Spotlight
Wondering which films to watch? Spotlight presents thematically grouped, must see films, hand-picked by Fandor's curators.
The Hawk is Dying
The Tree
Some Days are Better Than Others
Wendy and Lucy
The Wait
Art House
El Camino
Sheba, Baby
The Sisters of Mercy
Kung-fu Master!
Meek's Cutoff
Mauvais sang
Lying
In Our Nature
Opera no.1
It Girls
These "It Girls" or rather, "It Women," are more than just arrestingly stylish and beautiful. They are coveted by independent filmmakers, embody strong female protagonists, and are celebrated by all for their talent. The following films feature the remarkable actors: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Chloë Sevigny, Carrie Brownstein, Michelle Williams, Jena Malone, Elisabeth Moss, Pam Grier, Jane Birkin, Parker Posey, Julie Delpy, and Greta Gerwig. I think we can all agree these women are more than just "It Girls;" they are BOSS WOMEN.
Selected Films
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The Tree
The exquisite Charlotte Gainsbourg stars in French filmmaker Julie Bertuccelli’s achingly beautiful follow-up to her sleeper hit SINCE OTAR LEFT. The Closing Night film at Cannes in 2010, THE TREE is a mystical drama of loss and rebirth in the Australian countryside. Not since classic 1970s works...Watch Movie
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Wendy and Lucy
Named to over sixty "Best of 2008" lists (and even many "Best of the Decade" lists), WENDY AND LUCY solidified filmmaker Kelly Reichardt's reputation for films that are (according to the New York Times) "a touchstone of the new realism in American cinema." Drifting upwards to Alaska like a 21st...Watch Movie
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The Wait
Who determines what is real? An enigmatic phone call from a psychic, catapults a family into a state of suspended belief while waiting for their recently deceased mother to be resurrected. One sister believes the claim, and the other staunchly opposes it until she encounters a chance at love,...Watch Movie
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The Sisters of Mercy
Parker Posey and Sabrina Lloyd discuss an assortment of concerns in Hal Hartley's THE SISTERS OF MERCY, all loosely connected to a song by the Breeders. It is both a film about real estate dilemmas and a film about the making of a film about real estate dilemmas. Sort of.Watch Movie
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Kung-fu Master!
A lovely, bittersweet companion to JANE B. PAR AGNÈS V. from director Agnes Varda and star/muse Jane Birkin, this film has nothing to do with martial arts (the film's title comes from an arcade video game played obsessively in the film by a teenaged boy, Julien). Birkin delivers one of her finest...Watch Movie
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Meek's Cutoff
Three 1840s' pioneer families become dangerously lost amidst the dust of the Oregon desert in Kelly Reichardt's sensory update of the Western genre, focusing not on typical fare like gun battles, card sharks or dramatic rescues but instead on the long, arduous journey westward. Having hired the...Watch Movie
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In Our Nature
When Brooklynite Seth takes his girlfriend Andie to his family's weekend house in upstate New York for a romantic getaway, they are unexpectedly joined by Seth's estranged father, Gil, and his new girlfriend, Vicky. The women negotiate emotional minefields to persuade father and son to share the...Watch Movie
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Opera no.1
Two charming but inept agents of the supernatural (sort of like cupid goddesses) decide to interfere in human affairs. Mini Musical Comedy. Like one of those Shakespeare situation comedies in the woods. Or the Beatles "Magical Mystery Tour." A mini-opera with some sort of dense but ultimately...Watch Movie
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The Hawk is Dying
George Gattling finds little fulfillment as an auto upholsterer, the patriarch of a broken family, and the occasional lover of a lonely psychology student. When stricken with a family tragedy, George becomes obsessed with taming a wild, red-tail hawk. At his weakest moment, he...Watch Movie
