一只小鹦鹉和另一只成熟的鹦鹉一起寻找饲养它们的小女孩，它们发现在困境中由“说话”来找到另一种解决方式。它们首先告诉自己已经在困境中，并且知道自己有说话的天才，它们内心充满希望，在别致的动物展会中人类的朋友们能帮它实现最重要的梦想——最终回到“家园”。

故事讲述流浪牛仔约翰．伯恩斯返回故里，拜访他昔日曾经爱慕的好姑娘邦迪，得知她已同其最好的朋友保罗结婚。但保罗因为非法穿越美国/墨西哥边境而遭逮捕被判两年监禁，总能轻松越狱的伯恩斯打算亲自去监狱帮好友越狱。他设法进了监狱后发现老朋友并不想逃跑，无奈自己脱逃，他准备好马匹和粮食后，在他熟悉的山路中躲避一干现代警力的追捕。在一望无际的荒山野岭中，展开一场老式牛仔与现代警力对峙的猫鼠游戏。

1982年威尼斯电影节最佳女演员奖——Susan Sarandon

由NBC播放的首部关于艾滋病的电视电影。讲述个年轻的律师(Aidan Quinn扮演)飞回家乡告诉父母他自己是个同性恋者，并且染上了艾滋病。播出当晚就跳升到当时的排行榜首位，并且获得了当年的艾美奖。

《父母心》是獨立電影人約翰．卡薩維蒂於六十年代遇上荷里活製片之產物。故事講及精神科醫生畢蘭加士打聘請了來自音樂學院的朱迪．格蘭，於兒童精神病院利用嶄新手法教導外界認為無可救助的精神病兒童吉娜．羅蘭茲。片中兒童皆來自加州其中一間兒童精神中心，將這班被遺忘的一群真實地呈現在觀眾面前。

都市人面對種種生活壓力，大量社會問題備受關注。當面對社會的陰暗面時，主流社會最初會以迴避的態度面對，而經過大量之社會運動、媒體報導等以令社會更多元、開放，以積極的態度去面對。這種社會心態轉變可能用上半個世紀，甚至更長時間。其中兒童問題從來都是一個敏感議題，而卡薩維蒂早在六十年代已利用光影之間揭示社會鮮為人知的一面，廣泛引起主流社會討論。

卡薩維蒂是一位極具才華的獨立電影導演，游走於荷里活製作和獨立電影之間，利用偏鋒路線打破固有荷里活電影記事模式，注重強烈的演員性格去反映現實社會。本片被評為卡氏最為大膽作品之一，其寫實性令人嘆為觀止，創新起用精神病兒童在作品中表演。深刻地勾勒出這批非主流兒童的困境，打破大眾對他們的形象。而憑藉這齣先驅作品，我們更可以反思現時香港社會在這方面的缺失。

As a result of co-operation between Cassavetes and Hollywood's producers, A Child is Waiting was shown in the 1960s. Burt Lancaster, a psychiatrist, hires Judy Garland to work at a psychiatric facility for children. Garland uses an innovative method to teach a mentally retarded child, Gena Rowland, who the world has turned its back on. Patients in the film were from a real life psychiatric institution, where this group of forsaken children was being honestly presented to the audience.

City life is filled with all sorts of stress and problems. When facing the dark side of society, the mainstream community usually takes refuge in escapism. It is only after waves of social movements and media coverage that the people's attitudes about these problems would change and that they would take affirmative action about it. This process might take half century or longer. Children issue has always been a sensitive subject, yet Cassavetes has already chosen to show its untold stories in his film in the early sixties to arouse public discussion.

Cassavetes was a talented independent filmmaker who also engaged in Hollywood productions. His works emphasized on his actors, and through their characters, instead of traditional storytelling techniques, explored the realities of society. This film was hailed as the most daring piece of Cassavetes' works. Its realism was praised, especially of his inclusion of real life patients. The patients' difficulties were profoundly illustrated so as to eradicate the public's prejudice against them. From this avant-garde work, we can even reconsider the situation of these issues in Hong Kong.

