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As You Like It

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A contemporary adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy classic that is bold, visionary and unlike any other film. Using Shakespeare's original language with an all-male cast (as was the Shakespearean stage tradition) which emphasizes themes and ideas in the original work that are lost in modern adaptations.

Guy & Madeline On a Park Bench

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The acclaimed debut film from the director of LA LA LAND and WHIPLASH -- a full-fledged song-and-dance, tap-and-jazz musical, Damien Chazelle’s GUY AND MADELINE ON A PARK BENCH boldly recasts the 1940’s MGM musical tradition in a gritty, verite style, resulting in an exuberant celebration of romance and music. Guy and Madeline have been dating for three months, but the excitement of first love has faded. When another woman catches Guy’s eye, sparks fly—spelling the end of Guy and Madeline’s romance. But when things don’t work out quite as planned, Guy must decide whether to try to win Madeline back—even if it may be too late. Their story unfolds in a world of jazz and tap, featuring original music composed by Justin Hurwitz and recorded by the Bratislava Symphony Orchestra.

Amerikatsi

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A film of tremendous spirit and hope, Amerikatsi follows Charlie as he returns to his Armenian homeland and finds a country under Soviet rule. After being unjustly imprisoned, he soon discovers he can see into a nearby apartment from his cell window. As his life becomes entwined with the prison guard who lives there, Charlie begins to see that the spirit of his homeland is alive and well.

Some Freaks

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One-eyed high school senior Matt (Thomas Mann) meets plus size Jill (Lily Mae Harrington) and falls more in love than he ever thought possible. However, when graduation comes and Jill moves cross-country to go to college, she undergoes a major physical transformation - much to Matt’s surprise when he arrives to visit her. While Matt struggles to accept Jill’s new look, Jill begins to question whether Matt is really the man she thought she knew. As the distance widens between them, the characters are forced to confront who they are, who they were, and who everyone thinks they’re supposed to be.

The Purple Onion

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Comedian/dishwasher Johnny Lee struggles with loneliness and self-doubt as he tries to make it as a stand-up comic in San Francisco. Life is further complicated by the arrival of a mysterious older woman, Jeanie, a distant relative down on her luck and looking for change. Constantly at odds with one another, Johnny and Jeanie search for purpose in their lives as a mutual sexual intrigue develops.

Somebody's Hero

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Dennis, a lonely New York accountant accidentally stops a costume shop robbery while he’s trying on a “Man America” superhero outfit. The whole clumsy fight is captured on security cameras and when the video hits the news he becomes the center of a media-frenzy. Everyone wants to know “who is Man America?!” and “when is he coming back?!” The only person who knows his true identity convinces him that the people of New York have new hope and that they need him. Without any superpowers and armed with nothing but a silly costume he dives into the superhero business. At first things look up at work and with his new girlfriend, but not for long!

The Wife

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Jack (Tom Noonan) and Rita (Julie Hagerty) are husband-and-wife therapists, trapped in a fragile marriage and sharing a practice out of their remote Vermont farmhouse. One night, a patient, Cosmo (Wallace Shawn), unexpectedly drops by for dinner with his outrageously candid wife, Arlie (Karen Young), who wants to know what secrets her husband is sharing with Jack and Rita. What follows is a delirious evening of shattering revelations, as each couple is forced to confront the fault lines in their own relationships.

The Garlock Incident

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On December 16th, 2011, eight people on their way to Las Vegas stopped in the ghost town of Garlock, CA. This footage documents what happened. What begins as an innocent diversion turns for the worse when eight people realize they are trapped in a ghost town that holds many secrets—some long forgotten, and some still fresh in the minds of these visitors. As darkness falls, fear begins to sink in, and the terrors of the night begin their journey ever closer toward our unsuspecting visitors. We quickly realize they are not cut out to survive in such a foreboding and dangerous place, where at every turn, the innate fear grows that someone, or something, is watching them, taunting them, driving them straight toward the darkest parts of their minds.

Her Smell

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"Becky Something (Elisabeth Moss) is a '90s punk rock superstar who once filled arenas with her grungy all-female trio Something She. Now she plays smaller venues while grappling with motherhood, exhausted band mates, nervous record company executives, and a new generation of rising talent eager to usurp her stardom. When Becky's chaos and excesses derail a recording session and national tour, she finds herself shunned, isolated and alone. Forced to get sober, temper her demons, and reckon with the past, she retreats from the spotlight and tries to recapture the creative inspiration that led her band to success. Anchored by a towering, unflinching performance from Golden Globe and Emmy winner Moss, and supported by a stellar ensemble cast, HER SMELL examines the grit, grace and gravitas of an unforgettable fictional rock star crashing down to earth into the harsh realities of mid-life. With his incendiary and deeply humane sixth feature, writer-director Alex Ross Perry (Listen Up Philip, Golden Exits) pumps up the volume and shines a light on the terrifying moment when superstardom wanes — and quiet becomes the new loud."

