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The Miseducation of Cameron Post

2018

The Miseducation of Cameron Post

2018
6.9
Pennsylvania, 1993. After getting caught with another girl, teenager Cameron Post is sent to a conversion therapy center run by the strict Dr. Lydia Marsh and her brother, Reverend Rick, whose treatment consists in repenting for feeling “same sex attraction.” Cameron befriends fellow sinners Jane and Adam, thus creating a new family to deal with the surrounding intolerance.
Wonderland

2003

Wonderland

2003
6.1
On the afternoon of July 1, 1981, Los Angeles police responded to a distress call on Wonderland Avenue and discovered a grisly quadruple homicide. The police investigation that followed uncovered two versions of the events leading up to the brutal murders - both involving legendary porn actor John Holmes.
Back of the Net

2024

Back of the Net

2024
A passionate aspiring young footballer is torn between her final shot at going professional and caring for her grandmother. A multi-award-winning short film, featuring Emmy-nominee Tom Goodman-Hill. Written by and starring Ella Dorman-Gajic and directed by Klara Kaliger.
Eye of the Needle

1981

Eye of the Needle

1981
6.6
Great Britain, 1944, during World War II. Relentlessly pursued by several MI5 agents, Henry Faber the Needle, a ruthless German spy in possession of vital information about D-Day, takes refuge on Storm Island, an inhospitable, sparsely inhabited island off the coast of northern Scotland.
Arvand

2016

Arvand

2016
3
Jonas (Saeed Aghakhani), a former Iranian soldier during the Iran-Iraq War, sets out to search for his fallen brother's bodies years after they were killed in action.
The Nightowls of Coventry

2004

The Nightowls of Coventry

2004
Cleveland. 1973. Marv, the owner of an old neighborhood Jewish deli, must stay open 24 hours to cater to a new generation of clientèle, but straight-laced neighborhood do-gooders want to close him down. Meanwhile inside, hippies, bikers and crusty old Jewish men, caught in the throes of changing times and culture clash, fight over turf and yearn for a waitress to take their orders. Into this milieu drops new waitress, Susan, a wholesome small town beauty who must struggle with testy customers, a dubious romance, and a jealous head-waitress. Her future and the fate of the regulars hang by a thread as Marv takes increasingly desperate measures to save his deli.
A Bag of Marbles

2017

A Bag of Marbles

2017
7.8
At the beginning of the 1940s, in a France occupied by Nazi forces, lived the Jewish Joffo family. Happy and tight-knit, she sees her future darken when all members of the family are forced to wear the yellow star. Fearing the worst, the parents organized their family to flee to the free zone in the south of the country. Maurice, twelve years old, and Joseph, ten years old, will therefore leave alone in order to maximize their chances of finding their older brothers already settled in Nice. The brothers left to their own devices demonstrate an incredible amount of cleverness, courage, and ingenuity to escape the enemy invasion and to try to reunite their family once again.
Seeking Justice

2011

Seeking Justice

2011
5.9
After his wife is assaulted, a husband enlists the services of a vigilante group to help him settle the score.
A Better Life

2011

A Better Life

2011
7.1
A gardener in East L.A. struggles to keep his son away from gangs and immigration agents while traveling across town to perform landscaping work for the city's wealthy landowners.
Carmen

2022

Carmen

2022
5.5
In a small Mediterranean village, Carmen has looked after her brother, the local priest, for her entire life. When the Church abandons Carmen, she is mistaken for the new priest. Carmen begins to see the world, and herself, in a new light.
Once Upon a Superhero

2018

Once Upon a Superhero

2018
On the streets of Hollywood a self proclaimed Super Hero plummets into a world of drug induced confusion and loss of self , while desperately awaiting the return of his lost Superpowers in order to return to his home : the sun
Moses and Aaron

1975

Moses and Aaron

1975
5.5
A familiar Biblical tale transformed into a cinematic opera of seemingly endless possibility. In expressive, melodic tones, the fraternal pair debate God’s true message and intent for His creations, a conflict that leads their followers towards chaos and sin. Set almost entirely within a Roman amphitheater whose history lends every precise line-reading and gesture, every startling camera move and cut, a totalizing force.
Slices of Vi

2018

Slices of Vi

2018
5
Victor, an aimless womaniser seen as a burden by friends and family begins to experience disturbing hallucinations in the wake of a new romantic relationship with a man, Lionel. These apparitions become more visceral as the two become more emotionally attached until it all reaches a breaking point.
Purgatory Station

2024

Purgatory Station

2024
5
When a crooked lawyer wakes up in a large, pitch-dark container, he learns he has eight hours to scuttle a corporate land grab or see everyone he loves die horribly.
Goodbye to Language

2014

Goodbye to Language

2014
6
The idea is simple / A married woman and a single man meet / They love, they argue, fists fly / A dog strays between town and country / The seasons pass / The man and woman meet again / The dog finds itself between them / The other is in one, / the one is in the other / and they are three / The former husband shatters everything / A second film begins: / the same as the first, / and yet not / From the human race we pass to metaphor / This ends in barking / and a baby's cries / In the meantime, we will have seen people talking of the demise of the dollar, of truth in mathematics and of the death of a robin." - JLG
Unforgotten

2017

Unforgotten

2017
An elderly man near the end of his life passes lonely days writing letters to an old friend. The arrival of a new occupant in the home opens the doors to his past and changes everything.
Silent No More

2015

Silent No More

2015
1
Based on true events, a cry for help from women that have been abused. Speaking out is one of the hardest things to do. Are they ready?
A Mother's Embrace

2024

A Mother's Embrace

2024
6.2
In 1996, during one of the biggest tropical storms ever to hit Rio de Janeiro, Ana and her firefighter team must evacuate a nursing home at risk of collapsing — but they soon discover the place’s mysterious residents have other plans with the arrival of the rain.
Genius Party

2007

Genius Party

2007
6.5
The seven short films making up GENIUS PARTY couldn’t be more diverse, linked only by a high standard of quality and inspiration. Atsuko Fukushima’s intro piece is a fantastic abstraction to soak up with the eyes. Masaaki Yuasa, of MIND GAME and CAT SOUP fame, brings his distinctive and deceptively simple graphic style and dream-state logic to the table with “Happy Machine,” his spin on a child’s earliest year. Shinji Kimura’s spookier “Deathtic 4,” meanwhile, seems to tap into the creepier corners of a child’s imagination and open up a toybox full of dark delights. Hideki Futamura’s “Limit Cycle” conjures up a vision of virtual reality, while Yuji Fukuyama’s "Doorbell" and "Baby Blue" by Shinichiro Watanabe use understated realism for very surreal purposes. And Shoji Kawamori, with “Shanghai Dragon,” takes the tropes and conventions of traditional anime out for very fun joyride.
Hostile

2018

Hostile

2018
5.8
Juliette, a lone survivor of an apocalyptic era, fights to survive against hunger, thirst, a broken leg and strange disturbing creatures that only come out at nighttime.