The professor and the dectective head to Seattle for a teachable talk weekend on murder. Some participants take the theme a bit to seriously as intrigue insues. The added tension of former lovers strains the investigation as ties become increasingly tangled.
A turn-of-the-century romance story based on Géza Gárdonyi’s novel of the same name. Her father finds a husband for the nineteen-year-old Ida through a want ad, but can the contractual marriage turn into love?
A young doctor at a hospital, Susan Wheeler (played by Geneviève Bujold), starts noticing a pattern of strange occurrences with patients. Healthy patients are suddenly developing complications and ending up in comas. She starts investigating and what she reveals is astonishing.
A dying teacher instructs his final student to check on the activities of five former pupils, each of whom he taught a unique and special style of kung-fu: Centipede, Snake, Scorpion, Lizard, and Toad (hence the title). His final student, who knows a little of each style, must team up with one of the other good students to destroy the evil ones, if there are any. Greed and treachery ensue as the student discovers that some of the students are indeed evil, but which one can he trust enough to team up with?
After the passing of her mother, Karen moves back to her hometown on the Oregon coast. Between working at a porn shop and selling alcohol to high school kids; her life is truly at a dead end. Sleeping during the day and working at night, Karen finds herself desperate for something more. One night, a customer comes into the shop asking for “sleep tapes”: Illicit recordings of people sleeping. These tapes immediately pique Karen’s interest, and a bond is formed between the two. As Karen delves deeper into her newfound hobby, her life begins to unravel in the most dysphoric of ways. With a bleak, eerie, and quiet style that reflects her state of mind; the heart of this film is revealed not only in what Karen feels, but in what she doesn’t.
L, an alluring dance instructor chooses Rey, a rich businessman, over Lukas, her dance partner. But when Lukas feels something is off, he knows L is in grave danger.
Boston spinster Charlotte has had her life controlled entirely by her mother; a wealthy mother, Mrs. Henry Vale. Feeling despondent, she’s convinced to spend some time in a sanitarium. Soon, Charlotte’s transformed into a sophisticated, confident woman. On a cruise to South America, Charlotte meets, and begins a torrid affair with Jerry Durrance, a married architect. 6 months later, she returns home, and confronts her mother with her independence. One day, after a brief argument, her mother has a heart attack and dies. Charlotte inherits the Vale fortune but feels guilty for her mother’s death. She returns to the sanitarium, where she befriends a depressed, young adolescent, named Tina. The young girls’ depression brought on by having been rejected by her mother; Charlotte’s former lover, Jerry’s wife. Charlotte takes Tina home to Boston with her
Directed by John Darbonne. With Christine … Robert Rowland, Russell Shealy, and Jamie Hooks in Companion …
