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  • Wild

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    • Nicolette Krebitz
    • Drama

    Synopsis:  A woman has a strange encounter on her way to work: She finds herself gazing into a wild pair of eyes, and it seems that her entire life hitherto has been a joke....

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  • Canada Now

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    • Various
    • Collection

    Synopsis:  With works from new talents as well as from Canada's accomplished veteran directors, this series will transport you from the Arctic Circle to western Asia, from downtown Montreal to small town Nova Scotia...

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  • The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki

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    • Juho Kuosmanen
    • Drama, Sport, Biography, Romance

    Synopsis:  The true story of Olli Mäki, the famous Finnish boxer who had a shot at the 1962 World Featherweight title...

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  • Let It Fall

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    • John Ridley
    • Documentary

    Synopsis:  Let It Fall takes an unflinching look at the 1992 L.A. uprising tracing its roots back a decade, unfolding its history as a series of very personal decisions and very public failures...

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  • In Search of Israeli Cuisine

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    • Roger Sherman
    • Documentary

    Synopsis:  In Search of Israeli Cuisine is a portrait of the Israeli people told through food. It puts a literal face on the culture of Israel. Profiling chefs, home cooks, farmers, vintners, and cheese makers drawn from the more than 100 cultures that make up Israel today...

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  • The Ticket

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    • Ido Fluk
    • Drama

    Synopsis:  When a blind man inexplicably regains his vision, he becomes possessed by a drive for a better life – a nicer home, a high paying job – leaving little room for the people who were part of his old life...

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  • The Women's Balcony

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    • Emil Ben-Shimon
    • Drama, Comedy

    Synopsis:  When a charismatic rabbi enters their lives, some women in Jerusalem attempt to unite their neighborhood and preserve their traditions...

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  • The Other Half

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    • Joey Klein
    • Drama, Romance

    Synopsis:  A woman with bipolar disorder and a grief-stricken man struggle to forge a simpler life...

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  • I Am Michael

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    • Justin Kelly
    • Biography, Drama

    Synopsis:  I AM MICHAEL is the incredible true-life story of Michael Glatze (Franco), a high profile queer youth activist who created a national controversy when he claimed to no longer be gay and became a straight Christian pastor...

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  • Daughters of the Dust

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    • Julie Dash
    • Drama

    Synopsis:  At the dawn of the 20th century, a multigenerational family in the Gullah community in the Sea Islands off of South Carolina -- former West African slaves who adopted many of their ancestors' Yoruba traditions ...

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  • Long Way North

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    • Rémi Chayé
    • Animation

    Synopsis:  LONG WAY NORTH is set in the late 19 th century Saint Petersburg. Sacha, a young girl from the Russian aristocracy, dreams of the Great North and anguishes over the fate of her grandfather...

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  • Beauty and the Beast

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    • Christophe Gans
    • Fantasy, Romance  

    Synopsis:  1810. After the wreck of his ships, a financially-ruined merchant (André Dussollier) exiles himself in the countryside with his six children. Among them is Belle (Léa Seydoux), his youngest daughter, a joyful girl full of grace...

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  • Howard's End

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    • James Ivory
    • Drama, Romance

    Synopsis:  One of Merchant Ivory’s undisputed masterpieces, this adaptation of E.M. Forster’s classic 1910 novel is a saga of class relations and changing times in Edwardian England...

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  • Microbe and Gasoline

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    • Michel Gondry
    • Adventure, Comedy, Drama

    Synopsis:  Microbe, a shy, aspiring artist, has trouble making friends at school until he meets Gasoline, a likeminded outcast. Together they hatch a plan to build a car and spend their summer on an epic road trip across France...

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  • Dough

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    • John Goldschmidt
    • Comedy, Drama

    Synopsis:  Curmudgeonly widower Nat Dayan (Jonathan Pryce) clings to his way of life as a Kosher bakery shop owner in London’s East End. Understaffed, Nat reluctantly enlists the help of teenager Ayyash (Jerome Holder)...

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  • Snowtime!

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    • Jean-François Pouliot
    • Animation
      Release Date: February 19, 2016

    Synopsis:  Based on the acclaimed live-action film classic La Guerre des Tuques (The Dog Who Stopped the War), SNOWTIME! is a captivating cinematic adventure about hope and friendship....

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  • A Married Woman

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    • Jean-Luc Godard
    • Drama
      Release date: 1964, Re-release: 12/4/15

    Synopsis:  Based on the acclaimed live-action film classic La Guerre des Tuques (The Dog Who Stopped the War), SNOWTIME! is a captivating cinematic adventure about hope and friendship....

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  • Saving Mr. Wu

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    • Ding Sheng
    • Action Crime Thriller
      Release Date: October 2

    Synopsis:  SAVING MR. WU is an action-packed crime thriller based on the true story of China's famous celebrity kidnapping case. Mr. Wu (played by acclaimed film star Andy Lau) is kidnapped in Beijing by Zhang Hua...

