Waiting in the Dark

Paris, Kingdom of France, August 18, 1572. To avoid the outbreak of a religious war, the Catholic princess Marguerite de Valois, sister of the feeble King Charles IX, marries the Huguenot King Henry III of Navarre.

Runtime

2h 18m

Director

Patrice Chéreau

Cast

Isabelle Adjani, Daniel Auteuil, Jean-Hugues Anglade

This drama centers on Hank Chinaski, the fictional alter-ego of "Factotum" author Charles Bukowski, who wanders around Los Angeles, CA trying to live off jobs which don't interfere with his primary interest, which is writing. Along the way, he fends off the distractions offered by women, drinking and gambling.

Runtime

1h 34m

Director

Bent Hamer

Cast

Matt Dillon, Lili Taylor, Marisa Tomei

A friendly St. Bernard named "Cujo" contracts rabies and conducts a reign of terror on a small American town.

Runtime

1h 33m

Director

Lewis Teague

Cast

Dee Wallace, Danny Pintauro, Daniel Hugh Kelly

A graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving his brother, a member of the secretive Division.

Runtime

2h 6m

Director

John Schlesinger

Cast

Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider

Set in puritanical Boston in the mid 1600s, the story of seamstress Hester Prynne, who is outcast after she becomes pregnant by a respected reverend. She refuses to divulge the name of the father, is "convicted" of adultery and forced to wear a scarlet "A" until an Indian attack unites the Puritans and leads to a reevaluation of their ...

Runtime

2h 15m

Director

Roland Joffé

Cast

Demi Moore, Gary Oldman, Robert Duvall

In the UK suburbs, an underground tournament is set to challenge twelve fighters from different backgrounds to compete for the price of £500,000. They have been handpicked for a no-holds barred competition that will push each fighter to their limit. Each fighter has their own reason for competing, and each will give everything they've ...

Runtime

1h 35m

Director

Chee Keong Cheung

Cast

Mark Strange, Nathan Lewis, Joey Ansah

Leung is the bodyguard of a Chinese Triad boss, Wong, to whom his loyalty is unrivaled. Living in Hong Kong, Wong requests that his bodyguard travel to the UK to protect a young British woman, whose true identity is known only by Wong himself. Even Wong's son, Yuen, is kept in the dark, which leads to a betrayal that threatens to destr...

Runtime

1h 35m

Director

Chee Keong Cheung

Cast

Vincent Sze Cho-Lam, Richard Ng Yiu-Hon, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa