Lupe Ontiveros

A misanthropic author, a single mother and waitress, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship after the artist is assaulted in a robbery.

Dir. James L. Brooks · With Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear

This year Christmas with the Whitfields promises to be one they will never forget. All the siblings have come home for the first time in years and they've brought plenty of baggage with them. As the Christmas tree is trimmed and the lights are hung, secrets are revealed and family bonds are tested. As their lives converge, they join together and help each other discover the true meaning of family.

Dir. Preston A. Whitmore II · With Delroy Lindo, Idris Elba, Loretta Devine

College and high school serve as the backdrop for two stories about dysfunction and personal turmoil.

Dir. Todd Solondz · With Selma Blair, Leo Fitzpatrick, Robert Wisdom

In East Los Angeles, an 18-year-old struggles between her ambitions of going to college and the desires of her domineering mother for her to get married, have children, and oversee the small, rundown family-owned textile factory.

Dir. Patricia Cardoso · With America Ferrera, Lupe Ontiveros, Ingrid Oliu

Perennially stoned Cheech and Chong tear through the city of Los Angeles, causing trouble wherever they go. After Cheech loses his job, the two pot enthusiasts head to the welfare offices where Cheech's girlfriend, Donna, works. Instead of collecting unemployment, they find themselves thrown back on the streets, searching for a way to earn new income. But when Cheech's cousin, "Red" Mendoza, arrives, things get even crazier.

Dir. Tommy Chong · With Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Evelyn Guerrero

An American family moves to Mexico to fabricate dolls, but their toy factory happens to be next to a Sanzian grave and the toys come into possession of an old, malicious spirit.

Dir. Maria Lease · With Denise Crosby, Sam Bottoms, Rip Torn

Rudy, an American of Hispanic descent, whose south-of-the-border looks show him no mercy during an immigration raid in a migrant worker factory. As his luck goes, he is caught with neither money nor his ID and is deported to Mexico - without speaking a word of Spanish!

Dir. Cheech Marin · With Cheech Marin, Daniel Stern, Paul Rodríguez

The weeks leading up to a young couple's wedding is comic and stressful, especially as their respective fathers try to lay to rest their feud.

Dir. Rick Famuyiwa · With Forest Whitaker, America Ferrera, Carlos Mencia

As the Day of the Dead celebration approaches the barrio of East Los Angeles, Caroline is challenged to control the horrifying legend of her ancestor, the "Candyman".

Dir. Turi Meyer · With Tony Todd, Donna D'Errico, Alexia Robinson