Spotlight
Wondering which films to watch? Spotlight presents thematically grouped, must see films, hand-picked by Fandor's curators.
The Forest for the Trees
Bringing Up Bobby
Bob and the Monster
She's a Boy I Knew
Ain't In It for My Health
The Tree
This is Martin Bonner
Satin Rouge
C'est parti
Francine
Today's Special
The Naked Kiss
Spotlight on New Beginnings
Starting over: it's a scary proposition. Although, it can be liberating too. Take it from the characters in this collection of films: starting from scratch is tough business, but it has its rewards. Whether through their own volition or in response to some life altering calamity, they've found themselves forging entirely new paths, crafting new identities. The trick to making it all work? Whatever you do, just don't look back.
Selected Films
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Francine
After years of incarceration, a quiet, lonely woman, Francine (Academy Award® winner Melissa Leo), is released to start a new life in a small, rural town. But despite opportunities for warmth and connection, her years of “rehabilitation” have left her with little ability to create relationships...Watch Movie
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Bob and the Monster
This award winning documentary follows outspoken indie-rock hero Bob Forrest, through his life-threatening struggle with addiction, to his transformation into one of the most influential and controversial drug counselors in the US today, appearing alongside Dr. Drew Pinsky on...Watch Movie
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The Naked Kiss
Sam Fuller's most notorious film, unleashed on an unsuspecting public in 1964, begins with a bang that sets the tone for the madness of what's coming: a prostitute looms over the camera while beating a pimp senseless with her stiletto'd shoe, all while screaming that she's about to take back...Watch Movie
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Bringing Up Bobby
In an effort to escape her murky past and build a better future, Olive (Milla Jovovich), a nomadic European con-artist, and her 10-year-old American-born son, Bobby (Spencer List), find themselves living in Oklahoma. As her top priority, Olive seeks to give Bobby the things...Watch Movie
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She's a Boy I Knew
Filmmaker Gwen Haworth turns her camera on her family for this down-to-earth grassroots documentary that follows her transition from male to female over the course of several years. This thoughtful film is less a detailing of surgeries and more a meditation on family ties, a...Watch Movie
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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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This is Martin Bonner
In this Sundance Award Winning film we discover two men each searching in their quiet solitude to begin a new life amidst an unspoken need for encouragement and support. Having recently declared bankruptcy, Martin Bonner has just uprooted his life to Reno from the East Coast,...Watch Movie
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C'est parti
One morning in a building on the outskirts of Paris, men and women of all ages begin to empty a large office. They threw dozens of files out the window. Among the people, Olivier Besancenot, the famous 35-year-old leader of the French radical left. He and his friends are getting rid of the...Watch Movie
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Come Along with Me
Is there life after death? There certainly seems to be for Mabel Lederer. Her husband, Hughie, has passed on and with him goes Mabel Lederer. For Mabel reinvents herself with a new name, a new town and undertakes a slightly off-center new profession: "I dabble in the...Watch Movie
