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Movie: Dear Comrades! ( 2021 )
When the communist government raises food prices in 1962, the rebellious workers from the small industrial town of Novocherkassk go on strike. The massacre which then ensues is seen through the eyes of a devout party activist.
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Movie: Crimes of the Future ( 2022 )
Humans adapt to a synthetic environment, with new transformations and mutations. With his partner Caprice, Saul Tenser, celebrity performance artist, publicly showcases the metamorphosis of his organs in avant-garde performances.
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Movie: I Carry You with Me ( 2021 )
Ambition and societal pressure propel an aspiring chef to leave his soulmate in Mexico and make the treacherous journey to New York, where life will never be the same.
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Movie: Found ( 2021 )
The story of three American teenage girls-each adopted from China-who discover they are blood-related cousins on 23andMe. Their online meeting inspires the young women to confront the burning questions they have about their lost history.
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Movie: The Outside Story ( 2021 )
An introverted editor living a vertical life in his 2nd-floor apartment, always on deadline and in a rut. When Charles locks himself out of his building, he's forced to go horizontal and confront the world he's been avoiding in search of a way back inside.
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Movie: Breaking ( 2022 )
A Marine war veteran faces mental and emotional challenges when he tries to reintegrate into civilian life.
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Movie: The Survivor ( 2022 )
After World War II, Harry Haft is a boxer who fought against his peers in concentration camps. Haunted by memories, he tries to use fighting legends as a way to find his love.
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Movie: An Unquiet Grave ( 2021 )
A year after the death of his wife, a man enlists her sister to help him bring her back.
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Movie: Torn ( 2021 )
Alex Lowe's ill-fated climb and his son's arduous journey to return to the spot where his father perished.
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Movie: Enola Holmes 2 ( 2022 )
Now a detective-for-hire, Enola Holmes takes on her first official case to find a missing girl as the sparks of a dangerous conspiracy ignite a mystery that requires the help of friends - and Sherlock himself - to unravel.
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Movie: This Is Not a War Story ( 2021 )
A ragtag group of veterans in New York deal with the aftermath of war by creating unusual art.
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Movie: Skater Girl ( 2021 )
Skater Girl is a coming-of-age story about confidence, courage, and the profound impact of blazing your own trail. Set in a remote village in Rajasthan, India, the film follows Prerna (Rachel Saanchita Gupta in her debut performance), a local teen living a life bound by tradition and duty to her parents. But when London-bred advertising executive Jessica (Amy Maghera) arrives in the village to learn more about her late father's childhood, Prerna and the other local children are introduced to an exciting new adventure thanks to Jessica and her old friend (Jonathan Readwin) who cruises into town on a skateboard. The kids become infatuated with the sport, skating through the village, disrupting everything and everyone around them. Determined to empower and encourage their newfound passion, Jessica sets out on an uphill battle to build the kids their own skatepark, leaving Prerna with a difficult choice between conforming to society's expectations of her or living out her dream of competing in the National Skateboarding Championships. Written, Directed and Produced by Manjari Makijany. Starring Rachel Saanchita Gupta, Amy Maghera, Shafin Patel, Jonathan Readwin with special appearance by Waheeda Rehman. Produced by Emmanuel Pappas and Co-written and Produced by Vinati Makijany.
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Movie: Lee Daniels' The Butler ( 2013 )
As Cecil Gaines serves eight presidents during his tenure as a butler at the White House, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, and other major events affect this man's life, family, and American society.
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Movie: Emily the Criminal ( 2022 )
Down on her luck and saddled with debt, Emily gets involved in a credit card scam that pulls her into the criminal underworld of Los Angeles, ultimately leading to deadly consequences.
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Movie: The One and Only Dick Gregory ( 2021 )
Chronicles the incredible life and times of legendary comedian and activist Dick Gregory.
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Movie: Bones and All ( 2022 )
Maren, a young woman, learns how to survive on the margins of society.
