Monster's Ball

$7.95 | 112 minutes

Oscar, Best Original Screenplay(Nominee)
Oscar, Best Actress

Set in modern Mississippi, MONSTER'S BALL subtly examines the impact of personal loss and the transforming power of human connection. The movie begins in the state penitentiary's death row, where father-and-son prison guards Hank (Billy Bob Thornton) and Sonny Grotowski&hellip…

War Photographer

$21.95 | 96 minutes

Oscar, Best Feature Documentary(Nominee)

The Oscar-nominated documentary film WAR PHOTOGRAPHER is a harrowing journey into the world of renowned photojournalist James Nachtwey. Swiss filmmaker Christian Frei fearlessly trails Nachtwey into the front lines of violence and human suffering in areas including Kosovo, Indonesia, and&hellip…

Full Frame Documentary Shorts

$19.95 | 174 minutes

Oscar, Best Documentary Short(Nominee)

The documentary, it seems, has always been fated for second fiddle. With Michael Moore as today's shining exception, documentaries have generally screened for select audiences at select theaters. Lately however, most scripts have grown as tiresome as a T&A cliché, sequels have become a&hellip…

7th Street

$19.95 | 72 minutes

The Feature documentary 7TH STREET draws the viewer into a neighborhood that most people were one too afraid to enter. An area that most people only heard rumors about. Alphabet City in NYC's East Village, the drug capital of the East Coast. A place where only those who had no place to go ended up&hellip…

Morvern Callar

$19.95 | minutes

The role of the aimless young rebel hiding behind an emotional wall and steely eyes has been monopolized by men in the movies since James Dean. Samantha Morton, one of her generation's most gifted actors, makes the most of her opportunity to embody such a figure in her role as the title character of MORVERN CALLAR. Momentarily frozen&hellip&hellip…

The Way Home

$16.95 | 85 minutes

This subtle and bucolic Korean film is "dedicated to all grandmas" by its director Jeong-hyang Lee. The story concerns bratty, selfish seven-year-old Sang-Woo (Seung-Ho Yoo) who is sent out into the mountains to live with his ancient, mute, partially deaf grandmother (Eul-Boon Kim) while his stressed-out single mom looks for work back&hellip&hellip…

Nowhere in Africa

$26.95 | 140 minutes

Fleeing Nazi Germany, many Jewish families found that a new life was as difficult as any hardship they had previously known. This German drama, based on a book by Stephanie Zweig, tells of one family's struggle as Walter Redlich (Merab Ninidze), his wife Jettel (Juliane Kohler), and their young daughter Regina (Karoline Eckertz) flee&hellip&hellip…

The Safety of Objects

$11.95 | 120 minutes

In a quiet suburb, Paul Gold (Joshua Jackson) lies in a coma. His mother, Esther (Glenn Close), dutifully cares for him, growing ever distant from her husband and her teenage daughter, Julie (Jessica Campbell). Julie enters Esther in a contest of endurance as a means of bringing them closer together. Unbeknownst to his wife, the Gold's&hellip&hellip…

Prom Night in Kansas City

$15.95 | 54 minutes

Experiences of high school prom night seem to fall into two distinct, warring factions: Firstly, come the popular kids, who love to dress up, get a date, and go to the prom to have the one of the greatest nights of their lives. Secondly, come the awkward kids, who detest the prom and can't imagine anything worse than attending it. Filmmaker&hellip&hellip…

Cinemania

$17.95 | minutes

In this fascinating and bizarre documentary about five obsessive film buffs living in New York City, directors Angela Christlieb and Stephen Kijak take us inside the lives of their subjects, showing us their homes, their day-to-day calendars and schedules, and talking to them about the art of being compulsive filmgoers. Jack, Eric, Harvey&hellip&hellip…

Love the Hard Way

$11.95 | 104 minutes

Stylish, gritty, and utterly New York City, LOVE THE HARD WAY is a slice-of-life film that pairs two total opposites in a test of wills. Jack (Adrien Brody) is a cocky young bad boy, living in a loft in the Bronx, driving a rundown car, listening to loud hip-hop, and running small scams with a close-knit group of two-bit criminals. He&hellip&hellip…

Dark Water

$14.95 | 100 minutes

Japanese director Hideo Nakata (THE RING, JU-ON) adapts another story by RING novelist Koji Suzuki for a supremely creepy tale of atmospheric horror. Yoshimi (Hitomi Kuroki) is a soon-to-be single mother going through a rather nasty divorce and struggling for custody of her adorable five-year-old daughter Ikuko (Rio Kanno). Forced to&hellip&hellip…

