Stand Clear of the Closing Doors (2014)

아킴과 세미가 돌아왔다! 풍요로운 자문다 왕국의 왕위에 오른 아킴 왕(에디 머피)과 충직한 심복 세미 (아세니오 홀)는 아프리카의 위대한 조국을 떠나 세계를 가로질러 모든 게 시작되었던 뉴욕의 퀸스를 향해 포복절도할 새로운 모험을 떠난다.

느릿한 노래에 맞춰 친구들과 몸을 흔들면, 그것만으로 세상을 다 가진 듯했던 17세 소년. 그가 낯선 땅에 내던져진다. 오해에서 비롯된 갱단의 공격을 피해 갑작스레 떠나온 고향, 나의 작은 마음을 뉠 수 있는 곳. 그곳에 가고 싶다.

교도소를 출소한 레오(마크 월버그)는 착실히 살기로 마음 먹고 취직을 위해 철도 사업을 하는 이모부 프랭크(제임스 칸)를 찾아간다. 친구 윌리(와킨 피닉스)는 이미 프랭크 밑에서 경쟁사의 차량에 고장을 일으키거나 공무원에게 뇌물을 먹이는 일을 하고 있었다. 마지 못해 윌리를 따라다니던 레오는 윌리가 한 전철 역사의 관리인을 죽이는 장면을 목격하고, 살인 누명을 쓰게 된다. 자신의 누명을 벗기 위해 애쓰던 레오는 철도 사업 이권을 둘러싼 현실을 보게 되는데...

LA에서 작가로 성공한 중년의 디토에게 어느 날 어머니의 전화가 걸려온다. 아버지 몬티가 많이 아프니 꼭 고향 아스토리아로 와달라는 것. 하지만 아들로부터 확답을 얻지 못한 채 어머니는 전화를 끊는다. 이후 고향 친구인 너프와 안토니오까지 디토를 설득하고 마침내 그는 15년 만에 고향으로 향해 두 번 다신 기억하고 싶지 않던 어린 시절을 회상하게 된다. 질풍노도의 시기, 가족들과의 논쟁, 친구의 살인, 그리고 사랑까지… 15년 만에 고향을 찾은 디토에게 어떤 일이 벌어질까?

When childhood friends Al, Dennis and Eliot get together for Ray's wedding, which may or may not happen, they end up on a roller-coaster ride through reality. During one tumultuous, crazy weekend, they face adulthood and each other with new found maturity and discover what Queens Logic is all about. This comedy takes a look at friendship, loyalty, and love.

A prince finds his way to Queens during Christmas when a local woman enlists his help with a children's Christmas show.

Young Manhattan chef Samir rediscovers his heritage and passion for life through the enchanting art of cooking Indian food.

After 20 years on the road with Blue Oyster Cult, Jimmy Testagros returns to his hometown to life with his ailing mother. Complications arise when he falls for an old friend, who is now married to his longtime nemesis.

불법 카센터에서 훔친 자동차를 분해해서 파는 고아 알렉산드로는 거칠고 당돌한 12세 소년이다. 혼란스러운 어른의 세계에서 누나와 함께 행복하게 살고자 하지만 삶의 거친 진실 앞에서 꿈을 이루기는 쉽지 않다. ‘ 철의 삼각지’라는 은어로 통하는 뉴욕 뒷골목 윌레츠 포인트의 쓰레기장에서는 무수한 불법행위들이 공공연하게 벌어진다. 영화는 이곳을 배경으로 삼아 꿈을 지키고 살아가는 이들의 이야기를 담고 있다. (2008년 제9회 전주국제영화제)

Lex 'El Animal' Vargas is a promising Portorican boxer in Queens, but lacks ambition to aim for the big career. That changes after his brother Paulie is accidentally shot dead by a teenager in an amateur hold-up on their late dad's shop, which he now closes to turn professional boxer. His star rises fast, but success brings its own problems, as he he lacks experience to handle professionals and resist the abuse they and his ghetto past entourage make of his generous nature.

Filmed on January 5, 2023.4 friends travel the streets of Queens, NY.

다큐멘터리의 전설 프레드릭 와이즈먼의 40번째 영화. 이 작품은 전 세계에서 가장 다채로운 장소 중 하나인 뉴욕 퀸스의 잭슨 하이츠를 탐구한다. 뉴욕 시민부터 미등록 노동자까지 이 지역의 인구 변동을 매일 기록함으로써 와이즈먼은 현대 미국 이민자 현실의 실체를 포착해낸다

When autistic teen Ricky is scolded for skipping class, he escapes into the subway for a days-long odyssey among the subway’s disparate denizens. Meanwhile, his mother wages an escalating search effort above ground. Based on a true story and set in Far Rockaway, Queens, in the days leading up to Hurricane Sandy, these parallel stories of mother and son take the viewer on a touching journey of community and connection in and below New York City.

Woman on Fire follows Brooke Guinan, the first openly transgender firefighter in New York City. A character-driven documentary, the film follows Brooke as she sets out to challenge perceptions of what it means to be transgender in America today.

Documentary on the Ramones, including archival footage, interviews and music videos, this was first released on VHS in 1990 and later re-released on DVD as part of the WEIRD TALES OF THE RAMONES box set in 2005, with expanded content. HEY, HO, LET'S GO!

A man arrives at an unknown home with an unknown agenda.

This film concerns two mysterious characters who meet on a Sunday in Queens. Madeleine the most unsettling creature of that name since "Vertigo" is a middle-aged, moderately successful actress. Oliver/Matthew is either a homeless man or a famous film director or both. Madeleine hails him on the street as the latter, launching a bizarre chain of events that includes a conversation in a diner, a very unromantic sexual encounter, the arrival of Madeleine's odd husband and unsuspecting daughter, and a child's birthday party. The film also compassionately tracks the daily rounds of Oliver/Matthew's fellow denizens of the homeless shelter, some of whom will be recognizable to New York audiences.

Targeted for several failed redevelopment plans dating back to the days of Robert Moses, Willets Point, a gritty area in New York City known as the “Iron Triangle,” is the home of hundreds of immigrant-run, auto repair shops that thrive despite a lack of municipal infrastructure support. During the last year of the Bloomberg Administration, NYC’s government advanced plans for a “dynamic” high-end entertainment district that would completely wipe out this historic industrial core. The year is 2013, and the workers of Willets Point are racing against the clock to forestall their impending eviction. Their story launches an investigation into New York City’s history as the front line of deindustrialization, urban renewal, and gentrification.

An in-depth look at the life of the hip-hop MC known as Tragedy Khadafi, aka Intelligent Hoodlum, who hails from the Queensbridge housing project in New York City.

As beautiful and sleek as it is deadly, 52 Blocks merits special conservation efforts as the United States' only existing native martial culture, as it is indeed, the jazz of the martial arts world. Across the African diaspora, there are manifestations of African-derived warrior-dances, capoeira in brazil, mani in Cuba, ladja in Martinique, pinge in Haiti- yet the US offshoot has remained esoteric, because it was suppressed throughout slavery, Reconstruction and Jim Crow and then obscured in the criminal justice system. The history, interviews and training of the martial arts style that created Breakdance and boxing greats like Mike Tyson.