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Movie: Breaking Fast ( 2021 )
Mo, a practicing Muslim living in West Hollywood, is learning to navigate life post heartbreak. Enter Kal, an All-American guy who surprises Mo by offering to break fast with him during the holy month of Ramadan.
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Movie: Mogul Mowgli ( 2021 )
A British Pakistani rapper is on the cusp of his first world tour, but is struck down by an illness that threatens to derail his big break.
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Movie: Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street ( 2021 )
A documentary celebrating the Black cultural renaissance that existed in the Greenwood district of Tulsa, OK, and investigates the 100-year-old race massacre that left an indelible, though hidden stain on American history.
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Movie: Drunk Bus ( 2020 )
A directionless, young campus bus driver and a punk rock, Samoan security guard named Pineapple form an unlikely kinship as they navigate the unpredictable late shift shit show known as the "drunk bus." Together, they break out of their endless loop and into a world of uncertainty, excitement and incredibly poor decision-making.
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TV Show: The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey ( 2022 )
Ptolemy Grey is a 91-year-old man forgotten by his family, by his friends, by even himself. On the brink of sinking even deeper into a lonely dementia, Ptolemy experiences a seismic shift when he's given the tremendous opportunity to briefly regain his memories, and uses this precious and fleeting lucidity to solve his nephew's death and come to terms with his past.
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Movie: The Sea Beast ( 2022 )
When a young girl stows away on the ship of a legendary sea monster hunter, they launch an epic journey into uncharted waters - and make history to boot.
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Movie: Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali ( 2021 )
Tells the extraordinary story behind the friendship of two of the most iconic figures of the 20th century: Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X. Few people understand the bond these men shared. The charismatic and outspoken Olympic champion who charmed the nation, and the excon-turned intellectual revolutionary who railed against the evils of white oppression by speaking truth to power. The message they carry, still as potent and relevant today as ever before. Their bond was undoubtedly deep, their friendship real and their legacies inextricably bound.
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Movie: The Justice of Bunny King ( 2022 )
A triumph over adversity tale about women fighting their way back from the bottom of society.
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Movie: Dinner in America ( 2021 )
An on-the-lam punk rocker and a young woman obsessed with his band unexpectedly fall in love and go on an epic journey together through America's decaying Midwestern suburbs.
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Movie: Atlantis ( 2021 )
A soldier suffering from PTSD befriends a young volunteer hoping to restore peaceful energy to a war-torn society.
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Movie: Convergence: Courage in a Crisis ( 2021 )
While Covid-19 exacerbates vulnerabilities across the world, unsung heroes in all levels of society help the tide turn toward a brighter future.
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Movie: Slalom ( 2021 )
Under the guidance of a strict ex champion, a promising 15 year old girl trains as a professional skiing star.Will she be able to endure the physical and emotional pressures?
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TV Show: The Essex Serpent ( 2022 )
The Essex Serpent follows London widow Cora Seaborne who moves to Essex to investigate reports of a mythical serpent. She forms a surprising bond of science and skepticism with the local pastor, but when tragedy strikes, locals accuse her of attracting the creature. Based on the novel by Sarah Perry.
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TV Show: Candy ( 2022 )
Candy Montgomery is a 1980 housewife and mother who did everything right—good husband, two kids, nice house, even the careful planning and execution of transgressions—but when the pressure of conformity builds within her, her actions scream for just a bit of freedom. Until someone tells her to shush. With deadly results.
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Movie: Writing with Fire ( 2021 )
In a cluttered news landscape dominated by men, emerges India's only newspaper run by Dalit women. Chief Reporter Meera and her journalists break traditions, redefining what it means to be powerful.
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Movie: Sophie Jones ( 2021 )
After her mother's death sixteen-year-old Sophie Jones is trying everything she can to feel something again and make it through high school.
