A Michael Apted documentary that honors the artisans and craft of still and motion photography and, in particular, the glass that captures it all.

In hillbilly directors Ashley York and Sally Rubin show the evolution of the uneducated, promiscuous `hillbilly' stereotype in media and culture, linking it with corporate exploitation of Appalachia’s natural resources. The film examines the experience of rural voters and seeks to expand understanding of the region by featuring diverse communities in Appalachia, including Appalshop's Appalachian Media Institute where young adults find community and refuge, and the Affrilachian Poets, a grassroots group of poets of color living in the Appalachian region. hillbilly seeks to challenge viewers’ perception of Appalachia, opening up dialogue between urban and rural America, and offering folks within the region a cinematic portrayal of which they can be proud.

Noomi Rapace leads the all-star cast of this intense, London-set spy thriller. She plays undercover CIA agent Alice Racine, charged with preventing an upcoming biological terror attack. But when violence erupts, Alice realizes her CIA colleagues (Michael Douglas, John Malkovich, and Toni Collette) may be trying to eliminate her to cover their tracks. On the run, she must rely on the help of a tough catburglar (Orlando Bloom) to survive—and to save the city from catastrophic devastation.

16 year old Jake Livingston (Christopher Collet) has always been the man of the Livingston home since his parents divorced, that is, until his mother (Teri Garr) started seeing Sam. Sam (Peter Weller), an alcoholic and drug addict, introduces Jake's mother into a self-destructive lifestyle.

British ex-policeman Jim Naboth (Stacy Keach) seems to have nowhere to go but down. Scotland Yard fired him for drunkenness; his wife left him and remarried; and he finds his only consolation in a bottle of alcohol. But when his ex-wife is kidnapped, her current husband comes to Naboth for help. Now, the man rejected by everyone as a drunk brings a focus and ferocity to the search for his wife that no one expected in the taut action thriller The Squeeze.

An investigator on the Moscow police force relentlessly pursues the solution to a triple homicide which occurred in Moscow's Gorky Park. He finds that no one really wants him to solve the crime because it is just the tip of a complex conspiracy which involves the highest levels of the Moscow city government

Starting in 1964 with Seven Up, The UP Series has explored this Jesuit maxim. The original concept was to interview 14 children from diverse backgrounds from all over England, asking them about their lives and their dreams for the future. Every seven years, renowned director Michael Apted, a researcher for Seven Up, has been back to talk to them, examining the progression of their lives. From cab driver Tony to schoolmates Jackie, Lynn and Susan and the heart-breaking Neil, as they turn 56 more life-changing decisions and surprising developments are revealed.

Gerard Butler, Elisabeth Shue and Hollywood newcomer Jonny Weston star in this inspiring true story of courage and friendship the whole family will love. When 15-year-old Jay Moriarty (Weston) discovers that the mythical Mavericks surf break is real, he reaches out to local surfing legend Frosty Hesson (Butler) to train him to ride it. What begins as a mentorship turns into an extraordinary bond that transforms both their lives, as Jay and Frosty learn valuable lessons about conquering fear in pursuit of your dreams. Featuring the most spectacular wave footage ever captured on film, Chasing Mavericks is packed with action and drenched with excitement!

Working-class waitress Slim (Jennifer Lopez, Maid in Manhattan) thought she was entering a life of domestic bliss when she married Mitch (Billy Campbell, TV's "Once and Again"), the man of her dreams. After the arrival of their first child, her picture perfect life is shattered when she discovers Mitch's hidden possessive dark side, a controlling and abusive alter ego that can turn trust, love and tranquility into terror. Terrified for her child's safety, Slim flees with her daughter. Relentless in his pursuit and enlisting the aid of lethal henchmen, Mitch continually stalks the prey that was once his family. Finally, Slim is forced to fight back, engaging Mitch in a physical and psychological battle, showing him that she's had ENOUGH! Jennifer Lopez delivers an electrifying performance as a new breed of action hero in director Michael Apted's (The World Is Not Enough) harrowing, high-style hit thriller.

When doctor Jerry Lovell (Liam Neeson, Oscar - nominee for "Schindler's List") discovers a young woman living alone in the backwoods of North Carolina, he is intrigued by her erratic behavior and unique pattern of speech. Together with a psychologist (Natasha Richardson), Lovell determines to pierce Nell's private world and protect her from the courts - and a life of scientific study. In a race against time and a system bent on shattering her spirit, he finds that the woman whose way of life he has sought to protect, has transformed his own forever.

Because she was beautiful ...At the far end of the earth, a woman finds a reason to live and a reason to fight ... in the movie Gorillas in the Mist.Sigourney Weaver plays the lead role in this true story that embodies the wonderful life of Diane Fossey, the woman who loved the great apes, the cute giants who live in mountains fogged in the depths of Africa between Uganda and Rwanda. Fossey's research shows the world that these animals that everyone fear are only kind, smart, and social animals. Her love of apes drives her to risk everything to protect her from poachers, abandoning civilized comforts and sacrificing romance for the sake of those creatures she adores.

