Ripple Effect

A group of young slackers spend most of their time hanging out in front of a Munich apartment building. When a Greek immigrant named Jorgos moves in, however, their aimless lives are shaken up. Soon, new tensions arise both within the group and with Jorgos.

Runtime

1h 30m

Director

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Cast

Hanna Schygulla, Hans Hirschmüller, Lilith Ungerer

Part drama, part documentary, The Road to Guantánamo focuses on the Tipton Three, a trio of British Muslims who were held in Guantanamo Bay for two years until they were released without charge.

Runtime

1h 35m

Director

Michael Winterbottom, Mat Whitecross

Cast

Riz Ahmed, Farhad Harun, Waqar Siddiqui

After the death of her father, Little Voice or LV becomes a virtual recluse, never going out and hardly ever saying a word. She just sits in her bedroom listening to her father's collection of old records of Shirley Bassey, Marilyn Monroe and various other famous female singers. But at night time, LV sings, imitating these great singer...

Runtime

1h 37m

Director

Mark Herman

Cast

Jane Horrocks, Brenda Blethyn, Michael Caine

A Taiwanese-American man is happily settled in New York with his American boyfriend. He plans a marriage of convenience to a Chinese woman in order to keep his parents off his back and to get the woman a green card. Chaos follows when his parents arrive in New York for the wedding.

Runtime

1h 48m

Director

Ang Lee

Cast

Winston Chao, Gua Ah-leh, Lung Sihung

In the 1930s, jazz guitarist Emmet Ray idolizes Django Reinhardt, faces gangsters and falls in love with a mute woman.

Runtime

1h 35m

Director

Woody Allen

Cast

Sean Penn, Ben Duncan, Samantha Morton