The Baby Doll Night

The film is an adaptation of a novel by Ismåeel Walieddin. The main character, Ahmad, leaves rural eastern Egypt for the city hoping to become economically self-sufficient, gets an apartment for his parents, and obtains a law degree. He and his family are refugees from a town occupied by the Israeli army, Ismaåilia. Ali, the owner of t...

Runtime

1h 46m

Director

Salah Abu Seif

Cast

Shams El-Barudy, Yousuf Shaaban, Mohamed El Arabi

After living abroad, Lana returns to the United States, and finds that her uncle is a reclusive vagabond with psychic wounds from the Vietnam War.

Runtime

2h 3m

Director

Wim Wenders, Edward McGurn

Cast

Michelle Williams, John Diehl, Shaun Toub

A group of journalists covering George Bush's planned invasion of Iraq in 2003 are skeptical of the presidents claim that Saddam Hussein has "weapons of mass destruction."

Runtime

1h 30m

Director

Rob Reiner

Cast

Woody Harrelson, James Marsden, Tommy Lee Jones

Eleven directors from eleven countries each contribute an eleven-minute short reflecting on the events of 11 September 2001: A village teacher in Iran tries to explain to her young students what's happened; city kids in Burkina Faso think they've spotted Osama bin Laden; a deaf Frenchwoman in Manhattan writes a Dear John letter to a ma...

Runtime

2h 14m

Director

Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Sean Penn

Cast

Ernest Borgnine, Maryam Karimi, Emmanuelle Laborit

Into the Fire follows the story of Walter Hartwig, a lieutenant in the New York City Harbor Unit, who finally comes to terms with grief and what is really important about this life.

Runtime

1h 35m

Cast

Sean Patrick Flanery, Melina Kanakaredes, JoBeth Williams

Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as...

Runtime

1h 59m

Director

Jonathan Demme

Cast

Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn

Two lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops, their courage overcomes the prejudice and corruption of their powerful adversaries.

Runtime

2h 6m

Director

Jonathan Demme

Cast

Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Jason Robards

Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow squad-mate Sergeant Raymond Shaw, now a vice-presidential candidate, is the hero he remembers him being. As Marco's doubts deepen, Shaw's political power grows, and, when Marco finds a mys...

Runtime

2h 10m

Director

Jonathan Demme

Cast

Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber

A concert film documenting Talking Heads at the height of their popularity, on tour for their 1983 album "Speaking in Tongues." The band takes the stage one by one and is joined by a cadre of guest musicians for a career-spanning and cinematic performance that features creative choreography and visuals.

Runtime

1h 28m

Director

Jonathan Demme

Cast

David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison

A free-spirited woman "kidnaps" a yuppie for a weekend of adventure. But the fun quickly takes a dangerous turn when her ex-con husband shows up.

Runtime

1h 54m

Director

Jonathan Demme

Cast

Jeff Daniels, Melanie Griffith, Ray Liotta