Journeys Abroad
It's often when we are out of our element, away from home, that we learn the most about ourselves. The films in this week's collection all feature characters that have left their homes and ventured out into the great, big world. Whether it's moving to a foreign country (
Fear and Trembling - Download
$12.95 | 107 minutes
A must-see! Andrew Sarris, New York Observer. A marvelous cross between SECRETARY and LOST IN TRANSLATION! Jami Bernard, New York Daily News Amelie, a dreamy and romantic young Belgian woman, arrives in Japan to work as a translator for the Yumimoto Corporation. Eager to please her bosses and co-workers, she diligently accomplishes…
20 Cans of Chunky Beef Soup - Download
$9.95 | 52 minutes
20 CANS OF CHUNKY BEEF SOUP is the story of Maxim Vakhmin, a veritable alleycat of a man. Revered as both an angel and a devil, Maxim (once known as a successful artist in his native Russia) is losing friends and finding new ones as a homeless person in the USA. Watch him stealthily steal cans of beer from a deli, sneak into the Chelsea&hellip…
Sentenced Home - Download
$9.95 | 76 minutes
NOMINATED FOR AN EMMY AWARD FOR "OUTSTANDING INFORMATIONAL PROGRAMMING - LONG FORM" Sentenced Home is a gripping documentary exploration that humanizes the United States' tragically flawed immigration policy. It follows the story of 3 Cambodian-American immigrants living in Seattle (who came as children in the&hellip…
La Moustache - Download
$14.95 | 84 minutes
Part of the IndiePix exclusive CINEMA GUILD COLLECTION, LA MOUSTACHE is now available for the first time ever as a download! Emmanuel Carrre's psychological mystery LA MOUSTACHE stars Vincent Lindon in an outstanding performance as a man who inadvertently loses himself. Marc Thiriez is a successful architect who decides one day to shave&hellip…
The Hole Story - Download
$14.95 | 83 minutes
Newly remastered and stunningly redesigned, Alex Karpovsky's cult indie, which FILMMAKER MAGAZINE called "one of the most original comedies we've seen in a long time," is back and better than ever! Winter. Brainerd, Minnesota. Despite arctic temperatures sheathing hundreds of surrounding lakes in three feet of solid ice, a massive stretch&hellip…
Orquesta Tipica - Download
$12.95 | 90 minutes
Orquesta Tipica started by accident when director/producer Nicholas Entel was walking through the streets of San Telmo - one of Buenos Aires' oldest neighborhoods. "Just as many other Argentineans my age, I didn't care much for tango...until, by chance, I came across the Orquesta Tipica Fernandez Fierro playing on the street&hellip…
Souvenir Views - Download
$4.95 | 24 minutes
Marc Larre Miranda, influenced by the Situationist Movement, leaves his native Barcelona, Spain and travels to New York to live an extreme experience of poverty to grow and learn from it. Little does he know that he will be witnessing the worst attack ever on U.S. soil, the destruction of the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001&hellip…
Skid Row - Download
$12.95 | 80 minutes
Skid Row is a 50-square block area in downtown Los Angeles where an average of 90,000 homeless and transient people live on any given night. More than just a place -- it's a way of life, a mind set, the last resort for those who have given up on society and, in many cases, themselves. In the feature documentary SKID ROW, Pras Michel&hellip…
Facing the Habit - Download
$9.95 | 50 minutes
Can a root that grows in West Africa successfully treat heroin addicts and break the cycle of addiction? Dave is a former stockbroker whose life has spiraled out of control due to heroin addiction. A one-time millionaire, he is now reduced to petty theft as a means to supply his habit. Desperate to get help, Dave travels to Mexico for&hellip…