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- DirectorRick CharnoskiStarsHaley IsaacsonRyan ToothmanJohn VeitRed, a runaway in the 1980s, returns to the outskirts of her NorCal hometown to track down her wayward father and falls in with a young drifter.
- DirectorRobert AltmanStarsTim RobbinsGreta ScacchiFred WardA Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected, but which one?
- DirectorNina MenkesStarsRhiannon AaronsRosanna ArquetteRaja BhattarInvestigates the politics of cinematic shot design, and how this meta-level of filmmaking intersects with the twin epidemics of sexual abuse/assault and employment discrimination against women, with over 175 movie clips from 1896 - 2020.
- DirectorSimon WallonStarsBonnie TimmermannPaul AusterSteve BuscemiA portrait of legendary casting director Bonnie Timmermann. An homage to the craft of acting.
- DirectorPeter D. HutchisonLucas SabeanStarsRob BilottPaula Jean SwearenginBo WebbUniquely structured upon the personal storytelling of native West Virginians, Devil Put The Coal In The Ground is a meditation on the suffering and devastation brought on by the coal industry and it's decline. From the realities of a crumbling economy, to the ravages of the opioid epidemic, to the irreparable environmental damage and its tragic impact on human health - the film is a cautionary tale of unfettered corporate power, and an elegy to a vanishing Appalachia.
- DirectorNancy BuirskiStarsJon VoightWaldo SaltJennifer SaltFollows the behind-the-scenes odyssey to get Midnight Cowboy (1969) produced, as well as the tumultuous era in which the movie was released and embraced.
- DirectorJohanna HamiltonYoruba RichenStarsMary Frances BerryKeisha N. BlainHerb BoydThe unexpected story of Parks and her life beyond the historic bus boycott, revealing the intent behind her activism, her radical politics and her courage.
- DirectorRobert AltmanStarsWarren BeattyJulie ChristieRene AuberjonoisA gambler and a prostitute become business partners in a remote Old West mining town, and their enterprise thrives until a large corporation arrives on the scene.
- DirectorJulie CohenBetsy WestStarsBarack ObamaGabrielle GiffordsMark KellyLooking at the former congresswoman's courage and perseverance in the aftermath of the 2011 assassination attempt that left her partially paralyzed and with a language impairment, aphasia.
- DirectorTessa Louise-SaloméStarsWillem DafoePeter BogdanovichIrène JacobFeature documentary that illuminates the journey of an unsung artist, Jack Garfein - Holocaust camp survivor, Actors Studio co-founder and teacher, celebrated Broadway director and controversial filmmaker - revealing how art can engage our collective memory to better illuminate our present.
- DirectorAaron LieberStarsAlana BlanchardAdam DirksTobias DirksAfter losing an arm to a shark attack at age 13, Bethany Hamilton refuses to give up her dreams of being a professional surfer.
- DirectorGeoff MarslettStarsKiowa GordonLily GladstoneJohn WayTwo hapless drifters, Frank and Bruno, team up with Linde to recover her land and trek across 1870's Southern Arizona to find an elusive frontier musician. The complex quantum time theory is blended with philosophical musings about art as the way we understand our history and memories, with gunfights, horses, dance halls, cacti, and saloons.
- DirectorBruce BrownStarsRobert AugustMichael HynsonLord James BlearsThe crown jewel to ten years of Bruce Brown surfing documentaries. Brown follows two young surfers around the world in search of the perfect wave, and ends up finding quite a few in addition to some colorful local characters.
- DirectorParker SeamanStarsDevin DasParker SeamanWes SchlagenhaufAfter finding out their best friend is dying, filmmakers Parker and Devin decide to document their journey to see Wes one last time - all in the name of Hollywood success.
- DirectorMorrisa MaltzStarsLily GladstonePam RichterTommy HeitkampAn unexpected invitation rushes a grieving young woman into a lonely road trip through the American Midwest towards the border between Texas and Mexico.
- DirectorSarah Adina SmithStarsJermaine FowlerAnna KonkleMonnae MichaellIn this cringe comedy, a married couple face a marriage test when one of them drops a baby during a tropical island wedding.
- DirectorFlorian ZellerStarsVanessa KirbyHugh JackmanLaura DernPeter has his busy life with new partner Beth and their baby thrown into disarray when his ex-wife Kate turns up with their teenage son, Nicholas.
- DirectorLuca GuadagninoStarsTimothée ChalametTaylor RussellMark RylanceA young woman embarks on a 1000 mile odyssey through America where she meets a disenfranchised drifter. But all roads lead back to their terrifying pasts and to a final stand that will determine whether love can survive their otherness.
