dramas

Detachment A substitute teacher who drifts from classroom to classroom finds a connection to the students and teachers during his latest assignment.

Stars: Adrien Brody, James Caan, Lucy Liu, Bryan Cranston, Marcia Gay Harden, Christina Hendricks.
Director: Tony Kaye 2012-01-13 17:17:10
Cold Weather 2011-01-31 16:44:05
A Separation Academy Award Winner -
Best Foreign Language Film

Academy Award nominee -
Best Original Screenplay

An Iranian husband and wife split up over his decision to stay and care for his aging father instead of leaving the country with his family. But his fateful choice to hire a stranger to do most of the caretaking breeds unexpected consequences. 2011-12-05 17:26:12
Boy Wonder 2011-10-11 12:58:37
The Conquest This fact-based drama recounts the events surrounding the 2007 election of French president Nicolas Sarkozy through an ironic lens, contrasting Sarkozy's dynamic public profile with his inability to save his marriage to his second wife, Cécilia. 2011-10-20 16:38:50
Polisse Winner Jury Prize -
Cannes Film Festival 2012-04-19 17:24:03
Bellflower Two buddies prepare for the impending apocalypse by building a stockpile of high-grade weapons. Fostering dreams of launching a gang called Mother Medusa, the duo's plans are put on hold when they meet a young woman who introduces elements of violence and betrayal into their fraternity. 2011-06-14 15:12:21
Lorna's Silence Directed by the Dardenne Brothers
Winner Best Screenplay - Cannes Film Festival

While saving up to open her own snack bar in the Belgian city of Liège, Albanian immigrant Lorna is given a shot at citizenship when local mobster Fabio arranges a sham marriage to drug addict Claudy. But when Fabio plots to kill Claudy, Lorna gets dragged into the mobster's sordid plan. 2010-11-05 16:13:08
Monsieur Lazhar Academy Award nominee -
Best Foreign Language Film 2012-02-09 19:29:45
Death of a Superhero 2012-04-17 18:28:21
The Last Rites of Joe May Low-stakes hustler Joe May returns home from the hospital to find his landlord assumed he'd died, and rented his apartment out to a single mom and her daughter. Joe's life takes surprising turns when he agrees to let the woman and her child stay. 2011-09-26 17:29:31
Kisses 2010-08-03 12:40:48
Wild Grass Directed by Alain Resnais
Winner Jury Prize -
Cannes Film Festival 2010-11-05 14:44:41
The Counterfeiters Academy Award Winner - Best Foreign Language Film

Facing an ethical quandary, Jewish master forger Salomon Sorowitsch must choose between abetting the Nazis and saving his own skin in this taut drama based on actual events during World War II. 2009-11-03 17:21:12
Young Goethe In Love After aspiring poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe fails his law exams, he's sent to a sleepy provincial court to reform. Instead, he falls for Lotte, a young woman who is promised to another man. 2011-10-25 13:58:31
Of Gods and Men Winner Jury Prize -
Cannes Film Festival

This compelling historical drama relates the ordeal of seven French Trappist monks in the mountains of Algeria who are taken captive by Islamic fundamentalists. Their insistence on brotherhood leads them to remain at the monastery. 2011-01-31 17:58:08
Mozart's Sister An award-winning German drama following the frustrating early life of Maria Anna "Nannerl" Mozart, a gifted musician in her own right who finds her musical career cut short by her father's conventional view of gender roles and her younger brother Wolfgang's talent. 2011-08-02 15:25:13
Uncertainty Joseph Gordon-Levitt 2009-11-04 12:24:01
Mysteries of Lisbon Directed by Raul Ruiz

When a 14-year-old orphan asks the loving priest who raised him about his unknown origins, he settles in for a sweeping tale of forbidden passion and bitter disappointment involving a beautiful countess, a wealthy businessman and a life of piracy. 2011-07-06 18:30:18
Unmade Beds In this intimate and imaginative film about youthful awakenings the lives of Axl, who's searching for his long-lost father, and Vera, who's recovering from a recent breakup, crisscross -- and eventually collide -- after they both take up residence in a London flat populated with artsy free-spirits. 2010-11-05 13:12:37
The Secret in Their Eyes Academy Award winner -
Best Foreign Language Film 2010-08-02 15:55:41
Puzzle 2011-04-13 20:25:35
Mercy Scott Caan, James Caan 2010-11-05 14:40:23
The Romantics Katie Holmes, Josh Duhamel, Anna Paquin 2010-11-08 11:26:30
Afterschool Bullied prep school loner Robert captures his classmates' various escapades on video, but when he winds up filming two girls fatally overdosing on cocaine, his footage plays a role in the emotional fallout within the school community. 2010-11-05 13:12:18
Mammoth Gael García Bernal, Michelle Williams 2010-11-08 14:18:42
The Beautiful Person Directed by Christophe Honoré 2010-11-08 11:59:34
The Girlfriend Experience Directed by Steven Soderbergh 2009-11-03 16:21:39
Diary of a Nymphomaniac 2010-11-05 14:58:47
The Man From London Directed by Béla Tarr 2010-11-05 16:24:28
Changing Times Directed by André Techine 2011-02-03 14:37:28
Vengeance Directed by Johnnie To 2010-11-08 18:06:47
The Maid Golden Globe Nominee - Best Foreign Language Film
Independent Spirit Award Nominee - Best Foreign Film
Winner Grand Jury Prize - Sundance Film Festival

When Raquel's place in the Valdes family -- for whom she's provided 23 years of maid service -- is threatened after they hire more help, she decides to do something about it. 2009-09-21 20:55:26
Johnny Mad Dog 2010-11-05 12:31:28
Room In Rome Directed by Julio Medem 2010-11-08 16:50:27
Secret Sunshine Winner Best Actress -
Cannes Film Festival 2010-11-08 16:35:46
Prince of Broadway 2010-07-30 12:40:40
Down Terrace 2010-11-05 12:12:56
Who Do You Love 2010-08-03 13:08:44
Mad Bastards 2011-01-28 13:11:27