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The first American movie shot in China, A Great Wall is a delightful comedy that was a "cross-cultural hit" (Los Angeles Times) when released in 1986.

When Angie (Geena Davis) finds out she's pregnant by her longtime boyfriend, she has no plans to get married and settle down. Her unpredictable behavior drives her bewildered family and friends crazy!

John Turturro shines in the lead role as Barton Fink, the Coen Brothers' hilarious satire set in 1940s Hollywood. Barton Fink is a Broadway playwright who reluctantly relocates to Hollywood to write screenplays.  His neighbor (John Goodman) tries to help when Barton develops severe writer's block but he continues to struggle as a bizarre sequence of events distracts him even further from his task. Barton Fink received three 1991 Oscar nominations as well as the coveted Palme d'Or at Cannes.

Once a week, a circle of lifelong friends meet to pay tribute to the past. But when life throws them a few unexpected curves, they happily discover the best times are still ahead!

Crossing the Bridge is an entertaining comedy-drama about the adventures of three young friends in ‘70s Detroit. Starring Josh Charles (Dead Poets Society), Jason Gedrick (Iron Eagle) and Stephen Baldwin (The Usual Suspects).

Writer/director Mike Binder’s second film – Indian Summer is a heartwarming comedy about eight friends who reunite at their summer camp after 20 years.

Everything was settled for 18-year-old Jeffrey (Matt Dillon), the plumber's son from Brooklyn: one last summer of carefree fun before college. But when he gets a job as a cabana boy at the El Flamingo Beach Club - with its shapely coeds, gin-playing cardsharps and wealthy snobs - Jeffrey is lured into a world distinctly different from his working-class roots... a world that could ultimately draw him away from his education, his background and his family!

When high-rolling hustler Jack Parks (Sidney Poitier) is blackmailed into seducing a client's naive young housekeeper, love is the last thing on his mind. But Jack has never met anyone like Ivy Moore (Abbey Lincoln)... and as he begins to fall for her, she discovers the truth about the player.

Struggling in the shadow of his famous comedian father (Jerry Lewis), a young comic (Oliver Platt) retreats to his old hometown when his act bombs in Las Vegas. Ready to try anything for inspiration, he's in for more than a few surprises before learning that his own eccentric family has the best material for the perfect act!

With his bronco-busting career on its last legs, Junior Bonner (Steve McQueen) heads to his hometown to try his luck in the annual rodeo. But his fond childhood memories are shattered when he finds his family torn apart by his greedy brother (Joe Don Baker) and hard-drinking father (Robert Preston). 

Under the guise of an off-kilter New York romantic comedy, Keep the Change does something quite radical in offering a refreshingly honest portrait of a community seldom depicted on the big screen.