- DirectorCharlotte WellsStarsPaul MescalFrankie CorioCelia Rowlson-HallSophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories real and imagined fill the gaps between as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn't...
- DirectorMaria SchraderStarsZoe KazanCarey MulliganPatricia ClarksonJodi Kantor and Megan Twohey's quest to break the Harvey Weinstein scandal.
- DirectorChinonye ChukwuStarsDanielle DeadwylerJalyn HallFrankie FaisonIn 1955, after Emmett Till is murdered in a brutal lynching, his mother vows to expose the racism behind the attack while working to have those involved brought to justice.
- DirectorJames GrayStarsAnne HathawayJeremy StrongBanks RepetaA deeply personal coming-of-age story about the strength of family and the generational pursuit of the American Dream.
- DirectorJames MorosiniStarsPatton OswaltJames MorosiniClaudia SulewskiA hopelessly estranged father catfishes his son in an attempt to reconnect.
- DirectorJohn Patton FordStarsAubrey PlazaTheo RossiBernardo BadilloDown on her luck and saddled with debt, Emily gets involved in a credit card scam that pulls her into the criminal underworld of Los Angeles, ultimately leading to deadly consequences.
- DirectorMax Walker-SilvermanStarsDale DickeyWes StudiMichelle WilsonAt a campground in the rural West, a woman waits alone for an old flame from her past to arrive, uncertain of his intentions while bashful about her own.
- DirectorAndrew BujalskiStarsJon NatchezLili TaylorLennie JamesA lover's doubt in the cold light of morning leads a chain of uneasy intimacies--counselors, disruptors, peacemakers and fire-starters--every one looking to have a little faith rewarded.
- DirectorLena DunhamStarsKristine FrosethJon BernthalLuka SabbatSarah Jo is a naive 26-year-old living on the fringes of Hollywood with her mother and sister. She just longs to be seen. When she begins an affair with her older employer, she is thrust into an education on sexuality, loss and power.
- DirectorAndrew SemansStarsRebecca HallTim RothGrace KaufmanMargaret's life is in order. She is capable, disciplined and successful. Everything is under control until David returns - that is - carrying with him the horrors of Margaret's past.
- DirectorJohn SchlesingerStarsDustin HoffmanJon VoightSylvia MilesA naive hustler travels from Texas to New York City to seek personal fortune, finding a new friend in the process.
- DirectorDean Fleischer CampStarsJenny SlateDean Fleischer CampIsabella RosselliniA cash-strapped documentary maker decides to make his newest documentary about a mollusk shell he finds living in his Airbnb with his friends.
- DirectorMichal ChmielewskiStarsLena GóraJohn HawkesChris HanleySara, kicked out from home, steals a car, falls in love with its owner and decides to find him.
- DirectorJustin BensonAaron MoorheadStarsAaron MoorheadJustin BensonSarah Adina SmithMaverick filmmaking duo Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead offer up a twisted reflection of our paranoid times in this inventive mix of buddy comedy and sci-fi thriller.
- DirectorAlex HellerStarsSteve BuscemiJ. Smith-CameronWyatt OleffClemence returns home after dropping out of college with a newly diagnosed mental illness.
- DirectorAmy RedfordStarsSummer PhoenixGrace Van DienKyle GallnerIn this immersive thriller directed by Amy Redford, a young love affair becomes a menacing game of cat and mouse. Nothing and no one are as they seem.
- DirectorJamie DackStarsLily McInernyGretchen MolEmily JacksonA disconnected teenage girl enters a relationship with a man twice her age. She sees him as the solution to all her problems, but his intentions are not what they seem.
- DirectorAmy Bandlien StorkelBryan StorkelStarsSteve GlewKathy GlewJosh GlewSteve Glew spent the 1990s smuggling rare pez dispensers into the USA from Eastern Europe, making millions of dollars. It was all magical until his arch-nemesis, The Pezident decided to destroy him.
- DirectorSierra PettengillStarsCharlene ModesteLyndon B. JohnsonOtto KernerWelcome to Riotsville, a fictional town built by the US military. Using all archival footage, the film explores the militarization of the police and creates a counter-narrative to the nation's reaction to the uprisings of the late '60s.
- DirectorBarney DouglasStarsBjörn BorgPeter FlemingChrissie HyndeIt follows John McEnroe as he finally tells his side of his storied career and performances on the court.
