Straightforward Movies

What are the chances of winning the lottery jackpot and then losing it instantaneously? Our unlucky hero Phaidon is about to find out, in a...

In the shimmering heat of Brazil, 13-year-old Irene discovers a dark secret her father's been hiding: he has another family and even another daughter...

The story of Brazil’s first emperor, returning to Europe on board the English ship Warspite. The trip makes Pedro conquer his fears and face...

A brief altercation in a secluded alleyway forces a man into a desperate race to hide his mistakes. But as he tries to escape the situation, he finds...

"Pureza" tells a story of a mother, Pureza, who goes in search of her son, Abel, disappeared after leaving for the mining in the Amazon.

Tony Washington is killed in a hit-and-run after saving the local bodega clerk from robbers. Molly Mokembe is a Haitian voodou practitioner who...

US election officials in rural and urban jurisdictions of four battleground states hold the line against organized efforts to undermine their work as...

A failed engineering student in the late 1940s gets the unexpected education of a lifetime by working for four years in a rainforest tin mine.

A desperate girl encounters a robbery in a pharmacy. She doesn't know yet how dear this criminal is for her.

Recovering from an accident, an artist is torn between the nurse who is helping him recover and a college friend for whom he secretly longs.

Country songwriter Luke Dick spent his toddler years living in the Red Dog, the rowdiest and most popular strip club in Oklahoma City. Now 30 years...

A nervy young man follows a pretty lady into a diner to flirt with her, but winds up getting stuck with the tab.

Kelly is an electronic forró singer in search of ascension. She does shows in the backlands of Brazil, but does not have many opportunities....

Over the years, the monthly meetings of the Stew Club – a fraternity that has gathered seven long-time friends for decades – has gone...

Jean-Jacques asks Gustav Martinsson to shadow his cheating wife.

A police officer tries to find out who is to blame for a crime committed against a candidate for mayor of a small town. He hears versions of a hired...

On December 1st, 1985 British post-punk band Public Image Ltd. performed in Nagoya City Hall, Japan. This concert film includes an interview with...

In the Brazilian countryside, a family straining to care for their bedridden patriarch have their lives changed when a shady nurse offers a...