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A doctor hires an escort to seduce her husband, whom she suspects of cheating, though unforeseen events put the family in danger (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...

The film focuses on fictional events that take place during the early Meiji period in Japan, telling the story of a wanderer named Himura Kenshin, formerly known as the assassin "Hitokiri Batt?sai". After participating in the Bakumatsu war, Kenshin wanders the countryside of Japan offering protection and aid to those in need as atonement for the murders he once committed as an assassin. (en.wikipedia.org)

Chronicles the motorcycle trip of Ben Tyler as he rides from Toronto to Tofino, British Columbia. Ben stops at landmarks that are both iconic and idiosyncratic on his quest to find meaning in his life. (imdb)

An unemployed construction worker (Homer Smith) heading out west stops at a remote farm in the desert to get water when his car overheats... (imdb)

An up-and-coming poker player tries to prove himself in a high-stakes match against a long-time master of the game. (imdb)

When four lifelong friends travel to New Orleans for the annual Essence Festival, sisterhoods are rekindled, wild sides are rediscovered, and there's enough dancing, drinking, brawling, and romancing to make the Big Easy blush.

An introverted spy novelist is drawn into the activities of a sinister underground syndicate (imdb.com).

There's little wonder in the working-class lives of Bill, Eileen, and their three grown daughters. They're lonely Londoners. Nadia, a cafe waitress, places personal ads, looking for love; Debbie, a single mom, entertains men at the hair salon after hours; her son spends part of the weekend with her ex, a man with a hair-trigger temper. Molly is expecting her first baby and its father acts as if the responsibility is too much for him... (imdb)

Using a Lena Horne song that was banned in the United States, Alvarez constructs a powerful montage on racial discrimination in the USA;. The film is impressive not only for the resourcefulness with which it uses its found materials, including pirated newsreels, but also for the syncopation of the editing, which intensifies the insistence of the song itself (Cinema Texas)