Somewhere in Dreamland
The first of Fleischer Studios' "Color Classics" cartoons filmed in three-strip Technicolor.
God's Land
"...one of the most enjoyable, moving, thought-provoking films of the year." - James van Maanen, ...
The Night Visitor
"The thing that makes THE NIGHT VISITOR less than thrilling is its compulsion to give away its ow...
The Time We Killed
Dir. Jennifer Reeves
(2004)
94 minutes
Official selection of the 2006 Whitney Biennial.
Somewhere in Dreamland
Dir. Dave Fleischer
(1936)
9 minutes
The first of Fleischer Studios' "Color Classics" cartoons filmed in three-strip Technicolor.
God's Land
Dir. Preston Miller
(2011)
165 minutes
"...one of the most enjoyable, moving, thought-provoking films of the year." - James van Maanen, ...
The Night Visitor
Papegojan | Lunatic
Dir. Laslo Benedek
(1970)
102 minutes
"The thing that makes THE NIGHT VISITOR less than thrilling is its compulsion to give away its ow...
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A Trip to the Moon
Le Voyage dans la Lune
Dir. Georges Méliès
(1902)
13 minutes
- Genres:
- International / European / French
- Science Fiction / Space Travel
- Short / Narrative
- Silent / Silent Science Fiction
Every frame of A TRIP TO THE MOON is brimming with invention. It remains the best known of Georges Méliès’s hundreds of fantasy films, in no small part for its extraordinary image of a rocket crashing into the Man in the Moon.
Everyone Else
Alle Anderen
Dir. Maren Ade
(2009)
124 minutes
- Genres:
- International / European / German
- Drama / Romantic Drama
- Drama / Dysfunctional Family
A young couple’s relationship is pushed to the brink while vacationing in the Mediterranean in this smart, sexy drama from acclaimed new filmmaker Maren Ade.
Littlerock
Dir. Mike Ott
(2010)
82 minutes
- Genres:
- Independent
- Drama / Romantic Drama
- Drama / Expedition
LITTLEROCK is a powerfully intimate drama that captures the fears and desires of a young Japanese woman lost in America.
Straight to Hell Returns
Dir. Alex Cox
(2010)
91 minutes
- Genres:
- Comedy / Black Comedy
- Crime / Caper/Heist
- Cult / Psychotronic
- Independent
- Western
- Crime / Contract Killer
STRAIGHT TO HELL RETURNS is a new version of Alex Cox's 1986 feature-of-the-same-name. Four hapless bank robbers bury their loot and attempt to hide out in a deserted desert town. But the town is not deserted.
lot 63, grave c
Dir. Sam Green
(2006)
10 minutes
- Genres:
- Documentary / Biography
- Independent
- Short / Documentary
- Documentary / History
- Documentary / Social Issues
- Music / Rockumentary / Popular Music
LOT 63, GRAVE C is a short documentary film about Meredith Hunter, the teenager who was killed by Hell’s Angels at the Rolling Stones’ notorious Altamont concert in 1969.
Who is Harry Nilsson (and Why is Everybody Talkin' About Him)?
Dir. John Scheinfeld
(2010)
116 minutes
- Genres:
- Documentary / Biography
- Documentary / Art / Performing Arts / Music
- Music / Rockumentary / Popular Music
WHO IS HARRY NILSSON…?, a wildly entertaining, star studded documentary tells the story of one of the most talented and versatile singer songwriters in pop music history and the man the Beatles dubbed their favorite American musician.
Dogtooth
Kynodontas
Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos
(2009)
97 minutes
- Genres:
- Comedy / Black Comedy
- Drama / Dysfunctional Family
- International / European / Greek
Graceful, enigmatic and often frightening, DOGTOOTH is an ingenious dark comedy that won the Prix Un Certain Regard at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, propelling Yorgos Lanthimos to the forefront of contemporary cinema’s most ambitious young filmmakers.
After the Ball
Après le bal
Dir. Georges Méliès
(1897)
1 minute
- Genres:
- International / European / French
- Cult / Exploitation / Sexploitation
- Short / Narrative
Featuring a scenario so trite it has become timeless (a woman removes garments in order to be bathed by her maid), AFTER THE BALL may be the only surviving example of a Star Film given over entirely to erotica.
The Blue Angel
Der Blaue Engel
Dir. Josef von Sternberg
(1930)
102 minutes
- Genres:
- International / European / German
- Drama / Tragedy
- Drama / Melodrama
- Classic / Classic Drama
Emil Jannings, the quintessential German expressionist actor, stars as Professor Rath, the sexually-repressed instructor of a boys' prep school.
