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A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
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Directed by Ana Lily Amirpour • Horror • 2015 • US • Farsi with English subtitles
Starring Sheila Vand, Arash Marandi, Marshall ManeshAna Lily Amirpour burst onto the scene with this black and white Iranian vampire Western, which premiered at Sundance and won a Gotham Award for Breakthrough Dir...
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Chained for Life
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Directed by Aaron Schimberg • Arthouse • 2019 • US • English
Starring Jess Weixler, Adam Pearson, Charlie KorsmoIn Aaron Schimberg’s brilliantly oddball tragicomedy, Jess Weixler plays a movie star “slumming it” in an outré art-horror film being shot in a semi-abandoned hospital. Cast opposite ...
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Keep the Change
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Directed by Rachel Israel • Comedy • 2018 • US • English
Starring Brandon Polansky, Samantha Elisofon, Jessica WalterThis off-kilter New York romantic comedy does something radical in casting actors with autism to play characters with autism. When David is mandated to attend a social program, s...
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It Felt Like Love
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Directed by Eliza Hittman • Drama • 2013 • US • English
Starring Gina Piersanti, Giovanna Salimeni, Ronen RubinsteinIn this unflinchingly honest and refreshingly unsentimental coming-of-age story from Eliza Hittman ("Never Rarely Sometimes Always"), 14-year-old Lila spends a languid Brooklyn s...
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Little Fugitive
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Directed by Morris Engel, Ruth Orkin, Ray Ashley • Drama • 1953 • US • English
Starring Richard Brewster, Winifred Cushing, Richie AndruscoWidely regarded as one of the most influential films of American independent cinema and nominated for an Academy Award, “The Little Fugitive” is a charming ...
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The Wanderers
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Directed by Philip Kaufman • Drama • 1979 • US • English
Starring Ken Wahl, Karen Allen, Linda ManzFeaturing a golden oldies soundtrack and a talented cast of young up-and-comers, this cult classic from Phillip Kaufman follows the exploits of an Italian-American gang in the Bronx in 1963, turni...
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Obit.
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Directed by Vanessa Gould • Documentary • 2017 • US • English
Featuring Bruce Weber, Margalit Fox, William McDonaldThe first documentary to explore the world of obituary writers, "Obit." focuses on the legendary team at 'The New York Times', who approach their work with journalistic rigor and ...
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The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden
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Directed by Dan Geller, Dayna Goldfine • Documentary • 2013 • US • English
Featuring Cate Blanchett, Sebastian Koch, Diane KrugerDarwin meets Hitchcock in this true-crime tale of paradise found and lost. Fleeing conventional society, a Berlin doctor and his mistress start a new life on uninh...
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Prey for Rock & Roll
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Directed by Alex Steyermark • Drama • 2003 • US • English • Mature Content
Starring Gina Gershon, Drea de Matteo, Lori PettyThis fist-pumping LGBTQ+ touchstone and rock and roll cult classic stars the electrifying Gina Gershon as Jacki, a rocker who worries she may never make it big. Along with...
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Poison
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Directed by Todd Haynes • Arthouse • 1991 • US • English
Starring Edith Meeks, Larry Maxwell, John LeguizamoWinner of the Grand Jury Prizes at both the Sundance and Berlin Film Festivals, "Poison", directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Todd Haynes ("Carol"), is a groundbreaking American indie f...
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Songs My Brothers Taught Me
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Directed by Chloé Zhao • Arthouse • 2015 • US • English
Starring John Reddy, Jashaun St. John, Irene BedardAcademy Award winner Chloé Zhao's debut feature captures the subtleties of a marginalized existence. Johnny, a restless Lakota teen, and his little sister Jashaun live with their mother on...
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Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over
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Directed by Beth B • Documentary • 2021 • US • English
Featuring Lydia Lunch, Thurston Moore, Kembra Pfahler"Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over" by Beth B is the first career-spanning retrospective of Lydia Lunch’s confrontational, acerbic and electric artistry. As New York City’s preeminent No...