Ernie Souchak (John Belushi) is a celebrated Chicago Sun-Times columnist famous for his blistering political exposes. While his controversial reporting has earned him the respect of his editor, Howard McDermott (Allen Goorwitz) and the admiration of a legion of fans, it also earns him a trip to the hospital following a run-in with some disgruntled thugs. Suggesting he leave the city for a while, McDermott sends Ernie to the Rockies to interview renowned ornithologist Nell Porter (Blair Brown) who studies the habits of the endangered American bald eagle. It's a case of loathe at first sight when the chain smoking, big city Souchak meets the reclusive nature-lover Porter! But despite their differences, Souchak's trip west soon turns into a fun-filled romantic adventure as these two trek through the mountains at the top of the world along the Continental Divide!

Agatha Christie is generally considered the Queen of Crime Fiction. Her novels, stories and plays bamboozle legions of murder aficionados with complex plotting and dazzling denouements. But no mystery she ever wrote surpassed the one she lived. This tantalizing tale posits what may have happened to the famed writer during her real-life 11-day disappearance in 1926. Dustin Hoffman plays a brash American journalist who tries his own hand at sleuthing when he sets out the find the missing novelist (Vanessa Redgrave), a shy, introspective woman whose marriage to a war hero (Timothy Dalton) has foundered. What really happened? The world doesn't know and Dame Agatha never told. But as suspensefully directed by Michael Apted (Coal Miner's Daughter, Gorky Park), Agatha offers a spellbinding solution.

Return to a world of wondrous fantasy in the third installment of C. S. Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia series. Lucy, Edmund and their cousin cross through a painting into Narnia, where they join King Caspian and a mouse aboard the mighty ship “The Dawn Treader.” There, they confront mystical creatures and reunite with the great lion Aslan on a mission that will determine Narnia’s fate!

When the suave Agent 007 (Pierce Brosnan) is assigned to protect a beautiful billionaire oil heiress (Sophia Marceau), he is catapulted into a passionate, adrenaline-charged adventure against one of his most deadly adversaries: Renard (Robert Carlyle), a nuclear-obsessed ruthless anarchist whose total imperviousness to pain makes him a virtually unstoppable enemy who is seeking to control the world's oil supply.

Golden Globe-winner Hugh Grant ("Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason," "Love Actually") is a promising emergency room doctor whose investigation into bizarre medical experimentation on the homeless may threaten his career -- and his life! Co-starring Academy Award and Golden Globe-winner Gene Hackman ("Runaway Jury," "Behind Enemy Lines"), Emmy and Golden Globe-winner Sarah Jessica Parker ("The Family Stone," TV's "Sex and the City"), and David Morse ("Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story," "Hearts in Atlantis"). From acclaimed director Michael Apted ("Enough," "The World Is Not Enough").

From the very beginning, Pelter's case has been dogged with controversy. Were the charged trumped up? Was the evidence falsified? Were witnesses pressured to change their testimony? Many people, including some of today's greatest legal minds, believe that Peltier is an innocent man. Twelve years ago, Robert Redford visited Leonard Peltier in prison. Today, after years of struggle with the FBI and the prison system, he and director Michael Apted (Gorillas In the Mist, Coal Miner's Daughter) are able to present Incident At Oglala- a riveting examination of the case and the real story of what may be one of the most outrageous abuses of justice in American history.

Emma Brody (Madeleine Stowe "The Last of the Mohicans," "We Were Soldiers") was blinded as a child. Now, a corneal transplant returns the gift of sight. She can see her best friend Candice (Academy Award-winner and Golden Globe-nominee Laurie Metcalf TVs "Roseanne," "JFK"). She can see all the beauty of Chicago. And she can see the face of the man who murdered her neighbor. Or can she? Sometimes Emma's mind doesn't register a visual image until a day later. Did Emma see the face of a killer, or was it a hallucination? Detective John Hallstrom (Aidan Quinn "Legends of the Fall," "The Mission") believes Emma knows the killer's face--and that he is stalking her. Now, after decades in the dark, does Emma see too much with every Blink?

Val Kilmer, Sam Shepard and Graham Greene star in this powerful murder mystery with all the style and suspense of Witness. Kilmer stars as Ray Levoi, a hotshot FBI agent who's thrust into a strange new world when he is sent to solve a murder on an Indian reservation. Hand-picked because of his part-Sioux ancestry, Levoi is teamed with a legendary older agent (Shepard) to capture a radical Indian protester. But once on the reservation, Levoi encounters the irreverent local sheriff (Greene), and the tribe's religious leader (Chief Ted Thin Elk), who knows secrets about Levoi's own lost heritage. And as Levoi's awareness of the native culture grows, so does his belief that the U.S. government has framed an innocent man. A crackerjack mystery and a personal triumph of the heart.

Based on the true life story of William Wilberforce, a leader of the British abolition movement, Amazing Grace chronicles his epic struggle to pass a law to end the slave trade in the late 18th century. Along the way, Wilberforce (Ioan Gruffudd) meets intense opposition from members of Parliament who feel the slave trade is tied to the stability of the British Empire. Several friends, including Wilberforce’s minister, John Newton (Albert Finney), a reformed slave ship captain who penned the beloved hymn "Amazing Grace," urge him to see the cause through.