""A Routines Gotta Break Sometime""
A pickup man and a small-time criminal both face a moral dilemma.
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The people behind it
Angelo Lins
The Messenger
Ellie Romney
The Shooter
Harper Taylor
Harper
Percy Gray
Patricia
Elliot Check
The Boss
Lawrence, a former amateur boxer with dementia, fights for his tie to his own identity; while his daughters grapple with the decision of whether it’s time to put him in a nursing home.
James “Brick” Davis, a struggling attorney, owes his education to a mobster, but always has refused to get involved with the underworld. When a friend of his is gunned down by a notorious criminal, Brick decides to abandon the exercise of the law and join the Department of Justice to capture the murderer.
A nightclub owner is plagued by financial problems, as well as a masked kidnapper, just before his new club opens.
A young woman forced by her family to study a major she doesn't want, finds her only escape in her passion for the sky while caught between economic struggles and social norms.
Citizens of a troubled city must navigate through an unforeseen crisis that threatens every walk of life.
Henry is hired to authenticate and purchase a long lost and very valuable recipe book. Soon Henry and Maggie find themselves in a murder mystery where secrets hidden within a treasured book have dire consequences for all who own it.
A young woman is increasingly out of control with her determination to nail the man who raped her teenage sister.
In a society on the brink of collapse due to climate change, a woman grapples with the psychological effects of an unnatural existence. Cut off from her loved ones, she seeks refuge in various forms of escapism, desperate to outrun an ever-looming sense of doom.
At Arlington National Cemetery during the Vietnam era, veteran sergeant Clell Hazard trains young soldiers while mourning those lost in combat. Unable to return to war himself, he mentors Jackie Willow—the idealistic son of a fallen comrade—hoping to prepare him for the realities of Vietnam and the cost of duty.
Les Dalton is on parole after nine years in prison for armed robbery, and now everyone wants to know what happened to the missing gold. He claims it never existed, but no-one believes him, including the retired detective who headed the original manhunt. Whilst Dalton tries to build a new life in a world he wants no part of it, plans are afoot to force him to tell the truth -- a move which will ultimately cost someone their life.
Sydney, the early 1950's... a city in the grip of a deadly crime wave. In just over a year more than one hundred people were poisoned. Most of the killers were women. Recipe For Murder tells the true story of three notorious poisoners; Yvonne Fletcher, Caroline Grills and Veronica Monty. The 52 minute film combines gritty archive with stunning film noir re-enactments and interviews with witnesses. Narrated by Dan Wyllie in classic pulp crime style, the film dramatically reveals the unique ingredients that created a Recipe For Murder.
Majka attends a casting out of desire to become an actress but when her mom gives her a push-up bra to fit in, Majka is conflicted. She wasn't aware that she had to alter her appearance to increase her chances at winning yet she trusts her mom. The bra gets uncomfortable, Majka tanks her audition but learns a valuable lesson, to be her own person.
Prague, night station in winter. Radka with a small daughter, a suitcase on wheels and a sports bag get off the bus. Luděk slowly walks back home through the streets of the same city, knowing that no one is waiting for him. A few hours before dawn, the initially purposeful intersection of lonely destinies can resemble a family. A Night with Agama is about the meeting of people who are dependent on the help of others, yet have to help themselves first and foremost.
How far will you go for revenge? A cop torn between duty and his own demons is pushed to the edge in a gripping story of love, deception, and betrayal. When the weight of the badge becomes too much, one snap changes everything.
On his first day as a hitman, Keith is confronted with the reality of his job - killing for the greater good.
Filip is released on parole from a youth detention center and returns home to his mother, who is being seemingly helpful with his integration back to life. However, in a familiar environment surrounded by people from his past, Filip's frustration starts to show.
Jack Manfred is an aspiring writer who to make ends meet, takes a job as a croupier. Jack remains an observer, knowing that everything in life is a gamble and that gamblers are born to lose. Inevitably, he gets sucked into the world of the casino which takes its toll on his relationships and the novel he is writing.
A spectacular heist starts to unravel as the crooks take it on the lam.
At a desert diner, the lives of five strangers become linked through a single twenty-dollar bill. Shot for $20,000 and starring Philip Baker Hall, the short premiered at Sundance and later inspired Anderson’s debut feature Hard Eight (1996).
Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of veteran criminals together in the Midwest for a big jewel heist.
Upon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the night’s events begins to suspect that she murdered him while attempting to resist his advances.
After being framed for a policeman's murder, a criminal escapes prison and sets out for revenge.
In New York City, an insolent pickpocket, Skip McCoy, inadvertently sets off a chain of events when he targets ex-prostitute Candy and steals her wallet. Unaware that she has been making deliveries of highly classified information to the communists, Candy, who has been trailed by FBI agents for months in hopes of nabbing the spy ringleader, is sent by her ex-boyfriend, Joey, to find Skip and retrieve the valuable microfilm he now holds.
A college student tries to get rich quick by wooing two wealthy sisters.
Former war-time Army buddies now students in college decide to rip off a Reno casino.
A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism of his criminal activities and decides to frame the reporter for manslaughter in order to silence him.
Delinquent Danny Fisher flunks out of high school, quits his job as a nightclub busboy, and one night gets the chance to perform. Success is imminent and local crime boss Maxie Fields wants to hire him to perform at The Blue Shade. Danny declines, but Fields won't take no for an answer.
A big-city cop is reassigned to the country after his superiors find him too angry to be an effective policeman. While on his temporary assignment he assists in a manhunt of a suspected murderer.
Truck driver Mike Lambert is a down-and-out mining engineer searching for a job. When his rig breaks down in a small town, he happens upon a venomous seductress. When her boyfriend robs a bank, they intend to frame Lambert.
Eddie Kenner is given a special assignment by the Army to get the inside story on Sandy Dawson, a former GI who has formed a gang of fellow servicemen and Japanese locals.
A district attorney investigates the racially charged case of three teenagers accused of the murder of a blind Puerto Rican boy.
In 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emmanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber.
An examination of the machinations behind the scenes at a real estate office. Unscrupulous salesmen try to hawk dubious real estate to suckers.
An ex-con trying to go clean ends up working for a crooked trucking company swindling money.
After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.
A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.
A brash young lawyer takes a short-term, high-paying job as bodyguard for a slick business exec being threatened by a former partner, and quickly realizes he may be in over his head.