his child. At first her arrival threatens to tear the family further apart, but eventually she proves to be the very thing that brings them back together.
"Pierce Brosnan and the remarkable Susan Sarandon are just perfect." -- Fox News
An American living in Cambodia as a stolen artifacts dealer risks everything to help save the life of a 12-year-old who has been sold into prostitution by her destitute family to a child trafficker. Includes interviews, documentary, and more.
"Excellent!" -- Jeffrey Lyons, Reel Talk
"...this is potent stuff that sheds light on an appalling phenomenon." -- Library Journal
Alex Winston is a young girl who loses all hope of becoming a champion figure skater after an accident while practicing causes her to lose her sight. After meeting Nick, she realizes her dreams can still come true, both on the ice and in love.
Remake of the 1978 film with Robbie Benson.
Rizwan, an Indian man with a unique way of looking at the world, moves to San Francisco and meets a vivacious single mother named Mandira. They form a special bond and fall in love against all odds, but fate and tragedy conspire to tear them apart. That's when Rizwan embarks on a remarkable journey across America to win back the love of his life.
"Riotously overstuffed and enormously enjoyable drama." -- Variety
"Skillfully directed by Karan Johar and with an evocative score by Shankar, Ehsaan & Loy..." -- New York Times
An unwitting murderer and a woman close to his victims struggle to come to terms with where the fates have taken their lives in this independent drama. Ana was a wife and mother caring for an educationally challenged son and a moody-but-loving husband when fate led her to cross paths with Saul. Saul was a gambling addict deep in debt to loan sharks and desperately in need of money.
"Writer/director Charles Oliver, in his first feature-length film, has captured the essence of how forgiveness frees the soul. " -- Genelle Pugmire, Deseret News
A young sister and brother are abandoned in the harsh Australian outback and must learn to exist in the natural world, without their usual comforts, in this hypnotic masterpiece. Along the way, they met a young aborigine on his 'walkabout,' a rite of passage in which adolescent boys are initiated into manhood by journeying into the wilderness alone.
"One of the great films." -- Roger Ebert
"Roeg creates in 'Walkbout' a world of his own, a microcosmos that is at once beautiful, primitive, wild, familiar yet unfamiliar, thoughtful and thought provoking." -- DVDTown.com