- DirectorWill LovelaceDylan SouthernAndrew CrossStarsRyan AdamsJulian CasablancasBrian ChaseAn immersive journey through the New York music scene of the early 2000s. A new generation kick-started a musical rebirth for New York City that reverberated around the world.
- DirectorShalini KantayyaStarsRichard Cannon IIIJon 'TheBlondeJon' MadridJonathan MadridWith TikTok crowned the world's most downloaded app, these are the personal stories of a cultural phenomenon, told through an ensemble cast of Gen-Z natives, journalists and experts alike.
- DirectorK.D. DavisonStarsPeter BogdanovichJim JarmuschBenn NorthoverFor over 70 years, Jonas Mekas, internationally known as the "godfather" of avant-garde cinema, documented his life in what came to be known as his diary films. From his arrival in New York City as a displaced person in 1949 to his death in 2019, he chronicled the trauma and loss of exile while pioneering institutions to support the growth of independent film in the United States. Fragments of Paradise is an intimate look at his life and work constructed from thousands of hours of his own video and film diaries-including never-before-seen tapes and unpublished audio recordings. It is a story about finding beauty amidst profound loss, and a man who tried to make sense of it all... with a camera.
- DirectorRobert AltmanStarsBud CortShelley DuvallSally KellermanAn introverted loner living in the bowels of the Astrodome plots to develop - with the aid of a mysterious guardian angel - a pair of wings that will help him fly.
- DirectorRobert AltmanStarsDonald SutherlandElliott GouldTom SkerrittThe staff of a Korean War field hospital use humor and high jinks to keep their sanity in the face of the horror of war.
- DirectorRobert AltmanStarsKeith CarradineShelley DuvallJohn SchuckWhen two men break out of prison, they join up with another and restart their criminal ways, robbing banks across the South.
- DirectorRobert AltmanStarsKeith CarradineKaren BlackRonee BlakleyOver the course of a few hectic days, numerous interrelated people prepare for a political convention.
- DirectorJoan TewkesburyStarsTalia ShireRichard JordanJohn BelushiWhen her marriage falls apart, a psychiatrist seeks out the former boyfriends who left the biggest impacts on her life, mostly in negative ways.
- DirectorRobert AltmanStarsPaul NewmanJoel GreyKevin McCarthyA cynical Buffalo Bill hires Sitting Bull to exploit him and add his credibility to the distorted view of history presented in his Wild West Show.
- DirectorRobert AltmanStarsCarol BurnettGlenda JacksonJames GarnerA parody and satire of the U.S. political scene of the time, "HealtH" is set at a health-food convention at a Florida luxury hotel, where a powerful political organization is deciding on a new president.
- DirectorRobert AltmanStarsJennifer Jason LeighMiranda RichardsonHarry BelafonteA pair of kidnappings expose the complex power dynamics within the corrupt and unpredictable workings of 1930s Kansas City.
- DirectorRobert AltmanStarsAndie MacDowellJulianne MooreTim RobbinsThe day-to-day lives of several suburban Los Angeles residents.
- DirectorGina GammellRiley KeoughStarsAnjeliq AuroraSean BakerIona Red BearThe interlocking stories of two young Oglala Lakota men growing up on the Pine Ridge Reservation.
- DirectorKelly O'SullivanStarsJameson BraccioforteHanna DworkinMaya HemphillElementary student, Cass, gives an unorthodox and unsettling presentation on her summer vacation to Pompeii.
- DirectorApril MaxeyStarsDarlisa AliStar AmerasuScott BenderGabi, unable to move on from a recent breakup, impulsively drops into an old job at an underground lap dance party, where she runs into a friend from her past.
- DirectorHarris DoranStarsDdm DdmKara YoungCatherine CurtinA queer Black aspiring Baltimore rapper must outwit his vengeful day-job boss in order to avoid getting fired after accidentally eating an edible.
- DirectorTara WestwoodStarsIsiah Whitlock Jr.Caitlin MehnerRobert John BurkeA US Senator faces her greatest challenge when a home invasion takes a shocking turn.
- DirectorLewie KlosterNoah KlosterStarsSara DriverThe completion of Jim Jarmusch's film 'Stranger Than Paradise' depended on producer Sara Driver's willingness and ability to smuggle one of the world's weirdest and most controversial films across the Atlantic Ocean.
- DirectorTracey Arcabasso SmithA filmmaker unearths a pervasive history of multigenerational trauma in her Italian-American family. As decades of secrets, home-movies, and long-avoided conversations surface, a family once bound by tradition forges a new path forward.
