Tag: denial

  • The Celebration

    The family of a wealthy businessman gather to celebrate his 60th birthday. During the course of the party, his eldest son presents a speech that reveals a shocking secret.

  • Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.

    A portrait of the life and career of the infamous American execution device designer Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. Mr. Leuchter was an engineer who became an expert on execution devices and was later hired by holocaust revisionist historian Ernst Zundel to “prove” that there were no gas chambers at Auschwitz. Leuchter published a controversial report…

  • Tape

    Jon, a first-time filmmaker, finds himself in Lansing, Michigan to present his film at a local film festival. Vince, his high school friend who is now a volunteer fireman and small-time drug dealer, also visits the town to support Jon on his big day, or so it seems. After a raucous hello and much backslapping,…

  • A Thousand Little Cuts

    Anne Bennett wakes up in a hospital, convinced she is recovering from minor surgery only to find herself in a battle of wits with a psychiatrist who can’t let her leave until she remembers “what happened that night.” Events turn a darker corner as doctor and patient try to unlock not only what traumatic event…

  • The Kid with a Bike

    Abandoned by his father, a young boy is left in the hands of an unqualified childcare provider.

  • Betrayal

    While examining one of her patients, a doctor reveals that her husband is cheating with the patient’s wife.

  • Flight

    Commercial airline pilot Whip Whitaker has a problem with drugs and alcohol, though so far he’s managed to complete his flights safely. His luck runs out when a disastrous mechanical malfunction sends his plane hurtling toward the ground. Whip pulls off a miraculous crash-landing that results in only six lives lost. Shaken to the core,…

  • Don’t Look Up

    Two astronomers go on a media tour to warn humankind of a planet-killing comet hurtling toward Earth. The response from a distracted world: Meh.