Cosmos: The Complete Collection
 1980  4.3 stars 780 mins Television   Rated: NR  until 01-Jun-2010
Renowned astronomer and author Carl Sagan explores the mysteries of the universe in this award-winning series, presenting fascinating and controversial insights into astronomy, biology, religion, evolution and more. With a focus on mankind's place in the grand scheme, universally speaking, Sagan takes viewers on an educational intergalactic journey through topics such as the Big Bang theory, early civilizations, purported UFO abductions and more.

Until: 01-Jun-2010 This American Life: Season 2
 2008  4.3 stars 201 mins Television   Rated: PG-13  until 01-Jul-2010
Documenting unique and compelling stories about everyday people through field recordings, essays, memoirs and found footage, host Ira Glass brings his Chicago Public Radio show back to the small screen for a second season (Emmy-nominated for Outstanding Nonfiction Series). Highlights include profiles of an obsessed birdwatcher, a 27-year-old quadriplegic man and his caregiver mother, and two convicts who nearly escaped from a Wisconsin prison using dental floss.

Until: 01-Jul-2010 La Strada: Special Edition
 1954  4.1 stars 108 mins Foreign (Italian)   Rated: NR  until 26-May-2011
Filmmaker Martin Scorsese introduces this restored special edition of Italian auteur Federico Fellini's powerful rumination on love and hate, which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 1956. The story follows the plight of gentle Gelsomina (Giulietta Masina), who's sold by her mother to a bullying circus performer (Anthony Quinn), only to have a clown (Richard Basehart) win her heart and ignite a doomed love triangle.

Until: 26-May-2011 This American Life: Season 1
 2007  4.1 stars 168 mins Television   Rated: R  until 01-Jul-2010
Ira Glass's public radio show makes the transition to television with its focus intact (and netting three Emmy nods in the process), telling uniquely American tales through anecdotes and personal reflections. Glass, director Christopher Wilcha and the rest of the crew spent six months on the road compiling these stories, which take viewers from Iowa's pig farms (where the "perfect" swine is being bred) to a Chicago hot dog stand.

Until: 01-Jul-2010 Elling
 2001  3.9 stars 90 mins Foreign (Norwegian)   Rated: R  until 01-Nov-2010
Per Christian Ellefsen and Sven Nordin play the shy, retiring Elling and the imposing Kjell in this Norwegian movie about two mentally challenged friends who battle adversity and find their place in the sun. When the two become roommates, they attempt to create a life for themselves outside the confining, but protective, walls of the hospital. Petter Naess directs this Academy Award nominee for Best Foreign Language Film.

Until: 01-Nov-2010 On the Waterfront
 1954  3.9 stars 108 mins Classics   Rated: NR  until 01-Mar-2011
Winner of eight Oscars, director Elia Kazan's classic morality tale stars Marlon Brando as Terry Malloy, a has-been boxer who experiences a crisis of conscience while working for mobbed-up union boss Johnny Friendly (Lee J. Cobb). Terry turns a blind eye when Friendly's thugs kill a fellow dockworker to keep him from testifying in a corruption case, but he has second thoughts when the victim's sister (Eva Marie Saint) urges him to take a stand.

Until: 01-Mar-2011 Stand and Deliver
 1988  3.8 stars 99 mins Drama   Rated: PG  until 22-May-2010
Fans of inspirational dramas about the life-changing power of education will be touched by this moving, mostly true story of famed East L.A. math teacher Jaime Escalante (Edward James Olmos), who finds himself in a classroom of rebellious remedial students. Escalante stuns fellow faculty members with his plans to teach the kids AP calculus. But no one expects the mostly Hispanic teens (including Lou Diamond Phillips) to overcome the odds.

