My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
In this true story told through flashbacks, Christy Brown is born with crippling cerebral palsy into a poor, working-class Irish family. Able only to control movement in his left foot and to speak in guttural sounds, he is mistakenly believed to have a intellectual disability for the first ten years of his life.
Director: Jim Sheridan
Stars: Alison Whelan Brenda Fricker Cyril Cusack Daniel Day-Lewis Declan Croghan Eanna MacLiam Kirsten Sheridan Marie Conmee Phelim Drew Ruth McCabe
Mr. Holland’s Opus
In 1965, passionate musician Glenn Holland takes a day job as a high school music teacher, convinced it's just a small obstacle on the road to his true calling: writing a historic opus. As the decades roll by with the composition unwritten but generations of students inspired through his teaching, Holland must redefine his life's purpose.
Director: Stephen Herek
Stars: Alicia Witt Anthony Natale Glenne Headly Jay Thomas Jean Louisa Kelly Joseph Anderson Nicholas John Renner Olympia Dukakis Richard Dreyfuss William H. Macy
Midnight Special
A father and son go on the run after the dad learns his child possesses special powers.
Director: Jeff Nichols
Stars: Adam Driver Dana Gourrier David Jensen Jaeden Martell Joel Edgerton Kirsten Dunst Michael Shannon Paul Sparks Sam Shepard Scott Haze
Michael Clayton
A law firm brings in its 'fixer' to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multi-billion dollar class action suit.
Director: Tony Gilroy
Stars: Austin Williams Denis O'Hare George Clooney Jennifer Van Dyck Julie White Michael O'Keefe Robert Prescott Sydney Pollack Tilda Swinton Tom Wilkinson
The Merchant of Venice
Venice, 1596. Bassanio begs his friend Antonio, a prosperous merchant, to lend him a large sum of money so that he can woo Portia, a very wealthy heiress; but Antonio has invested his fortune abroad, so they turn to Shylock, a Jewish moneylender, and ask him for a loan.
Director: Michael Radford
Stars: Al Pacino Charlie Cox Heather Goldenhersh Jeremy Irons John Sessions Joseph Fiennes Kris Marshall Lynn Collins Mackenzie Crook Zuleikha Robinson
Match Point
Match Point is Woody Allen’s satire of the British High Society and the ambition of a young tennis instructor to enter into it. Yet when he must decide between two women - one assuring him his place in high society, and the other that would take him far from it - palms start to sweat and a dark psychological match in his head begins.
Director: Woody Allen
Stars: Brian Cox Emily Mortimer Ewen Bremner James Nesbitt Jonathan Rhys Meyers Margaret Tyzack Miranda Raison Penelope Wilton Rupert Penry-Jones Scarlett Johansson