Charles Stone

If there's a vice or deceit that doesn't roll across the screen as you watch this Harlod Robbin's extravaganza, just wait a few minutes! Candice Bergen, Olivia de Havilland, Ernest Borgnine, Rossano Brazzi, Charles Aznavour and more star in The Adventurers, an irresistible mega-movie directed by Lewis Gilbert (Shirley Valentine, Moonraker) and loaded with all the trappings and treacheries, power plays and passions, intrigues and in-fighting of the world's super-rich. At the center of the jet-setting story is troubled playboy Dax (Bekim Fehmiu of Black Sunday). Raised far from his South American homeland of Corteguay amid the high society and political intrigue of Italy, Dax uses romance as a stepping stone to success... and all the while schemes to bring vengeance on those who once wronged him and his family. Let the adventure begin.

Kim Wayans, Adepero Oduye, Aasha Davis and Charles Parnell star in Dee Rees's inspiring film that critics hail is ?Vibrantly alive! Potently moving and heartfelt!? (Peter Travers, Rolling Stone). Seventeen-year-old Alike (pronounced ah-lee-kay) lives with her parents and younger sister in Brooklyn's Fort Greene neighborhood. She has a flair for poetry, and is quietly embracing her identity as a lesbian. But whenever Alike's development becomes a topic of discussion at home, her parents' already strained marriage is pushed to the breaking point. Wondering how much she can confide in her family, Alike strives to get through adolescence with grace, humor, and tenacity ? sometimes succeeding, sometimes not, but always moving forward.

Modern Tide: Midcentury Architecture on Long Island -- Synopses 3-Line Synopsis 20th century modern residential architecture by top architects and designers is being systematically deleted from the cultural landscape of Long Island, New York. 3-Line Synopsis (French) None provided by applicant. Programming Descriptors FORMS:Documentary GENRES:Educational, Human Rights, Independent, Period/Historical, Docu-Drama, Culture, Art, Social Issue, History, Biography NICHES: Foreign Titles ENGLISH Modern Tide: Midcentury Architecture on Long Island Medium Synopsis 20th century modern residential architecture is being systematically deleted from the cultural landscape of Long Island, New York. Why would this happen? What is the history of this genre of design in the region? 'Modern Tide: Midcentury Architecture on Long Island' explores the work of the region's best post-war architects and designers, including Albert Frey, Wallace Harrison, Frank Lloyd Wright, Horace Gifford, Edward Durell Stone, Marcel Breuer, Andrew Geller, Philip Johnson, Charles Gwathmey, Barbara and Julian Neski, and others. The film features interviews with architects and historians, as well as friends, families and clients of these influential designers. Both rare archival material and gorgeous current-day cinematography highlight Long Island's often unappreciated modernist architectural treasures. 'This rich asset is disappearing,' says director Jake Gorst. 'We believe the film will foster renewed awareness and appreciation for Long Island's remaining modernist structures and its unique architectural history.'

Charles Bradley: Soul of America captures the extraordinary late in life rise of 62 year old aspiring soul singer Charles Bradley, whose debut album, 'No Time For Dreaming,' took him from a hard life of poverty, homelessness and tragedy and rocketed him onto Rolling Stone magazine s top 50 albums of 2011. This documentary follows Charles from his 62nd birthday through the electrifying and transformative months leading up to his unprecedented debut, world tour and ultimate triumph over an impossible dream 48 years in the making.