The Dancer Upstairs

$7.95 | 135 minutes

The directorial debut of John Malkovich, THE DANCER UPSTAIRS is a riveting political drama set in an undetermined Latin American city. A revolution has started, and the local police have been assigned to figure out who is leading it and what exactly the revolutionaries want. Agustin Rejas (Javier Bardem) is the detective leading the investigation&hellip&hellip…

Geburtig

$17.95 | 100 minutes

The life of a Jewish composer and a German journalist are cleverly intertwined in this illustration of how past events can return to reap unfortunate consequences on present-day lives. The Jewish composer, Hermann Gebirtig, is pursued by a writer who wants him to return to the town of his birth, and contribute to a courtroom battle against&hellip&hellip…

L.I.E.

$23.95 | 97 minutes

AFi Featured Actor of the Year, Male(Nominee)

The Long Island Expressway, the highway that traverses suburban Long Island with its "lanes moving east, lanes moving west, and lanes that go straight to hell" serves as the central metaphor in this disturbing meditation on coming of age and teenage vulnerability. Howie Blitzer (Paul&hellip…

The Center of the World

$10.95 | 88 minutes

Wayne Wang, although known for his personal drama about Chinese-American life, EAT A BOWL OF TEA, and the Hollywood equivalent, THE JOY LUCK CLUB, has always harbored a fascination with the depiction of sex in the movies. The director remarked, "In college I loved movies like LAST TANGO IN PARIS." Here, in his first digital video feature&hellip&hellip…

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Roger Dodger

$10.95 | 104 minutes

After cynical New York advertising copywriter Roger Swanson (Campbell Scott) is dumped by his on-again/off-again girlfriend, Joyce (Isabella Rossellini), who is also his boss, his painful workday is further complicated by the unexpected arrival of his 16 year-old nephew, Nick (Jesse Eisenberg). After asking to spend the night at Roger's&hellip&hellip…

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Temptation

$10.95 | 86 minutes

This wickedly funny comedy follows two filmmakers who attempt to produce artful erotica while avoiding the usual trappings of the adult film industry. Unfortunately their tastes don't match up with the public's, and they fail to make any money from the pursuit. But on one fateful day they discover a familiar, famous face among some old&hellip&hellip…

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Vengo

$25.95 | 90 minutes

Outstanding Foreign Film(Nominee)

Celebrating the art of flamenco dancing and the culture from which it was born, VENGO is about a centuries-old dispute between two gypsy families in Andalusia, Spain. Separated into two groups of constantly battling gangs, the families struggle to move beyond violence to overcome their misunderstandings&hellip…

Amores Perros

$7.95 | 153 minutes

Outstanding Foreign Film

Alejandro Gonzalez Iniarritu makes an electrifying directorial debut with AMORES PERROS, an energetic, assured motion picture that jumps off the screen with a seemingly boundless energy. Told in three separate chapters--OCTAVIO AND SUSANA, DANIEL AND VALERIA, and EL CHIVO AND MARU--the film deals with&hellip…

Ratas Ratones Rateros

$17.95 | 107 minutes

Outstanding Foreign Film(Nominee)

Set in the middle of poverty-stricken Ecuador, RATAS, RATONES, RATEROS is the story of Salvador, a young thief who gets involved deeper in crime thanks to his cousin Angel, an ex-convict. Salvador looks for an easier life with Angel, but all he finds is destruction and pain. This feature film&hellip…

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The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition

$11.95 | 92 minutes

Eddie, Best Edited Documentary(Nominee)

In August 1914, seasoned British explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton embarks on his third excursion into Antarctic territory, planning to cross the Antarctic continent on foot--something no other explorer has attempted before. Only a day's journey from his final destination, Shackleton's ship&hellip…

Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut

$11.95 | 133 minutes

Silver Scream Award

This new and embellished version of the 2001 theatrical release, which was a cult hit, offers twenty minutes of scenes that were deleted from the original, sound improvements, new songs (such as "Never Tear Us Apart" by INXS), and new special effects that give insight into Donnie's world and his theories of…

The Trials of Henry Kissinger

$14.95 | 80 minutes

Amnesty International DOEN Award

THE TRIALS OF HENRY KISSINGER, a documentary based on the book by British journalist Christopher Hitchens, argues that Kissinger, the former U.S. Secretary of State and the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, was a power-hungry warmonger responsible for massive military cover-ups in Vietnam, Cambodia&hellip…

