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Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Shanon, a reformed drug dealer, is now an insurance claims adjuster. In the days following a grim medical diagnosis he sets out to make peace with those around him and in turn find his own peace beyond the cacophony of New York City. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative Feature at the **Slamdance Film Festival** and the **Atlanta Film Festival**. *"Writer-director Keith Miller's existential tone and Harper's gentle approach and giant...
62) Local Hero
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
1983.
Language
English
Description
Peter Riegert and Academy Award winner Burt Lancaster star in Bill Forsyth's charming, offbeat comedy about Texas oilmen seduced by the charms of a tiny Scottish village -- LOCAL HERO.Oil billionaire Felix Happer's (Lancaster--Field of Dreams) company has struck oil in the North Sea, but it needs a port out of which to base its drilling operations. The perfect harbor is found in a seaside village, and Happer sends Mac (Riegert) to buy then entire...
63) H4
Publisher
MVD Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
H4 translates Shakespeare's plays, Henry IV parts I and II, into a futuristic Los Angeles to explore political struggles in the black community.
65) Bare
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
After a lifetime of living a sheltered life, Sarah (Dianna Agron) discovers a possible way out in Pepper (Paz De La Huerta), a mysterious female drifter. Through Pepper's influence, Sarah is motivated to take a job at a highway strip club where Pepper sells drugs. As their friendship develops into a romance, Sarah's life veers further away from what it was. She soon finds herself trapped in a double life and quickly realizes what happens when real...
66) Black Cop
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
It's not easy being a black cop. Your community doesn't trust you, your colleagues are wary of you, being patronized by the people you protect is constant. And when the world is on edge waiting for a grand jury verdict on a high profile police case involving unarmed youth, all eyes are on you. For one officer already struggling between duty and moral obligation, things take a drastic turn when he is profiled by his colleagues off-duty, pushing him...
67) Pleasure
Publisher
Neon
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A journey into the Los Angeles porn industry through the lens of newcomer Bella Cherry (Sofia Kappel). Strong, self-confident and determined, Bella embarks on a mission to challenge the corrupt system and become the best at any cost. Ninja Thyberg's debut film features a stunning first time performance by Kappel, who anchors an ensemble of adult industry actors.
68) In the Loop
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
During an interview, British Cabinet Minister Simon Foster (Tom Hollander) delivers an off-the-cuff remark that war in the Middle East is "unforeseeable." Profane political spin doctor Malcolm Tucker (Peter Capaldi) tries to cover up Foster's faux pas, but the ill-conceived comment is picked up by a warmongering American official. Foster is invited to Washington, D.C., where a war of words brews as politicians maneuver, manipulate and deceive each...
Publisher
Bayview Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Premiered to critical acclaim at the **Toronto International Film Festival**, and based on the celebrated novel by Richard Van Camp, THE LESSER BLESSED is an eye-opening depiction of what it is like to be a vulnerable teenager in today’s modern world. Through the eyes of Larry Sole, a First Nation teenager filled with bravado and angst, fragile and yet angry, seeking clarity clouded by confusion, seeking to belong without belonging, comes the story...
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Sarah (Rebel Wilson) is an archaeologist who loves her husband Joe (Celyn Jones) but after a traumatic brain injury (TBI) their love is trapped in the past. Toni (Charlotte Gainsbourg) is an architect and loves her partner Gwen (Trine Dyrholm) but after a TBI they have been imprisoned in a fifteen-year loop. Love is the only thing that keeps them all going but something has changed, and both Sarah and Toni are determined to not let it all unravel...
71) Boy A
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Convicted child killer Jack Burridge finds work as a deliveryman. A local newspaper finds out about his past and Jack now finds himself trying to cope with the anger and fear for the safety of their children.
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
Foul-mouthed and manipulative, Dedee Truitt (Christina Ricci) is not a typical sweet 16-year-old. After the death of her stepfather she visits her homosexual half-brother Bill (Martin Donovan). Recovering from the AIDS death of longtime companion Tom, Bill has begun dating a new partner, Matt (Ivan Sergei). After Dedee seduces Matt and claims she's pregnant by him, the couple steals {dollar}10,000 from Bill's safety deposit box and set-up a series...
73) Chain Letters
Publisher
Mark Rappaport
Pub. Date
1985.
Language
English
Description
Made in Manhattan during the worst early depths of the AIDS epidemic, this LA RONDE-style series of twosomes and threesomes never directly mentions that crisis. But the intricately interconnecting relationships glimpsed in mosaic-like shards here exist in a similarly embattled milieu, an urban war zone: war between the sexes (or perhaps between the urges toward and against any kind of intimacy). With Tin Pan Alley standard "Taking a Chance on Love"...
74) Bush Christmas
Publisher
Umbrella Entertainment
Pub. Date
1983.
Language
English
Description
Outback Queensland, the early 1950s. The Thompson family - struggling to keep their outback farm from foreclosure - place their financial hopes on their horse, Prince, a favourite to win the New Year's Cup. Two horse rustlers named Bill and Sly steal Prince and make their way to a nearby mountain range to escape. However the thieves have underestimated the resourceful Thompson kids John and Helen (a 15-year-old Nicole Kidman in her film debut). Featuring...
Publisher
Arbelos Films
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
An instant critic’s darling upon its release 2006, MUTUAL APPRECIATION is at once an utterly timeless and distinctly mid-aughts portrait of the ebb and flow of twenty-something life in New York City. Richly observed and deeply humanist, the film follows Alan, an aspiring musician, who crash-lands in town following the breakup of his band in Boston, immediately taking up with his old friends Ellie and Lawrence while negotiating the affections of...
76) Roadkill
Publisher
Films We Like
Pub. Date
1989.
Language
English
Description
Ramona works in a concert agency and is sent after the rock band 'Children of Paradise' who have disappeared. Since she can't drive, she has to take the train and bus and eventually hitchhike. On her way through the Canadian back country she meets the weirdest people - and learns to drive. Winner of Best Canadian Feature Film at the 1989 **Toronto International Film Festival**. *"Roadkill was the first film to flush the institutional mentality out...
77) Away From Her
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Married for almost 50 years, Grant and Fiona's serenity is interrupted by Fiona's increasingly frequent memory lapses. When it is no longer possible for either of them to ignore the fact that she is being consumed by Alzheimer's disease, the limits of love and loyalty are wrenchingly redefined.
78) Desert Blue
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
Starring Kate Hudson, Christina Ricci and Casey Affleck, DESERT BLUE is a comedy-drama following an academic obsessed with "roadside attractions" and his TV-star daughter as they finally discover the world's largest ice cream cone -- the centerpiece for an old gold-rush town struggling to stay on the map. They end up staying longer than expected because of an accident that spilled an unknown cola ingredient all over the highway. They spend the next...
79) Ovum
Publisher
MVD Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
A provocative dark comedy about a quirky actress who tries method acting to approach a role and is drawn into the shady world of egg donation clinics and the characters who populate them: from unscrupulous doctors with mind bending fertility drugs to the model donors and a notorious faded movie star who wants our heroine's OVUM at any cost. But things are not as they first appear in a world where wealthy couples seek to buy the perfect designer egg....
Publisher
A24
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Set on a stretch of highway in a budget motel managed by Bobby (Willem Dafoe), just outside the imagined utopia of Disney World, THE FLORIDA PROJECT follows six-year-old Moonee and her rebellious mother over the course of a single summer. Willem Dafoe was nominated for an **Oscar**, a **Golden Globe** and a **BAFTA** for his performance. Nominated for Best Director and Best Feature at the **Film Independent Spirit Awards**. Official Selection at the...
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