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Sake-Bomb
In this raunchy, foul-mouthed independent road comedy, Asian-American Sebastian, a bitter and self-deprecating wannabe Internet star from Los Angeles, takes his naive Japanese cousin on a road trip along the California coast to find his ex-girlfriend.

- 2013
Habanera
Rosa María, whose father lives in Cuba, was sent to a nun's school and is now ready to return home, even if she has to escape and hide in a ship, to find out that financial problems are the reason that prevented her father to have her back.

- 1961
Shootout at Wadala
Manohar Arjun Surve, better known as Manya Surve, is a bright college student in love with Vidya. He lives with his mother and stepbrother Bhargav Surve, a local goon. Manya is arrested by Inspector Ambolkar for being on the spot when his brother killed a goon; he's humiliated, taken from college, and put in jail where Bhargav gets killed by Potya while Manya is saved by Sheikh Munir. Manya and Sheikh Munir escape from jail and reach Bombay, where they meet Zubair, who asks them to join his gang, but his brother Dilawar disapproves of him. Manya then decides to form his own gang with Munir and Vira, later joined by Gyancho and Jamal. Manya and his gang members become top criminals on Inspector Afaque Baaghran's Wanted List. Inspector Baaghran must find a way to stop the menace.

- 2013
Bluebird
In the frozen woods of an isolated Maine logging town, one woman's tragic mistake shatters the balance of the community, resulting in profound and unexpected consequences. Weaving together several connected story lines, BLUEBIRD explores the profound and transcendent effects of a tragedy on an isolated American town.

- Metascore67
- 2013
Aftershock
What happens to a group of travelers who are in an underground nightclub in Chile when a massive earthquake hits? Hint: Nothing good!

- Metascore39
- 2012
Nothing Without You
A psych-patient, accused of a violent murder, turns to her court-appointed psychiatrist to prove her innocence and sanity. Her psychiatrist must help her decipher delusion from truth to unravel the mystery of her reality.

- 2012
Contradictions of the Heart
On a hot summer night, a bartender, a party girl, a group of girlfriends and four buddies all wind up at the same nightclub looking for a good time. Each has their own story, but eventually they all become set on a collision course of infidelity, love and lust. By the end of the evening, none of their lives will ever be the same.
- 2009
Starlet
STARLET explores the unlikely cross-generational friendship between 21 year-old Jane (Dree Hemingway), and the elderly Sadie (Besedka Johnson), two women whose worlds collide in California's San Fernando Valley. Jane, an aspiring actress, spends her time getting high with her dysfunctional roommates, Melissa and Mikey (Stella Maeve and James Ransone), while caring for her Chihuahua, Starlet. Sadie, a widow, passes her days alone, tending to her flower garden. After a confrontation between the women at Sadie's yard sale, Jane uncovers a hidden stash of money inside a relic from Sadie's past. Jane attempts to befriend the caustic older woman in an effort to solve her dilemma and secrets emerge as their relationship grows. Director Sean Baker continues in the naturalistic style of his previous films, the award-winning and Spirit Award nominees PRINCE OF BROADWAY and TAKE OUT, capturing the rhythms of everyday life with an authenticity rarely seen in cinema. Featuring a pair of exceptional debut performances by Dree Hemingway (great granddaughter of Ernest and daughter of Mariel) and 85 year-old Besedka Johnson who received a Special Jury Recognition for her performance at SXSW. STARLET is at once provocative, haunting, unpredictable, and surprisingly sweet.

- Metascore74
- 2012
Neighboring Sounds
Life in a middle-class neighborhood in present-day Recife, Brazil takes an unexpected turn after the arrival of an independent private security firm. The presence of these men brings a sense of safety and a good deal of anxiety to a culture which runs on fear. Meanwhile, Bia, married and mother of two, must find a way to deal with the constant barking and howling of her neighbor's dog. A slice of 'Braziliana', a reflection on history, violence, and noise.

- Metascore77
- 2012
Giants and Toys
As much a film of its moment as "Sweet Smell of Success" and just as lasting in its pertinence, this cruel satire is Masumura's masterpiece--although an excellent script (from a Ken Kaiko novel) and terrific cast deserve their share of the credit. Three confectionery companies are locked in cut-throat rivalry for a share of a market increasingly dominated by imported US candy. Goda (Takamatsu), a thrusting young exec with World Caramel, spots a young woman out shopping and decides to turn her into a celebrity who can star in his plan for a space-age ad campaign. Kyoko Shima (Nozoe), averagely pretty and with exceptionally bad teeth, takes to the Pygmalion treatment like a duck to water and leaves both her job with a failing taxi firm and her dysfunctional family behind. Goda's assistant Nishi (Kawaguchi), who dates a woman exec from a rival firm and proves a useless industrial spy, watches as the girl and his boss succumb to mega-greed; the film's ending turns on whether or not Nishi will have the balls to go his own moral way or submit to the diktats of Japan Inc. nicely paced, wittily conceived and imaginatively designed, this is the best of all proto-new wave movies. Director Masumura explores the non-ceasing battle between pursuit of profits and business ethics in Japan's increasingly cut-throat corporate world.

- 1958
Bandhan
Jeevanlal, who is a thief, lives in a small village in India. He is married to Sita and together they have a daughter Meena and a son, Dharmchand.
- 1969
Eega
After being murdered, Sudeep is reincarnated as an ordinary housefly. In this form, he comically vows to take vengeance on his killer.