Five Fucking Fables

$2.75 | 7 minutes

Filmmaker's note: This film wasn't conceived, it was spilled out by me, totally uncensored, unfiltered ideas. That's not how most of animated films are done - usually it is more controlled process. I let myself to be free to express and the result is these 5 surreal bizarre stories&hellip&hellip…

Five Fucking Fables

$2.75 | 7 minutes

Filmmaker's note: This film wasn't conceived, it was spilled out by me, totally uncensored, unfiltered ideas. That's not how most of animated films are done - usually it is more controlled process. I let myself to be free to express and the result is these 5 surreal bizarre stories&hellip&hellip…

In the Mood for Love

$34.95 | 98 minutes

Silver Condor, Best Foreign Film

IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE centers around Chow Mo-Wan (Tony Leung) and Su Li-Zhen (Maggie Cheung), neighbors living in a crowded apartment building in 1962 Hong Kong. Both married to people who are always away, they spend many nights home alone. The two make each other's acquaintance and soon find that&hellip…

La Ciénaga

$23.95 | 100 minutes

Best Actress
Best Cinematography
Best First Film
Best Art Direction(Nominee)
Best Director(Nominee)
Best Film(Nominee)
Best Screenplay(Nominee)
Best Supporting Actress(Nominee)

This Argentinean tale, which revolves around a group of families passing summer vacation in a rural country house, does not&hellip…

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Maya

$21.95 | 105 minutes

Emerging Director Award

Exploring how the innocence of children is inevitably and tragically corrupted by the actions of adults, MAYA is the debut feature from Indian director Digvijay Singh. Singh's tranquil, measured pace is more Satyajit Ray than Bollywood, fitting given the serious nature of the subject matter. The film begins&hellip…

Hell House

$20.95 | 86 minutes

George Ratliff's stirring documentary sheds some light on one of America's most confounding creations at the turn of the 20th century: the Hell House. Providing a bizarre twist on the traditional haunted house formula, Hell Houses are elaborately staged productions that substitute fictitious monsters for the "demons" that haunt our everyday&hellip&hellip…

See How They Run

$15.95 | 60 minutes

Four years prior to California's 2003 gubernatorial recall, the Golden State played host to another raucous political race that captured the public imagination. In San Francisco's 1999 mayoral runoff, incumbent Mayor Willie Brown faced opposition from 12 different candidates in his second-term reelection bid--but none more daunting than&hellip&hellip…

Skins

$7.95 | 87 minutes

SKINS, based on the novel by Adrian C. Louis, is the impressive second feature of Native American director Chris Eyre (SMOKE SIGNALS). Filmed on location at the Pine Ridge Oglala Lakota reservation in South Dakota, SKINS tells the story of Rudy (Eric Schweig), a policeman, and his older brother Mogie (Graham Greene of THE GREEN MILE)&hellip&hellip…

Kaaterskill Falls

$10.95 | 86 minutes

In Josh Apter and Peter Olsen's KAATERSKILL FALLS, Ren (Hilary Howard) and Mitchell (Mitchell Riggs), a young professional couple, embark on a romantic weekend in the Catskill Mountains of New York. However, their plans are derailed when they decide to pick up Lyle (Anthony Leslie), a lone hitchhiker. Although they let him off a few miles&hellip&hellip…

Horns and Halos

$10.95 | 79 minutes

When J.H. Hatfield published a biography of George W. Bush entitled FORTUNATE SON in 1999, it looked set to become a best seller. Not afraid to detail the past indiscretions of the President, Hatfield alleged that Bush had been arrested for cocaine possession back in 1972. Publishers St. Martins Press got cold feet when they discovered&hellip&hellip…

Spellbound

$11.95 | 95 minutes

Jeff Blitz's Academy Award-nominated documentary is an affecting, inspiring look at eight American children as they make their way to compete in the 1999 National Spelling Bee in Washington D.C. Defying all stereotypes and categorizations, the spellers that Blitz chooses to focus on run the ethnic and socioeconomic gamut. Emily is from&hellip&hellip…

Manito

$10.95 | 78 minutes

Special Jury Award, Narrative Feature Film

The Latino population of Manhattan's Washington Heights comes under the microscope in this fascinating portrayal of urban life from director Eric Eason. Manito (Leo Minaya) is an ambitious student, eager to escape his surroundings. Upon landing a full scholarship at Syracuse, Manito appears&hellip…

