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Agent #1 The adventures of real-life Polish spy and war hero Jerzy Szajnowicz-Iwanow are brought to the big screen in this gripping action drama from renowned screenwriter Aleksander Scibor-Rylski (MAN OF IRON) and acclaimed director Zbigniew Kuzminski (ON THE BANKS OF THE NIEMEN). One of the few films to chronicle the history of Polish soldiers…    more      Aguirre, the Wrath of God Based on the journals of Brother Gaspar de Carvajal, AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD is director Werner Herzog's hallucinatory tale of Spanish colonialists searching for El Dorado, the legendary city of gold, in 16th-century Peru. When the travellers reach an impasse, a scouting party is assembled to search for any traces of the mythical empire…    more      Atlantic City Jackpot Life in Atlantic City can be exciting when you've got all the money you need. Unfortunately for Roland he's unemployed, living in a dump, and money keeps getting harder to find. Deciding to try for one big score to make his financial problems go away, Roland kidnaps a rich man's children and holds them for ransom…    more      Bangkok Dangerous Twin brothers Oxide and Danny Pang make their first feature together with this raw attack on the senses. BANGKOK DANGEROUS is like Pop Rocks candy: it leaves a funny taste in your mouth and the stinging pop is strangely alluring. It's a unique mixture of kinetic editing, textured visual sensuality, and aural assault. It's so incredibly…    more      Beautiful Stranger A lieutenant in Russia in 1916 impresses his superiors by standing up to the antics of Rasputin at a restaurant. As reward he is entrusted with a mission to carry vital documents to Stockholm, but en route he falls in love with a beautiful spy…    more      Bedwin Hacker Directed by Nadia El Fani, BEDWIN HACKER revolves around a woman who, using foreign television channel frequencies, transmits messages in Arabic via the alias of a cartoon camel (named Bedwin Hacker). The film was created for a series called "Envisioning the World of Women: Stories From the Middle East," and features an introduction by…    more