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12:01 Myron Castleman (Kurtwood Smith) finds himself trapped in a mysterious time loop where he must relive the same day of his life again and again. Every night at the stroke of midnight, the day starts over again. No one else around seems to be aware of Myron's predicament and try as he might, he can't escape from the cycle. Not even suicide…    more      2000 Seen By... Collection Boxed set includes all eight parts of the "2000 Seen By..." collection. THE BOOK OF LIFE (1998, 63 min.) - Hal Hartley, THE FIRST NIGHT OF MY LIFE (1998, 84 min.) - Miguel Albaladejo, THE HOLE (1998, 95 min.) - Tsai Ming-Liang, LIFE ON EARTH (1998, 61 min.) - Abderrahmane Sissako, MIDNIGHT (1998, 72 min.) - Daniela Thomas and Walter Salles…    more      A Boy and His Dog Vic (Don Johnson), survivor of atomic holocaust, wanders hungrily across the bleak desert landscape in search of cans of food buried deep in radioactive ash. His telepathic dog, Blood (Tim McIntire) depends on Vic for food, but Vic needs Blood to find him something much more scarce: female companionship. The bedraggled duo eventually…    more      Alice "Disney + Buñuel = Svankmajer's ALICE." An unusual dramatization of a classic children's story, from Czech master animator Jan Svankmajer. Full Synposis: This loose retelling of Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" dives headlong into the story's more sordid, psychological dimensions. Svankmajer's rabbit hole is deeper…    more      Allegro Non Troppo Animated masterpiece which is set to the music of six classical works which include Ravel's "Bolero," and Stravinsky's "Firebird." Comic live action is interspersed between animated segments…    more      Alphaville With 1965's ALPHAVILLE--part sci-fi action film, part noir thriller--the acclaimed French New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard achieves a stunningly clinical futurism using absolutely no special visual effects. The result is a moving, original film that, with its abstract, political, and intellectual themes, essentially redefines the apocalyptic…    more