Fletcher Munson is a lethargic, passive worker for a Scientology-like self-help corporation called Eventualism. Read More »
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Amerikana (2001) James Merendino, Michael A. Goorjian, James Duval, Tara Agace
Peter and Chris, two young American friends in their late 20s, go from South Dakota to California on a scooter Read More »
A Midsummer’s Fantasia AKA Han yeo-reum-ui pan-ta-ji-a (2014) Kun-jae Jang, Sae-byeok Kim, Hyeong-gook Im, Ryo Iwase
Split into two parts, shot in black and white, the opening chapter First Love Read More »
The Wind and the Lion (1975) John Milius, Sean Connery, Candice Bergen, Brian Keith
At the beginning of the 20th century an American woman is abducted in Morocco by Berbers. Read More »
Irma Vep (1996) Olivier Assayas, Maggie Cheung, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Nathalie Richard
French filmmaker René Vidal was once a renowned director Read More »
A Smell of Honey, a Swallow of Brine (1966) Byron Mabe, Stacey Walker, Sam Melville, Bob Todd
Sharon is a young office worker who sexually teases, seduces Read More »
Wisconsin Death Trip (1999) James Marsh, Ian Holm, Jeffrey Golden, Jo Vukelich
Wisconsin Death Trip is an intimate, shocking and sometimes hilarious account Read More »
Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980) Michael Apted, Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones, Levon Helm
At only 13, Loretta Webb marries Doolittle Lynn and is soon responsible for a large family. Read More »
The Leopard AKA Il gattopardo (1963) Luchino Visconti, Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Claudia Cardinale
In the 1860s, a dying aristocracy struggles to maintain itself against a harsh Sicilian landscape. Read More »
Alfie (1966) Lewis Gilbert, Michael Caine, Shelley Winters, Millicent Martin
For Alfie, the only real life is sex life; only then can he kid himself he is living. Read More »
The Sacrifice AKA Offret (1986) Andrei Tarkovsky, Erland Josephson, Susan Fleetwood, Allan Edwall
Alexander, a journalist and former actor and philosopher, tells his little son how worried Read More »
The Prince of Porn (2002) Brian O’Hara, Phil Prince, Stella Stevens, Bumble Bee
Phil Prince was a director of rather sleazy bondage and discipline films in the New York Read More »
Mary, Queen of Scots (1971) Charles Jarrott, Vanessa Redgrave, Glenda Jackson, Patrick McGoohan
Mary Stuart, who was named Queen of Scotland when she was only six days old, is the last Roman Catholic ruler of Scotland. Read More »
Cabaret (1972) Bob Fosse, Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Helmut Griem
Cambridge University student Brian Roberts arrives in Berlin in 1931 to complete his German studies. Read More »
The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer (2003) Craig R. Baxley, Lisa Brenner, Steven Brand, Kate Burton
Set at the turn of the century, this is the tale of Ellen Rimbauer Read More »