Forty Shades of Blue

5.8

Deadline

In a small (fictional) emirate of the Persian Gulf a world-weary journalist is caught up in a coup where the Emir's son, under the influence of a political renegade, attempts to depose his father - the ruling monarch. Flashbacks of the journalist's life show us how his relationships with the Emir and a beautiful young woman develop and flourish.

1988-01-01 | en

4.0

Can't Shine Without You My Brother

In the course of a year, Yahya loses three brothers. To survive the sorrow he has built a hut in the forest. There he can live out his fantasies and meet them again. Yahya gets one last chance to talk to them, touch them, capture them, carry them and be carried by them.

2019-01-26 | sv

5.2

WiseGirls

Meg, Raychel and Kate are three waitresses at a restaurant frequented by mob bosses. Their lives become complicated when one of the women witnesses a crime, and the three friends suddenly find themselves entangled in their customers’ dangerous world.

2002-12-06 | en

5.4

The Debut

Filipino-American high school student Ben (Dante Basco) works in a comic book shop to earn money to pay his way into Cal Arts. His father, a postman, is determined that his son--who has won a pre-med scholarship to UCLA--will become a doctor. The eighteenth birthday party of Ben's sister, Rose, sets off a comedic and touching series of events and family struggles that will in turn determine young Ben's future. This fresh independent production from Gene Cajayon presents a lighthearted and warm coming-of-age tale filtered through the eyes of an American subculture rarely seen on film.

2000-05-18 | en

5.5

Karma Police

What if a worldwide secret organization existed and you were recruited to join? That's what happens to Charles West when he's recruited to join the Karma Police. He loves it...but is making sure that good people are rewarded and bad people punished all that it seems to be?

2008-04-06 | en

6.1

Mutual Appreciation

Alan is a musician who leaves a busted-up band for New York, and a new musical voyage. He tries to stay focused and fends off all manner of distractions, including the attraction to his good friend's girlfriend.

2005-03-01 | en

3.2

Running on Empty Dreams

Young and athletic Sydney Harris finds out that she has six months to live unless she and her husband can come up with the money for her medical treatment. Sounds simple enough; get the money, save her life. But her underpaid, working class husband can't afford the treatment. And time is ticking away. As Sydney begins to seek out a means to save her life, she begins to question her existence and does some soul searching, only to find herself falling in love with a single mom in the neighborhood that Sydney and her family have just moved into. Sydney is then forced to choose between her religious upbringing, her husband and son, and a love that she hides, all while fighting a losing battle to save her own life.

2009-05-12 | en

6.4

Mississippi Masala

Years after her Indian family was forced to flee their home in Uganda, twentysomething Mina finds herself helping to run a motel in the faraway land of Mississippi. It's there that a passionate romance with the charming Black carpet cleaner Demetrius challenges the prejudices of their conservative families and exposes the rifts between the region's Indian and African American communities.

1991-09-18 | en

6.1

The Adjuster

An uptight insurance man and his film-censor wife become a kinky couple's landlords.

1991-11-27 | en

5.3

Till Human Voices Wake Us

Sam and Silvy are best friends. One night, as they are watching a falling star while floating on their backs in a lake, Sylvy disappears from his side. Despite his best efforts, he cannot find her under water. Many years later, Sam, now a psychologist, returns to bury his father. Back in his hometown, he meets a woman called Ruby who reminds him in so many ways of his lost love.

2002-09-12 | en

6.3

Everyday People

The closing of a local restaurant concerns a number of employees who've dedicated their lives to the eatery

2004-01-18 | en

5.7

WTC View

A gay man in Soho looking for a new roommate tries to come to terms with a new reality after 9/11.

2005-06-05 | en

0.0

Combination Platter

An employee at a Chinese Restaurant in New York City tries desperately to obtain a green card by marrying an American woman.

1993-09-10 | en

5.0

Nurse.Fighter.Boy

An urban love story about the soul of a mother, the heart of a fighter, and the faith of a child.

2009-05-22 | en

4.9

Childstar

An experimental filmmaker takes a job as a driver for a foul-mouthed child actor and his ambitious stage mother.

2004-09-10 | en

6.0

If You Only Knew

A romantic comedy about a young man who fakes homosexuality to draw the interest of a woman. Instead she tries to help him find a date.

2000-03-05 | en

8.0

Coyote

Two Americans find that smuggling illegal immigrants into the country is more lucrative than a regular job.

2008-06-23 | en

3.9

Away (A)wake

Gay secondary school-boy runs away after principal embarrasses him in front of school.

2005-01-01 | en

5.9

The Event

Manhattan prosecutor Nick is charged with looking into the untimely death of city resident Matt, a musician who had AIDS. As she questions Matt's loyal family members — mother Lila and sister Dana — she comes to learn that his closest pal, health-care worker Brian, is an ardent believer in assisted suicide and that he threw Matt a big party before his death. This presents a dilemma for the humane but dutiful Nick.

2003-01-01 | en

4.9

Fixing Frank

Frank (Miller) is a gay journalist who goes undercover at the urging of his therapist boyfriend Jonathan (Provenza) to write an exposé of Dr. Apsey (Butler). Apsey performs conversion therapy on gay male clients, a practice which Jonathan finds reprehensible. Frank quickly comes clean with Apsey but continues to meet with him under the pretense of interviewing him, but finds himself questioning himself, Jonathan and their six-year relationship.

2002-08-03 | en

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