Paloma is a serious and highly articulate but deeply bored 11-year-old who has decided to kill herself on her 12th birthday. Fascinated by art and philosophy, she questions and documents her life and immediate circle, drawing trenchant and often hilarious observations on the world around her. But as her appointment with death approaches, Paloma finally meets some kindred spirits in her building's grumpy janitor and an enigmatic, elegant neighbor, both of whom inspire Paloma to question her rather pessimistic outlook on life.
A young Marshallese boy, Labro, wakes up one morning anxious for his grandmother to fulfill her prom...
When Mandie Shaw is thrust into Miss Heathwood’s School for Girls, she struggles to grasp the school...
"As everyone knows," the narrator begins, "goldfish must have water... and cats hate water." And so ...
Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their ti...
Crotchety retired doctor Isak Borg travels from Stockholm to Lund, Sweden, with his pregnant and unh...
After a fictitious marriage with a Russian emigrant, Cellisten Louka, a Czech man, must suddenly tak...
Luise, called Pünktchen, and Anton are closest of friends. Being the daughter of a wealthy surgeon, ...
It ain't easy bein' green -- especially if you're a likable (albeit smelly) ogre named Shrek. On a m...
Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually...
A couple of high school graduates spend one final night cruising the strip with their buddies before...
In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.
On the east coast of New Zealand, the Whangara people believe their presence there dates back a thou...
When a Mongolian nomadic family's newest camel colt is rejected by its mother, a musician is needed ...
Devoted teacher Anne Sullivan leads deaf, blind and mute Helen Keller out of solitude and helps inte...
Edward Wilson, the only witness to his father's suicide and member of the Skull and Bones Society wh...
A biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous ...
Single dad Richard meets Christine, a starving artist who moonlights as a cabbie. They awkwardly att...
The little nomad girl, Nansal, finds a baby dog in the Mongolian veld, who becomes her best friend -...
One winter night, Pilar runs away from home. With her, she takes only a few belongings and her son, ...