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Running Off to the Circus: Paul Auster on Film
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Directed by Spencer Ostrander, Theodore Rex King • Documentary • 2022 • US • English
Featuring Paul Auster"Running Off to the Circus: Paul Auster on Film" is a career-spanning feature-length interview with the legendary author and director. In Part 1 Auster passionately discusses the formative ...
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Test Pattern
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Directed by Shatara Michelle Ford • Drama • 2020 • US • English
Starring Brittany S. Hall, Will Brill, Gail BeanPart psychological horror, part realist drama, this exhilarating debut feature from Shatara Michelle Ford follows an interracial couple whose relationship is put to the test after a B...
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Murder in Harlem
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Directed by Oscar Micheaux • Drama • 1935 • US • English
Starring Clarence Brooks, Dorothy Van Engle, Alec LovejoyOscar Micheaux’s remake of his own “The Gunsaulus Mystery” (1921) is based on the true-life murder of Mary Phagan. When a young woman is found dead in a factory office, a Black empl...
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Downtown 81
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Directed by Edo Bertoglio • Arthouse • 1981 • US • English
Starring Jean-Michel Basquiat, Debbie Harry, Richard WeigandShot in New York City in the eighties and written by Warhol associate Glenn O’Brien, "Downtown 81" features graffiti innovator and artist Jean-Michel Basquiat moving through th...
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Ganja & Hess
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Directed by Bill Gunn • Horror • 1973 • US • English
Starring Duane Jones, Marlene Clark, Bill GunnFlirting with the conventions of blaxploitation and horror, Bill Gunn’s revolutionary independent film is a highly stylized and utterly original treatise on sex, religion, and African American ide...
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Rhythm Thief
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Directed by Matthew Harrison • Independent, Drama • 1995 • US • English
Starring Jason Andrews, Eddie Daniels, Kevin CorriganDirector Matthew Harrison, one of the most exciting American independent filmmaking talents to emerge in the 1990's, was awarded a Special Jury Recognition for Directing ...
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Museum Town
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Directed by Jennifer Trainer • Documentary • 2019 • US • English
Featuring Meryl Streep, Nick Cave, James TurrellWith appearances by artists ranging from James Turrell to David Byrne and narration by Meryl Streep, this documentary uncovers the history of how MASS MoCA became the largest museum ...
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Oliver Sacks: His Own Life
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Directed by Ric Burns • Documentary • 2020 • US • English
Featuring Oliver Sacks, Temple Grandin, Atul GawandeA month after receiving a fatal diagnosis, esteemed neurologist Oliver Sacks sat down for a series of interviews in his apartment in New York City. For eighty hours, surrounded by famil...
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Viva
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Directed by Anna Biller • Comedy • 2007 • US • English • Mature Content
Starring Anna Biller, Jared Sanford, Bridget Brno“Viva” is a cult retro spectacle about a bored 1970s housewife who gets sucked into the sexual revolution. Abandoned by her perfect Ken-doll husband, Barbi (writer/director A...
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The American Nurse
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Directed by Carolyn Jones • Documentary • 2013 • US • English
Featuring Jason Short, Tonia Faust, Naomi CrossThis heart-warming film follows the paths of five nurses in various practice specialties and explores some of the biggest issues facing America through their work. It is an examination o...
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Coming Out Under Fire
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Directed by Arthur Dong • Documentary • 1994 • US • English
Featuring Salome Jens, Phillis Abry, David BarrettArthur Dong’s award-winning films masterfully explore the LGBTQ experience and powerfully illustrate the many faces of the gay rights struggle in America. He dramatically reveals the...
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Momma's Man
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Directed by Azazel Jacobs • Comedy • 2008 • US • English
Starring Matt Boren, Ken Jacobs, Flo JacobsBumped from a flight back to Los Angeles, Mikey returns to his childhood home, a cluttered, cocoon-like Manhattan loft presided over by his bohemian parents. Re-installed in a household saturated...