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$14.95 | 80 minutes
Producer-director Theo van Gogh's uncommonly frank exploration of sexual alienation probes the emotional possibilities of erotic phone lines. A pair of lonely-hearts "find" each other via a 900 number. Through this technology, they commence once-a-week dates that run the gamut from comic and sexy to restless and ominous…
Akiko - Download
$7.95 | 11 minutes
Akiko is standing in an endless, black and empty space. As if she wakes up and finding herself in a different sense of being, she reconstructs herself and her surroundings. Different elements from her surroundings come into view; the road, the grass and the streetlights. Akiko watches and experiences everything in a very intense way…
Akiko - On Demand
$1.99 | 11 minutes
Akiko is standing in an endless, black and empty space. As if she wakes up and finding herself in a different sense of being, she reconstructs herself and her surroundings. Different elements from her surroundings come into view; the road, the grass and the streetlights. Akiko watches and experiences everything in a very intense way…
Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death
$26.95 | 90 minutes
This startling, dramatic documentary from director Peter Bates--which caused considerable controversy in Belgium on its original release--focuses on the rule of that country's King Leopold II, who turned the Belgian colony of the Congo into a forced labor camp of shocking brutality between 1885 and 1908&hellip…
Diva Dolorosa
$23.95 | 70 minutes
In this mesmerizing collage of silent Italian melodrama, found-footage filmmaker Peter Delpeut (Lyrical Nitrate) affectionately captures the spirit of the World War One-era cinema diva. In all-but-lost gems such as La donna nuda (1914), and Tigre reale (1916), superstars such as Lyda Borelli and Pina Menichelli portrayed heroines teetering&hellip…
Grimm
$23.95 | 103 minutes
A genre-bending update of the Hansel and Gretel story, GRIMM is a Dutch film directed by Alex van Warmerdam. Young adults Jacob and Marie are abandoned in the woods by their father, with only a note in Jacob's pocket to guide them: advice from their mother to travel to Spain and see their wealthy uncle. When they reach the warm and sunny&hellip…
Hop
$13.95 | 104 minutes
Shot in striking black and white with a digital 24p Panasonic video camera, HOP marks the feature film directorial debut of Dominique Standaert. Set in Brussels, the film follows an African teenager named Justin and his father as they struggle to overcome racism in their predominantly white surroundings and the hassles of being illegal&hellip…
Johan van der Keuken - The Complete Collection, Vol. 1
$71.95 | 517 minutes
The work of boundary-pushing director Johan van der Keuken is ably represented in THE COMPLETE COLLECTION, VOL. 1, a three-disc box set. By blending documentary-style reportage with fictional techniques, van der Keuken achieves startling effects. Among the subjects featured in the nine films included are international banking, a study&hellip…
Johan van der Keuken - The Complete Collection, Vol. 2
$64.95 | 535 minutes
Cogent, complex, and classically composed, the documentaries of Johan van der Keuken reveal his lifelong curiosity about the ever-changing world and its inhabitants. His films stretch the boundaries of both documentary and narrative fiction, resulting in a uniquely personal style that is as daring as it is compassionate. Volume 2 features&hellip…
Lieve Monster
$7.95 | 10 minutes
In this short documentary we follow the night misadventures of little Davide during his several attempts to escape from a monster that has occupied his room. His scary visions become a nightmare for his father who would just like to get back to sleep. The greenish photography obtained with the camera's night vision and the appropriate&hellip…