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Chimes at Midnight

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The crowning achievement of Orson Welles’s extraordinary film career, Chimes at Midnight was the culmination of the filmmaker’s lifelong obsession with Shakespeare’s ultimate rapscallion, Sir John Falstaff. Usually a comic supporting figure, Falstaff—the loyal, often soused friend of King Henry IV’s wayward son Prince Hal—here becomes the focus: a robustly funny and ultimately tragic screen antihero played by Welles with looming, lumbering grace. Integrating elements from both Henry IV plays as well as Richard II, Henry V, and The Merry Wives of Windsor, Welles created a gritty and unorthodox Shakespeare film, one that he intended, he said, as “a lament . . . for the death of Merrie England.” Poetic, philosophical, and visceral—with a kinetic centerpiece battle sequence that rivals anything else in the director’s body of work—Chimes at Midnight is as monumental as the figure at its heart.

Hollow Scream

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Peter, a narcissistic playboy entrepreneur, is invited to play a new virtual reality game by its creator, the beautiful, mysterious Brenna. The game is simple, you are a serial killer in the woods. John, Peter’s genius brother, soon discovers the deadly truth and tries to save his brother from Brenna before Peter can finish the game.

Lilting

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A prize winner at the Sundance Film Festival, LILTING finds acclaimed actors Ben Whishaw (SKYFALL) and Cheng Pei Pei (CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON) connecting through a translator who helps them figure out the shared bond between them and how to recuperate from loss. A touching and at times amusing look at the ways we communicate when we don't share a common language, but share a common love. LILTING is a tale of healing and understanding.

Flying Scissors

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Experience the knock-down, drag-out world of competitive RPS -- rock-paper-scissors -- in this goofy mockumentary, which profiles the lives and dreams of top contenders as they gear up for the sport's national championship. Among the many RPS hopefuls are a bitter bathroom attendant (Keong Sim), a trash-talking museum guard (Mike Britt), a devout Christian beauty queen (Sarah Wheeler) and a stay-at-home dad (Mason Pettit).

Sam Lay in Bluesland

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He was on drums when Bob Dylan went electric at Newport… He was in the studio and on the road with blues greats Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters, Little Walter and James Cotton… He was a founding member of the groundbreaking Paul Butterfield Blues Band. He is, at age 80, still an active part of the Chicago blues scene and the man some call “the greatest drummer of all time.” He finally steps into the spotlight in Sam Lay in Bluesland.

The Delta

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A treasure of the 1990s’ New Queer Cinema, Ira Sachs’s incisive debut feature moodily evokes the wide space between dreams, desires, and fulfillment in post–Vietnam War America via the romance between Lincoln, an affluent white teenager, and Minh, the immigrant son of a poor Vietnamese woman and a Black GI. The vivid setting is a little-seen, little-known Memphis, a city where kids get through their nights by drinking and doing drugs and gay men struggle with questions of personal identity and fulfillment. When Lincoln and Minh set off on a boat down the Mississippi, could it just be another in a long series of failed escapes?

A Story Worth Living

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They pursued adventure...and found a story worth living. In this faith-based film, John Eldredge (author of Wild at Heart), his three sons, and two friends decided to undertake the trip of a lifetime. Six novice riders heading into the Colorado backcountry on BMW F800GS adventure bikes. The journey involved a thousand miles in eight days. None of the group had ever undertaken anything this wild, foolish, beautiful, or bold. Only one had any off-road motorcycle experience. It would be a time of testing and triumph as they traveled through the Sand Dunes, ranch country, and the Alpine Loop. During the trip, they encountered tremendous beauty, setbacks, and powerful conversations about life, loss, and risk. Join them in this faith-based film that explores story, adventure, and our longing to be part of something epic.

Mother Nature

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A father and son face increasingly vicious, erotic and surreal harassment on a trip to the wilderness of eastern Washington. This is modern man gone camping, forced to find survival in the most primal of places - himself - and discover that survival never comes alone.

Big in Japan

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Things are looking bleak for the members of rock band Tennis Pro. They've been struggling to connect to an audience in the Seattle music scene, with a recent run of shows drawing sparse crowds and uninspiring day jobs that are quickly eclipsing their dreams. So when an opportunity arises to take their act on the road to Japan - where the allure of a second chance at recognition awaits them - they can t refuse. Embarking on their Tokyo musical odyssey, the guys experience all the thrills and setbacks of taking their music into unknown territory (at least to them) and in the process learn a thing or two about themselves. It s just possible they won't fade away.BIG IN JAPAN is a comedic rock 'n roll road movie based loosely on actual events and told with rollicking humor and catchy tunes. Director John Jeffcoat (OUTSOURCED) utilizes a fresh narrative approach and guerrilla production style, with music and film intersecting with two cultures to reveal simple, oftentimes hilarious, universal truths.

