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The Errol Morris Collection : Gates of Heaven
(1980) [PG]

Funny, inspiring, and bizarre, "Gates of Heaven" is the celebrated pet cemeteries documentary that is in reality an unorthodox look at life. Inspired by an article entitled "450 Dead Pets Going to Napa Valley," Errol Morris set out to capture the event which centered around the transport of...  More

Figures in a Landscape
(1970) [PG]

Renowned actors Robert Shaw (Black Sunday) and Malcolm McDowell (Star Trek: Generations) star as desperate fugitives in an unnamed foreign land, wanted for unkown crimes by a nameless, faceless enemy. Against a raw, unforgiving backdrop of parched desert and frozen mountains, MacConnachie (Shaw)...  More

Dave Chappelle's Block Party
(2005) [M]

A genuine crowd-pleaser, Dave Chappelle's Block Party spotlights comedy superstar Dave Chappelle as he presents a Brooklyn neighbourhood with its very own once-in-a-lifetime free block party. The unprecedented combination of comedy and music was shot on location. In addition to Mr Chappelle...  More

Transamerica
(2005) [MA]

Comedy drama starring Felicity Huffman as a pre-operative transsexual named Bree. One week before going under the knife, Bree learns that she fathered a boy who is now 17 and in trouble with the law. Bree helps her son, Toby (Kevin Zegers), who believes that she is simply a do-gooder. She buys a...  More

The Aristocrats
(2005) [R]

Vile, disgusting – and hilarious. Take a deep breath. The Aristocrats captures 100 of the world’s superstar comics trying to outdo each other with the most hysterically disgusting, offensive verbal images they can spit out. Comics including Chris Rock, Eddie Izzard, Billy Connolly, Robin...  More

Inside Deep Throat
(2005) [R]

In 1972, a seemingly typical shoestring budget pornographic film was made in a Florida hotel, "Deep Throat," starring Linda Lovelace. This film would surpass the wildest expectation of everyone involved to become one of the most successful independent films of all time. It caught the public...  More

Gay Sex in the 70s
(2004) [R]

In 1969, the Stonewall riots in New York City sounded the opening bell of the Gay Pride movement in America, and for many gay men it offered an opportunity to come out of the closet and live their lives in the open for the first time. As the gay community sought to define itself, it's not...  More

The Weather Man
(2005) [MA]

Nicolas Cage stars in this off-beat comedy as Chicago TV weather forecaster Dave Spritz, who has a love-hate relationship with his public, and with his eccentric family. When he is given the opportunity to move to New York and hit the big time in his career, Dave makes one last effort to reunite...  More

Vivre Sa Vie (My Life to Live)
(1962)

Vivre Sa Vie presents 12 episodes in the life of a young woman who turns to prostitution to pay her rent. Each episode features a theatrical scene preceded by a title that lists the characters in the episode, its location, and a brief summary of the action. As he would throughout his career,...  More

Yes
(2004) [M]

Filmmaker Sally Potter directed this artful meditation on the dynamics of the romantic and sexual relationship. She (Joan Allen) is an intelligent and gifted genetic scientist of Irish-American heritage who feels smothered in her marriage to a British politician (Sam Neill). While dining at a...  More