Ajana Shapath

The Usual Suspects

1995 · ★ 8.2

Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners into a multi-million dollar heist that ended with an explosion in San Pedro harbor – leaving few survivors. Verbal lures his interrogators with an incredible story of the crime lord's almost supernatural prowess.

Rashomon

1950 · ★ 8

Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.

Killing the Canary

Multiple perspectives of an open and shut home invasion converge to create this folkloric noir of deception and deceit.

Vantage Point

2008 · ★ 6.4

During an historic counter-terrorism summit in Spain, the President of the United States is struck down by an assassin's bullet. Eight strangers have a perfect view of the kill, but what did they really see? As the minutes leading up to the fatal shot are replayed through the eyes of each eyewitness, the reality of the assassination takes shape.

La Commare Secca

1962 · ★ 6.6

Roman police detectives interrogate a series of potential perpetrators in their struggle to determine whom to arrest for the brutal murder of a beautiful prostitute whose body is discovered in a park on the day of a torrential rainstorm. One by one, the prime suspects -- girl-crazy teenager Nino, pickpocket Canticchia, a soldier on leave, a tourist and a pimp -- recount the events of the day to the police, each insisting he is innocent.

Four Times That Night

1971 · ★ 5.3

A night of attempted seduction is recalled from the perspectives of the woman, the man, a lecherous doorman and a psychoanalyst.

Valerie

1957 · ★ 4.6

After the American Civil War, former Union Major John Garth marries pretty settler Valerie but tragedy strikes and the two spouses end up in court where they give two different conflicting accounts of their marriage.

Moonchild

1988 · ★ 7.3

A robbery goes wrong and the bank's teller Josie is abducted by the gunman Angelito Asuncion. A few weeks pass and Josie escapes to tell a tale of terror and mayhem. She asserts to have faked falling for him in order to win his trust while Angelito surfaces to claim otherwise.

I find the Defendant

"IFTD is a Rashomon effect that explores separate accounts of the same incident; was a young woman sexually abused or was the man falsely accused?"

The Right Thing

2023

Thula, a detective fleeing police corruption, owes a colleague a favor. A new mission leads him into music, drugs, and politics. To save his family, he must confront past and hidden crimes.

Sumbandh

1982 · ★ 7

A wealthy female student has a conflict with professor, which does get resolved, but a scandal ensues when she posts intimate photographs on the college noticeboard, prompting principal to dismiss professor, while her marriage gets canceled.

Peter Pandrew

2015 · ★ 1

Created as a mini-series pitch, this docu-dramedy recreates the life of author Andrew Cristi (author of memoir series; "The Peter Pandrew Trilogy"), documenting his hardships from 1999 to present day as he embraces the nickname "Peter Pandrew" while refusing coming of age. Afflicted with bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder (amongst other ailments), the anti-hero shows an accurate depiction of his diagnosis while flip-flopping and fighting with friends and lovers and trying to recruit them into his "Neverland" in his desperate attempts to build a stable family. The characters that he meets along the way are just as colorful and complex and all take on different issues as the film deals with everything from Mental Illness and Bipolar Disorder, Borderline PD, OCPD, Antisocial PD, Histrionic PD, Narcissistic PD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Feminism, Gender equality, LGBTQ stigmas, race, coming of age and refusal of coming of age.