This film tells the story of the president of a fictitious African nation who spends a sleepless night playing checkers with a pot-smoking vagabond who claims to be the all-round champion. However, the rules of the game entail the opponents howling vulgar and foul obscenities at one another. The champion proceeds to insult, and trounce, the President. His reward, and his fate, will not surprise anyone.
In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a cold-hea...
Fast Eddie Felson is a small-time pool hustler with a lot of talent but a self-destructive attitude....
An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sie...
An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the Sout...
At the start of the First World War, in the middle of Africa’s nowhere, a gin soaked riverboat capta...
Detective John Shaft travels incognito to Ethiopia, then France, to bust a human trafficking ring.
A husband and father starts to dig a hole in his backyard, for no apparent reason.
Tells the life story of Danish author Karen Blixen, who at the beginning of the 20th century moved t...
On her first visit to East Africa, a young woman crosses paths with the Ranger charged with being he...
When Tom travels across the country to locate the Daughter he never knew, undeniable questions of co...
The comforts of home are sacred, sweet and beloved. Mark had all of that... a beautiful wife, an ang...
Young Scottish doctor, Nicholas Garrigan decides it's time for an adventure after he finishes his fo...
Hector is a quirky psychiatrist who has become increasingly tired of his humdrum life. As he tells h...
A Senegalese storyteller travels to Belgium and observes the lives of African expatriates in Europe....
A light hearted comedy about the beginnings of Professional American Football. When a decorated war ...
Harassed by bullies because of his mild autism, teen Ben finds refuge in an online computer game, wh...
In the form of an allegory of society, the film denounces a system dominated by money and power rela...
Danny ponders a way for rival gangs to avoid violence at an upcoming dance.
As the gap between a burning airplane and the ground gets smaller, one passenger has other things on...
Writer Harry Street reflects on his life as he lies dying from an infection while on safari in the s...