Réalisé parLou Diamond Phillips OrigineEtats-Unis GenresScience-fiction, Comédie, Fantasy, Aventure, Animation, Thriller érotique ThèmesSexualité, Erotique, Thriller érotique ActeursKate Vernon, Lou Diamond Phillips, Hikaru Midorikawa, Andrew Divoff, Kazue Ikura, Tom Dugan Rôle Maria Note43% Radio therapist Amanda Grace's life turns hellish after she becomes involved with young hustler Mick Burroughs. Mick seduces the radio host in order to get hold of a file she has on a criminal who also happens to be one of her patients. Soon, the two are having steamy, erotic encounters that include kinky sex. But she gets so caught up in their relationship that she leaves herself wide open to Mick's treachery. Amanda finds her entire career in jeopardy when Mick blackmails her, and threatens to show everyone an incriminating videotape of them having sex, which also involved a female prostitute, if she doesn't do whatever he says.
, 16minutes Réalisé parBen Affleck OrigineEtats-Unis GenresComédie, Horreur ThèmesFilm sur un écrivain, La famille, Sexualité, La télévision, Homosexualité, La violence conjugale, LGBT, LGBT ActeursTommy Hinkley, Karla Montana Rôle The Actress / Sandy Note41% An unnamed director is casting the lead actress for his first feature film. He discusses the process with his off-screen wife, becoming increasingly angry as he speaks. The director has selected Sandy, a young actress, and will finalise the deal in an upcoming meeting. Meanwhile, Sandy's roommate refuses to let her into their house, as Sandy has failed to pay back a loan. After convincing her roommate that she will pay her back once she gets the part, Sandy enters the house, where she has a phone conversation with her controlling and unsupportive mother. It is revealed that the director's wife is gagged and tied to a meat hook in their living room. The director, a violent misogynist, feels disgraced by his wife's lesbianism. He praises Sandy's qualities, then kills his wife with an axe. The director continues his diatribe, declaring that he will invite Sandy to stay in the house with him while they make the film.
, 2h Réalisé parVictoria Hochberg GenresDrame ActeursKarla Montana, Jerry Stiller, Tony Plana, Liz Torres, Susan Ruttan, Jenny Gago Rôle Marta Delacruz Note40% Marta de la Cruz is the daughter of two hardworking Mexican immigrants. She and her two siblings were born in the United States and are living in Los Angeles. They are a working-class family, and their hardworking father, Samuel, is the operations manager of a steel mill that makes chain link fences. He has been working hard for much of his life, and the work finally paid off when they became legal citizens. They also have a close relationship with their next-door neighbor Jorge, who is struggling to find work because he has no papers. Marta is seen as spoiled, immature, and somewhat naive, but she wants to have an amazing quinceanera, as her friends are not having one. Her parents tell her that she may have to postpone it, because of financial problems, when in reality, they are not legal citizens, and they need to save money in case Samuel's boss, Mr. Waterman (Jerry Stiller) finds out and he is left jobless. Marta does not understand the situation and is very angry and upset. Her jealousy only increases when she is forced to get a job in the immigration department of their church to volunteer in the community.
, 2h Réalisé parDennis Hopper OrigineEtats-Unis GenresDrame, Thriller, Action, Policier, Romance ThèmesLa musique, Le hip-hop, Buddy movie, Gangsters ActeursSean Penn, Robert Duvall, Don Cheadle, Damon Wayans, María Conchita Alonso, Randy Brooks Rôle Locita Note66% L'action débute à Los Angeles en plein cœur d'une lutte sans merci opposant la police et les hommes du shérif aux gangs locaux, en particulier les bandes afro-américaines Crips et Bloods. Dans ce contexte, les deux forces de l'ordre disposent chacune d'une section spéciale: le CRASH (Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums "programme de lutte contre les voyous des rues") et l'OSS (Operation Safe Streets "opération rues sûres"). Alors que le chef du "CRASH" Melindez rappelle les consignes d'usage à ses hommes, Danny McGavin, une nouvelle recrue, est contraint de faire des rondes dans les rues en compagnie de Bob Hodges, un vétéran.
, 1h43 Réalisé parRamón Menéndez OrigineEtats-Unis GenresDrame, Biographie ThèmesLe thème de l'éducation, Mathématiques, Gangsters ActeursEdward James Olmos, Lou Diamond Phillips, Rosanna DeSoto, Andy García, Estelle Harris, Carmen Argenziano Rôle Claudia Camejo Note73% Jaime Escalante devient professeur de mathématiques au lycée James A. Garfield dans l'Est de Los Angeles et cherche à changer la culture de l'école pour aider les élèves à exceller dans leurs études . Il se rend vite compte du potentiel inexploité de sa classe et se fixe comme objectif de faire passer aux étudiants l'examen d'Advanced Placement en Calcul Infinitésimal pour leur dernière année . Les élèves commencent à prendre des cours d'été en mathématiques avancées avec Escalante, et doivent subir le cynisme des autres professeurs, qui pensent que les étudiants manquent de capacités. Alors que les élèves sont confrontés aux attentes réduites que la société place en eux, Escalante les aide à surmonter l'adversité et à réussir les examens de Calcul Infinitésimal du programme d'Advanced Placement. À sa grande consternation, le Educational Testing Service met en doute la réussite des élèves, insistant sur le fait qu'il y a trop d'erreurs similaires et laisse entendre que les étudiants ont triché. Escalante défend ses étudiants, estimant que les allégations sont fondées plus sur des perceptions raciales et économiques. Il propose de faire repasser les tests aux élèves plusieurs mois plus tard et les élèves repassent le test avec succès, bien qu'ils n'aient qu'une seule journée pour se préparer, dissipant ainsi les soupçons de tricherie.