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Stella Martin marries ambitious Stephen Dallas and soon they have a daughter named Laurel. But Stella's vulgar ways and resistance to improving herself lead to divorce. Stephen later marries respectable widow Helen Morrison and Laurel becomes the focus of Stella's life and love. (imdb)

Twelve-year-old Nick (played by Barry Gordon) lives with his Uncle Murray (Jason Robards) (imdb)

Based on the pulp fiction of Robert E. Howard, this action-driven adventure breathes new life into the story of Conan the Barbarian, a warrior who rises to defend the people of Hyboria after evil forces slaughter his family and fellow villagers.

It takes place shortly after WW2. Hungary is still being occupied by outside forces. A group of friends sit and talk, engaging in everyday subjects. But one of them tells a serious story. (Amazon)

Set in the present in Paterson, New Jersey, this is a tale about a bus driver and poet. (imdb)

Low-budget superhero flick about a young man given a mystical medallion by a South American shaman, in order to become a puma- empowered champion like his father before him. In trying to locate the young man initially, the shaman has the nasty habit of pushing candidates out windows to test them ("Nope, not him.") (imdb)

A female journalist, researching an article for the French magazine "Elle" on young prostitutes, is immediately drawn to two young woman. One is Polish and the other French, and while they seem normal, well-adjusted women, the stories they share with her expose the sexual fantasies of their male clients, and force the middle-aged writer to examine her own life and family. (tiff.net)

A criminal mastermind has set in motion a plan to infiltrate a high tech prison in order to persuade a death row inmate to reveal the whereabouts of $200 million worth of gold. It's up to an undercover FBI agent to stop him before it's too late. (imdb)

A funny, raw and engagingly personal memoir of growing-up on the wrong side of the 90210 zip code. (Fox Searchlight)

A contemporary film noir about an alluring seductress suddenly exposed to the world -- and her enemies -- by a voyeuristic photographer who becomes ensnared in her surreal quest for revenge. (Warner Bros.)