Down for Life
Oct 01, 2010 | IMDB 3.5
93 min Watch NowDrama, Crime
Based on a New York Times article depicting a single dramatic day in the life of a Latina gang leader in South Central L.A.
Drama, Crime
Based on a New York Times article depicting a single dramatic day in the life of a Latina gang leader in South Central L.A.
MOVIE COMMENTS
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Madame Wang's
When Life Was Good
Tower
Unglassed Windows Cast a Terrible Reflection
Desistfilm
The Whole Shootin' Match
Love Is a Treasure
Wish You Were Here
The Scenic Route
Adventure Girl
Gal Young 'Un
Chemical Cut
Ship of Theseus
Sunset Rock
The Tormentors
The Caretaker
Street Wars
Disconnect
The Elevator
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IMDB 6.2 | Dec , 1984
Charlie Banks, chronically unemployed, struggles to find dignity and a meaning for life in the impoverished Los Angeles neighborhood of Watts.Madame Wang's
IMDB 4.7 | Sep , 1996
A KGB agent comes to California to meet Jane Fonda and prepare for a Russian takeover of the US. After losing his papers, he connects with a band of homeless, overweight, and over-the-hill transvestites and becomes a punker in a Chinese restaurant owned by an elderly transexual, Madame Wang.When Life Was Good
IMDB 7 | Sep , 2008
Brooklyn flies home to surprise her boyfriend on his birthday, but immediately changes her mind upon arrival and decides to hide out for the summer with her friend Faith. Faith lives with Casey and with relationship problems of their own, the couple are happy with the distraction...until Brooklyn begins to assert herself, then all of the characters come face to face with the hard realities of their relationships.Tower
IMDB 4.6 | Aug , 2012
Tower centres on a thirty-four year old man, Derek, who lives at home with his parents in Toronto, Canada. Unlike his married brother who is expecting a baby, Derek is single and without a career. Although he aspires to become a graphic-animator, he works part-time at his uncle’s construction company. Late at night he wanders the street alone and frequents nightclubs in search of companionship. Derek suddenly finds himself in an intimate relationship with a woman he meets, Nicole. When a neighbourhood raccoon becomes a constant nuisance by tearing up his family’s garbage, Derek sets out to catch it.Unglassed Windows Cast a Terrible Reflection
IMDB 6.5 | Jan , 1953
An anatomy of violence. Four young men and two young women are on a drive. There's a rivalry between two guys for one of the girls. On a remote road, the car stalls. The driver hitchhikes for help. Led by the intrepid girl, the others walk toward abandoned buildings, perhaps a mining operation. One of the three guys sits and reads. The intrepid one explores the building and sees something that scares her. She screams; the two rivals and the second girl run to find her. Something she says starts a fight between her two suitors. The one reading a book walks away in disgust. After stopping the fight, the two young women follow. How can this end? Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2005.Desistfilm
IMDB 5.5 | Jan , 1954
Four young men and a young woman sit in boredom. She smokes while one strums a lute, one looks at a magazine, and two fiddle with string. The door opens and in comes a young man, cigarette between his lips, a swagger on his face. The young woman laughs. As the four young men continue disconnected activities, the other two become a couple. When the four realize something has changed, first they stare at the couple who have kissed and now are dancing slowly. The four run from the house in a kind of frenzy and return to stare. The power of sex has unnerved them.The Whole Shootin' Match
IMDB 5.8 | Mar , 1979
Lloyd and Frank, two lifelong friends and self-styled entrepreneurs in Austin, try to find the get-rich-quick scheme that will actually get them rich. Lloyd has developed a new invention that he's sure will finally lead to the success he and Frank have been chasing their whole lives. Their golden ticket is a combination mop, vacuum cleaner and floor polisher, but before prosperity arrives, reality intrudes on their plans.Love Is a Treasure
IMDB 5.8 | Feb , 2002
Love Is a Treasure is a 55-minute film about the world of women who have developed psychoses. It consists of five episodes each telling the story of one woman. The episodes are based research and interviews but the stories and dialogue are fiction, combinations of different elements. —The Cinematic Works of Eija-Liisa AhtilaWish You Were Here
IMDB 0 | Dec , 2016
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IMDB 5.4 | Apr , 1978
An experimental drama that spins the tale of a woman, her sister, and the man who completes the triangle. Told through such fertile sources as grand opera, classical painting, and Victorian melodrama.Adventure Girl
IMDB 4.3 | Aug , 1934
Faux documentary told in first-person narration, about an "adventuress" who sets sail to Guatemala with her father and two male crewmen, rescues them when their fresh-water supply is compromised, finds a treasure map, and attempts to steal a fabulous emerald from a ruined temple, much to the aggrevation of a worshipful native princess and her subjects.Gal Young 'Un
IMDB 3.8 | Sep , 1979
Mattie, a widow living in the backwoods of Florida during Prohibition, meets Trax, a charming man much younger that herself. Trax is a womanizing, lying bootlegger who needs money and he sets his sights on Mattie who can support him. After energetically courting her, Mattie marries Trax, who before long brings home a young woman to be their housekeeper, but it is obvious that she is to be his mistress. When Trax leaves on business, the two women each contemplate how they are being exploited and Mattie comes up with a plan of her own.Chemical Cut
IMDB 5.8 | Jan , 2016
A misfit turned L.A. model struggles to define herself in the soul-crushing fashion industry, until a mysterious woman's haunting performance strikes her imagination.Ship of Theseus
IMDB 6.9 | Sep , 2012
Three stories about persons forced to think about the ethics and moral issues raised by medical advances.Sunset Rock
IMDB 7.5 | Feb , 2016
A coming-of-age film about celebrity worship, love and disillusionment set in the Los Angeles YouTube community.The Tormentors
IMDB 4 | Jan , 1971
A wild gang of bikers who shamelessly idolize the Nazis, brutalizes anyone or anything that stands in their way. Dealing in illegal weapons, assassinations, power and violence, they seem invincible until they push one man too far... When his girlfriend is savagely murdered, he declares a personal war...but to destroy them, he has to join them!The Caretaker
IMDB 7.2 | Jan , 1964
Aston, a quiet, reserved man, lives alone in a top-floor cluttered room of a small abandoned house in a poor London district. He befriends and takes in Mac Davies, an old derelict who has been fired from a menial job in a café. In time Aston offers him a job as caretaker of the house. Aston's brother, Mick - a taunting, quasi-sadist - harasses the derelict when his brother is away, countermanding his orders...Street Wars
IMDB 4.5 | Apr , 1991
A young man takes over as the head of a crack dealing outfit after his brother, the gang's leader, is murdered.Disconnect
IMDB 7.1 | Apr , 2013
A hard-working lawyer, attached to his cell phone, can't find the time to communicate with his family. An estranged couple uses the internet as a means to escape from their lifeless marriage. A widowed ex-cop struggles to raise a mischievous son who cyber-bullies a classmate. An ambitious journalist sees a career-making story in a teen that performs on an adult-only site. They are strangers, neighbors and colleagues and their stories collide as ordinary people struggling to connect in today's wired world.The Elevator
IMDB 4.5 | Apr , 1998
Things are going swimmingly for the film producer Roy Tilden, his last film is a success and he will soon receive an award for it. But his perfect day changed quickly when he takes an elevator with a keen writer. Directly after the door is closed, the emergency stop button is pressed and he is caught with a bunch of mildly different people.