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A story that chronicles a year in the life of a middle-class family in Mexico City in the early 1970s. (imdb)

In this fast-moving action drama, a highly televised police bust of a Hong Kong bank heist end with the criminals getting away and a lot of cops getting killed. In an effort to save face with the public, the police arrange to broadcast the pursuit and capture of the crooks. However, things get more complicated when the bank robbers contact the media with their own version of events. (Palm Pictures)

A crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town. (imdb)

TV series based on the New York Times' column that explores relationships, love and the human connection.

After he is fired from the Anti-Villain League for failing to take down the latest bad guy to threaten humanity, Gru finds himself in the midst of a major identity crisis. But when a mysterious stranger shows up to inform Gru that he has a long-lost twin brother-a brother who desperately wishes to follow in his twin's despicable footsteps-one former super-villain will rediscover just how good it feels to be bad. (imdb)

The artist, Antonio Lopez, tries to paint the quince tree he planted some time back in his garden. Throughout his life, he has worked on the same theme many times, almost as if it were a physical necessity. Every year, with the arrival of autumn, this need resurfaces.

Disheartened attorney Mike Flaherty (Giamatti), who moonlights as a high school wrestling coach, stumbles across a star athlete through some questionable business dealings while trying to support his family. Just as it looks like he will get a double payday, the boy's mother shows up fresh from rehab and flat broke, threatening to derail everything. (imdb)

This film combines romantic comedy and drama in a way that Woody Allen, unique among filmmakers, likes to contrast.

Greek director Alexandros Avranas' chilling and incisive drama recounts an 11-year-old girl's inexplicable suicide -- and the family secrets that surround the tragedy. (tiff.net)

A teenager is cast in the Mercury Theatre production of "Julius Ceasar" directed by a young Orson Welles in 1937.