Until: 22-May-2010 The Man Who Knew Too Much
 1956  3.8 stars 120 mins Classics   Rated: PG  until 31-May-2010
While vacationing in Morocco, American tourist Ben McKenna (James Stewart) learns of an assassination plot but can't turn to the police without endangering his young son, who's been kidnapped to ensure McKenna's silence. Director Alfred Hitchcock's suspenseful remake of his 1934 thriller features a rare dramatic turn by Doris Day as Ben's wife and makes legendary use of the Oscar-winning tune "Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)."

Until: 31-May-2010 The Visitor
 2007  3.8 stars 103 mins Drama   Rated: PG-13  until 04-Aug-2010
Widowed professor Walter Vale (Richard Jenkins, in an Oscar-nominated role) finds himself drawn to a different rhythm when he discovers an immigrant couple, Tarek (Haaz Sleiman) and Zainab (Danai Gurira), squatting in his Manhattan flat and becomes wrapped up in their lives. Hiam Abbass co-stars as Tarek's mother, who forges an unlikely connection with Walter when Tarek is thrown into a detention center.

Until: 04-Aug-2010 Midnight Express
 1978  3.8 stars 121 mins Drama   Rated: R  until 01-May-2010
The true story of Billy Hayes (Brad Davis) is brought to life by Oliver Stone's Academy Award-winning screenplay recounting the young American's experience in a Turkish prison. When Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of Turkey, the courts decide to make an example out of him and sentence him to 20 years in prison. With little hope of ever getting out, Hayes decides to attempt a daring escape. Co-stars Randy Quaid and John Hurt.

Until: 01-May-2010 The Man Who Knew Too Much
 1934  3.8 stars 75 mins Thrillers   Rated: NR  until 14-Sep-2010
The Lawrences are vacationing in Switzerland when a secret-agent friend is mortally wounded. Before dying, he utters some cryptic words revealing a planned assassination in London, and things only get worse when the couple's daughter is kidnapped. With little police help, the parents take matters into their own hands. Alfred Hitchcock's black-and-white classic was later remade in color, starring Jimmy Stewart and Doris Day.

Until: 14-Sep-2010 Rashomon
 1950  3.8 stars 88 mins Foreign (Japanese)   Rated: NR  until 21-Jun-2011
Considered one of Japanese director Akira Kurosawa's masterpieces, this Oscar-winning crime drama unfolds as four witnesses to a rape and murder report their versions of the attack, leaving the viewer to decide what really happened. But the chain of events depicted by the bandit (Toshiro Mifune), the rape victim (Machiko Kyo), the murdered man's ghost (Masayuki Mori) and the woodcutter (Takashi Shimura) have more differences than similarities.

Until: 21-Jun-2011 A Man for All Seasons
 1966  3.8 stars 120 mins Drama   Rated: G  until 01-Jan-2011
When Henry VIII (Robert Shaw) seeks approval from the English aristocracy to divorce his wife and marry commoner Anne Boleyn, Sir Thomas More (Paul Scofield) finds himself caught between a murderous king and the powerful Roman Catholic Church. Richly crafted with a fine supporting cast, director Fred Zinnemann's period drama swept the 1966 Oscars, winning six golden statuettes, including Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Director.

Until: 01-Jan-2011 I've Loved You So Long
 2008  3.7 stars 117 mins Foreign (French)   Rated: PG-13  until 26-Jul-2010
After more than a decade apart, estranged sisters Juliette (Kristin Scott Thomas) and Lea (Elsa Zylberstein) try to rebuild their fractured relationship. But the task is hardly easy, considering Juliette's past: She's been in jail for 15 years -- for killing someone. As she settles into small-town life with Lea's family, the locals can't help but talk. Writer-director Philippe Claudel's feature film debut garnered him a Golden Globe nomination.

