1990s

Olive Martin (Quirke), a heavily overweight young woman is convicted of killing and butchering her mother and sister and sentenced to life imprisonment. However, when she is assigned to write a book about her life, author Rosalind Leigh (Goodall) begins to develop a relationship with Olive and is soon convinced of her innocence. With the help of restaurant owner and former policeman Hal Hawksley (Fulford), she sets out to prove it and undo what she sees as a miscarriage of justice. However, all is not what is seems.Read More »

Synopsis
Valerie (Susan Traylor) is still reeling from the death of her husband, though her family thinks she ought to be over it by now. Once a painter with an academic position, she’s started working in an LA grocery store, where she declines a promotion. After driving her husband’s old VW bus to Palm Springs, she meets Tim (Jay Underwood), who’s desperate to become more than a one-night stand. This darkly comic, exceptionally moving character study has drama, revelation, and expertly drawn secondary characters, but its power comes from Traylor’s fearless, idiosyncratic performance and a deeply expressionist production design that makes nearly every object as evocative as the desert landscape where Valerie tries to paint again. John Putch directed a screenplay by Robert Tilem; with songs by Kathleen Wilhoite.
Lisa Alspector, Chicago ReaderRead More »

A comedy writer struggles to overcome his addiction to heroin while putting his professional and personal life in danger.Read More »

It is the story of a romantic relationship, between meetings and separations, passion and pain, illusions and disappointments, from 1982 to 2000, of which twelve moments (“twelve fragments of a discourse eighteen years long love discourse”), represented through as many planes sequence, introduced by short animated sequences, created by Studio Elle from Laura Federici’s drawings. The film closes with the poem A Memory by Umberto Saba.Read More »

After inheriting a diner, Garr moves her family from the city. Her kids learn tricks from Aunt Zena and get expelled. Garr threatens orphanages for kids and asylum for Aunt Z if pranks continue.Read More »

Quote:
Set in Sicily in the 1930’s, Aurelio Grimaldi’s feature debut chronicles the harsh story of twelve-year-old boy, Aclà, sold into slavery by his destitute parents to work in the underground Floristella sulfur mines. Overworked and underfed, Aclà toils from Monday to Saturday in the steamy, candle-lit labyrinths. Repeatedly beaten and abused by his “owner” and with constant threats of being raped, Aclà plots his escape to the sea…but this leads to dire consequences for the boy and his family.Read More »

An aspiring actress has lost considerable weight to land her first movie role, but what the director didn’t tell her was that it includes a nude scene. Reluctant to do it, she embarks on a personal journey that unveils secrets once hidden under her weight, as she discovers emotional nudity is just as revealing as taking her clothes off.Read More »

Suburbs in the Sky
Smile, smile, smile – a witty and informal look at the life and times of the air hostess.
Feature-film maker Chris Petit , of Radio On fame, turns his eye to the world of flying,
“trolley-dollies”, duty-free lives, emergency, sex and shopping. Cabin doors to manual! Welcome aboard!

Editor Caroline Pick
A Koninck Projects production for BBCtvRead More »

Three centuries ago, a precious sword has been stolen by Kazamatsuri — the sword, which historic and symbolic value is priceless for the clan (Shogun Tokugawa donated it to clan 80 years before that, at the same time that he established them as the local rulers). Lord’s counselor’s young son Heishiro goes to retrieve the sword himself to protect the clan from the shame or possible demise. He is accompanied with two friends, Shintaro and Tadasuke, and followed by the ninjas of the clan. After Kazamatsuri wounds Heishiro and kills one of his friends, the young aristocrat still wants revenge more than sword itself, but meanwhile have to recover from his wounds, in the small forest house of a lonely samurai and his daughter. At the same time, Kamazatsuri stays in nearby town in the entertainment center run by Okatsu and falls into her. The older samurai tries to dissuade Heishiro from fighting with Kamazatsuri, but is himself gradually drawn into the conflict.Read More »