Reading Lesson

Pinky
HDPinky, a light skinned black woman, returns to her grandmother's house in the South after graduating from a Northern nursing school. Pinky tells her grandmother that she has been "passing" for white while at school in the North. In addition, Pinky has fallen in love with a young white doctor, Dr. Thomas Adams, who knows nothing about her black heritage.

The Ultimate Gift
HDA deceased billionaire leaves his spoiled adult grandson a series of odd tasks to perform in order to receive "the ultimate gift," with the resentful grandson having no idea what that might be.

Nim's Island
HDA young girl inhabits an isolated island with her scientist father and communicates with a reclusive author of the novel she's reading.

Xtra Credit
HDA troubled youth (Micah Alberti) has an affair with a seductive woman (Marina Black) whose husband is found murdered.

The Eclipse
HDIn a seaside Irish town, a widower sparks with a visiting horror novelist while he also begins to believe he is seeing ghosts.

Cold Souls
HDPaul is an actor who feels bogged down by his participation in a production of Chekov's play, Vanya.

Shorts
HDA young boy's discovery of a colorful, wish-granting rock causes chaos in the suburban town of Black Falls when jealous kids and scheming adults alike set out to get their hands on it.

Freshman Father
HDWhen high-school sweethearts John (Seeley) and Kathy (Irvin) find out Kathy is pregnant, they decide to get married and move to Cambridge so John can fulfill his scholarship to Harvard. But faced with the harsh reality of their si...

Christopher and His Kind
HDHow real-life British-American author Christopher Isherwood and his German boyfriend Heinz met and fell in love during the 1930s and the rise of Nazism.

The Hagstone Demon
HDDouglas Elmore is an alcoholic writer and caretaker haunted by visions of his dead wife and pursued by supernatural forces bent on revenge for his past deeds. When tenants start turning up dead in the hallways and stairwells of hi...

The Adventures of Mickey Matson and the Copperhead Conspiracy
HDWhen a mythical device from ancient times is rebuilt by a group of Confederates who feel the Civil War never ended, Mickey Matson and his newfound friend, Sully, must follow a series of clues left by his dead grandfather to keep t...

Mr. North
HDMr. North, a stranger to a small, but wealthy, Rhode Island town, quickly has rumors started about him that he has the power to heal people's ailments. The rumors are magnified by his tendency to collect negative charges and give ...

Mr. Pip
HDAs a war rages on in the province of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea, a young girl becomes transfixed by the Charles Dickens novel Great Expectations, which is being read at school by the only white man in the village.

The Lords of Salem
HDHeidi, a radio DJ, is sent a box containing a record - a "gift from the Lords". The sounds within the grooves trigger flashbacks of her town's violent past. Is Heidi going mad, or are the Lords back to take revenge on Salem, Massa...

Come Dance with Me
HDJack (Andrew McCarthy) is an executive in a financial brokerage firm trying to impress the firms president, Drew Clayton (Chris Gillett), in hopes of a promotion. However, Jack is dating the fabulously rich and elegant Demi Clayto...

Mad at the Moon
HDA young woman on the frontier marries a meek farmer who has an annoying habit of going through a rather drastic change every full moon.

Upstream Color
HDA man and woman are drawn together, entangled in the life cycle of an ageless organism. Identity becomes an illusion as they struggle to assemble the loose fragments of wrecked lives.

Savannah
HDDrama about the friendship between an Oxford-educated Southerner and a former black slave in turn-of-the-century Savannah.

Alone Yet Not Alone
HDAlone yet Not Alone is based on the inspirational, true story of Barbara and Regina Leininger, two immigrant sisters forced to embark on a journey of faith that will lead them through the darkness of war into the light of freedom.

When Calls the Heart
HDElizabeth Thatcher, a cultured young teacher in 1910, fears leaving her comfortable world in the city. But when she accepts a teaching position in a frontier town, she finds new purpose and love with a handsome Royal Canadian Moun...

A Case of You
HDA young writer tries to impress a girl he meets online with an embellished profile, but he finds himself in a real mess when she falls for him and he has to keep up the act.

I Love You, I Love You Not
HDPrep school student Daisy and her European-born grandmother Nana share the sad stories of their lives: Daisy tells Nana of her romance with young Ethan and problems in school because she's Jewish; and Nana tells of her young years...

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
HDAfter the birth of Renesmee/Nessie, the Cullens gather other vampire clans in order to protect the child from a false allegation that puts the family in front of the Volturi.

All I Want for Christmas
HDAn attractive young woman unexpectedly meets santa's helper, st nick, who grants her an extraordinary Christmas wish.

Goodnight, Mister Tom
HDA shy and quiet World War II evacuee is housed by a disgruntled old man, and they soon develop a close bond.

Ride with the Devil
HDDuring the American Civil War, two friends join the Bushwhackers, a militant group loyal to the Confederacy.

A Reason
HDSerena, a young, gay introvert and her controlling older brother Nathan, are forced to endure a dreaded family gathering at the house of their elegant elderly Aunt Irene to hear the reading of her will - setting off an unexpected ...

Zombieworld
HDThere is nowhere to hide...nowhere to run...the Zombie Apocalypse has come, and our world now belongs to the dead! From Ireland, Canada, Australia, Europe and all over the U.S., the bone-chilling news reports tell the same gruesom...

Thumbsucker
HDJustin throws himself and everyone around him into chaos when he attempts to break free from his addiction to his thumb.

Kantemir
HDA group of actors and actresses gather in a remote Northeastern town to rehearse for a mysterious stage production, only to be plunged into a hellish world where their real lives mirror the grisly story of the play.

On a Clear Day
HDFrank determines to salvage his self-esteem and tackle his demons by attempting the ultimate test of endurance - swimming the English Channel.

Capote
HDIn 1959, Truman Capote learns of the murder of a Kansas family and decides to write a book about the case. While researching for his novel In Cold Blood, Capote forms a relationship with one of the killers, Perry Smith, who is on dea