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When it is time for the Chinese gaokao, the entire country comes to a standstill. For nearly ten million high school students, this two-day national college entrance exam will determine ... See full summary »

People who dial 976-EVIL receive supernatural powers and turn into satanic killers. (imdb)

Harvey Keitel portrays a New York City police lieutenant who takes advantage of his position in order to steal, take, and sell drugs, and who in addition has a major gambling problem. He investigates the rape of a nun, but is even more preoccupied with betting on the National League Championship Series between the New York Mets and the Los Angeles Dodgers. Between these two events, his life seems to be plunged in directions beyond his control.

This DVD Release (Complete Masterworks) contains the groundbreaking, hard to get (legally), HBO episodes which tell the tale of The D in their early days on the road to stardom. Also included is the concert at London's Brixton Academy that was by chance recorded on November 3, 2002 (imdb)

Comedy about two best friends trying to save a children park from a businessman who wants to demolish it to construct buildings for profit.

A young female embezzler arrives at the Bates Motel after stealing $40 thousand, which has terrible secrets of its own in the form of an odd proprietor and his domineering, never-seen mother.

A young boy takes his mother's place in a group of gemstone-based beings, and must learn to control his powers. (imdb)

An acclaimed writer, his ex-wife and their teenage children come to terms with the complexities of love in all its forms over the course of one tumultuous year. (tiff.net)

Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of Kamikaze Girls, where two girls from utterly different fashion universes -- one a "Lolita," the other a "Yankee" -- cross paths and discover they have far more in common than at first sight. Kamikaze Girls is the latest pop-culture phenomenon to take Japan by storm. (Viz Media)

A housewife in Nazi-occupied France struggles to make ends meet when her husband returns home after being wounded in the war. (imdb)