Trinidad Silva

El Norte -- Brother and sister Enrique and Rosa flee persecution at home in Guatemala and journey north, through Mexico and on to the United States, with the dream of starting a new life. It's a story that happens every day, but until Gregory Nava's groundbreaking El Norte, the personal travails of immigrants crossing the border to America had never been shown in the movies with such urgent humanism.

Meet a bunch of crazy, off-the-wall characters who would buy the American Dream, if only they could afford the down-payment. There's Weslake, out of work but never short of hope; Boardwalk, a pimp with a heart of gold and a baby; Ramon, a part-time electrician who specializes in hot wiring cars; Dillard, a permanent resident of outer space; Turtle, a little guy with a big appetite; and Maxine, a diligent meter maid who's on the make. They're all "customers" of Melvin Garvey's Pawn Shop. He's the meanest, money-hungriest man in town. He owns a safe that hold the answer to their prayers...the gold at the end of the rainbow. With the right direction, they might bungle their way to success…if just one of them knew where they were going.

Robert Redford directs this absolutely delightful comedy of everyday people caught up in extraordinary circumstances. When a Chicano handyman from the Milagro Valley decides to irrigate his small beanfield by "borrowing" some water from a large and potentially destructive site, he unknowingly sets off a chain reaction that erupts into a humorous culture clash. The developers then try to stamp out the modest plantings, forcing the handyman's friends to team up with the spirited "rebel" to protect and preserve their way of life.

The manager of a small-time UHF station (Weird Al Yankovic), which has the lowest ratings in the country, inadvertently hits it big with his strange programming ideas to keep Channel 62 from going down the tubes.

Television executive R.J. Fletcher (Kevin McCarthy) tries to sabotage the wild success of a rival low-rent, wacky station run by slovenly dreamer George Newman (Weird Al Yankovic) and Bob (David Bowe) -- leading to a telethon showdown. Only George's on-air local misfits can help save the day. Jay Levey directs, and Victoria Jackson, Stanley Brock and Michael Richards co-star in this daring, out-there, over-the-top comedy.

A veteran cop and his loose-cannon rookie partner deal with an explosion of gang violence in Los Angeles in this gritty, explosive drama. With Don Cheadle and Damon Wayans, directed by Dennis Hopper.

A veteran cop and his loose-cannon rookie partner deal with an explosion of gang violence in Los Angeles in this gritty, explosive drama. With Don Cheadle and Damon Wayans, directed by Dennis Hopper.

When a Chicano handyman from the Milagro Valley decides to irrigate his small beanfield by "borrowing' some water from a large and potentially destructive site, he unknowingly sets off a chain reaction that erupts into a humorous culture clash.

When a Chicano handyman from the Milagro Valley decides to irrigate his small beanfield by "borrowing' some water from a large and potentially destructive site, he unknowingly sets off a chain reaction that erupts into a humorous culture clash.

This follow up to Robert Redford's Oscar-winning directorial debut tells the David and Goliath like story of small town New Mexican farmer Joe Mondragon, who illegally diverts water to his parched bean field only to clash with rich land developers.

Brother and sister Enrique and Rosa flee persecution at home in Guatemala and journey north, through Mexico and on to the United States, with the dream of starting a new life. It?s a story that happens every day, but until Gregory Nava?s groundbreaking El Norte (The North), the personal travails of immigrants crossing the border to America had never been shown in the movies with such urgent humanism. A work of social realism imbued with dreamlike imagery, El Norte is a lovingly rendered, heartbreaking story of hope and survival, which critic Roger Ebert called "?a Grapes of Wrath for our time."

Sean Penn, Donald Sutherland, Wallace Shawn and Christine Baranski star in this offbeat comedy about a bunch of crazy characters with a wild plan to steal the safe from a lucrative pawnshop.