Until: 26-Jul-2010 Thirteen Days
 2000  3.7 stars 145 mins Drama   Rated: PG-13  until 26-Aug-2010
When a nuclear missile presence escalates in Cuba, President John F. Kennedy (Bruce Greenwood) attempts to curb the threat with help from his aides, his generals and his younger brother, Bobby (Stephen Culp), then the U.S. attorney general. After assessing the situation, they quickly realize the Soviets could launch offensive warheads, leaving the fate of the world hanging by a thread. Kevin Costner co-stars in this drama based on actual events.

Until: 26-Aug-2010 The Baader Meinhof Complex
 2008  3.7 stars 149 mins Foreign (German)   Rated: R  until 08-Dec-2013
Uli Edel directs this Best Foreign Language Film Oscar nominee charting the birth of West Germany's Red Army Faction, a radical left-wing terrorist group formed in the late 1960s amid a climate of revolution and a fallen generation. Staging a series of bombings, kidnappings and assassinations, the RAF waged a war against fascism with a direct assault against the powers of American imperialism and the fledgling German democracy.

Until: 08-Dec-2013 The Edge of Heaven
 2007  3.6 stars 122 mins Foreign (German)   Rated: NR  until 14-Apr-2010
When his father accidentally kills a prostitute, Nejat Aksu (Baki Davrak) seeks out her 27-year-old daughter, Ayten (Nurgül Yesilcay), to make amends. Nejat focuses his search in Turkey, but Ayten, who's part of a closely watched activist group, has fled to Germany. The lives of four Turks and two Germans are soon entwined as a result of circumstances beyond their control in this compelling drama, which earned Best Screenplay honors at Cannes.

Until: 14-Apr-2010 The Spanish Prisoner
 1997  3.6 stars 110 mins Thrillers   Rated: PG  until 01-Apr-2010
When a naïve inventor (Campbell Scott) develops "The Process," a top-secret program guaranteed to make billions for his company, the wolves come out to fleece him in this cunning mystery with a masterful sleight of hand from writer-director David Mamet. Powerful performances by Ben Gazarra and Steve Martin -- in addition to plenty of surprises and stings -- permeate this twisty and suspenseful con flick.

Until: 01-Apr-2010 Around the World in 80 Days
 1956  3.5 stars 272 mins Classics   Rated: G  until 01-Jan-2011
This 1956 hit, which earned several Oscar nods and was based on Jules Verne's novel, recounts the adventures of Englishman Phileas Fogg (David Niven), who takes on a seemingly impossible wager: traveling around the world with his sidekick, Passepartout (Cantinflas), in 80 days. The star-studded cast includes Charles Boyer, Marlene Dietrich and Buster Keaton.

Until: 01-Jan-2011 Kontroll
 2004  3.5 stars 106 mins Foreign (Hungarian)   Rated: R  until 31-Oct-2010
In the dismal world of the Budapest subway system, ticket inspector Bulcsú (Sándor Csányi) and his crew cope with everything from freeloaders to a hooded killer, while reaffirming their ability to survive each day by engaging in competitions with other crews. First-time director Nimród Antal helms this Hungarian box office smash hit and winner of the Prix de la Jeunes award at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.

Until: 31-Oct-2010 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
 2007  3.5 stars 113 mins Foreign   Rated: NR  until 10-Jun-2023
In the last days of communism in Romania, college student Gabita (Laura Vasiliu) wants to end her unplanned pregnancy. With help from best friend and fellow student Otilia (Anamaria Marinca), Gabita seeks an abortion -- which is illegal under the oppressive Ceausescu regime. Director Cristian Mungiu's searing portrait of life under a dictatorship received a slew of film festival awards along with a Golden Globe nod for Best Foreign Language Film.

Until: 10-Jun-2023 Rudo y Cursi
 2008  3.5 stars 103 mins Foreign (Spanish)   Rated: R  until 24-Dec-2010
Stuck working on a banana ranch, two super competitive soccer-playing brothers dream of getting off the farm and finding stardom: Beto (Diego Luna) as a pro goalie and Toto (Gael García Bernal) as a singer -- but it might break them. When a professional soccer team ignores Beto's goalie skills in favor of Toto's fancy footwork, Beto signs on to a rival team, and the battle between brothers is on. Carlos Cuarón directs this drama.

