A middle-aged married wealthy white corporate executive is surprised to discover that he has a working-class black teen-age son who wants to be adopted into the almost-exclusively-white upper-middle-class community of…

The story of Kurt, a young art student who falls in love with fellow student, Ellie. Ellie’s father, Professor Seeband, a famous doctor, is dismayed at his daughter’s choice of…

Soviet, Nicaraguan and Cuban troops appear to be flying high above the Colorado high school football field. Within seconds the paratroopers attack the school, sending a small group of teens…

Two strangers have an intense casual encounter but later, both will realize that what has emerged is superior to pure physics, understanding that human relationships are more complex than a…

Explores the hilarious, the ridiculous, and the complicated dynamics of mother/daughter relationships. These three mother/daughter pairs offer a diverse glimpse into the needs, the denials, and the inescapable love that…

Silk, the toughest cop in Honolulu, busts small time smugglers only to reveal a larger syndicate smuggling Asian mobsters into the States by buying the identities of Hawaiian citizens. —Concorde…

It’s 1982, and Taeko is 27 years old, unmarried, and has lived her whole life in Tokyo. She decides to visit her family in the countryside, where she begins to…

1933: An ocean liner belonging to a second-rate German company is making a twenty-six day voyage from Veracruz, Mexico to Bremerhaven, Germany. Along the way it will stop in Cuba…

Valerie Thomas hires Charlie Kaufman to adapt Susan Orlean’s nonfiction book, “The Orchid Thief”, while his latest film Being John Malkovich (1999), is still in production. Thomas purchased the rights…

It was full for the departure from Istanbul of December 1935 of the Orient Express in the first class. This is unusual at this time of year. The famous and…

A scathing and glamorous depiction of the wives of upper-class men in 1982 Mexico, inspired by the writings of famed contemporary satirist Guadalupe Loaeza. Sofia lives in the prestigious Las…

The Wingo family is from South Carolina, they growing up in a house on a tidal plain. The oldest offspring, Lucas, largely acted as the protector for his younger twins…