Sita Sings the Blues
Dir. Nina Paley
(2009)
82 minutes
- Genres:
- Music / Musical
- Adaptation / Literary
- Independent
- Animation / Cel & Hand-Drawn
- Comedy / Anarchic Comedy
- Fantasy / Fable
The eclectic layering of personal history, epic myth and saucy musical number in SITA SINGS THE BLUES is held together by Nina Paley’s palpable pleasure in the art of storytelling.
The Workshop
Dir. Jamie Morgan
(2007)
92 minutes
- Genres:
- Documentary / Social Issues
- Independent
- Cult / Shockumentary
In a wooded glade somewhere near San Francisco, THE WORKSHOP challenges the rules of modern society by pushing all boundaries of normal convention (especially the sexual ones)!
Why the Anderson Children Didn't Come to Dinner
Dir. Jamie Travis
(2003)
17 minutes
- Genres:
- Comedy / Black Comedy
- Independent
- Short / Narrative
- International / Americas / North American / Canadian
The award-winning short film tells the “gloriously surreal” story of three seven year-olds forced to endure their mother’s culinary abuses.
Inferno
L'enfer d'Henri-Georges Clouzot
Dir. Serge Bromberg, Ruxandra Medrea
(2009)
100 minutes
- Genres:
- International / European / French
- Documentary / Art / Visual Arts / Motion Picture
- Documentary / Biography
- Documentary / History
One of the great, unfinished works in film history, Henri-Georges Clouzot's INFERNO was an audaciously experimental film with a virtually unlimited budget that was stopped only three weeks into production.
Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown
Dir. Frank Woodward
(2009)
89 minutes
- Genres:
- Documentary / Literature
- Documentary / Biography
H.P. Lovecraft was the forefather of modern horror fiction, having inspired such writers as Stephen King and Robert Bloch. The influence of his Cthulhu mythos can be seen in films, games, music and pop culture in general.
Chariots of the Gods
Dir. Harald Reinl
(1972)
93 minutes
- Genres:
- Adaptation / Literary
- Cult / Shockumentary
- Documentary / Conspiracy
- Science Fiction / Space Travel
World-renowned authority Erich von Daniken's film version of his best-selling book, CHARIOTS OF THE GODS, gives stunning visual proof that some form of life from outer space landed on Earth centuries ago.
Sebastiane
Dir. Derek Jarman
(1976)
85 minutes
- Genres:
- International / European / United Kingdom
- Drama / Costume Drama
- LGBT / Narrative
- Drama / Religious
Stripped of rank and exiled to a remote Sardinian outpost, Roman soldier and suspected Christian Sebastian (Leonardo Treviglio) becomes the object of his commanding officer Maximus' (Barney James) aggressive desire.
Tuesday, After Christmas
Marti, dupa craciun
Dir. Radu Muntean
(2010)
100 minutes
- Genres:
- Drama / Romantic Drama
- Drama / Dysfunctional Family
- International / European / Romanian
- Holiday
In the days leading up to Christmas, a married man forces himself to choose between his wife and his mistress.
Darkness Light Darkness
Tma, svetlo, tma
Dir. Jan Svankmajer
(1989)
7 minutes
- Genres:
- Avant-garde / Surrealist
- International / European / Czech
- Comedy / Anarchic Comedy
- Cult / Psychotronic
- Short / Narrative
- Animation / Claymation
A corporeal and Kafkaesque claymation from Czech surrealist Jan Svankmajer. Two hands find each other in a room and begin molding themselves into a human figure.
Tuning the Sleeping Machine
Dir. David Sherman
(1996)
13 minutes
- Genres:
- Avant-garde
- Cult / Psychotronic
- Short / Narrative
- Fantasy / Dream
TUNING THE SLEEPING MACHINE suggests a psycho-physical cinema, an emulsive journey of hypnotic illusion that pulls at narrative expectation.
The Romantic Englishwoman
Dir. Joseph Losey
(1975)
117 minutes
- Genres:
- Comedy / Romantic Comedy
- Drama / Dramedy
- International / European / United Kingdom / English
- Suspense / Psychological / Compulsion
Michael Caine plays successful novelist Lewis Fielding, whose imagination spins ever-more elaborate scenarios of infidelity when his wife Elizabeth (Glenda Jackson) goes on a solo vacation to Baden Baden.
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