Anarchic Comedy
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Kung Fu Fighter
Ma (Vanness Wu) travels to Shanghai to look for his father and to learn kung fu from him. In the process, Ma discovers that he has super human strength. He puts his extraordinary power to good use as he goes against the Shanghai gangsters and their band of ruthless fighters! Co-starring Terry Fan (THE STORY OF RICKY) and the...Start your free trial to watch -
The Last Trick
Jan Svankmajer’s debut film extends the madcap spirit of his Prague-based Theatre of Masks. Two magicians perform an escalating series of tricks, most of which involve strange objects entering or exiting their plaster heads. Once pried open, they resemble surrealist cabinets stuffed with grinding gears, violins and insects....Start your free trial to watch -
Little Lamby
Riffing on "Little Red Riding Hood," this Dave Fleisher cartoon sends a wolf in disguise looking for his lunch amongst a town of unsuspecting innocents. The wolf proposes a baby contest, suggesting a “big prize to prettiest and healthiest baby (should be kind and tender),” where he settles on a stew with Little Lamby. The...Start your free trial to watch
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The Luckiest Man
Mr. Ho, "King of Gambling," makes himself rich by gambling and is the leader of the Hong Kong Mahjong industry in the 1950s. He has three wives, two sons and one daughter. Though it appears that the three wives are living in harmony, they actually compete against each other for the family's wealth. Since...Start your free trial to watch -
Max and Mona
Traditional beliefs say that the souls of the dead will not join their ancestors until the mourners cry at their graves. Max Bua, 19, from a South African farm community, has inherited his grandfathers talent for mourning. Despite this heaven-sent gift, Max has his sights set on becoming a doctor and must travel to...Start your free trial to watch -
Melvin Goes to Dinner
Melvin goes to dinner with three (almost) complete strangers. The frequently funny (but also heartfelt) conversation goes from dating to sex to religion to fetishes to ghosts and everywhere else in-between. The film is written and co-stars Michael Blieden, who adapted his stage play PHYRO-GIANTS! The film...Start your free trial to watch
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Men at Work
MEN AT WORK tells the hilarious story of four old friends who, driving back from a failed skiing trip, encounter a strange and enormous rock. The men's frivolous attempt to dislodge the rock gradually disintegrates into a tale of betrayal, defeat and renewed hope. The heroes of the film are doctors, engineers and businessmen...Start your free trial to watch -
Midsummer Madness
MIDSUMMER MADNESS is a quirky romantic comedy set in Latvia, the former Soviet republic, on the shortest night of the year. The whole country is going crazy on midsummer night when Curt, a young American, arrives in Riga, and the festivities are about to start. He’s there to look for his Latvian...Start your free trial to watch -
Mod Fuck Explosion
WEST SIDE STORY meets RUMBLE IN THE BRONX meets A CLOCKWORK ORANGE. Bizarre tale of London, a lonely teen yearning for affection and a leather jacket who lives in a dysfunctional family home where the mother keeps popping and sexually playing with her other child, X-Ray, a member of a gang of Mods who are...Start your free trial to watch
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The Naughty Stewardesses
The 1970s may have been big for Women's Liberation but you wouldn't have known it from drive-in screens. There, women were most often found in various degrees of undress as frisky cheerleaders, nurses and stewardesses, apparently the prime fantasy-object professions for America's horny male youth. Seeking...Start your free trial to watch
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The Nut
Although Douglas Fairbanks made his first costume adventure, THE MARK OF ZORRO, before THE NUT, he was unsure whether he would be accepted in a costume film. Admittedly a minor work, THE NUT is frequently dismissed in critical assessments of Fairbanks' career. This is unfortunate, for it contains some fascinating sequences...Start your free trial to watch -
Onésime, Clock-maker
Goofy Onésime hatches a bright idea when he discovers that he'll only receive his inheritance after twenty years have passed: why not just change the gears of Paris’s regulating clock and speed up his waiting time? Jean Duran’s brilliantly choreographed fast motion cinematography shows a city in overdrive,...Start your free trial to watch
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Party 7
Cult filmmaker and popular commercial director Katsuhito Ishii brings you seven of the strangest characters you’ll ever meet. Yakuza punk Miki checks into the remote New Mexico hotel to hide out after stealing a case of gang loot. Not long after, Miki’s old flame Kana and her new, geeky boyfriend Todohira show up to collect...Start your free trial to watch -
Princess Nicotine
PRINCESS NICOTINE was produced in New York by the pioneer Vitagraph Company. The filmmakers are unknown, although J. Stuart Blackton, who co-founded Vitagraph in 1897 after a vaudeville career as a lightning sketch artist, is a likely candidate. Nonsensical films like these later delighted the French...Start your free trial to watch -
Reflections of Evil
A rotund fellow makes his living selling watches in Los Angeles. He isn't particularly good at it. His social ineptness makes him a miserable salesman but his relentless sugar habit tends to amplify his incompetence. As things go from bad to worse, he begins to notice a mysterious woman. His fascination...Start your free trial to watch




