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Taking the Heat (1993)

When Michael Norell witnesses a murder, he doesn't want to testify but he is forced to by the police. A cop is ordered to bring him to the court, but before they get there they have to deal with several attacks from killers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tom Mankiewicz
CAST:  Tony Goldwyn  •  Lynn Whitfield  •  George Segal  •  Will Patton

When Michael Norell witnesses a murder, he doesn't want to testify but he is forced to by the police. A cop is ordered to bring him to the court, but before they get there they have to deal with several attacks from killers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tom Mankiewicz
CAST:  Tony Goldwyn  •  Lynn Whitfield  •  George Segal  •  Will Patton

It Was You Charlie (2013)

A once accomplished sculptor, a former college art teacher, but now a lonely graveyard shift doorman, Abner Roth is sadly a mere shadow of his former self. Having lost the love of his life and haunted by the death of a woman in a terrible car accident a year ago, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Emmanuel Shirinian
CAST:  Michael D. Cohen  •  Emma Fleury Harvey  •  Aaron Abrams  •  Alon Nashman

A once accomplished sculptor, a former college art teacher, but now a lonely graveyard shift doorman, Abner Roth is sadly a mere shadow of his former self. Having lost the love of his life and haunted by the death of a woman in a terrible car accident a year ago, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Emmanuel Shirinian
CAST:  Michael D. Cohen  •  Emma Fleury Harvey  •  Aaron Abrams  •  Alon Nashman

This Is My Life (1992)

Single mom Dottie Ingels sells cosmetics in a department store, but she dreams of being a comedian. When she inherits some money, she takes the chance and moves with her two children Erica and Opel to New York to perform in small bars. Soon her agent Arnold Moss ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nora Ephron
CAST:  Julie Kavner  •  Samantha Mathis  •  Gaby Hoffmann  •  Carrie Fisher

Single mom Dottie Ingels sells cosmetics in a department store, but she dreams of being a comedian. When she inherits some money, she takes the chance and moves with her two children Erica and Opel to New York to perform in small bars. Soon her agent Arnold Moss ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nora Ephron
CAST:  Julie Kavner  •  Samantha Mathis  •  Gaby Hoffmann  •  Carrie Fisher

Mistletoe & Menorahs (2019)

When a determined toy company executive, Christy, must learn about Hanukkah in a hurry in order to land a big account, she enlists the help of her co-worker's friend Jonathan, who happens to also be in desperate need of turning his bachelor pad into a Christmas ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Max McGuire
CAST:  Kelley Jakle  •  Jake Epstein  •  Cory Lee  •  Jon McLaren

When a determined toy company executive, Christy, must learn about Hanukkah in a hurry in order to land a big account, she enlists the help of her co-worker's friend Jonathan, who happens to also be in desperate need of turning his bachelor pad into a Christmas ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Max McGuire
CAST:  Kelley Jakle  •  Jake Epstein  •  Cory Lee  •  Jon McLaren

Deadline (1980)

A horror film about a screenwriter who loses the ability to distinguish between his fantasy world and the real world, with disastrous consequences. As he ruminates on his place in any world and loses his grip, he also loses his wife and his children's respect, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Philip Azzopardi
CAST:  Stephen Young  •  Sharon Masters  •  Marvin Goldhar  •  Jeannie Elias

A horror film about a screenwriter who loses the ability to distinguish between his fantasy world and the real world, with disastrous consequences. As he ruminates on his place in any world and loses his grip, he also loses his wife and his children's respect, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Philip Azzopardi
CAST:  Stephen Young  •  Sharon Masters  •  Marvin Goldhar  •  Jeannie Elias

Big Deal (1985)

Ted is an entrepreneur whose hopes of selling 10,000 automatized ashtrays are scattered away after his buyer died. The story revolves around dozen of people whose lives are intertwined around Ted's Sisyphean attempts to return the money of a loan shark whose ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Barry Healey
CAST:  Jeff Wincott  •  Tina Theberge  •  Allan Katz  •  Dan Lett

Ted is an entrepreneur whose hopes of selling 10,000 automatized ashtrays are scattered away after his buyer died. The story revolves around dozen of people whose lives are intertwined around Ted's Sisyphean attempts to return the money of a loan shark whose ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Barry Healey
CAST:  Jeff Wincott  •  Tina Theberge  •  Allan Katz  •  Dan Lett

Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women (1997)

First in a series of anthology films dealing with Christians who put their lives on the line to help rescue Jews from the Holocaust. In the first of two short films, "Mamusha," as the Nazis invade her country, a Polish Catholic housekeeper takes under her wing the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Bogdanovich
CAST:  Elizabeth Perkins  •  Sela Ward  •  Anne Jackson  •  Fritz Weaver

First in a series of anthology films dealing with Christians who put their lives on the line to help rescue Jews from the Holocaust. In the first of two short films, "Mamusha," as the Nazis invade her country, a Polish Catholic housekeeper takes under her wing the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Bogdanovich
CAST:  Elizabeth Perkins  •  Sela Ward  •  Anne Jackson  •  Fritz Weaver

The Seder (2012)

When openly gay Leo decides to bring his boyfriend Mitchell home for the first time at his families' Seder the boundaries of love and understanding get a little strained. Will everything go smoothly or will it all go to pot?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Justin Kelly
CAST:  Daveed Louza  •  Adam Rodness  •  Theresa Tova  •  harvey atkin

When openly gay Leo decides to bring his boyfriend Mitchell home for the first time at his families' Seder the boundaries of love and understanding get a little strained. Will everything go smoothly or will it all go to pot?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Justin Kelly
CAST:  Daveed Louza  •  Adam Rodness  •  Theresa Tova  •  harvey atkin

Akilla's Escape (2021)

In a crime-noir about the urban child-soldier, Akilla Brown captures a fifteen-year-old Jamaican boy in the aftermath of an armed robbery. Over one gruelling night, Akilla confronts a cycle of generational violence he thought he escaped.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Officer
CAST:  Saul Williams  •  Thamela Mpumlwana  •  Donisha Rita Claire Prendergast  •  Ronnie Rowe

In a crime-noir about the urban child-soldier, Akilla Brown captures a fifteen-year-old Jamaican boy in the aftermath of an armed robbery. Over one gruelling night, Akilla confronts a cycle of generational violence he thought he escaped.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Officer
CAST:  Saul Williams  •  Thamela Mpumlwana  •  Donisha Rita Claire Prendergast  •  Ronnie Rowe

Christmas Lucky Charm (2022)

A single woman swears off dating, after every boyfriend she’s had finds the love of their life immediately after breaking up with her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Amy Force
CAST:  Sugenja Sri  •  Adrian Spencer  •  Sonia Dhillon Tully  •  Ish Morris

A single woman swears off dating, after every boyfriend she’s had finds the love of their life immediately after breaking up with her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Amy Force
CAST:  Sugenja Sri  •  Adrian Spencer  •  Sonia Dhillon Tully  •  Ish Morris

Сватбено правило (2023)

Former childhood friends are bequeathed a restaurant where they met as teens on one condition: they must be married to claim the inheritance. Both single, the race is on to find the "one" but sometimes it can be right in front of you.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alpha Nicky Mulowa
CAST:  Dennis Andres  •  Julie Nolke  •  Brittany Charlotte Smith  •  Joey Coleman

Former childhood friends are bequeathed a restaurant where they met as teens on one condition: they must be married to claim the inheritance. Both single, the race is on to find the "one" but sometimes it can be right in front of you.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alpha Nicky Mulowa
CAST:  Dennis Andres  •  Julie Nolke  •  Brittany Charlotte Smith  •  Joey Coleman