Gus Van Sant's take on the shooting at Columbine High School is a masterpiece. Using a cast of unprofessional actors, he has created a unique and highly affecting film, rich in atmosphere and style. The non-linear narrative follows the experiences of the key characters, giving a different perspective of events in the short time frame (most of the events shown in the film take place in about an hour). While the tension in the film obviously comes from the impending violence, the film's strongest find out more...

Erik is not so much bad as fiercely independent and at constant odds with authority so he's expelled, his desperate parents enrolling him in an exclusive and Draconian boarding school, a punishment Erik feels he deserves. Determined to make amends, Erik shows nothing but silent defiance to his brutal new overseers, but, as the battle of wills with his nemesis, the school captain, reaches breaking point, Erik decides to make a stand not merely for himself, but for all those who have felt the inst find out more...

When a burned-out, brilliant professor - one who believes in lessons from life rather than textbooks - takes a job at a small college, everyone there is abuzz. He becomes involved with a teacher as well as a precocious student, but it takes a dramatic, existential act to turn his life around and make him see the world through a much rosier and more positive perspective.

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Eight months after a disastrous job in Kiev left him physically and mentally scarred, ex-soldier turned contract killer, Jay, is pressured by his partner, Gal, into taking a new assignment. As they descend into the dark and disturbing world of the contract, Jay begins to unravel once again, his fear and paranoia sending him deep into the heart of darkness. An find out more...

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In an attempt to demonstrate what life is like under a dictatorship a high school teacher comes up with an experiment to explain to his students how totalitarian governments work. Within a few days, what began with harmless notions like discipline and community, builds into a real movement: ‘The Wave'. As the students' boundaries are pushed things begin to spiral out of control and this newly found cult starts to take on a life of its own, with disturbing and tragic results. Based on a real-life find out more...

We are the Army of Two! So begins the video diary of Andre (Andre Keuck) and Cal (Calvin Robertson), two best friends and alienated high school students. They have officially declared war on their community, stockpiled their weapons, and set the day, the time and the place. With his unprofessional cast and unflinching intimacy, director Ben Coccio's award-winning first feature is a disturbingly authentic and harrowing look at a contemporary American tragedy. find out more...