Drama

The Accused
A fiercely independent woman is gang raped, then battles the legal system twice, going after both her attackers and the onlookers whose cheering fueled and encouraged the assualt. Starring Jodi Foster.

Agnes of God
When, at an isolated convent, the infant of a young nun is found strangled, a court-appointed psychiatrist must decide if the devout but troubled girl is fit to stand trial.

Angie
A stubbornly independent young woman with wild ambitions baffles her family and friends when she refuses to marry her longtime boyfriend when she gets pregnant. Starring Geena Davis.

Anna Karenina
Story of passion and family conflict set in 19th century upper-class Russia, in which the wife of an aristocrat falls in love with a dashing cavalry officer.

Autobiography of a Princess
An Indian princess long divorced and living in self-enforced exile in London, invites her father's ex-tutor to an annual tea party, intended to celebrate a happier past, where the two watch old movie footage of Royal India.

Blonde Venus
An aspiring young actress gives up the stage to marry a scientist who becomes afflicted with radium poisoning. She returns to cabaret life and meets a wealthy playboy who gives her the money for her husband's treatment, becomes involved with him, then flees when her infidelity is discovered, only to find herself the biggest star in Paris.

Blood Fued
Set in fascist Italy in the 1920's, a happily married wife whose husband is brutally murdered by the Sicilian mob, nurtures in her heart the ugly seeds of revenge.

Blue Angel
Professor Rath, a middle-aged schoolmaster, becomes infatuated with and later marries Lola-Lola, a singer in a sleazy cafe, and is increasingly degraded by her until he is completely humiliated as an abused stage clown. When Lola leaves him for another man, he returns to his school a broken old man and dies at his desk. This film made Dietrich an overnight star.

Bodas De Sangre Blood Wedding
Flamenco interpretation of the classic drama by Federico Garcia Lorca. The National Ballet of Spain is first shown arriving at the dance studio, making up and rehearsing, dramatizing the technique by which they transform themselves into a unified dance company. The story of murderous passion and revenge is told entirely through dance without dialogue. A young bride runs off from her wedding with a married lover. Her jilted husband tracks them down and fights a knife duel to the death.

The Bostonians
Olive, a militant 19th century suffragette, takes on the education of a young girl with the gift of oratory. Olive hopes to use her gift for the feminist cause, but finds her student involved in a love triangle with Basil Ransom, a young lawyer from Mississippi, who is strongly opposed to the feminists in Boston.

Broken Blossoms
A young Chinaman in London's squalid Limehouse district hopes to spread the peaceful philosophy of his Eastern religion.He befriends a pitiful street waif who is mistreated by her brutal father. Tragedy results.

Burnt by the Sun
Nikita Mikhalkov directs and stars as Colonel S. Kotov, a hero of the Revolution, who is spending the summer in the country with his young daughter (Mikhalkov's real-life daughter), his wife and her eccentric family. But when his wife's childhood love suddenly appears, the idyllic summer day takes a surprising turn. A lyrical film filled with beauty and warmth, it is also an indelible account of a man dedicated to family and fatherland, cruelly destroyed by political paranoia.

Cabaret
An egocentric American girl dreams of becoming a star while working in a third-rate Berlin cabaret.

Cabin in the Sky
Petunia Jackson, a poor but devout woman, is burdened with a shiftless husband called Little Joe. When Little Joe is seriously wounded in a fight and seems about to die, the forces of heaven and hell begin a battle for his soul.

The Chalk Garden
The hiring of a mysterious nanny brings the climax of a family conflict over the possession of an emotionally troubled child.

The Children's Hour
When a vindictive little girl is disciplined in an exclusive girl's school, the child twists an overheard comment into slander. She accuses her teachers of lesbianism--and her gullible grandmother spreads the gossip. Outraged, Karen and Martha fight back in court, but a child's lie is hard to disprove. Starring Audrey Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine.

The Class of Miss MacMichael
A teacher of seriously maladjusted students tries desperately to help them, but finds the school's headmaster a barrier to her cause. Eventually the situation erupts in a seriou confrontation between the two.

Crooklyn
A bold and flavorful picture of family life in a crowded but cozy Brooklyn neighborhoodnicknamed "Crooklyn" by the Carmichaels, who experience one very special summer in their hometown under difficult but often wonderful circumstances. Also a story about the Carmichaels' only daughter and her reactions to troubled family life, the neighborhood, growing up, and her mother's sudden diagnosis of cancer.

Darling
A London photographer's model proceeds from an immature marriage into a series of shady affairs-- first with a television talker, then with a slick promotion man, and ultimately in a palazzo as the loveless wife of an Italian prince. After becoming a prisoner of her own success through these disastrous affairs, she realizes the awful price she has paid for happiness. This is a slashing social satire and a devastating spoof of the synthetic, stomach-turning output of the television-advertising age.

