Alaska Is a Drag

Hallie Parker and Annie James are identical twins who were separated at a young age due to their parents' divorce. Unbeknownst to their parents, the girls are sent to the same summer camp, where they meet, discover the truth about their relationship, and come up with a plan to switch places in an effort to reunite their mother and father.

Runtime

2h 8m

Director

Nancy Meyers

Cast

Lindsay Lohan, Dennis Quaid, Natasha Richardson

The true story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man ever elected to public office. In San Francisco in the late 1970s, Harvey Milk becomes an activist for gay rights and inspires others to join him in his fight for equal rights that should be available to all Americans.

Runtime

2h 8m

Director

Gus Van Sant

Cast

Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin

Four years after a military coup overthrew the Brazilian government in 1964, all civil rights were suspended and torture became a systematic practice. Using a mix of fiction and documentary this extraordinary film is a searing record of personal memory, political repression and the will to survive. Interviews with eight women who were ...

Runtime

1h 37m

Director

Lúcia Murat

Cast

Irene Ravache, Maria do Carmo Brito, Estrela Bohadana

Petra von Kant is a successful fashion designer -- arrogant, caustic, and self-satisfied. She mistreats Marlene (her secretary, maid, and co-designer). Enter Karin, a 23-year-old beauty who wants to be a model. Petra falls in love with Karin and invites her to move in.

Runtime

2h 4m

Director

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Cast

Margit Carstensen, Hanna Schygulla, Katrin Schaake

Fanny Price is sent to live with her wealthy relatives, the Bertrams, where she is treated poorly by most except her cousin Edmund. Her life is complicated by the arrival of the worldly Mary and Henry Crawford.

Runtime

1h 52m

Director

Patricia Rozema

Cast

Frances O'Connor, Jonny Lee Miller, Alessandro Nivola