The Limits of Control
A mysterious stranger works outside the law and keeps his objectives hidden, trusting no one. While his demeanor is paradoxically focused and dreamlike all at once, he embarks on a journey that not only takes him across Spain, but also through his own consciousness.
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Stars: Alex Descas Bill Murray Gael García Bernal Isaach De Bankolé Jean-François Stévenin John Hurt Óscar Jaenada Paz de la Huerta Tilda Swinton Youki Kudoh
The Laramie Project
"The Laramie Project" is set in and around Laramie, Wyoming, in the aftermath of the murder of 21-year-old Matthew Shepard. To create the stage version of "The Laramie Project," the eight-member New York-based Tectonic Theatre Project traveled to Laramie, Wyoming, recording hours of interviews with the town's citizens over a two-year period. The film adaptation dramatizes the troupe's visit, using the actual words from the transcripts to create a portrait of a town forced to confront itself.
Director: Moisés Kaufman
Stars: Camryn Manheim Clea DuVall Jeremy Davies Kathleen Chalfant Laura Linney Margo Martindale Michael Emerson Nestor Carbonell Peter Fonda Steve Buscemi
The Ladykillers
An eccentric, if not charming Southern professor and his crew pose as a band in order to rob a casino, all under the nose of his unsuspecting landlord – a sharp old woman.
Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Stars: Diane Delano George Wallace Irma P. Hall J.K. Simmons Jason Weaver John McConnell Marlon Wayans Ryan Hurst Tom Hanks Tzi Ma
Kiss of Death
Jimmy Kilmartin is an ex-con living in Astoria in the New York City borough of Queens, trying to stay clean and raising a family with his wife Bev. But when his cousin Ronnie causes him to take a fall for driving an illegal transport of stolen cars, a police officer named Calvin Hart is injured and Jimmy lands back in prison. In exchange for an early release, he is asked to help bring down a local crime boss named Little Junior Brown. Jimmy remarries and attempts to renew a relationship with his child. But he is sent undercover by Detective Hart to work with Junior and infiltrate his operations. As soon as Little Junior kills an undercover federal agent with Jimmy watching, the unscrupulous district attorney and the feds further complicate his life. He must take down Junior or face the consequences.
Director: Barbet Schroeder
Stars: Anthony Heald David Caruso Helen Hunt Kathryn Erbe Michael Rapaport Nicolas Cage Philip Baker Hall Samuel L. Jackson Stanley Tucci Ving Rhames
The Jackal
Hired by a powerful member of the Russian mafia to avenge an FBI sting that left his brother dead, a psychopathic hitman known only as The Jackal proves an elusive target for the people charged with the task of bringing him down: a deputy FBI director, a Russian MVK Major, and a jailed IRA terrorist who can recognize him.
Director: Michael Caton-Jones
Stars: Bruce Willis Diane Venora J.K. Simmons Jack Black John Cunningham Mathilda May Richard Gere Sidney Poitier Stephen Spinella Tess Harper
The Ice Harvest
A shady lawyer attempts a Christmas Eve crime, hoping to swindle the local mob out of some money. But his partner, a strip club owner, might have different plans for the cash.
Director: Harold Ramis
Stars: Bill Noble Billy Bob Thornton Brad Smith Connie Nielsen John Cusack Lara Phillips Meghan Maureen McDonough Mike Starr Ned Bellamy T.J. Jagodowski