- 2012
Transatlantic Coffee
Inspired by a true story, 'Transatlantic Coffee' is a tale of boy meets girl, boy falls in love with girl ...only the boy is a 41 year old clown, the girl, a teenage stripper from London. Alex is battling bleak circumstances within his version of a hostile world. However, his outlook evolves with the emergence of the young, sharp and adventurous, Mandie. The oddball duo embrace each other for who they are, until Alex's secret trauma bubbles to the surface, leaving for a climax that should not be missed.

- 2012
Love & Anarchy
Determined to continue where his friend left off, freckled peasant anarchist Tunin arrives in Rome intending to assassinate Benito Mussolini. Under those circumstances, the resolute idealist will be welcome in the town's first-rate brothel as the cousin of his contact, devoted revolutionary Salomè, who works there as a prostitute. Things soon get complicated when Tunin falls in love with one of the girls, Tripolina, and hovers on the verge of failure, torn between ideals and passion. Will the love-smitten patriot succeed in his cause?

- 1973
Liars, Fires and Bears
Eve, a 9-year-old hardened by time as a neglected foster child, is accustomed to taking life seriously, so when she meets Dave, a drunk thirtysomething who forgot to grow up, she sees an opportunity. 'Liars, Fires, and Bears' finds these two on an unlikely cross-country road trip after Eve hatches a plan to reunite with her brother and laid-back Dave suddenly finds himself on the run from both the cops and the robbers. With a precocious tot behind the wheel and an immature man-child navigating, Eve and Dave might find that the quickest route to their destination is through each other.

- 2012
Dead Man's Burden
A western set on the New Mexico frontier a few years after the Civil War and centered on a struggling young family and the mining company who wants to buy their land.

- Metascore76
- 2012
Simple Things
In order to secure the position of Head of Pediatrics at a top Chicago hospital, a young, highly accomplished, pediatrician agrees to spend a summer setting up a clinic in a small town in the North Carolina mountains. Clashing against the ways of the small community he is forced to deal with the recent loss of his wife while reconnecting with his 10 year old son, and learning a different pace of life.

- 2007
The Rise & Fall of a White Collar Hooligan
When unemployed soccer hooligan Mike Jacobs encounters an old friend during a bloody pregame brawl, he finds the answer to his problems - credit card fraud. But before long, the fast paced world of easy money and beautiful women descends into a violent struggle for survival.

- 2012
The Bullet Vanishes
Gripping, visually stunning and dripping with era-appropriate flare – The Bullet Vanishes is a gorgeous whodunnit set in 1930s Tiancheng Province, China. When a killing at an arms factory leaves behind a body but no bullet, an eccentric detective must team up with an expert gunman to solve the mysterious case of the “Phantom Bullet.”

- Metascore65
- 2012
Any Last Words?
Inspired by the life of Bat Masterson. After a violent war has broken out between the Cowboys and Native Americans, Bat finds himself lying on the ground, badly wounded, after a heroic showdown. Shot and on the brink of death he is visited by Mobius. As Mobius consoles him they revisit Bat's choices and how they have defined his life. He'll be left to make his toughest one yet, whether to live and fight or die.

- 2011
Lo azul del cielo
Camilo is a 23 year-old member of the middle class in Medellin, Colombia. After serving in the army, he returns home eager to make a new life for himself. His relationship with his family is a source of constant conflict, and finally they give him an ultimatum: find a job or move out. He spends most of his time playing in a neighborhood indoor soccer league, and there, in a stroke of luck, his coach Berri offers him an opportunity to make some easy money. For Camilo, however, this new opportunity is morally objectionable and one he initially rejects. In a fateful decision, eventually he concedes and decides to accept the job, thereby involving himself in an uncomfortable, not to mention illegal, situation. Later on Camilo meets SOL, a young girl studying classical music at the local university. Immediately he becomes infatuated with her, intent on learning everything about her. They fall in love. Eager to shed the ghosts of his past, Camilo forges a new identity for himself but eventually someone returns from his past threatening to untangle Camilo's web of lies and reveal his true identity to SOL. Can Camilo fight of his ghosts and keep his new life on track?

- 2012
Pieta
A loan shark is forced to reconsider his violent lifestyle after the arrival of a mysterious woman claiming to be his long-lost mother.

- Metascore72
- 2012
Arthur Newman
Wallace Avery hates his job. His ex-wife and son hate him, and he's blown his one shot at living his dream. Not wanting to face all this, he stages his own death and buys himself a new identity as Arthur Newman. However, Arthur's road trip towards anew life is interrupted by the arrival of the beautiful but fragile Mike, who is also trying to leave her past behind. Drawn to one another, these two damaged souls begin to connect as they break into empty homes and take on the identities of the absent owners: elderly newlyweds, a high-roller and his Russian lady, among others. Through this process, Arthur and Mike discover that what they love most about each other are the identities they left at home, and their real journey, that of healing, begins.

- Metascore42
- 2012
Chilly Christmas
When he discovers that his father is being transferred from Sunshine Beach to New York City, a boy has one week to turn his big crazy beach dog into a civilized indoor dog, while fending off dangerous dog-nappers on Christmas Eve.

- 2012