By Amy Renner Aug. 5, 2014
1 – 5 of 5 movies
Fruitvale Station
On New Year’s Day 2009, Bay Area Rapid Transit police detained Oscar Grant, a young black man and then shot him in the back and killed him with many bystanders recording the event on their cell phone cameras. Protests and riots surrounded the ensuing trial and its verdict.
November 29, 2013 Limited Netflix Blu-ray
Philomena
A woman searches for her adult son, who taken away from her decades ago when she was forced to live in a convent.
Locations: UK - England; US - District of Columbia
November 27, 2013 Limited Netflix Blu-ray Netflix DVD New York / Los Angeles
Lee Daniels' The Butler
The Butler is inspired by Wil Haygood’s Washington Post article about an African-American man who served as a butler (Forest Whitaker) to eight Presidents in the White House for over thirty years. From this unique vantage point, The Butler traces the dramatic changes that swept American society, from the civil rights movement to Vietnam and beyond, and how those changes affected this man’s life and family.
Alex Pettyfer, Forest Whitaker, David Oyelowo, Cuba Gooding Jr., John Cusack, James Marsden, Lee Daniels, Laura Ziskin, Robin Williams, Alan Rickman, Minka Kelly, Danny Strong, Jesse Williams, Melissa Leo, Lenny Kravitz, Liev Schreiber, Terrence Howard, Oprah Winfrey, Jane Fonda, Colman Domingo, Hilary Shor, Wil Haygood, Cassian Elwes, Nelsan Ellis, Pamela Oas Williams, Buddy Patrick
Haute Cuisine
Hortense Laborie (Catherine Frot) becomes the private chef for French president (Jean D'Ormesson) when he falls in love with her cooking.
September 20, 2013 Limited VOD / Digital