Coming of Age
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Aftermath on Meadowlark Lane
A smoldering car wreck moves two brothers to ask their mother about a significant difference in their upbringings. The Zellners’ knotty dialogue touches upon Pilgrims, foreskins, European sexual preferences and smallpox, a welter of neurosis and shame. If the script seems unlikely, an autobiographical...Start your free trial to watch -
Always Kickin'
Donkey duo Hunky and Spunky are back in another Fleischer Studios “Color Classic” cartoon. Spunky's braying attempt to sing along with the local songbirds are not acclaimed and his attempt at flying fares even worse. But when a vulture pursues some baby chicks, mama mule instructs junior on how to harness the incredible power...Start your free trial to watch -
An Orphan on the Streets
Three Hairs was the name of a popular comic character, a street urchin with a bald head save for three thin stalks sticking straight up towards the sky. After a night on the streets, Three Hairs looks for work wherever he can get it; he polishes shoes, picks garbage and even sells newspapers, but finally...Start your free trial to watch
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City Loop
It’s a slow night at Speedies in Brisbane. This time for reflection leads to a collision between the six young kids working at the pizza parlor. A comedy about one night in the lives of six kids as they confront questions of love, identity and sex between dough tossing, order taking and scooter deliveries through treacherous...Start your free trial to watch -
Coeds
Sexy Dagmar Lassander is the stunning new teacher that every male student yearns for. Her sultry looks virtually guarantee that every boy makes it to class. School attendance is way up and no longer is staying after school considered a punishment! Equally delicious Femi Benussi plays Alfredo Pea's voluptuous aunt who is...Start your free trial to watch
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Educated Fish
Decades before FINDING NEMO, this imaginative Dave Fleisher cartoon got plenty of mileage from the underwater kingdom. Most of the little fish at A.B. Sea School for Fish are good students. But one goofs off during the teacher’s lesson about the hook and line. He’ll wish he had listened once a seductive worm takes him for a...Start your free trial to watch -
Happy Funeral
Generation Y's infatuation with romance, growing pains and Facebook are explored in this delightful sequel to the sleeper hit TRUTH OR DARE: 6TH FLOOR REAR FLAT (though the story is self-contained; it isn't essential to see the first). This time, the rental unit at 6th floor rear flat is occupied by six new youngsters who...Start your free trial to watch
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Hillbilly Robot
"A weirdly touching parable of human obsolescence... a strange funny, very smart film," or so said Andy Markowitz of the Baltimore City Paper (which also named it "Film of the Year" in 2002). This film features many cast members who would later be seen in THE GUATEMALAN HANDSHAKE and a portion of its breakdancing scene...Start your free trial to watch -
Khorma
Jilani Saadi's debut film is set in the arid Tunisian village of Bizerte. With his red-blond hair, green jacket and quirky personal habits, KHORMA is the town's kindly joke, a big, well-meaning lug. His guardian is a crafty old Bou Khaleb, the official announcer of births, deaths, and marriages. When the old man mistakenly...Start your free trial to watch -
Kitchen Party
Scott wants to throw a party to celebrate going off to college, and to impress (and hence, score with) his girlfriend Tammy. But he’s not going anywhere if his overly retentive parents find out, or if one footstep is seen on the perfectly-vacuumed carpet. Scott’s solution: have the party anyway, but restrict everyone to the...Start your free trial to watch
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Little Lambkins
In this Fleischer “Color Classic” a little boy whose mama thinks he's a “baby” who can't walk yet turns out to have a whole lot of secret abilities (and wildlife pals) when no one's looking. Separated from those furry friends once his family moves to the city, this baby boy is not pleased. With their fully automated apartment...Start your free trial to watch -
Masquerades
After working for much of his life as a gardener in his dusty Algerian village, Mounir dreams of improving his family’s fortune and gaining a measure of respect by marrying off his narcoleptic sister, Rym, to a “real gentleman.” However, Rym has other plans; she dreams of marrying Mounir’s best friend, Khliffa, who has...Start your free trial to watch -
The Mother of Invention
Meet Vincent Dooly (Andrew Bowser), an aspiring inventor who dreams of winning the Thomas Alva Edison Award for Young Inventors (or "Eddy"). A documentary crew follows Vincent in the last year that he is eligible to compete, at the same time following Martin Wooderson (Jimmi Simpson), a smug wunderkind...Start your free trial to watch
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One Touch of Nature
The film's title comes from Shakespeare: "One touch of nature makes the whole world kin." This is just one of many stories from the period that illustrate this dictum. A well-to-do, middle-aged man with a foul temper regains his humor when he spends some time in the woods with a young boy. Scenarist...Start your free trial to watch -
Play Safe
Junior learns his titular lesson the hard way when he sneaks off from his toy train to “play” with a real one sitting on the tracks nearby. Needless to say, this is not a good idea. But it's a good thing that man's best friend Rover is around! Impressive multi-plane animation during a dream sequence highlights PLAY SAFE, one...Start your free trial to watch




