Spotlight
Wondering which films to watch? Spotlight presents thematically grouped, must see films, hand-picked by Fandor's curators.
A Lonely Cow Weeps at Dawn
Arranged
A Woman Under the Influence
Beeswax
Camping Sauvage
Dark Days
Kid-Thing
Liars, Fires and Bears
Natural Selection
Shepard and Dark
Shut Yer Dirty Little Mouth
Sisters, or the Balance of Happiness
Starlet
The Fairy
Tim
Odd Couples
From the unusual to the downright bizarre, these peculiar pairs prove that opposites really do attract.
Selected Films
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Natural Selection
Winner of the Grand Jury and Audience Awards at SXSW and nominated for two Independent Spirit Awards, including Best Actress for Rachael Harris, NATURAL SELECTION is a wonderfully irreverent comedy about a devoted Texas housewife whose carefully ordered world is turned upside...Watch Movie
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The Fairy
Dom works as a night clerk at a small hotel in the industrial port city of Le Havre. One night, a strangely dressed woman named Fiona arrives and claims she is a fairy. She grants Dom three wishes, and makes his first two wishes come true before mysteriously vanishing. By now, Dom has fallen in...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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Dark Days
For years, a homeless community took root in a train tunnel beneath New York City, braving dangerous conditions and perpetual night. DARK DAYS explores this surprisingly domestic subterranean world, unearthing a way of life unimaginable to those above. Through stories simultaneously...Watch Movie
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Shut Yer Dirty Little Mouth
The true story of Pete and Ray, two down-and-out alcoholics living in the Haight district of San Francisco in the late '80s. Their outrageous and hilarious harangues make THE ODD COUPLE seem entirely tame by comparison. Watch as the two gentlemen imbibe mass quantities of...Watch Movie
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Camping Sauvage
Fresh out of prison, Blaise accepts a job as a sailing instructor at a summer camp run by his brother in law, Eddie. It's not long before he catches the eye of Camille, a bored and beautiful teenager. Haunted by violent nightmares, scorned by the other campers and reminded daily of his estranged...Watch Movie
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Shepard and Dark
Sam Shepard and Johnny Dark met in Greenwich Village in the early 1960s and, despite leading very different lives, remained close friends ever since. Shepard became a Pulitzer Prize winning playwright and an Academy Award®-nominated actor, while Dark was a homebody who...Watch Movie
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Sisters, or the Balance of Happiness
Two sisters share a complex and compelling relationship in the well crafted film about sibling rivalry. Anna seems dependent, emotionally and economically, on Maria. Successive inward turns of the screw reveal them, Siamese twin-like, bonded to one another, so that eventually...Watch Movie
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Beeswax
BEESWAX revolves around the personal and professional entanglements of twin sisters Jeannie and Lauren (played by extraordinary newcomers Tilly and Maggie Hatcher) living in Austin, Texas. Jeannie co-owns a bright, candy-colored vintage clothing store. When a conflict with her business partner...Watch Movie
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Starlet
STARLET explores the unlikely friendship between twenty-one year old aspiring actress Jane and elderly widow Sadie after their worlds collide in California's San Fernando Valley. Jane spends her time getting high with her dysfunctional roommates and taking care of her chihuahua Starlet while...Watch Movie