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  • Shelter

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    • Paul Bettany
    • Drama
      Release Date: November 13, 2015

    Synopsis:  Hannah and Tahir come from two different worlds. But when their lives intersect, they’re at the same place: homeless on the streets of New York. How did they get there? As we learn about their past, we begin to understand that to have a future...

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  • Bloodsucking Bastards

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    • Brian James O'Connell
    • Comedy/Horror
      In Theaters and On Demand September 4, 2015

    Synopsis:  An Office Space meets Shaun of the Dead action-packed horror comedy, BLOODSUCKING BASTARDS stars Fran Kranz as Evan Sanders, a low-level, dutiful employee stuck in a boring job at a soul-killing every corporation...

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  • Ten Thousand Saints

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    • Eleanor Henderson
    • Drama
      In Theaters August 14th, 2015

    Synopsis:  Jude—named after a Beatles song by his hippie parents—spends his high school days in small-town Vermont getting high with his best friend, Teddy. Beneath Jude’s mind-numbing activities lurks a desire to reconnect with his estranged father...

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  • The 11th Hour

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    • Andres Morgenthaler
    • Drama
      Completed

    Synopsis:  Maria is a successful business executive, struggling to fulfill her greatest wish of all: to bring a child into the world. After suffering yet another miscarriage, a doctor informs Maria that she's too old to carry a child and her whole world comes crashing down...

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  • Ride

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    • Helen Hunt
    • Comedy
      Completed

    Synopsis:  In RIDE, when an editor from The New Yorker (Helen Hunt) follows her son (Brenton Thwaites) to LA after he drops out of college to surf and find himself, she ends up being the one thrust into a sea change of self-discovery....

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  • Alex of Venice

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    • Chris Messina
    • Drama
      Completed

    Synopsis:  Workaholic environmental attorney, Alex Vedder, is forced to reinvent herself after her husband suddenly leaves the family. Dealing with an aging father who still aspires to succeed as an actor, an eccentric sister and an extremely shy son...

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  • Noble

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    • Stephen Bradley
    • Drama/Biography
      Completed - In theaters May 8

    Synopsis:  The award-winning feature film, is the incredible true story of a fearless Irish heroine driven by her daring vision to escape the slums of Ireland and risk everything on the streets of Vietnam....

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  • Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks

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    • Arthur Allen Seidelman
    • Comedy/Drama
      Completed

    Synopsis:  Gena Rowlands stars as the crusty 75-year-old South Florida matron Lily Harrison, who unexpectedly develops a remarkable, life-changing friendship with her much younger, gay dance instructor...

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  • All You Need Is Love

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    • Stuart Cameron
    • Documentary
      Completed

    Synopsis:  Produced by Portfolio Films America – ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE is a documentary that focuses on the lives and dreams of the children of Good Morning School in the district of Mae Sot, Thailand...

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  • Flamenco Flamenco

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    • Carlos Saura
    • Musical/Dance
      Completed

    Synopsis:  Considered the greatest exponent of the particular way of making musical films of Carlos Saura, Flamenco, flamenco arises, through a journey of light and life, the evolution of the songs, dances and music of this art that, in the director own words....

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  • Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart

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    • Stéphane Berla, Mathias Malzieu
    • Adventure/Musical
      Completed

    Synopsis:  A whimsical and visually opulent animated fairy tale set in an exciting period full of fabulous inventions, unforgettable characters, enchanting music and fantastic adventures....

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  • About Alex

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    • Jesse Zwick
    • Comedy
      Coming Soon

    Synopsis:  A circle of twenty-something friends reunite for a weekend away after one of them suffers an emotional breakdown. Despite the group's best efforts to keep it light and enjoy themselves, a tinderbox of old jealousies, unrequited love, and widening political...

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  • Miss Lovely

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    • Ashim Ahluwalia
    • Drama
      Coming Soon

    Synopsis:  Delving deep into the underbelly of India's film industry, where back-alley producers churn out everything from pulpy horror movies to soft-core porn, MISS LOVELY takes us back to the Mumbai of the 1980s with lurid detail and intoxicating style.

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  • The Moment

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    • Jane Weinstock
    • Psychological Thriller
      Coming Soon

    Synopsis:  THE MOMENT is a compelling Hitchcockian psychological thriller starring Jennifer Jason Leigh, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Martin Henderson and Meat Loaf. It premiered in Tribeca last year.

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  • The Pretty One

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    • Jenée Lamarque
    • Drama / Comedy
      Released

    Synopsis:  Awkward and homely Laurel is the polar opposite of her twin Audrey (both played by Zoe Kazan). Audrey has confidence, style, independence and a promising career in real estate, while Laurel still lives at home doting on her widowed father (John Carroll Lynch) and romantically obsessing ...

