“Double Down” is a neo-noir, domestic psychological thriller, in which a failing, morally compromised bond trader “Vincent” is so desperate to live up to his notion of manhood that he is goaded into making a fateful bet. Ultimately, after being forced on the run, Vincent makes a devastating discovery about the circumstances of his life.
In suburban Phoenix, 40-year-old Ruth Kiesling is not exactly “living the dream.” She’s a donut shop employee with anger issues. She’s got no mother, a dead brother, and a father in hospice. Her few friends include her roommates: Meg, her game-for-anything confidante since junior high; Holly, a somewhat level-headed janitor and amateur ventriloquist; and her probation officer, Philip Crosby. Ruth’s only creative outlet is playing her cello in the background of a series of popular YouTube videos featuring Errol, an egotistical ventriloquist. Errol lords over a community of loyal ventriloquists who proudly (and literally) wear their allegiance to their “art”; their dummies are strapped across their torsos like badass bandoleros. Ever the opportunist and desperate for money, Ruth finds herself in a position to “steal” the body of President James Buchanan. She does so, hoping to ransom him for a nice windfall — but she’s surprised to discover that no one seems particularly interested in …
Follows Emma, a typical teenaged girl who is anything but that. Meanwhile, a new girl at school seems to know Emma’s secrets, leaving Emma to take care of her enemies by any means necessary.
Born into a wealthy Jewish family, Helmut Newton came of age ensconced in the seductive decadence of an ‘anything goes’ Berlin under the Weimar Republic. His teenaged apprenticeship under commercial photography pioneer Yva – who perished in the Holocaust – coincided with his family’s persecution under the rise of the Third Reich and the emergence of the striking aesthetics of infamous Nazi propagandist, filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl. He escaped with members of his family in 1938 and met his life partner June while in Australia working as a commercial photographer. The couple eventually settled in Paris where Helmut’s gradual evolution beyond the, then, conservative confines of fashion photography coincided with the radical political upheaval of 60s France. Interpreting the most traumatic political and cultural shift in German history, Helmut established his artistic legacy by effectively channeling his past into an erotically charged, highly-subversive portfolio dominated by bold ‘Aryan’…
Four clueless misfits set out on a journey to discover just what it is women want…what ensues is a rocket-ride of laughter.
In the tense 72 hours before D-Day, General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Captain James Stagg face an impossible choice–launch the most dangerous seaborne invasion in history or risk losing the war altogether.
Caroline and Henry’s 30-year marriage faces upheaval when he’s diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s. As Henry’s memory deteriorates, Caroline finds comfort in friendship with Leo while coping with losing her partner.
Migrant Nina takes a hotel job in the Maldives, but her island paradise turns nightmarish after an incident. Falsely accused, she must evade traps to escape her unjust life sentence.
Foster teen Frankie attends elite Swiss boarding school. One of her classmates is murdered and everyone is quick to blame Frankie. She must prove innocence before becoming prime suspect.
Released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime, Ruth Slater (Bullock) re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past. Facing severe judgment from the place she once called home, her only hope for redemption is finding the estranged younger sister she was forced to leave behind.
When a family moves to a small town they discover an extreme haunted house run by a charming retired surgeon. Things start getting out of hand when they realize he is going too far.
A relationship columnist on the brink of losing her job takes a bet with a self proclaimed match maker who guarantees to find her perfect match.
