Why Are the Drums Rumbling?

Starting his new job as an instructor at a New England school for the deaf, James Leeds meets Sarah Norman, a young deaf woman who works at the school as a member of the custodial staff. In spite of Sarah's withdrawn emotional state, a romance slowly develops between the pair.

Runtime

1h 59m

Director

Randa Haines

Cast

William Hurt, Marlee Matlin, Piper Laurie

A woman employs a gay man to spend four nights at her house to watch her when she's "unwatchable".

Runtime

1h 17m

Director

Catherine Breillat

Cast

Amira Casar

37-year-old Italian-American widow Loretta Castorini believes she is unlucky in love, and so accepts a marriage proposal from her boyfriend Johnny, even though she doesn't love him. When she meets his estranged younger brother Ronny, an emotional and passionate man, she finds herself drawn to him. She tries to resist, but Ronny, who bl...

Runtime

1h 42m

Director

Norman Jewison

Cast

Cher, Nicolas Cage, Vincent Gardenia

German journalist Philip Winter has a case of writer’s block when trying to write an article about the United States. He decides to return to Germany, and while trying to book a flight, encounters a German woman and her nine year old daughter Alice doing the same. The three become friends (almost out of necessity) and while the mother ...

Runtime

1h 50m

Director

Wim Wenders

Cast

Rüdiger Vogler, Yella Rottländer, Lisa Kreuzer

After a colleague is murdered, insurance worker Kafka gets embroiled in an underground group who are attempting to thwart a secret organization that controls the major events in society.

Runtime

1h 38m

Director

Steven Soderbergh

Cast

Jeremy Irons, Theresa Russell, Joel Grey