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Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects. (imdb)

George Carlin continues making people laugh with his 13th HBO stand-up special. (imdb)

A filmed account of a bitterly violent miner strike.

Laurence, a young french teacher and soon-to- be-published author, enjoys an intense and mutually loving relationship with his fiancée, Fred. But on the day after his 30th birthday, Laurence confesses to Fred that he longs to become a woman, asking her to support him in this transformation. Despite her best efforts, Fred is too hurt by this development, and they break up. Each of them tries to build a new life, without thinking of the past. (mubi.com)

A young writer who follows strangers for material meets a thief who takes him under his wing. (imdb)

In a re-telling of the classic story set in modern day London, Dr. John Watson, recently invalided out of the army following his service in Afghanistan, agrees to share a flat with a private detective, Sherlock Holmes. Watson is amazed at Holmes' powers of observation as well as at his eccentricities. Holmes has occasionally helped the police and DI Lestrade in particular whose current case is most baffling...

This documentary explores the hidden history of the American Exploitation Film. The movie digs deep into this often overlooked category of U.S. cinema and unearths the shameless and occasionally shocking origins of this popular entertainment. (imdb)

The true story of a simple man who is transported from his humble village roots to the giddy excesses of the 1930s Berlin and finds himself becoming the new Samson to protect the Jewish people. (Fine Line Features)

A classic coming-of-age tale in which a young man must face his own mortality and the death of a loved one. (Motion Picture Corporation of America)

In the Salinas Valley, in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother Aron for the love of their father Adam. Cal is frustrated at every turn, from his reaction to the war, to how to get ahead in business and in life, to how to relate to estranged mother.