Cruel But Necessary

Gardener of Eden

When a young deli-counter clerk and general slacker in New Jersey accidentally saves a young woman from a serial rapist, he becomes convinced that his

2007

Conventioneers

At the 2004 Republican Nation Convention, love blooms between a Republican delegate and a Democrat protesting the event.

2005

Ballast

A single mother and her embattled son struggle to subsist in a small Mississippi Delta township. An act of violence thrusts them into the world of an

2008

Love & Sex

When her rather explicit copy is rejected, magazine journalist Kate is asked by her editor to come up with an article on loving relationships instead,

2000

Written By

A lawyer who is killed in a car accident finds himself resurrected as a character in his daughter's novel.

2009

Steel City

After a tragic accident caused by the truck of the middle-aged Carl Lee where a woman dies with a crushed stern, he is arrested and sent to the county

2006

This Is My Father

When schoolteacher Kieran Johnson discovers that his father was not a French sailor (as he had been led to believe) but rather an Irish farmer, he loo

1999

Isaiah vs. The Hodag

A young man living with his parents in Wisconsin comes face to face with a terrifying monster while searching for the elusive cryptic known as the Hod

2020

Once Upon a Time in the Midlands

Dek, a decent but somewhat dull man, enjoys a happy existence with beloved girlfriend Shirley. They live together with her 12-year-old, Marlene: her d

2002

The Boys Next Door

Roy and Bo leave their small town the weekend after graduation for a short road trip to LA. Soon, they find themselves lashing out and leaving a trail

1986

Raising Victor Vargas

Victor, a Lower East Side teenager, as he deals with his eccentric family, including his strict grandmother, his bratty sister, and a younger brother

2002

Barstool Cowboy

An unemployed Cowboy who can't find love vows to stay on a barstool for three months. Shortly thereafter, he meets a young female art student and quic

2009

The Local

A wealthy out-of-towner hires an indigent man to abduct an estranged family member.

2008

Amexicano

A look at the bond between an illegal immigrant and a blue-collar Italian-American from Queens.

2007

Journey From the Fall

Thirteen years after the end of the Vietnam War, a family who was tragically affected by the war are forced to emigrate to America.

2006

Nothing Like the Holidays

It’s Christmastime and the far-flung members of the Rodriguez family are converging at their parents’ home in Chicago to celebrate the season and rejo

2008

A Star for Two

Love between a man and a woman that endures the ravages of time.

1991

Captivity and Light

A film with no protagonist revolving around being trapped inside and going toward the beauty of nature and freedom.

2020

Jesus' Son

A young man turns from drug addiction and petty crime to a life redeemed by a discovery of compassion.

2000

My First Mister

Leelee Sobieski is brash, abrasive and vulnerable as a teenage child of divorce who hides her pain behind a mask of hard-edged gothic rebellion. Alber

2001