The Girl Next Door (2007)
Based on Jack Ketchum’s novel with the same title, which is based on the true story of Sylvia Likens, who was tortured and killed in 1965 in Indiana. The movie…
Vuelve (2013)
In an old monastery with a heavy and violent past lives Gabriel, thirteen years old, with his mother suffering from Cotard syndrome, a mental illness causing depression and self-destruction, and…
The Painted Bird (2019)
Based on the acclaimed Jerzy Kozinski novel, The Painted Bird is a meticulous 35mm black and white evocation of wild, primitive Eastern Europe at the bloody close of World War…
Jake’s Closet (2007)
Jake’s Closet takes you back through childhood in a suspenseful and deeply moving story that dives deep into the mind of a little boy under the stress of a fractured…
Killer (2016)
When Dusty masturbates for the first time, something bad happens. He gradually believes his superpower is masturbation and he can harm his enemies by masturbating for them. He uses his…
Mid90s (2018)
In the mid-1990s, 13-year-old Stevie lives in Los Angeles with his aggressive, fitness-obsessed older brother Ian and single mother Dabney. One day Stevie bikes past Motor Avenue Skateshop, admires the…
The Devil’s Playground (1976)
The Devil’s Playground is an intimate portrait of Tom, a thirteen-year-old struggling in spirit and body with the constraints of living in a Catholic seminary. It is also the story…
Gayby Baby (2015)
Gayby Baby follows the lives of four kids – Gus, Ebony, Matt, and Graham – whose parents all happen to be gay. As they each wrestle with personal change, the…
Brecha (2009)
Recently released from jail, Andrés experiences an emotional rupture from his 12-year-old son, José Ramón, following a dark family tragedy that nobody is bold enough to confront. Also, a victim…
Stand by me (1986)
A man (Richard Dreyfuss) sits in his car reading the headline of a newspaper article about a man who had been stabbed to death at a fast food restaurant. He…
My Life in Pink (1997)
The story of this sensitively-handled film concerns a young MtF transsexual. It is by turns comic and heartbreaking. Seven-year old Ludovic lives in an upper-middle class Belgian suburban neighborhood. He…
A Quiet Place (2018)
Two parents do what it takes to keep their children safe in a world full of creatures hunting every sound they can hear. Not a sound can be heard from…