Live Flesh

Animal Instincts

1992 · ★ 5.1

A cop and his sexually frustrated wife are struggling to keep their failing marriage intact, when by chance she finds that he is at heart a voyeuristic peeping tom. To satisfy him and herself, his wife has numerous affairs, which her husband watches on closed-circuit televison. However, the pair soon learn that when you play with fire, you'll always get burned.

Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story

1996 · ★ 6

Kerry Ellison, a vibrant young woman working as a senior accountant at the IRS, finds her life threatened by a disturbed, married co-worker who starts stalking her—following her, and writing her sexually tense notes. She makes it clear multiple times that she is not interested in him, but he is unstoppable. There's no one who can help her, so her only option is to file a sexual harassment suit against her employer and go to court, a decision that will surely cost her job. Based on a true story.

The Smoke

2014 · ★ 3.8

City lawyer Brad Walker is having the worst day of his life. His high-maintenance girlfriend Sasha has left him for his so-called friend Tom and to add insult to injury, he's been fired too. On a night out drowning his sorrows with old friend Dean, he overhears a conversation between Phil and Ben - two drug dealers working for small-time gangster Jack - that will change his life forever...

Get on the Bus

1996 · ★ 6.4

Fifteen Black men gather in South Central LA to take a cross-country bus trip to attend the Million Man March in Washington, DC in October 1995. Among the attendees are an eclectic set of characters, including a laid-off aircraft worker, a man whose at-risk son is handcuffed to him, a Black Republican, a former gangsta, a Hollywood actor, a cop of mixed racial background, and a white bus driver. All make the trek discussing issues surrounding the March, including manhood, religion, politics, sexuality, and race.

Intentions of Murder

1964 · ★ 7

The neglected common-law wife of a Japanese librarian is repeatedly harassed by a young man with a heart condition who seduces her with the prospect of a better life.

Blurred

After a brutal mugging leaves him with double vision, a fashion photographer turns to a grieving woman for inspiration—until obsession warps reality, pushing him toward passion, madness, and danger.

The Whores

1994 · ★ 5.6

Orlanda, Liuccia, Milù, Blu Blu and Veronica are five women in Palermo, Sicily, each different from the other. But, along with transvestite Kim and young man Maurizio, they all share something: they're "buttane", hookers, who spend the day between the streets and home; some got children, some got problems with the pimps, some with the clients...

Becoming Astrid

2018 · ★ 7

When Astrid Lindgren was very young something happened that affected her profoundly, and this combination of both miracle and calamity came to shape her entire life. It was an event that transformed her into one of the most inspiring women of our age and the storyteller a whole world would come to love. This is the story of when a young Astrid, despite the expectations of her time and religious upbringing, decided to break free from society's norms and follow her heart.

Love Is in the Air

2017 · ★ 4.7

Flight attendant Charlotte calms panicky passenger Klaus, who falls for her. In New York, their chemistry heats up, but Charlotte won’t give up her dream job or move in with Klaus, a Brooklyn baker. Torn between love and freedom, Charlotte juggles supporting her pregnant friend back home and a long-distance romance.

Black Peter

1964 · ★ 6.6

A few days in the life of a Czechoslovak teenager when he starts work.

Red Swastik

2007 · ★ 2.4

The police hunt a femme fatale who, after intercourse, brutally murders her lovers and leaves behind a swastika calling card.

Expecting

2022

Tiana is lonely, pregnant, and discontented, but she plods through a weary day after deciding to sacrifice her husband's traditional beliefs for the safe delivery of her baby. The self-doubt, trauma, and surreality that Tiana expresses are a consequence of an experience common to many Black birthing women.