Know How

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Written and acted by young people in New York City’s foster care system, KNOW HOW presents dramatic stories ripped from their own life experiences. Five characters’ worlds intersect as they confront loss, heartbreak, adulthood, and bureaucracy in this tale about transience and perseverance. KNOW HOW captures the reality of life in foster care from the point of view of those living in it. It's not a documentary nor is it fiction. It’s a hybrid approach for using film to create social change. Instead of professional screenwriters and actors, these true stories are written and performed by a cast of ordinary foster care youth, and their performances are powerful, moving, and eye-opening. KNOW HOW is also a musical that brings authentic voices and unseen stories to the screen. It emerged from the efforts of The Possibility Project, a non-profit organization in NYC that brings teenagers together to transform the negative forces in their lives into positive action through projects like this one. Why make a film by young people in foster care? Because the system doesn’t work and the human cost of its dysfunction is too great to ignore. Consider this: a few years after aging out of foster care, only 50% of young people will complete high school or a GED, 60% will be convicted of a crime, 75% will receive public assistance, and only 6% will complete a college degree. The system needs to change.

Any Day Now

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Based on a true story from the 1970s, and starring Alan Cumming in a tour-de-force performance, Any Day Now is a powerful tale of love, acceptance and family. When a teenager with Down syndrome is abandoned by his mother, a gay couple, Rudy (Alan Cumming) and Paul (Garret Dillahunt), take him in and become the loving family he's never had. But when their living arrangement is discovered, the men are forced to fight a biased legal system to save the life of the child they have come to love as their own.

Fortnite: Battle, Build, Survive!

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With over 125million active players around the globe, Fortnite has taken the world by storm. It has changed lives, created universal stars and enhanced careers in the world of streaming. On top of that it is now branching out and becoming one of the biggest Esports to date. So grab your pickaxe, jump out of the battle bus and join us on the battlefield as we explore one of the biggest games the world has ever seen. This is Fortnite.

Get Away If You Can

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A married couple sailing the open ocean hit a breaking point when they come across a dangerous deserted island where they are forced to make drastic decisions to survive.

The American Dreamer

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THE AMERICAN DREAMER examines Dennis Hopper at his wildest and most creative period: in the wake of his famed directorial debut, Easy Rider and completing his follow-up opus The Last Movie. Surrounded by a cohort of friends, babes and drugs, Hopper attempts to edit his soon-to-be shunned film as his consciousness expands at an alarming speed.

The GoodTimesKid

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A story about stolen love and stolen identities, literally shot on stolen film... Momma’s Man writer-director Azazel Jacobs’ second feature is an absurdist comedy of errors, a punk-rock slice of DIY rebellion, and a warmhearted frolic that captures the “amour fou spirit of the early French New Wave” (The Village Voice). Hot-tempered Echo Park slacker Rodolfo Cano (Jacobs) enlists in the army to escape a meaningless existence with his free-spirited girlfriend Diaz (Diaz). When his call-for-service letter somehow winds up in the hands of another Rodolfo Cano (Gerardo Naranjo, director of Miss Bala), a quietly dignified loner who lives on a sailboat, their three lives intersect in odd and beautifully unexpected ways. Evoking the inventive gags of Chaplin and Jacques Tati, plus the deadpan minimalism of Kaurismäki and Jarmusch, The GoodTimesKid “finds poetry in wordless scenes of observation” (The New York Times).

Helen (2009)

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On the outside, Helen has it all– a loving family and a successful career – but when her suppressed mental illness resurfaces, the world crumbles around her. Crippled by depression, Helen finds solace through her friendship with Mathilda, a kindred spirit struggling with bipolar disorder. Starring Ashley Judd, Goran Visnjic and Lauren Lee Smith.

Food and Romance

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A sudden change forces Karin to re-evaluate her life. With the help of friends, food and passion she refuses to accept that life has an expiration date and takes the second chance she is given.

The Nature of Existence

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In this uplifting, humorous, award-winning documentary, filmmaker Roger Nygard asks weighty questions of spiritual leaders, gurus, scientists, and a pizza chef, creating a witty, thought-provoking study of the greatest mysteries of life.

Another Me

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A gripping psychological thriller about a teenage girl, Fay (Sophie Turner), whose once seemingly perfect life is upended when her father becomes ill. Haunted by a secret past, she is stalked by a mysterious double who begins inserting itself in her life. Is it a case of mistaken identity or is something or someone out to steal not just Fay’s identity, but her very existence?

Alien Autopsy: Fact or Fiction? Encore

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Widely considered to be one of the most controversial TV documentary specials ever aired in Prime Time, this famous program stirred the "liveliest debate of any home movie since the Zapruder Film," according to Time Magazine. The "home movie" was actually purported to be the actual dissection of an alien being, supposedly recovered and analyzed by the U.S. military near Roswell, New Mexico in 1947.This encore addition contains additional unaired footage which poses more questions than answers.

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