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Movie: Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time ( 2021 )
Recounting the extraordinary life of author Kurt Vonnegut, and the 25-year friendship with the filmmaker who set out to document it.
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Movie: Mama Weed ( 2021 )
A translator working for the police gets involved in the other side of drug dealing.
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Movie: Lucy and Desi ( 2022 )
This film will explore the rise of comedian icon Lucille Ball, her relationship with Desi Arnaz, and how their groundbreaking sitcom I Love Lucy forever changed Hollywood, cementing her legacy long after her death in 1989.
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Movie: Till ( 2022 )
In 1955, after Emmett Till is murdered in a brutal lynching, his mother vows to expose the racism behind the attack while working to have those involved brought to justice.
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Movie: Weird: The Al Yankovic Story ( 2022 )
Explores every facet of Yankovic's life, from his meteoric rise to fame with early hits like 'Eat It' and 'Like a Surgeon' to his torrid celebrity love affairs and famously depraved lifestyle.
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Movie: Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio ( 2022 )
A father's wish magically brings a wooden boy to life in Italy, giving him a chance to care for the child.
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Movie: Billie ( 2020 )
Documentary on the famed jazz singer Billie Holiday.
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Movie: Vesper ( 2022 )
Struggling to survive with her father after the collapse of Earth's ecosystem, 13-year-old Vesper must use her wits, strength and bio-hacking abilities to fight for the future.
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Movie: Martha: A Picture Story ( 2019 )
In 1970s New York, photographer Martha Cooper captured some of the first images of graffiti at a time when the city had declared war on it. Decades later, Cooper has become influential to the global movement of street artists.
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Movie: Procession ( 2021 )
Six midwestern men all survivors of childhood sexual assault at the hands of Catholic priests and clergy come together to direct a drama therapy-inspired experiment designed to collectively work through their trauma. As part of a radically collaborative filmmaking process, they create fictional scenes based on memories, dreams and experiences, meant to explore the church rituals, culture and hierarchies that enabled silence around their abuse. In the face of a failed legal system, we watch these men reclaim the spaces that allowed their assault, revealing the possibility for catharsis and redemption through a new-found fraternity.
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Movie: Cusp ( 2021 )
In the lazy days of a Texas summer, three teenage girls navigate friendship, relationships, and toxic masculinity as they make the transition to the adult world.
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Movie: Infinite Storm ( 2022 )
When a climber gets caught in a blizzard, she encounters a stranded stranger and must get them both down the mountain before nightfall.
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Movie: Time ( 2020 )
Fox Rich is a fighter. The entrepreneur, abolitionist and mother of six boys has spent the last two decades campaigning for the release of her husband, Rob G. Rich, who is serving a 60-year sentence for a robbery they both committed in the early 90s in a moment of desperation. Combining the video diaries Fox has recorded for Rob over the years with intimate glimpses of her present-day life, director Garrett Bradley paints a mesmerizing portrait of the resilience and radical love necessary to prevail over the endless separations of the country's prison-industrial complex.
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Movie: Dead for a Dollar ( 2022 )
A famed bounty hunter runs into his sworn enemy, a professional gambler and outlaw that he had sent to prison years before.
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Movie: Two Gods ( 2021 )
The story of Hanif, a Muslim casket maker and ritual body washer in Newark who take two young men-Naz and Furquan-under his wing to teach them how to live better lives.
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TV Show: The Midnight Club ( 2022 )
Inside a hospice for terminally ill teens, members of an exclusive club make a chilling pact: The first to die must send a sign from beyond the grave.
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Movie: Who You Think I Am ( 2021 )
Claire, a 50-year-old divorced teacher, creates a fake Facebook profile of a 24-year-old woman. She finds a photo of a pretty young brunette online and uses it. She has created an entirely fictional character, but why? Originally she did it to spy on Ludo, her on-and-off lover. But Ludo only accepts friend requests from people he knows personally. To get to Jo, Claire sends his best-friend Alex a friend request and he accepts. The pair begins to exchange messages and their fake friendship turns into a fake love affair. Claire is in love with Alex and he is in love with her fake profile. Now he wants to meet the 24-year-old beauty he's been chatting with. She invents a busy job, professional trips and even a jealous ex. The more and more in love they are the more the situation becomes unbearable. Claire is torn between the impossibility of this love and the pain of having to admit her deception and risk losing it.
