Karla Montana

A first-time feature-film director (who's also the writer and producer) is casting the lead actress. We meet him talking to his wife about the picture and the process. We meet the actress, Sandy, negotiating with her roommate and talking by phone to her mother. Then, we watch Sandy audition for the director at the call-back session; also attending are the casting director and the production company's sycophants. The wrinkle is that the director is a homicidal misogynist, his wife is tied up and hanging from the ceiling, and Sandy has something in her purse that bodes a rocky future. (IMDb)

Originally produced for PBS's Great Performances Series, La Pastorela is a musical retelling of the shepherds' journey to Bethlehem to see the Christ Child. We see the tale through the eyes of a modern young girl, the oldest child in a large rural Tex-Mex family. During a surrealistic dream, which brings to mind "The Wizard of Oz," the young chicana makes a fantastical journey with the shepherds and along the way; witnesses the triumph of God's Angels over Satan's diablo's. Full of drama, comedy, fantasy and wonderful music; this is a rare film the whole family can enjoy together.

New York City cop becomes partners with a rodeo cowboy from Montana on the City's Mounted Police Department.

Nothing is more important to Mexican-American Marta Delacruz than her quinceanera -- the traditional 15th birthday celebration that symbolically ushers a young girl into adulthood. Marta is understandably angry and resentful when her father cancels the gala event, but her outlook changes completely when she accidentally uncovers her father's secret: He never became a U.S. citizen.

Лос-Анджелес захлестнула волна преступности. В городе орудуют сотни преступных группировок, в которых состоит более 70000 человек. Ежедневно в бандитских разборках гибнут мирные жители. Такое положение вещей не устраивает двух «горячих» полицейских. Один из них — умудренный опытом и чрезвычайно жестокий, второй — молодой, но с очень крутым нравом. Вместе они пытаются остановить насилие на улицах города. Постепенно ситуация выходит из-под контроля, и Лос-Анджелес превращается в кровавое поле боя. И без того напряженное положение осложняется любовной интригой, возникшей между молодым полицейским и прекрасной девушкой, состоящей в одной из банд. Но смогут ли они быть вместе; ведь в мире, где правит жестокость, за ошибки приходится платить кровью.