- DirectorBrett MorgenStarsDavid BowieTrevor BolderKen FordhamA cinematic odyssey exploring David Bowie's creative and musical journey. From visionary filmmaker Brett Morgen, and sanctioned by the Bowie estate.
- DirectorDarren AronofskyStarsBrendan FraserSadie SinkTy SimpkinsA reclusive, morbidly obese English teacher attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter.
- DirectorRobert MachoianStarsClayne CrawfordJordana BrewsterMichael Raymond-JamesA family man, hoping to prove his survivalist capabilities and manliness to his family, decides to irresponsibly head off into the woods and go deer hunting by himself.
- DirectorTim SuttonStarsMegan FoxRuby RoseScoot McNairyFollows the last days of a rising but problematic musician.
- DirectorLewis KlahrA compilation of six collage films about love created between 2015 and 2020.
- DirectorAlex LehmannStarsDianna AgronThomas Haden ChurchSameerah Luqmaan-HarrisMaggie tracks down her estranged and reclusive father Lloyd; together they attempt to make first contact.
- DirectorMichael TullyStarsSuzanne VegaSuzanne Vega reinterprets two talks from Carson McCullers.
- DirectorAlex ThompsonStarsNamir SmallwoodSidney FlaniganMichael PottsA driven young medical resident transfers to a rural hospital for a fresh start. There, the demons of his past start to catch up to him when he becomes consumed by the case of a young asthma patient.
- DirectorPete OhsStarsCallie HernandezAshley Denise RobinsonAndy FaulknerWhen Jessica's stalker surprises her in New Mexico, she must seek help from beyond the grave to get rid of him for good.
- DirectorMarian MathiasStarsGene JonesJonathan Erickson EisleyHannah SchillerAn 18-year-old girl dealing with the sudden death of her father and whose life takes an unexpected turn when she carries out his last wish to be buried in his home town along the Mississippi.
- DirectorRob RiceStarsNikki DeParisTracy StaggsMark StaggsA father keeps his terminal illness a secret from his daughter so he doesn't spoil her plans to move to the city. The man who plays the father has this illness in real life. He and his wife, who plays the mother, have been married for 25 years and have raised each other's kids from previous relationships together, but have never had a child of their own - so in the film we cast an actress to play the daughter they never had, but always dreamed of.
- DirectorCynthia LowenStarsTerrisa BukovinacMarjorie DannenfelserKristan HawkinsThree women lead the charge in their single-minded quest to overturn Roe v. Wade, as they face down forces equally determined to safeguard women's access to safe and legal abortions.
- DirectorPatrick BresnanIvete LucasIt tells the story of an isolated nudist community in Florida where residents find a place to feel accepted, deal with their past traumas, and jointly pursue forming a utopian society.
- DirectorErin WilkersonTravis WilkersonStarsMatilda Jane WilkersonErin WilkersonTravis WilkersonAn American family takes an apocalyptic road trip through the US West. A summer holiday of camping, mini golf, swimming, and baseball, in landscapes inscribed by extermination, genocide, and war.
- DirectorNausheen DadabhoyStarsGeorge ShakkourFollows three Muslim women activists who have come of age since 9/11.
- DirectorMonika BorgmannNina MenkesLokman SlimInterviews with six of the mass murderers from Sabra and Shatilla. The faces are in black and are not identifiable.
- DirectorNina MenkesStarsClaire AguilarNora BendichDave GistShot in the bars and seedy hotels of East L.A, this film is about the inner life of a prostitute imprisoned for killing her pimp.
- DirectorNina MenkesStarsMarina ShoifJuliette MarquisBobby NaderiA surreal drama about an alienated family set in Koreatown, Los Angeles and Rishikesh, India.
- DirectorNina MenkesStarsTinka MenkesJeff DouglasEmmellda BeechAmid glittering casino lights and desert landscapes of Las Vegas, a blackjack dealer called Firdaus ponders the fate of her missing husband while her next-door neighbors deal in mutual abuse.
- DirectorNina MenkesStarsSlava BibergalDidi FireJohanan HersonLoosely inspired by Dostoevsky's CRIME AND PUNISHMENT, 'DISSOLUTION' combines an almost surreal fairy-tale energy with brutal black and white realism to explore the condition of violence which permeates contemporary Israeli society. Shot in Jaffa-the predominantly Arab area of Tel Aviv- the movie follows the moral collapse and first glimmer of redemption of a young Israeli Jew, played brilliantly by non-actor, Didi Fire. This is a deeply personal work about one man's inner journey, but can also be read as an allegory about Israel's moral responsibility...as well as a portrayal of male violence towards a devalued feminine.