A satirical take on the mundane absurdities of life in modern-day Iran, these nine vignettes illuminate the lighter side of enduring under authoritarian rule. Whether choosing a name for a newborn, graduating from grade school, getting a driver’s license, applying for a job, or seeking approval for a film script, if you live in Iran, you best come fluent in Orwellian discourse.

Léon, the top hit man in New York, has earned a rep as an effective "cleaner". But when his next-doo...

In response to political pressure from Senator Lillian DeHaven, the U.S. Navy begins a program that ...

American corporations are using the North American Free Trade Agreement by opening large maquiladora...

Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufr...

In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with un...

A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty yea...

Alex Kerner's mother was in a coma while the Berlin wall fell. When she wakes up he must try to keep...

Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the...

Prince Ehtejab, one of the last remaining heirs of the Qajar royal family, is suffering from tubercu...

A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses ...

An American journalist arrives in Berlin just after the end of World War Two. He becomes involved in...

After a young man is murdered, his spirit stays behind to warn his lover of impending danger, with t...

A prizefighter-turned-longshoreman with a conscience goes up against labor leaders to expose corrupt...

In 1984 East Berlin, dedicated Stasi officer Gerd Wiesler begins spying on a famous playwright and h...

The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep...

The peaceful life of the members of the Rabbani family undergoes changes with the unexpected arrival...

Animals on a farm lead a revolution against the farmers to put their destiny in their own hands. How...

It’s 1974 and Sam Bicke has lost everything. His wife leaves him with his three kids, his boss fires...

When cocky military lawyer Lt. Daniel Kaffee and his co-counsel, Lt. Cmdr. JoAnne Galloway, are assi...

An urban guerrilla, wounded after a bank robbery, seeks refuge with his childhood friend—only to dis...