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Wondering which films to watch? Spotlight presents thematically grouped, must see films, hand-picked by Fandor's curators.
Summer Daze
The sun is shining and the days are longer, which means that summer is almost here! June 21st marks the official start of the season, and at Fandor we are celebrating with movies that give us that summertime vibe. They may not all be set at the beach, (though some definitely are) but all exude the nostalgic, dreamy, and excited feelings we associate with our favorite season. Enjoy hot features, docs, and shorts— no SPF required.
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Selected Films
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The Endless Summer
They call it THE ENDLESS SUMMER: the ultimate surfing adventure, crossing the globe in search of the perfect wave. From the uncharted waters of West Africa, to the shark-filled seas of Australia, to the tropical paradise of Tahiti and beyond, these California surfers...Watch Movie
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I am Not a Hipster
A young singer/songwriter with a growing local following wanders through his apathetic life. When his dad and three sisters show up to spread his mother's ashes, he is reminded of the part of himself he left back in Ohio and is forced to deal with the person he has become. I...Watch Movie
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The Unbelievable Truth
A comedy of errors surrounding a beautiful college bound girl disturbingly preoccupied with the threat of nuclear destruction in THE UNBELIEVABLE TRUTH. Nevertheless, she falls in love with a handsome ex-con who is rumored to have murdered, many years before, the father of his...Watch Movie
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Casa Grande
Coming-of-age as rude awakening: one high school senior's dawning sexuality is shadowed by the discovery of his upper-class family's looming financial ruin. Polished and penetrating, CASA GRANDE renders a sharp social canvas of contemporary Brazil through the eyes of young Jean, who struggles...Watch Movie
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Leidi
Leidi lives with her mom and her baby. Her boyfriend, Alexis, hasn't shown up in days. That sunny morning, after she bathed her baby, Leidi was sent by her mother to buy plantains. She meets a guy that tells her he has seen Alexis with another girl. She forgets about bringing home the plantains...Watch Movie
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In the City of Sylvia
A young artist searches the winding streets of Strasbourg for an old love in Jose Luis Guerin's acclaimed and exceedingly beautiful IN THE CITY OF SYLVIA. During a languid summer, a young man spends his afternoons sketching in an outdoor café. He is looking for a woman he met...Watch Movie
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This is Bossa Nova
Paulo Thiago's acclaimed documentary THIS IS BOSSA NOVA tells the story of Bossa Nova, the Brazilian music born in the early-1950s that would attain definite international recognition a decade later with a memorable concert at New York's Carnegie Hall. This film includes...Watch Movie
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Private Property
Two homicidal Southern California drifters (played to creepy perfection by Warren Oates and Corey Allen) wander off the beach and into the seemingly-perfect Beverly Hills home of unhappy housewife Kate Manx, in this long-lost film noir gem written and directed by THE OUTER...Watch Movie
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Homemakers
Part-time punk singer Irene McCabey moonlights as full-time harbinger of chaos (and her life in Austin is crumbling as a result). When her ex-girlfriend moves to kick her out of their band, Irene receives big news: an estranged grandfather has bequeathed to her a dilapidated house across the...Watch Movie
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The Names of Love
Baya Benmahmoud, a young, extroverted liberal, lives by the old hippie slogan: "Make love, not war" to convert right-wing men to her left-wing political causes by sleeping with them. She seduces many and so far has received exceptional results (until she meets Arthur Martin, a...Watch Movie
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Kid-Thing
Annie is a rebellious ten-year-old girl. She lives on the outskirts of town with her father Marvin, who, when not herding goats, mostly sleeps the day away. Virtually devoid of parental guidance, Annie is left to fend for herself and do as she pleases. With no moral compass, she roams the...Watch Movie
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Los Sures
Diego Echeverria's film skillfully represents the challenges residents of the Southside faced: poverty, drugs, gang violence, crime, abandoned real estate, racial tension, single-parent homes, and inadequate local resources. The complex portrait also celebrates the vitality of this largely Puerto...Watch Movie
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A Town Called Panic
Hilarious and frequently surreal, the stop-motion extravaganza A TOWN CALLED PANIC has endless charms and raucous laughs for children from eight to eighty. Based on the Belgian animated cult television series (which was released by Aardman Studios), PANIC stars three plastic...Watch Movie
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Modra
Lina is seventeen years old and lives in Toronto with her mother. For one week during the summer holidays she plans to visit her extended family in Modra, a small town in Slovakia. When Lina is dumped by her boyfriend she invites Leco instead, a cute boy from school. Not long after arriving in...Watch Movie
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Summer of Goliath
One can hardly swing a fistful of popcorn without hitting a "docu-fiction hybrid" these days. But fortunately Nicolás Pereda moves that conceit far forward with his ever-surprising, genre-bending SUMMER OF GOLIATH. Here, all forms of fiction, documentary, fantasy and reality...Watch Movie
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Jamel Shabazz Street Photographer
In the infancy of hip-hop, Brooklyn-born photographer Jamel Shabazz documented the pioneers of music and style who would launch an enduring worldwide phenomenon. In JAMEL SHABAZZ STREET PHOTOGRAPHER Charlie Ahearn pays tribute to both Shabazz and those who defined hip-hop...Watch Movie
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Samba Ladies
SAMBA LADIES presents women as the driving force that propels the samba and contributes to making it the greatest and most representative Brazilian Popular rhythm. It honors anonymous as well as well known ladies that have marked their names on this cultural pantheon, a major Brazilian cultural...Watch Movie
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Five Dolls for an August Moon
FIVE DOLLS FOR AN AUGUST MOON is Mario Bava's deliriously mod spin on an Agatha Christie-style whodunit. Bava was so closely associated with the horror genre that this twisting mystery was never released in the U.S. but it is deliciously entertaining all the same. A space age...Watch Movie
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Dog Days
Stephen and Isaac are brothers. As kids, their parents bought a farmhouse and renovated it. As teenagers, they couldn't care less - stuck inside playing video games on a hot summer day. Eventually they get bored enough to start to explore the farm and end up finding the family dog has gone missing.Watch Movie
