Rated 7.2 on TMDB
Chantal Akerman Speaks About Film
Chantal Akerman was commissioned by Visions to make this short film for £20,000. It was first shown on 21 November 1984, on Channel 4. Akerman herself plays the role of a director visiting Hollywood to find financing from an uncle she hardly knows. Very little goes to plan… Also stars Aurore Clement and Colleen Camp.
Rated 5.8 on TMDB
Nina Geld's passion and talent have made her a rising star in the comedy scene, but she's an emotional mess offstage. When a new professional opportunity coincides with a romantic one, she is forced to confront her own deeply troubled past.
Rated 6.8 on TMDB
Defiant young activists take the women's suffrage movement by storm, putting their lives at risk to help American women win the right to vote.
Rated 6.5 on TMDB
In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, and neglects her daughter and husband. Lawyer Jim Train is devoted to his career, not his family. Helen Christianson wants to find a new spark in life, while Annette Jennings tries to rebuild hers.
Rated 6.1 on TMDB
In East Los Angeles, an 18-year-old struggles between her ambitions of going to college and the desires of her domineering mother for her to get married, have children, and oversee the small, rundown family-owned textile factory.
Rated 6.4 on TMDB
An improv group deals with several crises, including the loss of their lease and one member hitting the big time.
Rated 6.7 on TMDB
An aspiring young filmmaker gets involved with an eccentric gangster for the financing of his first film.