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I Am Trying to Break Your Heart

$24.95 | 92 minutes

In early 2000, the Chicago-based, country-influenced rock band Wilco began preparing for the recording of their fourth record, YANKEE HOTEL FOXTROT. Filmmaker/photographer Sam Jones went along with them to document a band at the height of its creative powers. What started as a simple documentary about the making of a record became a far&hellip&hellip…

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Sunshine State

$22.95 | 141 minutes

SUNSHINE STATE, directed and written by John Sayles, takes a close-up and occasionally comic look at the fading community of Delrona Beach, Florida. A dozen local personalities are introduced, each with their own unique challenges. The town's dilapidated houses, its stale Buccaneer Days Festival, its sluggish economy, and the constant&hellip…

Lost in La Mancha

$23.95 | 93 minutes

Directed by Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe, LOST IN LA MANCHA documents Terry Gilliam's disaster-prone attempt to make THE MAN WHO KILLED DON QUIXOTE, a film largely based on the classic novel by Miguel de Cervantes. The movie first encounters difficulties in its preproduction stage, starting with an uncomfortably small European-funded budget&hellip&hellip…

Washington Heights

$10.95 | 80 minutes

Feature Film Award

Alfredo de Villa's energetic debut pays tribute to one of Manhattan's more notorious neighborhoods, the predominantly Dominican Washington Heights. Carlos Ramirez (Manny Perez), an aspiring comic book artist, has dreams of moving downtown and establishing a new life for himself, but his girlfriend, Maggie (Andrea&hellip…

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The Safety of Objects

$11.95 | 120 minutes

In a quiet suburb, Paul Gold (Joshua Jackson) lies in a coma. His mother, Esther (Glenn Close), dutifully cares for him, growing ever distant from her husband and her teenage daughter, Julie (Jessica Campbell). Julie enters Esther in a contest of endurance as a means of bringing them closer together. Unbeknownst to his wife, the Gold's&hellip&hellip…

Roger Dodger

$10.95 | 104 minutes

After cynical New York advertising copywriter Roger Swanson (Campbell Scott) is dumped by his on-again/off-again girlfriend, Joyce (Isabella Rossellini), who is also his boss, his painful workday is further complicated by the unexpected arrival of his 16 year-old nephew, Nick (Jesse Eisenberg). After asking to spend the night at Roger's&hellip&hellip…

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Britney Baby, One More Time

$10.95 | 97 minutes

Aspiring filmmaker Dude Schmitz (AMERICAN MOVIE's Mark Borchardt) is in desperate need of money to finance his next feature film. After he blows a lucrative opportunity to interview pop singer Britney Spears for a local television station, he discovers Angel Benton (Robert Stephens), a gay Britney impersonator. Together with his brother&hellip&hellip…

His Secret Life

$14.95 | 105 minutes

AGLIFF Award, Best Feature

When Antonia (Margherita Buy) loses her husband Massimo in a terrifying car accident, she is devastated. Taking care of necessary business after his death, she runs across a painting, a gift to her husband with a note attached indicating that Antonia's partner of 15 years had been indiscreet for seven&hellip…

Nijinsky: The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky

$10.95 | 90 minutes

Best Documentary(Nominee)

THIS TITLE IS CURRENTLY ON MORATORIUM AND NOT AVAILABLE. In this biographical interpretation of the life of Russian dancer and choreographer Vaslav Nijinsky, one of the most influential performers of the early 20th Century, Australian director Paul Cox enlists the dramatic voice narration of Shakespearean&hellip…

The Tracker

$23.95 | 95 minutes

Best Original Screenplay(Nominee)
Best Film(Nominee)
Best Director(Nominee)
Best Cinematography(Nominee)
Best Actor

Australian filmmaker Rolf de Heer (THE QUIET ROOM) turns his lens onto a matter that continues to trouble his fellow countrymen in this evocative drama. When an Aborigine is accused of murdering a&hellip…

The Tracker

$23.95 | 95 minutes

Awgie Award, Original Feature Film

Australian filmmaker Rolf de Heer (THE QUIET ROOM) turns his lens onto a matter that continues to trouble his fellow countrymen in this evocative drama. When an Aborigine is accused of murdering a white woman, three white men must treck through some perilous terrain to find him. Aided by an Aborigine&hellip…

