A crotchety old ranch owner fights to be able to live his life the way he wants to, and not the way other people–and the law–tell him he has to. Read More »
Gheisar / Caesar (1969) Masud Kimiai, Behrouz Vossoughi, Pouri Baneai, Nasser Malekmotei
When Gheisar returns to town, he finds that his sister committed suicide after being raped and her brother was murdered. Read More »
Wajib / The Wedding Invitation (2017) Annemarie Jacir, Mohammad Bakri, Saleh Bakri, Tarik Kopty
A father and his estranged son must come together to hand deliver his daughter’s wedding Read More »
Beyond the Stars (1989) David Saperstein, Martin Sheen, Christian Slater, Robert Foxworth
This Sci-Fi Drama centers around the teen-age Eric, son of a computer scientist Read More »
Omaret yakobean / The Yacoubian Building (2006) Marwan Hamed, Adel Imam, Nour El-Sherif, Youssra
Cairo: a 70-year-old building of once-luxury flats with tenements on the roof. Read More »
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema (1996) Stanley Kwan, Cheh Chang, Kaige Chen, Leslie Cheung
This highly personal film essay demonstrates that Chinese cinema has dealt with questions of gender and sexuality Read More »
The Falcon’s Alibi (1946) Ray McCarey, Tom Conway
A wealthy woman’s secretary, fearing that she will be blamed if her employer’s jewelry is stolen, hires the Falcon as guardian. Read More »
International Lady (1941) Tim Whelan
The film opens with a German air-raid over the skies of London Read More »
Weeds (1987) John D. Hancock, Nick Nolte
Lee Umstetter is a lifer at San Quentin prison and a multiple suicide attempter. Read More »
The Lost Squadron (1932) George Archainbaud
In hard times just after World War I, three ex-fighter pilots manage to land jobs Read More »