Until: 24-Dec-2010 Broadcast News
 1987  3.5 stars 132 mins Comedy   Rated: R
In James L. Brooks's Oscar-nominated romantic comedy, three ambitious workaholics are set loose in a network TV newsroom, where their professional and personal lives become hopelessly cross-wired. Anchorman Tom (William Hurt) is smooth, handsome and a bit dumb; Jane (Holly Hunter) is his driven, brilliant producer; and Aaron (Albert Brooks) is a seasoned, uncharismatic reporter who can't stand Tom's instant success on-camera or with Jane.

Until: Expired Brick
 2005  3.4 stars 110 mins Drama   Rated: R  until 01-Oct-2012
When a secret crush turns up dead and the murderer is anyone's guess, teenage loner Brendan Fry (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is forced to navigate his school's social network through intense interactions with thespians, band geeks and druggies (including a grown-up Lukas Haas). This unconventional film noir marked a promising debut for writer-director Rian Johnson, picking up a Special Jury Prize at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival.

Until: 01-Oct-2012 Revanche
 2008  3.4 stars 122 mins Foreign (German)   Rated: NR  until 16-Feb-2011
In a ragged section of Vienna, hardened ex-con Alex (Johannes Krisch) works as an assistant in a brothel, where he falls for Ukrainian hooker Tamara (Irina Potapenko). They hope for escape, but their plans unexpectedly intersect with the lives of a rural cop (Andreas Lust) and his seemingly content wife (Ursula Strauss). Austrian Director Götz Spielmann's Oscar-nominated drama is a tense, existential, and moving portrait of vengeance and redemption.

Until: 16-Feb-2011 The Class
 2008  3.3 stars 130 mins Foreign (French)   Rated: PG-13  until 12-Mar-2011
In an inventive adaptation of his novel about his experiences working in one of the roughest neighborhoods in Paris, François Bégaudeau stars as a replica of himself -- a passionate French teacher who presides over a classroom of diverse young minds. Not your standard drama or documentary but something in between, this Oscar-nominated film used three cameras during a largely improvisational shoot and features real students rather than actors.

Until: 12-Mar-2011 Humble Pie
 2007  3.0 stars 94 mins Independent   Rated: PG-13  until 07-Aug-2011
Tracy Orbison (Hubbel Palmer) is the definition of average: He's overweight, lives with an overbearing mother, fails a driving test regularly and has worked at a grocery store for 11 years. But this average guy with the heart of a poet aspires to more. Enrolling in an acting class, Tracy sets the wheels of change in motion … even if they don't go quite where he expects in this comic drama from the producer of Napoleon Dynamite.

Until: 07-Aug-2011 Ballast
 2008  2.8 stars 96 mins Independent   Rated: NR  until 10-Nov-2010
In a small Mississippi Delta township, one of the poorest places in the rich nation of America, a single mother struggles to provide for herself and her son. Their fragile lives are tragically ripped apart when an extreme act of violence occurs. Michael J. Smith Sr., JimMyron Ross, Tarra Riggs and Johnny McPhail star in this lyrical drama (nominated for multiple Independent Spirit Awards, including Best Feature) that explores long-standing conflicts and the meaning of family.

Until: 10-Nov-2010 Dare
 2009  2.7 stars 91 mins Drama   Rated: R  until 02-Mar-2011
In their final semester before graduation from an affluent suburban high school, good girl Alexa (Emmy Rossum), outcast Ben (Ashley Springer) and bad boy Johnny (Zach Gilford) decide to shed their youthful inhibitions and take some very grown-up risks. A twisty tale of betrayal, heartbreak and unleashed sexuality ensues in director Adam Salky's unique teen drama, which premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.

Until: 02-Mar-2011