AJAMI PORTRAYS THE PALESTINIAN UNDERWORLD IN ISRAEL Ajami, a section of Jaffa where Palestinian Arabs, Bedouins, and Christians live as second-class citizens in Israel along with Jews, is the apparent venue for a film by two directors, Yaron Shani, an Israeli Jew, and Scandar Copti, an Israeli Arab. Their aim is to demonstrate how the Jewish

The early teens are difficult years, but rarely so insurmountable as depicted in Perfume de Violetas, a noir feminist Mexican film directed by Maryse Sistach. Thirteen-year-old Yessica (played by Ximena Ayala) is trying to enjoy a happy life, but the odds are against her. Her father is dead. Her stepfather does not care about her. Her

The title role of The Torturer, directed by Graham Green, is an American contractor employee named Rick (played by Andrew Walker). For most of the film, he is in the office of a psychiatrist (played by Nichelle Nichols), who is trying to bring back his sanity so that he can continue to work as an interrogator.