Manito

$10.95 | 78 minutes

Prix Tournage

The Latino population of Manhattan's Washington Heights comes under the microscope in this fascinating portrayal of urban life from director Eric Eason. Manito (Leo Minaya) is an ambitious student, eager to escape his surroundings. Upon landing a full scholarship at Syracuse, Manito appears ready to realize his dreams&hellip…

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The Holy Land

$10.95 | 96 minutes

Le Roger, Best Feature

Mendy (Oren Rehany) is a young man living in Bnei Brak, Israel, struggling to keep his mind focused on rabbinical school. His family is supportive of him, and they realize that adolescence involves soul-searching and discontent. But his teacher sees that deep down Mendy is full of lust, and he tells Mendy&hellip…

Kedma

$23.95 | 100 minutes

Best Costume Design
Best Art Direction(Nominee)
Best Sound(Nominee)
Best Supporting Actor(Nominee)

In May 1948, a group of European Jewish refugees illegally sail to Palestine via the cargo freighter Kedma, arriving only a few days before the departure of British forces and the founding of the nation of Israel. Once&hellip…

Warm Water Under a Red Bridge

$25.95 | 119 minutes

Best Actor(Nominee)

Shohei Imamura's WARM WATER UNDER A RED BRIDGE stars the spirited Koji Yakusho as a Tokyo businessman whose company has recently gone bankrupt, leaving him unemployed. Estranged from his wife and with time on his hands, Yosuke (Koji) remembers a story told to him by a recently deceased friend, Taro (Kazuo Kitamura)&hellip…

Amores Perros

$7.95 | 153 minutes

Best Film not in the English Language

Alejandro Gonzalez Iniarritu makes an electrifying directorial debut with AMORES PERROS, an energetic, assured motion picture that jumps off the screen with a seemingly boundless energy. Told in three separate chapters--OCTAVIO AND SUSANA, DANIEL AND VALERIA, and EL CHIVO AND MARU--the film&hellip…

Late Night Shopping

$23.95 | 92 minutes

Carl Foreman Award for the Most Promising Newcomer(Nominee)

LATE NIGHT SHOPPING captures twenty-somethings stuck in dead end jobs with few prospects. In the tradition of GO and the gritty style of TRAINSPOTTING, the film features four young people who unhappily work the graveyard shift at different, miserable jobs. Vincent (James&hellip…

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Morvern Callar

$19.95 | minutes

Best Actress

The role of the aimless young rebel hiding behind an emotional wall and steely eyes has been monopolized by men in the movies since James Dean. Samantha Morton, one of her generation's most gifted actors, makes the most of her opportunity to embody such a figure in her role as the title character of MORVERN CALLAR&hellip…

Late Night Shopping

$23.95 | 92 minutes

Best Feature Film
Best Feature Film Director

LATE NIGHT SHOPPING captures twenty-somethings stuck in dead end jobs with few prospects. In the tradition of GO and the gritty style of TRAINSPOTTING, the film features four young people who unhappily work the graveyard shift at different, miserable jobs. Vincent (James Lance)&hellip…

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War Game

$10.95 | 30 minutes

Student Jury Award, Best Animation Program

Three boys depart their home country to participate in the horrors of World War II in this touching animated story. Based on a novel by Michael Foreman, the story centers around the true tale of a soccer match that took place between the warring troops on Christmas Day. An emotive, moving&hellip…

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L.I.E.

$23.95 | 97 minutes

Jury Award, Best Feature

The Long Island Expressway, the highway that traverses suburban Long Island with its "lanes moving east, lanes moving west, and lanes that go straight to hell" serves as the central metaphor in this disturbing meditation on coming of age and teenage vulnerability. Howie Blitzer (Paul Franklin Dano) is&hellip…

Dischord

$21.95 | 102 minutes

Independent Actor Award, Actor in a Monologue

Self-absorbed New Age composer Lucien (Andrew Borba) feels overshadowed by the talent and fame of his "improv" violinist wife Gypsy (Annunziata Gianzero), so she abandons her music to placate him, and together they retreat to their beach front home. Gypsy just "needs to fly again&hellip…

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Nowhere in Africa

$26.95 | 140 minutes

Best Production

Fleeing Nazi Germany, many Jewish families found that a new life was as difficult as any hardship they had previously known. This German drama, based on a book by Stephanie Zweig, tells of one family's struggle as Walter Redlich (Merab Ninidze), his wife Jettel (Juliane Kohler), and their young daughter Regina&hellip…