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TV Show: Naomi Osaka ( 2021 )
This intimate series follows Naomi Osaka as she explores her cultural roots and navigates her multifaceted identity as a tennis champ and rising leader.
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Movie: Black Crab ( 2022 )
In a post-apocalyptic world, six soldiers on a covert mission must transport a mysterious package across a frozen archipelago. Noomi Rapace stars.
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Movie: Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché ( 2021 )
The death of punk icon and X-Ray Spex front-woman Poly Styrene sends her daughter on a journey through her mother's archives in this intimate documentary.
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Movie: The Summit of the Gods ( 2021 )
A photojournalist's obsessive quest for the truth about the first expedition to Mt. Everest leads him to search for an esteemed climber who went missing.
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Movie: My Name Is Pauli Murray ( 2021 )
A look at the life and ideas of Pauli Murray, a non-binary Black lawyer, activist and poet who influenced both Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Thurgood Marshall.
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Movie: Sequin in a Blue Room ( 2020 )
After a chance encounter at an anonymous sex party, a boy hunts through the world of a hook-up app to track down the mystery man. Favouring the instant gratification of anonymous, no-strings sexual encounters over meaningful relationships, high schooler Sequin is part of the always logged-on, but never-engaged, hook-up generation. He ghosts ex-partners and remains emo...Read all
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Movie: The Exchange ( 2021 )
Hoping to find friendship with a French exchange student, an awkward teenager discovers that the student is not as sophisticated and cultured as he assumed.
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Movie: Good Luck to You, Leo Grande ( 2022 )
Nancy Stokes, a retired school teacher, is yearning for some adventure, and some sex. And she has a plan, which involves hiring a young sex worker named Leo Grande.
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TV Show: Pachinko ( 2022 )
Told in three different languages: Korean, Japanese and English, Pachinko chronicles the hopes and dreams of four generations of a Korean immigrant family.
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Movie: Sisters with Transistors ( 2021 )
Follows the story of electronic music's female pioneers, composers who embraced machines and their liberating technologies to utterly transform how we produce and listen to music today.
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Movie: Operation Mincemeat ( 2022 )
During WWII, two intelligence officers use a corpse and false papers to outwit German troops.
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Movie: The Year of the Everlasting Storm ( 2021 )
Featuring seven stories from seven auteurs from around the world, the film chronicles this unprecedented moment in time, and is a true love letter to the power of cinema and its storytellers.
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Movie: Identifying Features ( 2021 )
Months after Jesús (Juan Jesús Varela) set out on foot for the U.S. with a friend from their rural town in Guanajuato, Magdalena (Mercedes Hernandez) has lost contact with her beloved adolescent son. Determined to unravel his fate, Magdalena soon finds herself in over her head, entangled in an expansive crime syndicate and labyrinth of disorienting lies on an increasingly surreal journey to uncover the truth. At the mercy of those with the power and courage to help her find closure, Magdalena's path fortuitously converges with that of Miguel (David Illescas), a young man not unlike her son Jesús, returning from U.S. deportation. Ensconced within the realm of magical-realism while exhibiting remarkable restraint, IDENTIFYING FEATURES is an impressive, symbolic re-imagining of a culture adrift and seeking spiritual reunification. Winner of the World Cinema Dramatic Audience and Screenplay Awards at the Sundance Film Festival.
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Movie: Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn ( 2021 )
Emi, a school teacher, finds her career and reputation under threat after a personal sex tape is leaked on the Internet. Forced to meet the parents demanding her dismissal, Emi refuses to surrender to their pressure.
