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Paradise Found
(2003) [M]
Based on a true story of the French post-impressionist artist Paul Gauguin, who abandoned his career, wife, children and homeland to live and paint in Tahiti. More
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Raising Victor Vargas
(2002) [M]
Summer time and New York's sweltering East Side provides the setting for Victor Vargas (Victor Rasuk), a self-styled teenage Casanova, in his quest to become a man. Living in a cramped apartment with his younger "Victor wannabe" brother Nino (Silvestre Rasuk), his antagonistic sister Vicki... More
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The Good Thief
(2003) [MA]
In Neil Jordon's classy heist movie The Good Thief (a loose remake of Jean-Pierre Melville's 1955 Bob Le Flambeur) Nick Nolte plays American ex-pat Bob, a down-on-his-luck gambler with a drug habit, now living on the French Riviera. One last chance at making a fortune arises when Bob and his... More
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Intolerable Cruelty
(2003) [M]
From Joel and Ethan Coen comes this outrageously funny comedy about a man who wins in court and a woman who courts to win. Top divorce attorney Miles Massey (George Clooney) has got it all. Serial gold-digger Marilyn Rexroth (Catherine Zeta-Jones) wants it all. When Miles falls for the... More
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The Safety Of Objects
(2001) [MA]
In a modest house in suburban America, Paul Gold (Joshua Jackson) lies ill in his bedroom, nursed by his mother, Esther (Glenn Close). A stone's throw away, Annette Jennings (Patricia Clarkson), is in the midst of a messy divorce. Meanwhile, after years dedicated to his job, Jim Train (Dermot... More
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A Mighty Wind
(2003) [PG]
From the same team that brought you 'Spinal Tap' and 'Best in Show' this mockumentary takes you behind the scenes of a reunion of the 1960s folk trio the Folksmen (Guest, McKean, Shearer) as they prepare for a show at The Town Hall to memorialize a recently deceased concert promoter. More
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Nashville
(1975) [M]
This 1975 film sits near the top of any list of the best films of the 1970s. Robert Altman, at his most Altmanesque, spins together plot strands involving two dozen people over the course of one particularly busy weekend in Music City, USA. Though several of the story lines deal with... More
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Siddhartha
(1972) [PG]
A glorious adaptation of the classic Herman Hesse novel, "Siddhartha" was filmed by Conrad Rooks with legendary cinematographer Sven Nykvist in Northern India. Bewitched by the shimmering beauty and magic of this ancient land, they transformed Hesse's tale into widescreen poetry. A moving... More
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Orlando (2 Disc Set)
(1992) [PG]
Sally Potter's dazzling adaptation of Virginia Woolf's classic novel is the tale of the apparently immortal Orlando, who begins an epic quest for love and freedom in the court of Elizabeth I as a man, and completes the search 400 years later as a woman. This journey takes Orlando across the... More
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La Jetee / Sans Soleil
(1962) [M]
La Jetee:
This unique film was the inspiration for Terry Gilliam's Twelve Monkeys. It is a cinematic landmark using black and white stills almost entirely to narrate the story. Set in Paris destroyed by a third world war, the survivors have been forced to retreat underground where... More
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Disco Pigs
(2001) [MA]
Pig (Cillian Murphy) and Runt (Elaine Cassidy) born on the same day, in the hospital, moments apart. Twins, all but by bloodline. Inseparable from birth, they are almost telepathic. They are one, needing no one else, inhabiting a delicate, insular and dangerous world where they make their own... More
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Pure
(2002) [R]
Following the death of her husband, 10-year-old Paul's mother Mel comes to rely on an old friend, Lenny, who is also a pimp and dealer. Soon Paul must take care of both his mother and his younger brother. When Mel's friend and fellow user dies, Paul must confront the fear that has been gathering... More
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Real Women Have Curves
(2002) [M]
Should she leave home, go to college and experience life? Or stay home, get married, and keep working in her sister's struggling garment factory?
It may seem like an easy decision, but for 18 year-old Ana, every choice she makes this summer will change her life.
