 | Hudson City, New Jersey, is a decaying shell of a city where whites, blacks, unions, and the police form their own tribes and where having juice--political influence--often means toeing the tribal line. CITY OF HOPE presents the lives of the several... |
 | Mary McDonnell stars as May-Alice Culhane, a New York-based soap opera star who is paralyzed in a road accident. She returns to the Louisiana bayou where she grew up and becomes the patient from hell, discharging one caretaker after another. Then... |
 | Stark, low-budget semi-autobiographical tale of urban alienation in the vein of "Eraserhead." A young Brooklyn man struggles ineffectively to avenge his girlfriend's rape, neglecting her scarred psyche in order to redeem his macho image. |
 | Devoted astronomer Dr. Ellie Arroway undertakes an emotional and spiritual journey after receiving the message she's waited for all her life--a mysterious signal beamed in from alien beings, who pass along instructions for building and piloting a... |
 | Devoted astronomer Dr. Ellie Arroway undertakes an emotional and spiritual journey after receiving the message she's waited for all her life--a mysterious signal beamed in from alien beings, who pass along instructions for building and piloting a... |
 | The gripping story of a deep space search and rescue mission to recover the last remaining survivor of an abandoned medical ship. The six member crew of the Nightingale 229 (including Spader, Bassett, and Forster) answer the mysterious man's... |
 | They lived an American dream unlike any other black American family, they were the Jacksons. Follow the controversial four decades of the family's rise from impoverished beginnings to renowned success as one of the most popular musical dynasties in... |
 | A year after his return from Vietnam, a young veteran living at home with his domineering father and misguidedly cheerful mother still can't put the effects of the war behind him. When the family gathers for Thanksgiving, his pent-up anger and... |
 | Johnny Kapahaala moves with his family from Hawaii to Vermont and has to get used to all the changes, especially missing his grandfather, a former champion surfer called "Johnny Tsunami". Johnny has a hard time getting along with the preppy skiers at... |
 | SUNSHINE STATE, directed and written by John Sayles, takes a close-up and occasionally comic look at the fading community of Delrona Beach, Florida. A dozen local personalities are introduced, each with their own unique challenges. The town's... |