A dress created through frustration and despair kicks off a sequence of misfortunate events for all those involved in making, selling and wearing it. A distant artist, an innocent schoolgirl and a humble train conductor are amongst those who become a target for the dress's dramatic consequences.
After 9/11 Joan, a veteran journalist, helps the FDNY captain Nick to write obituaries for the 8 men from his crew that died in the tragedy. Joan interviews Nick and together they find the words to honour each fallen man. Adapted from a play by Anne Nelson.
Actor Pauly Shore looses everything and decides to fake his own death to be remembered as a comic genius who died before his time. His plan works, the media goes crazy, he is remembered and honoured, but how long will it be before his act is uncovered?
Based on the life of Joao Fransisco dos Santos, better known as Madam Sata, a notorious gay performer who pushed the limits of 1930's Rio de Janeiro. Surrounded by pimps, prostitutes and other inhabitants of the underworld, Joan dreams about becoming a stage star and when he begins singing at the Blue Danube, Madam Sata is born.
Isabel is having second thoughts about her upcoming marriage to Jonathan. Mother Diana learns that her husband has a new lover, and begins to re-think her life choices and her open marriage. Their paths cross with Alec, a young actor, and with Peter, a journalist. The connections between the lives of these characters begin to reveal themselves and their stories unravel.
A dress created through frustration and despair kicks off a sequence of misfortunate events for all those involved in making, selling and wearing it. A distant artist, an innocent schoolgirl and a humble train conductor are amongst those who become a target for the dress's dramatic consequences.
After 9/11 Joan, a veteran journalist, helps the FDNY captain Nick to write obituaries for the 8 men from his crew that died in the tragedy. Joan interviews Nick and together they find the words to honour each fallen man. Adapted from a play by Anne Nelson.
The story of Cuban novelist and poet Reinaldo Arenas, portraying his childhood and life in Cuba, his time in prison and the escape to the USA. Awarded at the 2000 Venice Film Festival for Best Actor and Grand Special Jury prizes and nominated for best actor at the 2001 Academy Awards.
Nine year-old Louis is sent to Brittany to spend the summer with his mother's friend and her husband. The couple are childless, having lost their child at birth years earlier, and a war begins between them over the boy's affections. Soon however, Louis finds refuge in a friendship with ten year-old Martine who lives next door.
Terek is in high school, enjoying making super 8 movies with his friend, Omar. Then the Lebanese civil war breaks out dividing Beirut into East and West. At first the war is an adventure; the school is closed and the violence fascinating but as they come of age adventure turns to tragedy.