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Movie: Moby Doc ( 2021 )
A surrealist biographical documentary about trailblazing electronic musician and animal rights activist Moby.
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Movie: Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street ( 2021 )
Take a stroll down Sesame Street and witness the birth of the most impactful children's series in TV history. From the iconic furry characters to the songs you know by heart, learn how a gang of visionary creators changed our world.
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Movie: The Phantom ( 2021 )
Carlos DeLuna was arrested in 1983 aged 21 for the murder of Wanda Lopez, and protested his innocence until his execution, declaring that it was another Carlos who committed the crime.
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Movie: Becoming Cousteau ( 2021 )
A look at the life, passions, achievements and tragedies surrounding the famous explorer and environmentalist Jacques Cousteau, featuring an archive of his newly restored footage.
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Movie: Legend of the Underground ( 2021 )
A timely documentary uncovering rampant discrimination in Nigeria while exploring the lives of several non conformist men who must choose to live imperiled lives there or flee to the USA.
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Movie: A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks ( 2021 )
Follows Gordon Parks' stellar career from staff photographer for LIFE magazine, through his artistic development photographing everyday Americans, through his evolution as a novelist and groundbreaking filmmaker.
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Movie: The Munsters ( 2022 )
Reboot of "The Munsters," that followed a family of monsters who moves from Transylvania to an American suburb.
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Movie: Dead Pigs ( 2021 )
A bumbling pig farmer, a feisty salon owner, a sensitive busboy, an ambitious expat architect and a disenchanted rich girl converge and collide as thousands of dead pigs float down the river towards a rapidly modernizing Shanghai, China. Based on true events.
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TV Show: George Carlin's American Dream ( 2022 )
George Carlin's American Dream chronicles the life and work of legendary comedian George Carlin. Dubbed the "dean of counterculture comedians," Carlin's career spanned half a century during which he headlined 14 HBO comedy specials and appeared on "The Tonight Show" over 130 times, constantly evolving with the times and staying sharply resonant up until his death in 2008 and beyond. Carlin's ability to zoom in on societal ills has proven eerily prophetic and much of his work resonates today with alarming - and still hilarious - clarity. The documentary examines a cultural chameleon who is remembered as one of the most influential stand-up comics of all time.
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Movie: Anne at 13,000 Ft. ( 2021 )
A volatile young woman challenged by everyday social and professional encounters.
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Movie: Only the Animals ( 2021 )
A woman is missing. Following a snowstorm, her car is found on the road up to a plateau where a few isolated farms struggle to survive. While the gendarmes have no leads, five people know that they are linked to this disappearance. They all have their secrets, but no one suspects that the whole story began far from this mountain swept by winter winds, on another continent where the sun beats down and where poverty does not prevent desire from dictating its laws.
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Movie: Lady Chatterley's Lover ( 2022 )
An unhappily married aristocrat begins a torrid affair with the gamekeeper on her husband's country estate.
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Movie: My Name Is Sara ( 2020 )
Sara is a a 13 year-old Polish Jew who finds refuge and is taken in by a farmer and his wife. She soon discovers the dark secrets of her employers' marriage, compounding the greatest secret she must strive to protect, her true identity.
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Movie: Marcel the Shell with Shoes On ( 2022 )
Feature adaptation of the animated short film interviewing a mollusk named Marcel.
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Movie: We're All Going to the World's Fair ( 2022 )
Alone in her attic bedroom, teenager Casey becomes immersed in an online role-playing horror game, wherein she begins to document the changes that may or may not be happening to her.
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Movie: Three Minutes: A Lengthening ( 2022 )
A snippet of 16mm film offers an emotionally charged, meditative glimpse into the lives of the unsuspecting Jewish citizens of a small Polish village at the precipice of World War II.
