A Clockwork Orange

Stanley Kubrick, creator of Dr. Strangelove and 2001: A Space Odyssey, has reconfirmed his technical mastery in this merciless vision of the near future based on Anthony Burgess’ chilling novel. A sadistic murderer is caught and “rehabilitated” in a grisly government experiment in this mind-shattering drama.

The Dead

At a holiday feast in turn-of-the century Dublin, Gretta and Gabriel Conroy seem to have everything to be grateful for until a tenor's voice recalls poignant memories, and Gabriel learns of his wife's unforgotten young love.  Based on the short story of the same title from James Joyce's The Dubliners.

Discovering Dominga

Denese Becker, born Dominga Sic Ruiz, is a survivor of the 1982 Rio Negro massacre in Guatemala. Nine years old at the time of the massacre, during which both of her parents were killed, Denese was adopted by an American family and raised in Iowa. As an adult she begins to confront her memories and nightmares, returning to Guatemala almost twenty years after the massacre and ultimately becoming an advocate for the victims and survivors at great personal cost.

Dr. Strangelove

General Jack D. Ripper (Sterling Hayden) plummets into madness and sends a bomber wing to destroy the U.S.S.R. He suspects that communists are trying to rob Americans of their precious body fluids. The U.S. president meets with his advisors, where the Soviet ambassador tells him that if the U.S.S.R. is hit by nuclear weapons, it will trigger a "Doomsday Device" which will destroy the U.S. with buried bombs.

One Two Three

Billy Wilder is at the top of his comedic form in this utterly crazy movie about a wacky American heiress on Europe. It whirls about East-West politics in Berlin with total abandon.

On the Waterfront

A priest sets out to smash mob control over the New York waterfront in this film classic. Meanwhile, an inarticulate longshoreman realizes what he could have amounted to in the world. Elia Kazan's direction combined with Marlon Brando's acting skill created this intelligent, superior piece of entertainment that was the winner of eight Academy Awards including Best Picture.

Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring

Focuses on Rachel Carson's book: Silent spring. Focusing on the chemical poisoning of the environment. This is the story of how one scientist's courage changed the way we think about our world.

Tambien La Lluvia (Even the Rain)

Set in 2000, a director and his crew shoot a controversial film about Christopher Columbus in Cochabamba, Bolivia, while the local people rise up against plans to privatize the water supply.

Thirteen Days

Director Roger Donaldson teams up with star Kevin Costner for another political thriller only this time with a film based on the actual events surrounding the Cuban missile crisis of 1962, taking place during the titular thirteen days wherein the U.S. and the Soviet Union nearly engaged in full-scale nuclear war. After President John F. Kennedy is shown photographs from a spy plane detailing the presence of missiles in Cuba capable of obliterating massive areas of the U.S., he must immediately decide the most effective course of action for the country.

Trainspotting

Based on the cult novel by Scottish author Irvine Welsh, Trainspotting is a riveting character study of five junkies who drift in and out of an uncharmed circle of losers, liars, and thieves in a rundown English suburb in this emotional drama of betrayal, friendship, and morality.