James Russo

Open Range -- Four men defend their way of life in the Old West.

Bittersweet -- Caring For The World Films is pleased to premiere Jan Kohler's first photo essay 'Bitter Sweet'. In 2008, fifteen year old Honduran high school student,Jan Kohler, volunteered as a translator for the humanitarian organization Cape CARES in the rural village of San Marcos.During his spare time, he took many photographs of the local people. Impressed with his natural eye for photography, Caring For The World Films director, Debi Lang chose his photograph, entitled 'Pensive Minds' for the DVD cover of the 2009 award-winning documentary 'Return To San Marcos'. Another untitled photograph was selected for the haunting DVD cover of Behind The Lines in Los Encinitos released in the fall of 2010. Inspired by his experience, he returned to San Marcos in 2009 on assignment with Caring For The World Films. In addition to his translation duties for Cape CARES, Jan's mission was to capture the spirit and hope of the village through its children. He produced a photo essay entitle 'Bitter Sweet' to profile the strength and vulnerability of the children of San Marcos who have forever captured his heart. He is humbled that his photographs have moved others and is grateful to have connected with the people of San Marcos. Jan hopes his photography will inspire others, especially young people to pursue humanitarian efforts in their own communities and around the world. You can purchase this DVD on our website. You can view additional work by Jan Kohler in the Behind The Lens Gallery at caringfortheworldfilms.org/​ Proceeds from the sale of his prints and the DVD 'Bitter Sweet' will go directly to helping the vulnerable and impoverished children of Honduras. Official selection of the Bayou City Inspirational Film Festival 2010.

Acclaimed coffee expert Brian Chandler's perfect life is turned upside down when his boss, renegade coffee mogul Calvert Jenkins, sends him to Thailand to inspect a crop of exotic beans. In Thailand Brian is greeted by Ticha who has reluctantly agreed to escort him to her family's farm. Tensions increase as Jenkins throws the deal into panic and Brian's fiance Amanda arrives to check on her beau. (Includes Thai with English Subtitles)

From award-winning director Michael Mann (Heat, Collateral) comes the film inspired by one of the country’s most captivating and infamous outlaws — John Dillinger. Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Caribbean series) stars as the charismatic and elusive bank robber marked by the FBI as America’s first “Public Enemy Number One.” Academy Award®-winner Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose) plays Billie Frechette, the only woman capable of capturing his heart. Hunted relentlessly by top FBI agent Melvin Purvis (Christian Bale, The Dark Knight), Dillinger engages in an escalating game of outrunning and outgunning the FBI, culminating in an explosive legendary showdown. “It’s a landmark crime saga” (Peter Travers, Rolling Stone).

Filmmaker Michael Mann directs this adaptation of Brian Burrough's best-seller about famed government agent Melvin Purvis (Christian Bale) and his attempt to stop John Dillinger (Johnny Depp) and his gang. The 1930s-set drama depicts a lawless time in American history that made a stable of gangsters, of whom Dillinger was most notorious, front page celebrities. Efforts to thwart the high profile criminals led to the formation of what is now known as the FBI. The all-star cast also includes Marion Cotillard, Billy Crudup, Channing Tatum, and Lili Taylor.

Bittersweet explores the evolution of love and takes a long hard look at the underlying forces that often bring people together while just as often break them apart. With soft, elegant visuals and a number of powerful performances, Bittersweet weaves a meditative spell that will remain with audiences far beyond the closing credits.

Madeleine Stowe, Andie MacDowell, Drew Barrymore and Mary Stuart Masterson star in the wild Western story of four fallen women on the run. Branded as outlaws, pursued by a posse and tracked by Pinkerton detectives, the four must ride together to stay alive. But when they're double crossed by a gang of ruthless desperados, the women decide it's time to stop running, and start fighting! Bad Girls is a rough-riding, straight-shooting, fun-filled adventure that writes a whole new chapter in the lore of the Western hero!

Packed with epic action, Open Range is a powerfully gripping story that's never been told until now, and stars Academy Award winners Robert Duvall (Tender Mercies) and Kevin Costner (Dances With Wolves), and Academy Award nominee Annette Bening (American Beauty, Being Julia). A group of free grazers, four men trying to escape their past, are driving cattle and living off the land on the open range -- a place where nature makes the only laws. When a ruthless, evil rancher tries to run them out of town, the men's peaceful existence takes a tumultuous turn and ends in the grittiest, most explosive gunfight on film as two men battle a town for honor, justice, and a way of life that's quickly disappearing.

Four men defend their way of life in the Old West.

Four men defend their way of life in the Old West.

Packed with epic action, OPEN RANGE is a powerfully gripping story that's never been told until now, and stars Academy Award(R) winners Robert Duvall (TENDER MERCIES) and Kevin Costner (DANCES WITH WOLVES), and Academy Award(R) nominee Annette Bening (AMERICAN BEAUTY, BEING JULIA). A group of free grazers, four men trying to escape their past, are driving cattle and living off the land on the open range -- a place where nature makes the only laws. When a ruthless, evil rancher tries to run them out of town, the men's peaceful existence takes a tumultuous turn and ends in the grittiest, most explosive gunfight on film as two men battle a town for honor, justice, and a way of life that's quickly disappearing.

A woman is attacked by a would-be rapist, and manages to escape--but the man has taken her wallet, and she lives in mortal fear that he will seek her out. Her nightmare comes true when a strange man knocks on her door one day while she is alone. But the sadistic attacker doesn't count on her being ready for him, as she turns the tables and takes control of the situation. Starring Farrah Fawcett and James Russo.