Hamlet In the Golden Vale

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In the spring of 2017, ROLL THE BONES—a New York-based immersive theater company—took over a five-hundred-year-old castle in Ireland. A threefold creative endeavor emerged: a live immersive performance, a 360° virtual reality experience, and this film. Modern in spirit while faithful to Shakespeare’s text, eight actors living in close quarters immersed in the world of Hamlet for three weeks straight. It is the mission of this company and the Hamlet project to expand the dimensions of Shakespeare's story, to inspire our audience to hazard the unfamiliar, and to make choices that captivate them. Hamlet, this endless source of fascination, thrives as one of humanity's purest plunges into the search for meaning—its reach is all-encompassing.

Michael Des Barres: Who Do You Want Me To Be?

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Michael Des Barres’ six-decade career as an actor & rock singer is a veritable museum of pop culture: From To Sir, With Love to MacGyver & over a hundred other TV & film roles, & a diverse music career including brushes with Led Zeppelin, Sex Pistols, and appearing at Live Aid as the lead singer of The Power Station. Michael recounts his story with the help of many of his friends.

The Color of Time

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James Franco, Mila Kunis, Jessica Chastain, and Zach Braff star in this dramatic and riveting look at the life and work of ionic Pulitzer Prize-winning poet C.K. Williams. Williams (Franco) has a beautiful, adoring wife (Kunis) and a young son. But as he prepares for a reading in New York City and struggles to create new work, he is haunted by memories of his past—from his first sexual encounter to a later tragic loss. An ensemble of directors work with a star-studded cast to weave together a moving and unique story of a complex man and the relationships that defined him.

Lovers in a Dangerous Time

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A man attempts to break off an affair he’s been having with an unstable woman while his fiancée has been away with her family. As she prepares to return, he finds his time running out and this woman becoming more and more volatile.

A Million Little Pieces

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An alcoholic and a drug addict, 23-year-old James has two options: treatment or death. After waking up on a plane with a smashed up face and no memory of the past few weeks, he heads to rehab where he discovers much more than detox and therapy. As James endures the white-knuckle journey of mending his broken body, he heals his broken soul by connecting with other kindred spirits who also yearn and fight for a better life. A MILLION LITTLE PIECES is the latest film from acclaimed director Sam Taylor-Johnson and stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson in a tour de force performance. Based on the best-selling book by James Frey with a screenplay by Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Sam Taylor-Johnson, the film also stars Billy Bob Thornton, Juliette Lewis, Giovanni Ribisi, and Odessa Young.

The Little Match Girl

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The Hans Christian Andersen classic is given present-day relevance and an upbeat ending in this story of Angela, a homeless child who sells match sticks to survive.

Far From Men

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Viggo Mortensen stars as a reclusive teacher who must help a villager accused of murder escape into the mountains during the Algerian War. In French w/ English subtitles.

Spencer

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Follow the travails of Spencer Baum, an aspiring filmmaker trying to make his first movie in Brooklyn. On the brink of success, Spencer's world is shattered when his supermodel/actress girlfriend ditches him. Spencer must overcome the loss of his leading lady and the funding that came along with her name above the line, plus an overeager mother and a terrible part-time job as a clown for children's parties.

Fare

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Filmed entirely inside a moving car over three days, Fare is a dramatic thriller about a cab driver and an unexpected passenger. Blurring the lines of tone and genre, Fare explores the darkest depths of love, betrayal and the fight for a committed relationship. Ride-share cab driver Eric begins his day like any other, responding to the many fares who hail him from their smartphones throughout the city. Hiding his depression due to a marriage that has long since grown cold, Eric entertains small talk and discusses his “real job” of real estate. He even finds his own notions of love and marriage challenged by one fare in particular – a foreign man whose elusive ramblings seem to light the fire of Eric’s own self-reflection. When Eric’s day turns to night and he takes the evening’s last fare, Eric finds himself face to face with the source of his troubles. Eric’s unsuspecting passenger is a man named Patrick who doesn’t know this cab driver from any other. But when Eric recognizes Patrick as the man who is secretly sleeping with his wife, a series of events are set in motion which threaten the lives of everyone who sets foot inside the car.

Jesus Town USA

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For 88 years, a small Oklahoma town has pantomimed a passion play on a bizarre reproduction of Jerusalem built into the Wichita foothills. Jesus Town USA is a light-hearted and comedic documentary chronicling the journey of a 100-strong amateur cast, a dozen horses, and very devout community. Once boasting audiences of over 200,000, the Pageant now struggles to find any audience at all. When the man playing Jesus for 8 years retires, his replacement, a long-standing member of the cast, has a secret he is hiding from everyone.

The Man in the Woods

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On a snowy night in 1963 Pennsylvania, a boarding school student goes missing in the woods. Her friends, along with a bohemian poetry teacher, a disgraced quarterback, a shunned ex-cop, and the headmaster’s wife, agree to go search for her. As they do, they confront the shadow projection and demonization that their idyllic school was built on. In the classic style of B-movies from long ago, The Man in the Woods explores America’s haunted heart.

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