This Academy Award-nominated film follows the Islamic Revolution through the eyes of a precocious 9-year-old girl trying to find her own place in the world amidst bombs, veils, racism, and tragedy "Two thumbs up!"--Roeper & A.O. Scott "...so many films about coming of age involve manufactured dilemmas; here is one about a woman who indeed does come of age, and magnificently."--Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times "It's not to be missed in any language...vibrant,...

An Italian priest with the power to heal with his hands, along with his assistant, fights to save the people that need him most

The story of a Jewish singer in Holland during WWII, as she joins the resistance against the Nazis "...Verhoeven's best film...audacious, smart, shamelessly entertaining."--Premiere "A hard-core war film with raw violence, intense action, graphic sexuality and a twisting plot that offers a series of surprises."--USA Today "...no movie about the Dutch Resistance during World War II has any right to be this wildly entertaining..."--Rolling Stone "...hugely...

Adaptation of Jane Austen's novel about lost and found love. Anne is persuaded to reject a proposition of marriage from the man she loves do to his lack of fortune. Years later she is made the offer again "...charming, witty, and touching. Recommended."--Video Librarian

No one can ignore a man like Helge, so on his 60th birthday, a celebration is required. Winner of 14 International Awards

A man accidentally finds a time machine and travels back in time, where he is involved in a mystery filled with murders, terror, and another version of himself "*** A winning little film...recommended."--Video Librarian

After a horrible accident, a woman leaves her husband and starts a new life, where she becomes part of a murder investigation. Now she must come to terms with the unthinkable tragedy in her life, as she becomes involved with the suspect "...a touching examination of the unimaginable grief and guilt..."--Hollywood Reporter

A Chinese man who travels to America to see his divorced daughter remarry cannot complete his journey when he realizes a generational and geographical divide has developed between them "A gentle, pleasantly unrushed piece of moviemaking."--New York Times "Wang remains a master explorer of the landscape of the human heart."--Los Angeles Times

The story of an upper-class teacher from conservative Northern Italy who, due to a computer error, finds himself teaching third-grade truants at a ramshackle school in the south

While hiding out in an old wrecked house in the countryside, four criminals decide to give up their lives of crime and open up a restaurant there. But they can't escape their violent past for long