Love the Hard Way

$11.95 | 104 minutes

Best Direction

Stylish, gritty, and utterly New York City, LOVE THE HARD WAY is a slice-of-life film that pairs two total opposites in a test of wills. Jack (Adrien Brody) is a cocky young bad boy, living in a loft in the Bronx, driving a rundown car, listening to loud hip-hop, and running small scams with a close-knit group of&hellip…

Morvern Callar

$19.95 | minutes

The role of the aimless young rebel hiding behind an emotional wall and steely eyes has been monopolized by men in the movies since James Dean. Samantha Morton, one of her generation's most gifted actors, makes the most of her opportunity to embody such a figure in her role as the title character of MORVERN CALLAR. Momentarily frozen&hellip&hellip…

Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut

$11.95 | 133 minutes

This new and embellished version of the 2001 theatrical release, which was a cult hit, offers twenty minutes of scenes that were deleted from the original, sound improvements, new songs (such as "Never Tear Us Apart" by INXS), and new special effects that give insight into Donnie's world and his theories of time travel&hellip…

Russian Ark

$16.95 | 96 minutes

A visually hypnotizing cinematic feat, RUSSIAN ARK is Alexsandr Sokurov's spellbinding ode to St. Petersburg's State Hermitage Museum. Shot in one fluid take using High Definition video cameras, the photography floats and careens through the lavish corridors of the museum, examining its architectural details while following a dreamlike&hellip&hellip…

The Cockettes

$14.95 | 90 minutes

In 1969 San Francisco, a group of hippies were assembled by a charismatic free spirit known as Hibiscus to create an act to go on before a midnight film festival. They dressed in outlandish and skimpy costumes, danced and sang along to records, and called themselves The Cockettes. They became an overnight sensation that would last several&hellip&hellip…

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The Trials of Henry Kissinger

$14.95 | 80 minutes

THE TRIALS OF HENRY KISSINGER, a documentary based on the book by British journalist Christopher Hitchens, argues that Kissinger, the former U.S. Secretary of State and the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, was a power-hungry warmonger responsible for massive military cover-ups in Vietnam, Cambodia, and East Timor in the 1960s, as well&hellip&hellip…

Dog Days

$23.95 | 121 minutes

Jury Award

DOG DAYS is a scathing satire, exposing the ugly underbelly of contemporary suburban mores. It is the first dramatic feature of notorious documentarian Ulrich Seidl (ANIMAL LOVE). With a keen visual sense and lacerating wit, Seidl weaves together the sordid tales of a large group of people in suburban Austria during&hellip…

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September 11

$19.95 | 128 minutes

A reaction piece to the United States' terrorist attack on September 11 2001, this controversial film calls upon eleven directors from various countries to contribute 11-minute 9-second films about the event. Variously political, violent, disturbing, abstract, opinionated, angered, or forgiving, each film is drastically different from&hellip&hellip…

Oasis

$16.95 | 132 minutes

Jury Award-Honorable Mention

A troubled young man in his twenties is released from prison only to commit social atrocities. He rapes a severely disabled woman who clearly cannot defend herself from the attack. Oddly enough, the woman ends up falling in love with him, and it turns out that he needs her too&hellip&hellip…

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Lost in La Mancha

$23.95 | 93 minutes

Directed by Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe, LOST IN LA MANCHA documents Terry Gilliam's disaster-prone attempt to make THE MAN WHO KILLED DON QUIXOTE, a film largely based on the classic novel by Miguel de Cervantes. The movie first encounters difficulties in its preproduction stage, starting with an uncomfortably small European-funded budget&hellip&hellip…

Ibiza Dream

$10.95 | 98 minutes

On the wild and free Spanish island of Ibiza, three childhood friends cope with the struggles of young adulthood. Carlos (Paco Marin) wishes to live without any taboos or limitations. Chica (Adriana Dominguez) feels limited by the options in her life and wants to find a purpose for herself. Nacho (Adria Collado) has just returned from&hellip&hellip…

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Walking on Water

$17.95 | 90 minutes

Teddy, Best Feature Film
Reader Jury of the Siegessäule

This Australian feature takes place in the aftermath of the tragic death of a young man named Gavin due to leukemia. His best friend, Charlie, can barely deal with the grief and guilt thrust upon him after watching a doctor administering euthanasia to Gavin, feelings&hellip…

