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STORYLINE: Four hundred years ago, a young boy witnessed his father’s death during an attack on their ship by the bloodthirsty Sengh Brotherhood. He was washed ashore on Bengalla Island where he swore to devote his life to bring down piracy, greed, cruelty and injustice. He became The Phantom, a masked avenger whose role was…

STORYLINE: Palestine, 1936. The uprising that took on an Empire. As villages across Mandatory Palestine rise against British colonial rule,    Yusuf drifts between his rural home and the restless energy of Jerusalem, longing for a future beyond the growing unrest. But history is relentless. With rising numbers of Jewish immigrants escaping antisemitism in Europe,…

STORYLINE: A happily engaged couple is put to the test when an unexpected turn sends their wedding week off the rails. (IMDb)     The roller coaster ride of relationships has often sparked cinematic stories, across the genres.  A rom com like 500 Days of Summer (2009), drama like Blue Valentine (2010), and well, I…

STORYLINE: An anxious law school dropout (Matthew Shear) stumbles into a job babysitting his psychiatrist’s three granddaughters and falls for the girls’ mother (Amanda Peet), an actress in a rocky marriage. A smart, New York-set romantic comedy co-starring Alessandro Nivola, Judd Hirsch, Bob Balaban, Andrea Martin, Zosia Mamet, and Holland Taylor. Winner of the SXSW…

STORYLINE: Czech photographer seeks freedom after 1968 Prague Spring suppression. Undertakes long journey to break from repressive regime’s constraints. (IMDb)     What an image it is when the count made his debut in 1931’s Dracula.  How memorable it was when Kevin Costner carried Whitney Houston to safety in The Bodyguard (1992).  It was memorable…