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  • Reaching For The Moon

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    • Bruno Barreto
    • Miranda Otto, Gloria Pires
      Drama
      Released

    Synopsis:  Academy Award nominated filmmaker Bruno Barreto returns with a sophisticated tale of an unlikely romance between two extraordinary artists, set against the backdrop of political upheaval and a clash of cultures. Grappling with writer's block...

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  • Torn

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    • Jeremiah Birnbaum
    • Drama
      Released

    Synopsis:  An unexpected bond forms between two women when their sons are killed in an explosion at a local shopping mall. When the police find evidence of a bomb, one of the sons becomes the prime suspect, threatening the two mothers'...

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  • C.O.G.

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    • Kyle Patrick Alvarez
    • Comedy / Drama
      Released

    Synopsis:  Based on David Sedaris' autobiographical short story originally featured in Naked, the film follows David (MrGroff), who decides to attempt to immerse himself in "the real world," and goes "off the grid" following his graduation...

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  • Cockneys vs. Zombies

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    • Mattias Hoene
    • Comedy / Horror
    • Released

    Synopsis:  The Bow Bells Care Home is under threat and the McGuires – Andy, Terry, and Katy – need to find some way to keep their Grandfather and his friends in the East End where they belong...

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  • Copperhead

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    • Ron Maxwell
      Historical Drama
      Released

    Synopsis:  COPPERHEAD is directed by Ron Maxwell (GETTYSBURG, GODS & GENERALS) stars Billy Campbell, Peter Fonda and Angus MacFayden and is based on true events that happened in a small town in Upstate New York during the Civil War. ...

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  • Mental

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    • PJ Hogan
    • Comedy
      Released

    Synopsis:  Told in colorful, comedic and musical interludes – with all the pop sensibilities you have come to expect from a PJ Hogan film, MENTAL tells the quirky, comedic and often inspiring story of the Moochmore family...

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  • Fighting Fear

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    • Macario De Souza
    • Extreme Sports
      Released

    Synopsis:  Mark is a Big Wave Surfer. He dreams of being the best. Richie, Mark's best friend shares his love of Big Wave Surfing but has his own ambitions. A carpet layer by day, Richie dreams of becoming a MMA Cage-Fighting Champion ...

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  • Coming Up Roses

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    • Lisa Albright
    • Drama
    • Released

    Synopsis:  The Bow Bells Care Home is under threat and the McGuires – Andy, Terry, and Katy – need to find some way to keep their Grandfather and his friends in the East End where they belong...

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  • Excuse Me For Living

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    • Ric Klass
      Comedy
      Released

    Synopsis:  A charming suicidal druggie must obey his rehab-clinic's demand to lead a seniors men's group or face incarceration and lose the love of his psychiatrist's daughter...

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  • Backwards

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    • Ben Hickernell
    • Drama
      Released

    Synopsis:  "Backwards" tells the story of Abi Brooks, a fiercely competitive rower, who fails to make the Olympic boat for a second time and reluctantly takes a job coaching ...

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  • Union Square

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    • Nancy Savoca
    • Comedy
      Released

    Synopsis:  One sister perpetually on the verge of marriage — one perpetually on the verge of a nervous breakdown. After years of estrangement, these two unique women reunite in UNION SQUARE, a fresh perspective on the highs and lows of life, love, and family...

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  • Return

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    • Liza Johnson
    • Drama
    • Released

    Synopsis:  Back from a military tour of duty, Kelli can't wait to rejoin her old life in the Rust Belt town she's always known. She's ready to experience the feelings of everyday life—the carpet under her bare feet, the smell of her baby's head...

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  • Standing Silent

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    • Scott Rosenfelt
      Documentary
      Released

    Synopsis:  Ostracized by a cover up and despite terrible personal repercussions, journalist, Phil Jacobs, goes against his own community's wishes as he uncovers and reports on a web of deciet and sexual abuse...

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  • OKA!

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    • Lavinia Currier
    • Adventure
      Released

    Synopsis:  The forest dwelling tribe of Bayaka pygmies is famed for its acute hearing ('Oka!' means 'listen!" in their Akka language).When the tribe's revered leader hears a menacing new sound in the forest...

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  • Tomboy

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    • Céline Sciamma
    • Drama
      Released

    Synopsis:  In "Tomboy," filmmaker Céline Sciamma's ("Water Lilies") second feature, a family with two daughters, 10-year-old Laure (Zoé Heran) and 6-year-old Jeanne (Malonn Lévana), moves to a new suburban neighborhood during the summer holidays...

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  • The Last Mountain

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    • Bill Haney
    • Documentary
    • Released

    Synopsis:  Featuring veteran environmentalist Robert Kennedy, Jr., alongside local West Virginia community activists Maria Gunnoe and Bo Webb, as well as countless others...

