Juice, 1992. Directed by Ernest R. Dickerson. Starring Omar Epps, Tupac Shakur, Jermaine “Huggy” Hopkins, Khalil Kain and Samuel L. Jackson. SYNOPSIS: Four friends growing up in Harlem spend every day skipping school, stealing records and playing at the arcade. After a series of events, they are involved in a foiled convenience store robbery which […]

8 Million Ways to Die, 1986. Directed by Hal Ashby. Starring Jeff Bridges, Rosanna Arquette, Alexandra Paul, Randy Brooks and Andy García. SYNOPSIS: An alcoholic Los Angeles narcotics cop, Matt Scudder, takes part in a drug bust that results in his fatal shooting of a small-time dealer. Scudder ends up in a drunk ward, suffering […]

Julia’s Eyes, 2010. Directed by Guillem Morales. Starring Belén Rueda, Lluís Homar and Pablo Derqui. SYNOPSIS: The story of a woman who is slowly losing her sight whilst trying to investigate the mysterious death of her twin sister. I have a small fear: I’m scared of losing my eyesight. Call it a shallow fear if […]

Deep Winter, 2008. Directed by Mikey Hilb. Starring Eric Lively, Kellan Lutz, Michael Madsen, Peyton List and Luke Goss. SYNOPSIS: Two snowboarders make it their goal to conquer an unrideable mountain. When is a film not a film? When it’s an extreme sports video with a story stapled on in a panic at the last […]

South Central, 1992. Directed by Stephen Milburn Anderson. Starring Glenn Plummer, Byron Minns, Lexie Bigham and Christian Coleman. SYNOPSIS: In South Central, Los Angeles, Bobby, a gang member is put away in prison for ten years after committing a murder. During his time inside, he learns that his son is doomed to follow the same […]

Devil’s Gate, 2003. Directed by Stuart St. Paul. Starring Laura Fraser, Callum Blue, Luke Aikman and Tom Bell. SYNOPSIS: A woman is called to travel back to the small north sea island that she ran away from five years ago. During her stay, she tries to find out what happened to her mother. One of […]

Panic Button, 2011. Directed by Chris Crow. Starring Scarlett Alice Johnson, Jack Gordon, Michael Jibson, Elen Rhys and Joshua Richards. SYNOPSIS: A group of four win a chartered flight to New York via a social networking site, but the competition is not what it seems and neither are the competition winners. The paranoia around social […]

The Poet, 2003. Directed by Paul Hills. Starring Dougray Scott, Laura Harring, Jürgen Prochnow, Andrew Lee Potts and Erika Marozsán. SYNOPSIS: A contract killer in Vienna kills a young artist during a hit. After discovering the artists’ work, he promptly falls in love with his grieving sister. Ever since the outstanding Leon, contract killers in […]

The Interrupters, 2011. Directed by Steve James. Starring Eddie Bocanegra, Tio Hardiman, Ameena Matthews, Gary Slutkin and Ricardo “Cobe” Williams. SYNOPSIS: A documentary on three violence interrupters who try to protect their Chicago communities from the violence they once employed. Chicago has had a long history of crime. From the early 20th Century days of […]

L’amour fou, 2010. Directed by Pierre Thoretton. Starring Yves Saint-Laurent, Pierre Bergé, Betty Catroux, Loulou De La Falaise and Jack Lang. SYNOPSIS: A documentary on the life and work of French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent. Just like any creative industry, the world of fashion has it’s major innovators. Some saw a gap in the […]