Alvin Straight is a very old man with a quiet life in a small country town. Read More »
Middle of Nowhere (2012) Ava DuVernay, Emayatzy Corinealdi, David Oyelowo, Lorraine Toussaint
When her husband is sentenced to eight years in prison, Ruby drops out of medical school in order to focus Read More »
Cast a Dark Shadow (1955) Lewis Gilbert, Dirk Bogarde, Margaret Lockwood, Kay Walsh
Clever fortune-hunter Edward Bare (Sir Dirk Bogarde), with a penchant for murder Read More »
Hindle Wakes (1952) Arthur Crabtree, Leslie Dwyer, Lisa Daniely, Brian Worth
While on seaside holiday with her girlfriend Mary, a pretty factory worker named Jenny is attracted to Alan Read More »
Why Me? (1984) Fielder Cook, Glynnis O’Connor, Armand Assante, Craig Wasson
Leola Mae Harmon, a pregnant military nurse who is the victim of a drunk-driving accident. Read More »
Map of the Sounds of Tokyo (2009) Isabel Coixet, Rinko Kikuchi, Sergi López, Min Tanaka
A dramatic thriller that centers on a fish-market employee who doubles as a contract killer. Read More »
The Woman in the Hall (1947) Jack Lee, Ursula Jeans, Jean Simmons, Cecil Parker
A poor widow with two daughters augments her income by using her children to extort money. Read More »
A Child Is Born (1939) Lloyd Bacon, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Jeffrey Lynn, Gladys George
A maternity ward, staffed by sympathetic nurses, serves mothers-to-be from all walks of life. Read More »
Scarred (1983) Rosemarie Turko, Jennifer Mayo, Jackie Berryman, David Dean
Ruby Star is a runaway teenage mom facing many problems: a baby, no family and no job. Read More »
Tuya’s Marriage / Tuya de hun shi (2006) Quan’an Wang, Nan Yu, Ba’toer, Sen’ge
Set in Inner Mongolia, a physical setback causes a young woman to choose a suitor who can take care of her, as well as her disabled husband. Read More »
Meet Boston Blackie (1941) Robert Florey
When a murder occurs on an ocean liner docked in New York, the trail leads to Coney Island and a spy ring. Read More »
Ticket of No Return / Bildnis einer Trinkerin (1979) Ulrike Ottinger, Tabea Blumenschein, Lutze, Magdalena Montezuma
A woman given to us as a “trinkerin” is having a special tour in Berlin Read More »
Heimat Fragments: The Women / Heimat-Fragmente: Die Frauen (2006) Edgar Reitz, Nicola Schössler, Henry Arnold, Salome Kammer
Lulu, the daughter of musician Hermann Simon, is looking for something she feels is missing from her life. Read More »
Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground (2018) Chuck Smith, Bob Dylan, Richard Foreman, Allen Ginsberg
Barbara Rubin’s twenty-nine-minute experimental film ‘Christmas on Earth’ Read More »
The Punch Bowl / Die Feuerzangenbowle (1944) Helmut Weiss, Heinz Rühmann, Karin Himboldt, Hilde Sessak
Hans Pfeiffer and some of his friends are drinking “Feuerzangenbowle”. Talking about their school-time they discover that Hans Read More »