Kingdom Come
When her husband keels over from a stroke, Raynelle Slocumb calls the entire clan together to remember their dearly departed. Family tensions reach a comedic boil as the wildly dysfunctional Slocumbs squabble and fight their way to the funeral.
Director: Doug McHenry
Stars: Anthony Anderson Cedric the Entertainer Darius McCrary Jada Pinkett Smith LL Cool J Loretta Devine Richard Gant Toni Braxton Vivica A. Fox Whoopi Goldberg
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
Cosmo Vittelli, the proprietor of a sleazy, low-rent Hollywood cabaret, has a real affection for the women who strip in his peepshows and the staff who keep up his dingy establishment. He also has a major gambling problem that has gotten him in trouble before. When Cosmo loses big-time at an underground casino run by mobster Mort, he isn't able to pay up. Mort then offers Cosmo the chance to pay back his debt by knocking off a pesky, Mafia-protected bookie.
Director: John Cassavetes
Stars: Al Ruban Azizi Johari Ben Gazzara John Kullers Meade Roberts Morgan Woodward Robert Phillips Seymour Cassel Timothy Carey Virginia Carrington
The Kids Are All Right
Two women, Nic and Jules, brought a son and daughter into the world through artificial insemination. When one of their children reaches age, both kids go behind their mothers' backs to meet with the donor. Life becomes so much more interesting when the father, two mothers and children start to become attached to each other.
Director: Lisa Cholodenko
Stars: Annette Bening Eddie Hassell Joaquín Garrido Josh Hutcherson Julianne Moore Kunal Sharma Mark Ruffalo Mia Wasikowska Yaya DaCosta Zosia Mamet
Jack Goes Boating
A limo driver's blind date sparks a tale of love, betrayal, friendship and grace—centered around two working-class New York City couples.
Director: Philip Seymour Hoffman
Stars: Amy Ryan Daphne Rubin-Vega Elizabeth Rodriguez John Ortiz Lola Glaudini Philip Seymour Hoffman Richard Petrocelli Tom McCarthy
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete
Coming of age story about two inner city youths, who are left to fend for themselves over the summer after their mothers are taken away by the authorities.
Director: George Tillman, Jr.
Stars: Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Anthony Mackie Ethan Dizon Jeffrey Wright Jennifer Hudson Jordin Sparks Skylan Brooks
In the Name of the Father
A small time thief from Belfast, Gerry Conlon, is falsely implicated in the IRA bombing of a pub that kills several people while he is in London. He and his four friends are coerced by British police into confessing their guilt. Gerry's father and other relatives in London are also implicated in the crime. He spends fifteen years in prison with his father trying to prove his innocence.
Director: Jim Sheridan
Stars: Beatie Edney Corin Redgrave Daniel Day-Lewis Emma Thompson Gerard McSorley John Benfield John Lynch Marie Jones Paterson Joseph Pete Postlethwaite