The Absence of No

When young dockworker Jude leaves Liverpool to find his estranged father in the United States, he is swept up by the waves of change that are re-shaping the nation. Jude falls in love with Lucy, who joins the growing anti-war movement. As the body count in Vietnam rises, political tensions at home spiral out of control and the star-cro...

Runtime

2h 13m

Director

Julie Taymor

Cast

Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson

Ryan and Jennifer are opposites who definitely do not attract. At least that's what they always believed. When they met as twelve-year-olds, they disliked one another. When they met again as teenagers, they loathed each other. But when they meet in college, the uptight Ryan and the free-spirited Jennifer find that their differences bin...

Runtime

1h 34m

Director

Robert Iscove

Cast

Freddie Prinze Jr., Claire Forlani, Jason Biggs

Shaun Brumder is a local surfer kid from Orange County who dreams of going to Stanford to become a writer and to get away from his dysfunctional family household. Except Shaun runs into one complication after another, starting when his application is rejected after his dim-witted guidance counselor sends in the wrong form.

Runtime

1h 22m

Director

Jake Kasdan

Cast

Colin Hanks, Jack Black, Schuyler Fisk

In 1985, against the backdrop of Thatcherism, Brian Jackson enrolls in the University of Bristol, a scholarship boy from seaside Essex with a love of knowledge for its own sake and a childhood spent watching University Challenge, a college quiz show. At Bristol he tries out for the Challenge team and falls under the spell of Alice, a l...

Runtime

1h 36m

Director

Tom Vaughan

Cast

James McAvoy, Alice Eve, Rebecca Hall

After an incident, a brilliant professor known for his outbursts is forced to mentor the student he wronged for a speech contest.

Runtime

1h 35m

Cast

Daniel Auteuil, Camélia Jordana, Yasin Houicha