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  • Sympathy For Delicious

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    • Mark Ruffalo
      Drama
      Released

    Synopsis:  SYMPATHY FOR DELICIOUS marks Academy Award-nominated actor Mark Ruffalo's first foray into directing. This inspired and unusual film tells the story of Dean O'Dwyer (Christopher Thornton), also known as "Delicious D," an up-and-coming DJ...

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  • Carbon Nation

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    • Peter Byck
    • Documentary
      Released

    Synopsis:  Carbon Nation is a documentary movie about climate change SOLUTIONS. Even if you doubt the severity of the impact of climate change or just don't buy it at all...

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  • The Romantics

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    • Galt Niederhoffer
    • Romantic Drama
      Released

    Synopsis:  Eight college friends reunite for the wedding of Lila (Anna Paquin) and Tom (Josh Duhamel). Things start to go wrong when the maid of honor Laura (Katie Holmes) and the bride begin to clash...

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  • Gotta Dance

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    • Dori Berinstein
    • Documentary
    • Released

    Synopsis:  Gotta Dance chronicles the debut of the New Jersey Nets, first-ever, senior hip-hop dance team, 12 women and 1 man, all dance team newbies, from auditions through to center court stardom...

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  • La Soga

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    • Josh Crook
      Action/Thriller
      Released

    Synopsis:  La Soga is an edgy, action-packed thriller set in the Dominican Republic and New York City. The film follows the personal journey of Luisito a.k.a. 'La Soga,' the son of a butcher turned government killer...

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  • White Wedding

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    • Jann Turner
    • Romantic Comedy
      Released

    Synopsis:  Set against South Africa's beautifully varied landscapes, this high-spirited comedy is a feel good movie about love, commitment, intimacy, friendship and all the maddening obstacles that can get in the way of a happy ending...

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  • The Maid

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    • Sebastián Silva
    • Drama/Foreign Film
      Released

    Synopsis:  After 23 years of service to the Valdes family, Raquel is comfortably ensconced in a vague existence between maid and her illusion that she is a family member. Her barely concealed bitterness ...

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  • Ballast

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    • Lance Hammer
    • Urban
    • Released

    Synopsis:  In the cold, winter light of a rural Mississippi Delta township, a man's suicide radically transforms three characters' lives and throws off-balance what has long been a static arrangement among them.

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  • American Violet

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    • Tim Disney
      Drama
      Released

    Synopsis:  Based on real events and set in small town Texas in the year 2000, American Violet tells the story of Dee Roberts (Nicole Beharie), a 24 year old African-American mother of four who is swept up in a drug raid...

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  • Oh My God

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    • Peter Rodger
    • Documentary
      Released

    Synopsis:  In every corner of the world, there's one question that can never be definitively answered, yet stirs up equal parts passion, curiosity, self-reflection and often wild imagination: "What is God?"...

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  • Elsa & Fred

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    • Marcos Carnevale
    • Romantic Comedy
      Released

    Synopsis:  ELSA & FRED are two completely different people who yearn for the same thing as they approach the end of their lives: one last chance to find happiness. Together they discover it's never too late for dreams to come true or fall in love.

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  • Mother of Tears

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    • Dario Argento
    • Horror
    • Released

    Synopsis:  An ancient urn is unearthed by chance at the Viterbo's cemetary. The urn contains some objects belonging to the Mater Lacrimarum (the Mother of Tears). The only survivor of the three powerful witches...

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  • Price of Sugar

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    • Bill Haney
      Documentary
      Released

    Synopsis:  Narrated by Paul Newman, "The Price of Sugar" follows Father Christopher Hartley, a charismatic Spanish priest, as he organizes some of this hemisphere's poorest people to fight for their basic human rights.

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  • Accelerating America

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    • Timothy Hotchner
    • Documentary
      Released

    Synopsis:  Accelerating America tells the story of a revolutionary school in Rhose Island that gives inner-city youths who are at risk of dropping out a second chance by accelerating their studies.

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  • Shadows

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    • Milcho Manchevski
    • International/Thriller
      Released

    Synopsis:  When Lucky is involved in a disastrous car crash and mysteriously saved from a sure death, his life begins to change. He meets strange people: an old man with a baby, an ancient lady speaking a forgotten dialect...

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  • Stealing America: Vote by Vote

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    • Dorothy Fadiman
    • Documentary
    • Released

    Synopsis:  Over the last decade, millions of votes have disappeared. A nation can be stolen without guns or tanks. A nation can be stolen vote by vote.

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  • Stuff & Dough

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    • Cristi Puiu
    • Drama
    • Released

    Synopsis:  Ovidiu, a young man from Constanta who runs his own business selling snacks and soft drinks out of his parents' apartment, wants to expand and buy a kiosk, but he doesn't have the "dough."...

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