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Movie: The Inspection ( 2022 )
A young, gay Black man, rejected by his mother and with few options for his future, decides to join the Marines, doing whatever it takes to succeed in a system that would cast him aside.
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Movie: The Boy from Medellín ( 2021 )
Colombian reggaeton singer J Balvin prepares for his 2019 homecoming concert amid intense political turmoil, in Matthew Heineman's latest documentary.
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Movie: Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer ( 2021 )
One hundred years after the two-day Tulsa Massacre, one of America's most violent racial conflicts, this documentary explores the role of media during these early 20th century events and today's revived call for justice and anti-racism.
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Movie: Mixtape ( 2021 )
When a young girl accidentally destroys the mixtape that belonged to her mother, she sets out to track down each of the obscure songs on the cassette.
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Movie: Max Richter's Sleep ( 2021 )
This documentary follows composer Max Richter and his creative partner Yulia Mahr as they prepare to stage an ambitious open-air, overnight performance of his celebrated eight-hour magnum opus Sleep in Los Angeles, while also exploring the origins and impact of this groundbreaking composition.
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Movie: Good Night Oppy ( 2022 )
The film follows Opportunity, the Mars Exploration Rover affectionately dubbed Oppy by her creators and scientists at NASA. Oppy was originally expected to live for only 90 days but she ultimately explored Mars for nearly 15 years.
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Movie: Sweet Thing ( 2021 )
The story revolves around two siblings and their struggle to find solid ground in the homes of their alcoholic father and negligent mother. The children ultimately run away and find a temporary life for themselves.
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Movie: Compartment Number 6 ( 2021 )
As a train weaves its way up to the arctic circle, two strangers share a journey that will change their perspective on life.
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Movie: Ultrasound ( 2022 )
After his car breaks down, Glen spends one hell of an odd night with a married couple, setting into motion a chain of events that alter their lives plus those of several random strangers.
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Movie: Navalny ( 2022 )
Follows the man who survived an assassination attempt by poisoning with a lethal nerve agent in August 2020. During his months-long recovery he makes shocking discoveries about the attempt on his life and decides to return home.
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Movie: Lux Æterna ( 2022 )
Two actresses, Béatrice Dalle and Charlotte Gainsbourg, are on a film set telling stories about witches - but that's not all. 'Lux Æterna' is also an essay on cinema, the love of film, and on-set hysterics.
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Movie: Resurrection ( 2022 )
Margaret's life is in order. She is capable, disciplined and successful. Everything is under control until David returns - that is - carrying with him the horrors of Margaret's past.
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Movie: My Zoe ( 2021 )
A divorced mother looks to protect her daughter after an unexpected tragedy.
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Movie: Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches ( 2022 )
Inspired by David Blight's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom.
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Movie: Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris ( 2022 )
A widowed cleaning lady in 1950s London falls madly in love with a couture Dior dress, and decides that she must have one of her own.
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Movie: Aftersun ( 2022 )
Sophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories real and imagined fill the gaps between as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn't...
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TV Show: Angelyne ( 2022 )
Limited series based on The Hollywood Reporter feature that explored the identity of L.A.'s mysterious billboard bombshell.
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Movie: For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close ( 2021 )
Documentary film about the legendary improv guru, Del Close.
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Movie: Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President ( 2020 )
This rockumentary-style presidential portrait shows how Jimmy Carter reinvigorated a post-Watergate America-with the music of the counterculture, including the Allman Brothers, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, and Jimmy Buffett. Low on campaign funds and lacking in name recognition, Carter relied on support from these artists to give him a crucial boost in the Democratic primaries. Once Carter was elected, the musicians became frequent guests in the White House.
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Movie: Decision to Leave ( 2022 )
A detective investigating a man's death in the mountains meets the dead man's mysterious wife in the course of his dogged sleuthing.
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Movie: At the Ready ( 2021 )
A group of seniors train to become police officers and Border Patrol agents at El Paso’s Horizon High School, near the U.S./Mexico border.