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Mikey (2013)

Actors: Derrel Maury (actor), Joshua Adkins (actor), Forrest Autenrieth (actor), Julia Ibarra Albizu (producer), Edrei Hutson (producer), Jacobo Dukes (editor), Jacobo Dukes (producer), Jacobo Dukes (producer), Jacobo Dukes (writer), Jacobo Dukes (director), Jacobo Dukes (writer), Ioanna Meli (actress), Renee-Marie Brewster (actress),

Smartphone Therapy (2013)

Actors: Viet Hoang (actor), Victor Sarmiento (actor), Nate Alexander (actor), Tiffany Glo Malloy (actress), Nate Alexander (producer), Nate Alexander (director), Kristen Barone (actress), Erin Banks (actress), Anny Franklin (actress), Angelina Ramirez (actress), Darren Held (actor), Richard Bojorquez (actor), Brittany Gabryel (actress), Sonnjea Blackwell (actress),

Amateur History (2013)

Actors: Emilio Palame (actor), Elise Cantu (actress), Bilal Mir (actor), Dawn Christie (actress), Peter Ambrosio (director), Peter Ambrosio (actor), Michael Bukalo (actor), Peter Ambrosio (producer), Peter Ambrosio (writer), Jake Alinikoff (actor), Wendy Taubin (actress), Whitney Ullom (actress), Kristel Kovner (actress), Isaac Tetenbaum (composer), Johnny Grove (actor),

Plot: A group of friends writing a book on the history of Los Angeles finds that their roommate is missing and has taken all of the material for the book. Two years later, a man working for a book publishing company finds the finished book but cannot find the author. He goes on a search to find out exactly what happened to them.

Chimera (2012)

Actors: Rollyn Stafford (actor), David Withers (actor), Loren Felix Kelly (miscellaneous crew), Robert Thrush (actor), Aaron Ankrom (producer), Aaron Ankrom (miscellaneous crew), Devin Hand (producer), Tyler Andre (actor), Devin Hand (writer), Devin Hand (director), Devin Hand (editor), Caitlin Johnstone (actor), Seth Ligatich (composer), Ron Osborne (actor),

Plot: If you have ever retained the memory of a dream long after waking up, it is because this dream has a feeling of significance. Chimera is an imaginative drama that uses this experience to explore the quarter-life crisis of Philip, an irresponsible asthmatic in his late 20's who wants nothing more than to find a place where he can escape the rat-race lifestyle. In his dream, Philip is led by a mystical figure to an archaic wheat field. Convinced this place to be his Utopia, Philip is determined to locate it in the physical world.

Coconut Skin (2010)

Actors: Karel van Bellingen (composer), Karel van Bellingen (editor), Jeroen Bogaert (writer), Jeroen Bogaert (director), Alex Humes (actor), James Hender (actor), Minna Pang (actress), Gert Winckelmans (actor), Yoona Cho (producer), Victoria Grove (actress), Jake Mackintosh (writer), Anthony Acosta (actor), Duncan Leighton (actor),

Plot: Kristof, a 30 year old Belgian returns to London after having spent the last 3 years working for his father back home. He reconnects with some of his university friends, and especially Victoria who he once had a crush on. She, however, has moved on with her life. Or has she?

Strangers Online (2009)

Actors: Victoria De Mare (actress), Linnea Quigley (actress), Monique Parent (actress), Cheryl Dent (actress), John Huckert (editor), John Huckert (composer), John Huckert (producer), John Huckert (writer), John Huckert (director), Joaquin Garay III (actor), Kelsey Wedeen (actress), Michael Waite (actor), Lynn Odell (actress), Eva Frajko (actress), David Vinau (actor),

What If It's Raining (1985)

Actors: Michael Maloney (actor), Anthony Minghella (writer), Amy Roberts (costume designer), Miles Anderson (actor), Deborah Findlay (actress), Stephen Whittaker (director), Kamilla Blanche (actress), Jack Bentall (actor),

La notte dell'alta marea (1977)

Actors: Carlo Ponti (producer), Piero Umiliani (composer), Giacomo Rossi-Stuart (writer), Giacomo Rossi-Stuart (actor), Anthony Steel (actor), Harry Alan Towers (producer), Pam Grier (actress), Claude Fournier (writer), Annie Belle (actress), Gerardo Amato (actor), Luigi Scattini (editor), Luigi Scattini (writer), Luigi Scattini (director), Vittorio Schiraldi (writer), Hugo Pratt (actor),

Il vangelo secondo Matteo (1964)

Actors: Pino Locchi (miscellaneous crew), Renato Terra (actor), Pier Paolo Pasolini (director), Danilo Donati (costume designer), Nino Baragli (editor), Enrico Maria Salerno (miscellaneous crew), Luis Bacalov (composer), Pier Paolo Pasolini (writer), Ninetto Davoli (actor), Gianni Bonagura (miscellaneous crew), Alfredo Bini (producer), Cesare Barbetti (miscellaneous crew), Paola Tedesco (actress), Emanuela Rossi (miscellaneous crew), Enzo Siciliano (actor),

Plot: Along a rocky, barren coastline, Jesus begins teaching, primarily using parables. He attracts disciples; he's stern, brusque, and demanding. He comes to bring a sword, not peace, he says. He's in a hurry, moving from place to place near the Sea of Galilee, sometimes attracting a multitude, sometimes being driven away. His parables often take on the powers that be, so he and his teachings come to the attention of the Pharisees, the chief priests, and elders. They conspire to have him arrested, beaten, tried, and crucified, just as he prophesied to his followers. After he dies, he appears to his disciples and gives them final instructions.

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Cuerpo y alma (1931)

Actors: Jules Furthman (writer), William Fox (producer), Rafael Calvo (actor), Félix de Pomés (actor), Martin Garralaga (actor), George J. Lewis (actor), José Nieto (actor), Carlos Villarías (actor), Max Wagner (actor), David Howard (director), Ana María Custodio (actress), A.E. Thomas (writer), Enriqueta Soler (actress), Matías Cirici Ventalló (writer), José Alcántara (actor),

Plot: Tried and true story of 3 buddies, young men thrust into danger (in this case, World War I aviation), some of whom come back, while some are less lucky. Films about WW1 fliers had been spectacularly successful in the US around the turn of the 1930s, like "Wings," "Hell's Angels," and "Dawn Patrol." The Fox Studio evidently hoped this particular story, written by Furthman and others, had enough box office potential that Fox filmed it in 2 versions, the original English-speaking one (see under "Body and Soul" (1931)), and this Spanish-language "Cuerpo y alma" [literal translation of "Body & Soul"]. In the Spanish version the 3 fliers were played by Lewis (Farrell's role), Alcantara (Bogart), Nieto (Dillaway) and the 2 women by Custodio (Landi) and Soler (Loy). It's ironic that this Spanish version actually ran a half-hour longer than the original English one (99 min. vs. 70 min.), even though it's the same story filmed in the same sets. Perhaps Fox was so disappointed with the English-speaking result that after completion the studio cut it down radically (to play on US screens as part of a double feature), while the Spanish version actually preserved intact the complete original story...? (Something similar did happen that same year to the English and Spanish versions of "Dracula.")