At home, she is bound to a... More
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Very Annie Mary
(2001) [M]
Very Annie Mary brings together shades of Billy Elliot and Little Voice in the uplifting tale of an awkward and rebellious twenty-something who somehow finds the strength to break free from the clutches of her eccentric yet domineering father and in doing so, discovers that she has an... More
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The Rules of Attraction
(2002) [R]
It's the mid-1980's at Camden College. The incredibly spoiled and overprivileged students of the College are the backdrop for an unusual love triangle between a drug dealer, a virgin and a bisexual classmate. More
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Punch-Drunk Love (Special Edition): (2 disc set)
(2002) [M]
Adam Sandler gives an amazing and unusual performance as Barry Egan, a socially impaired owner of a small novelty business, who is dominated by seven sisters and is unlikely to find love unless it finds him. When a mysterious woman (Emily Watson) comes into his life, his emotions go haywire,... More
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Secretary
(2002) [MA]
Lee Holloway is a smart, quirky woman in her twenties who returns to her hometown in Florida after a brief stay in a mental hospital. In search of relief from herself and her oppressive childhood environment, she starts to date a nerdy friend from high school and takes a job as a secretary in a... More
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25th Hour
(2000) [MA]
The 25th Hour depicts the last day of freedom for a young man before he begins serving a seven-year jail term for drug dealing. Prowling through the city until dawn with his two close male friends and his girlfriend, he is forced to re-examine his life and how he got himself into his predicament,... More
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The Good Girl
(2002) [M]
Jennifer Aniston stars in this critically acclaimed comedy about chance encounters and second chances. Justine Last (Aniston) is a genuine, down-to-earth good girl whose humdrum existence revolves around her clueless husband (John C. Reilly), his brainless buddy (Tim Blake Nelson) and her... More
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Fargo
(1996) [MA]
Jerry Lundegaard is in a financial jam and, out of desperation, comes up with a plan for his wife to be kidnapped and the ransom from her wealthy father to be secretly split between Jerry and the perpetrators. Jerry, who is not the most astute of individuals, hires a couple of real losers from... More
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Igby Goes Down
(2002) [MA]
Igby Slocumb, a rebellious and sarcastic seventeen year-old boy, is at war with the oppressive world of his East Coast "old money" family. With a schizophrenic father, a self-absorbed, distant mother, and a shark-like young Republican big brother, Igby figures there must be a better life out... More
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The Last Kiss / L'Ultimo bacio
(2001) [M]
Carlo's life is thrown into a tailspin when his longtime girlfriend Giulia announces she's pregnant. As Carlo faces up to his anxieties about adulthood, his buddies Paolo, Adriano and Alberto reluctantly grapple with their own responsibilities. More
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Italian For Beginners
(2001) [M]
A young minister, a widower, is temporarily assigned to a church whose suspended pastor drove parishioners away; he stays at a hotel where he meets Jørgen, who's alone approaching middle age. Jørgen's friend Finn, a temperamental restaurant manager, may be about to be fired. Finn's assistant is... More
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The Incredibly True Story Of Two Girls In Love
(1995) [M]
The story of two girls, Randy and Evie. Randy is a low economic class lesbian living with other lesbians including her aunt. Evie is a wealthy, popular girl with a boyfriend. When Evie befriends Randy, she begins to feel a passion for her she's never felt before. What follows is a sweet, tender... More
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Sugar Town
(1999) [PG]
An unimpassioned look at the lives of struggling L.A. scene rock stars follows main character, Gwen (Jade Gordon), on her quest to reach the top. Working as an assistant to a film production designer (Ally Sheedy), she tries to steal her boy friend, (Larry Klein), who is a music producer, by... More
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The Stunt Man
(1980) [M]
Cameron is an ex-soldier on the run. He stumbles onto a movie location at a beach resort, and megalomaniacal director Eli Cross compels him to take the job of a stunt man, to replace one who earlier drowned in a dangerous stunt. While Cameron needs the cover offerred by the job and begins to fall... More
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Christiane F
(1981) [R]
The shocking story of an alienated 14-year-old girl who, along with her boyfriend, becomes addicted to heroin and involved in prostitution to support their habit in the German metropolis of Berlin. Based on a true story, this gripping tale features a live performance by David Bowie, who also... More
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Storytelling
(2001) [MA]
Storytelling is comprised of two separate stories set against the sadly comical terrain of college and high school, past and present. Following the paths of its young, hopeful and troubled characters, it explores issues of sex, race, celebrity and exploitation. More
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Subway / Le Dernier Combat
(1984) [M]
2 films from acclaimed French director Luc Besson.
Subway (1985):
Fastmoving tale of a safecracker who disappears into the tunnels and passages of the Paris Metro, hotly pursued by ten hitmen and the French police. Original French version with English subtitles.
Le... More
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Persona
(1967) [MA]
Widely recognised as one of Ingmar Bergman's most extraordinary and influential films, Persona is a rich and poetic study of womanhood and identity, featuring two of the Swedish master's greatest leading ladies, Liv Ullmann and Bibi Andersson. Elizabeth (Ullmann) is a famous actress who is... More
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