Nothing to Laugh About

Cléo from 5 to 7

1962 · ★ 7.7

Agnès Varda eloquently captures Paris in the sixties with this real-time portrait of a singer set adrift in the city as she awaits test results of a biopsy. A chronicle of the minutes of one woman’s life, Cléo from 5 to 7 is a spirited mix of vivid vérité and melodrama, featuring a score by Michel Legrand and cameos by Jean-Luc Godard and Anna Karina.

Hammer: The 'Rootin' for Regen' story

2017

During their 13 month journey, Regen and his family demonstrated a level of Faith and Courage that inspired a community to loving action. People gave of themselves to help the family in numerous and selfless ways. Businesses and churches donated time and money. Prayer cards were distributed. As word of this story spread, thousands from around the World joined a community that was Rootin’ for Regen. Even as his body began to decline, Regen flashed a contagious smile that helped turn a horrible situation into a season of hope. His life was a testimony that gave people renewed hope in friends, family, community and God. Lives were forever changed. This is the legacy of Elijah Regen Morris.

Lullaby

2014 · ★ 6.2

Estranged from his family, Jonathan (Hedlund) discovers his father has decided to take himself off life support in forty-eight hours’ time. During this intensely condensed period, a lifetime of drama plays out. Robert (Jenkins) fights a zero sum game to reclaim all that his illness stole from his family. A debate rages on patients’ rights and what it truly means to be free. Jonathan reconciles with his father, reconnects with his mother (Archer), sister (Brown-Findlay), and his love (Adams) and reclaims his voice through two unlikely catalysts – a young, wise-beyond-her-years patient (Barden) and a no-nonsense nurse (Hudson). Through this intensely life affirming prism, an unexpected and powerful journey of love, laughter, and forgiveness unfolds.

The Elementary Particles

2006 · ★ 6.1

Based on Michel Houellebecq's controversial novel, Atomised (aka The Elementary Particles) focuses on Michael and Bruno, two very different half-brothers and their disturbed sexuality. After a chaotic childhood with a hippie mother only caring for her affairs, Michael, a molecular biologist, is more interested in genes than women, while Bruno is obsessed with his sexual desires, but mostly finds his satisfaction with prostitutes. But Bruno's life changes when he gets to know the experienced Christiane. In the meantime, Michael meets Annabelle, the love of his youth, again.

Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself

2002 · ★ 6.6

The strange comedy film of two close brothers; one, Wilbur, who wants to kill himself, and the other, Harbour, who tries to prevent this. When their father dies leaving them his bookstore they meet a woman who makes their lives a bit better yet with a bit more trouble as well.

Light of Day

1987 · ★ 5.5

Cleveland siblings rise with a rock band while coping with personal problems.

First, You Cry

1978

The story of television news correspondent Betty Rollin and her battle with breast cancer, and how her subsequent mastectomy changed her marriage, her philosophy and her entire life.

Soft-Spoken Weepy Cult Child

A teenage girl must ingratiate herself into her cult-follower mother's care before her chain-smoking grandmother dies of lung cancer.

Love Note

1987 · ★ 6

Two high school students, one with terminal cancer the other with no direction in life, come to terms with themselves and each other.

Marvin's Room

1996 · ★ 6.7

A leukemia patient attempts to end a 20-year feud with her sister to get her bone marrow.

Mera Naam Hai Mohabbat

1975

This film's story is based upon the famous romance novel 'Love Story' by the American writer Erich Segal.

Clouds

2020 · ★ 8.2

Young musician Zach Sobiech discovers his cancer has spread, leaving him just a few months to live. With limited time, he follows his dream and makes an album, unaware that it will soon be a viral music phenomenon.