Dead Man Walking
Based on the bestselling book, this film tells of Sister Helen Prejean, spiritual advisor to convicted killer Matthew Poncelet. "The journey they will undertake in search of the truth, is as powerful and profound as you are ever likely to witness on screen".

Far and Away
The spoiled and headstrong daughter of a wealthy landlord travels to America on a quest for land accompanied by a poor but proud Irish tenant. Starring Nicole Kidman.

I Shot Andy Warhol
A journey into the cultural whirlwind of events surrounding Valerie Solanas' shooting of pop-art superstar Andy Warhol.

The Last Days of Chez Nous
The arrival of Beth's younger sister Vicki disrupts her household and transforms her shaky marriage. A story of strong relationships falling apart and coming back together.

A League of Their Own
A film about the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League that thrived from WWII into the 1950's. Women form a professional baseball league and play competitive baseball while having fun and becoming an unexpected success. Produced by Penny Marshall and starring Geena Davis, Rosie O'Donnell, Lori Petty, and Madonna.

Ma Vida Loca/My Crazy Life
The members of rival Latino gangs in Los Angeles are feuding, and the girl friends are trying to stay out of the struggle for power and survive.

Mississippi Mermaid
The mail-order bride is a mystery. Her appearance doesn't match the photo she sent, her likes and dislikes aren't those described in her letters. By the time her identity is discovered by the lonely businessman husband, it is too late and her life is in danger.

Much Ado About Nothing
A dramatization of William Shakespeare's play of a romantic comedy of love involving an innocent heroine who is denounced for unchastity by her intended bridegroom.

Once Were Warriors
In a poor suburb of Auckland, Beth and Jake Heke live a life defined by drunken parties, unstable friendships, and confrontations with authorities. Beth's beauty has been scarred by broken dreams and Jake's beefy fists. Jake, a complex man with a rascal's charm, is weighted down by a quick temper, alcoholism, and an evil streak of male entitlement. Yet Beth's inner strength and desire to save her family make her the solid center around which this story of tragedy and hope is constructed.

Peggy Sue Got Married
Peggy Sue, a mother of two who runs her own business & is coping with an impending divorce, attends her 25th high school reunion, where a freak mishap sends her decades back in time, giving her the power to create an entirely different future for herself. Starring Kathleen Turner.

Pink Flamingos
This underground epic, which breaks every rule of good filmmaking and good taste, set a benchmark for the bizarre that has never been equaled. Babs Johnson, a trailer park bon vivant proudly claims the title, the filthiest person alive. The envy of every neighborhood degenerate, it isn't long before another couple set their sites on Divine's legacy, and in the proud American tradition, competition forces each contender to outdo the other. "Like a septic tank explosion", this film is a "paragon of bad taste...shocking, nauseating, hilarious."

Raise the Red Lantern
Set in 1920's China, 19-year-old Songlian has become Fourth Wife to the wealthy Chen. Yet she must share her husband with three existing wives. Each must wait until dusk for the arrival of a red lantern, which signifies with whom the master will sleep tonight. When Songlian discovers that the other wives cheat to win the red lantern, she decides to join the fight for Chen's attention.

A Raisin in the Sun
Film of the award-winning play about a struggling black family living on Chicago's South Side and the impact of an unexpected insurance bequest. Each family member sees the bequest as the means of realizing dreams and of escape from grinding frustrations.

Secrets and Lies
After her adoptive parents die, a young black woman seeks out her natural birth mother only to discover her mother is white. Equally shocked to learn her daughter she gave up for adoption is black, Cynthia insists it's a mistake. But she soon realizes it's true and when she springs her newfound daughter on the rest of the family, the resulting chaos leads to a series of secrets and lies being revealed at last.

The Summer House
Pushed into an unwilling engagement to her dotish next-door neighbor Syl, the sensitive, tradition-bound Margaret has resigned herself to her unhapyy fate. To maintain her sanity, she daydreams of her recent interlude in exotic Egypt and the dark-eyed youth with whom she shared a passionate and mysterious affair. Meanwhile, back home, enter the free-spirited, convention-be-damned family friend, Lil.

Thelma and Louise
Fasten your seat belts, 'cause two of Hollywood's hottest women are revving it up andtaking it on the road. When unhappy housewife Thelma and her wise cracking waitress friend Louise decide to take a break from their lives , Thelma from her chauvinistic husband and Louise from her commitment shy musician boyfriend, they embark on a trip that leads to a tragic incident at a roadside honky tonk. In an instant, their weekend getaway becomes just that as they flee across the American southwest with the police a step behind.

Three Coins in the Fountain

Waiting to Exhale
Starring Whitney Houston, Angela Bassett, Lela Rochon, and Loretta Devine.

Woman in the Dunes: Suna No Anna
A strange erotic allegory about a remote beach inhabited by a hapless woman. An entomologist finds himslef stranded on it and the woman gives him shelter for the night in a sandpit. When morning comes, he finds himself trapped into living with the woman. He develops an intense bond with his companion and resigns himself to a lifetime of hypnotic routine.