source: Hong Kong Arts Centre

兩位要好的朋友Debbie和Beth，他們都已逼近30，仍是單身，因此都十分惶恐的急著追求真愛。但似乎找錯了地方，她們每天晚上都窩在Ollie’s這間兩人最常來的酒吧，希望找到Mr. Right。同樣是藍領階級，Debbie較有主見，而Beth是位單親媽媽，限制了她在追求愛情上的選擇。Debbie的母親Virginia也有她個人的困擾，她對正與自己交往的喪偶男士間的關係感到懷疑。當這些女人主動積極的追求愛情，到頭來卻發現這只是一場褪色的夢時，她們必須走過過去的”瘋狂的盲目”，學會以重新的態度來看待自己。

Go in with low expectations and it's an acceptable diversion. I can't speak for people who wanted to see "dreamy" Fox act serious or Rowlands act more serious. I went to enjoy Joanie Jett and did, with Michael McKean adding some levity along the way. ----- When this flick first came out, Fox appeared on a talk show promoting it, claiming to be a rock fan, as he particularly enjoyed James Taylor -- yow. That would be like Jay Leno claiming to be a car buff, his favorite model being the horse. After that I was pleased to find that there is some good rock here. The rest is about the level of Family Ties, ok.

《橄榄》出自美国独立电影导演胡曼·哈利利（Hooman Khalili）之手，是全世界首部完全由手机拍摄的标准长度故事片。它具有完整的故事情节,讲述一名不能说话的小女孩如何改变了三名陌生人的人生,全片没有一句对白。
影片制作成本不足50万美元,主要由“脸谱”前任首席运营官克里斯·凯利出资。“脸谱”创始人兼首席执行官马克·朱克伯格的姐姐兰迪在其中扮演一名售货员,数度获得艾美奖和金球奖的老牌女演员吉纳罗兰兹出演主要角色之一。
这部电影全片用诺基亚N8手机配合传统35毫米镜头摄制。诺基亚N8拥有3.5英寸触控屏，内置1200万像素摄像头并配备氙气闪光灯，支持自动对焦和720P高清视频拍摄功能，还配备了高清HDMI接口，方便用户将手机与液晶电视等大屏幕显示器连接播放高清影片。
《橄榄》定于12月16日先在美国洛杉矶上映，并有资格提名角逐明年2月的奥斯卡奖。

Character study about Mildred, an elderly woman who has spent her life caring for others. When her daughter finally leaves home, she finds that, for the first time in her life, she has nobody to worry about - but soon becomes involved in the life of Monica, a young mother whose husband has left her to look after her young son J.J.. As the relationship blossoms, Monica teaches Mildred that there is more to life than taking care of others.

故事发生在1938年的波士顿。托尼（彼得·福克 Peter Falk 饰）、山迪（杰拉德·墨菲 Gerard Murphy 饰）、贾斯（保罗·索维诺 Paul Sorvino 饰）和比利是情同手足的四兄弟，常常聚在一起商量干一票抢劫的非法勾当。没过多久，法律就给予了他们制裁，四人被关进了监狱，等待着他们的是漫长的刑期。
第二次世界大战结束后，四人刑满释放，回归了社会。然而，他们并没有珍惜这难能可贵的自由，一次偶然中，托尼发现了一间银行的安保漏洞，抢劫金库的计划被提上了日程。在经过了缜密的策划之后，一行四人开始了行动，并且最终抢走了二百七十万美金，在社会上引起了巨大的轰动，警方很快就将怀疑的目标锁定到了托尼一行人的身上。

A woman, who had left home 20 years previously under acrimonious circumstances, finds out that she is terminally ill. She returns home and tries to rebuild her relationship with her embittered mother before she dies.
—frankfob2@yahoo.com

Tony Rome is an ex-cop turned private eye in Miami Beach. For $200 he returns to her father's house a young woman who's passed out in a seedy hotel and keeps the hotel's name out of it. Trouble is, she's missing a diamond pin and tough guys show up at Tony's boat looking for it. When the pin does turn up, it's fake, so the girl's father, a wealthy builder, hires Tony to find out what happened to the real stones. Bodies begin to pile up, Tony suspects the builder's trophy wife, and he's also looking for a mysterious guy named Nimmo who used to date Ann Archer, a stunning redhead Tony meets at the builder's. Can Tony sort it out before too many die, and what about Ann?

Hoyce and Bess Guthrie are long married Montana ranchers who come to a major crossroads in their lives. An oil company has offered to buy them out and Hoyce wants to sell while Bess hopes to keep the land in the family for future generations.