Monster's Ball

$7.95 | 112 minutes

Golden Berlin Bear(Nominee)
Silver Berlin Bear, Best Actress

Set in modern Mississippi, MONSTER'S BALL subtly examines the impact of personal loss and the transforming power of human connection. The movie begins in the state penitentiary's death row, where father-and-son prison guards Hank (Billy Bob Thornton) and Sonny Grotowski&hellip…

War Game

$10.95 | 30 minutes

Three boys depart their home country to participate in the horrors of World War II in this touching animated story. Based on a novel by Michael Foreman, the story centers around the true tale of a soccer match that took place between the warring troops on Christmas Day. An emotive, moving tale, Kate Winslet is among the stars who provide&hellip&hellip…

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Dark Water

$14.95 | 100 minutes

Japanese director Hideo Nakata (THE RING, JU-ON) adapts another story by RING novelist Koji Suzuki for a supremely creepy tale of atmospheric horror. Yoshimi (Hitomi Kuroki) is a soon-to-be single mother going through a rather nasty divorce and struggling for custody of her adorable five-year-old daughter Ikuko (Rio Kanno). Forced to&hellip&hellip…

Daisies

$23.95 | 74 minutes

Two girls named Marie see the world around them to be inhabited by a spoiled society. The Maries decide they should be given such allowances and embark on a rebellious streak of what seem to be harmless pranks. However, each of the moves is loaded with consequences that soon snowball into serious trouble. This freewheeling 1966 gem of&hellip&hellip…

Bad Guy

$24.95 | 103 minutes

Golden Berlin Bear(Nominee)

A harrowing portrait of love and desire, BAD GUY is situated deep in Seoul's seedy nightlife. Differing strains of the story follow various people inexorably caught up in an underground existence that exercises a vice-like grip over their every action; a pimp forces a prostitute to live in her booth&hellip…

Blue Vinyl

$21.95 | 98 minutes

Documentary Prize

Curious filmmaker Judith Helfand decided to follow up some doubts she had about PVC (polyvinyl chloride) when her parents took the step of coating their house with it. Taking her camera and co-director Daniel B. Gold with her, Helfand hit the road and headed to Louisiana, which is responsible for the bulk of&hellip…

Hurt and Save

$7.95 | 22 minutes

Honorable Mention

Four years ago, Tom Haslett left his job as a dairy farmer to pursue a career selling adjustable-beds. He was attracted to the profession, he says, because he "wanted to help people a bit." Now, he's one of his company's top-grossing salesmen. Hurt & Save follows Tom as he ventures into the sanctity of people's&hellip…

Monster's Ball

$7.95 | 112 minutes

Best Actress

Set in modern Mississippi, MONSTER'S BALL subtly examines the impact of personal loss and the transforming power of human connection. The movie begins in the state penitentiary's death row, where father-and-son prison guards Hank (Billy Bob Thornton) and Sonny Grotowski (Heath Ledger) administer the execution of a&hellip…

JSA - Joint Security Area

$19.95 | minutes

Best Foreign Language Film

This Korean thriller mines the historic tension between North and South Korea over activity in the JSA, the Joint Security Area, a region guarded by armies from both counties. When two North Korean soldiers are found dead there, it sets off a political chain of events that threatens to plunge the countries&hellip…

In the Mood for Love

$34.95 | 98 minutes

Best Non-American Film(Nominee)

IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE centers around Chow Mo-Wan (Tony Leung) and Su Li-Zhen (Maggie Cheung), neighbors living in a crowded apartment building in 1962 Hong Kong. Both married to people who are always away, they spend many nights home alone. The two make each other's acquaintance and soon find that&hellip…

Kira's Reason: A Love Story

$10.95 | 94 minutes

Best Actress
Best Film
Best Actor(Nominee)

From the screenwriter of THE CELEBRATION comes KIRA'S REASON: A LOVE STORY, a Danish Dogme film directed by Ole Christian Madsen. A recovering mental patient, Kira (Stine Stengade) returns home to her husband after a stay in a psychiatric hospital, only to begin a long and difficult&hellip…

Amores Perros

$7.95 | 153 minutes

Best Non-American Film(Nominee)

Alejandro Gonzalez Iniarritu makes an electrifying directorial debut with AMORES PERROS, an energetic, assured motion picture that jumps off the screen with a seemingly boundless energy. Told in three separate chapters--OCTAVIO AND SUSANA, DANIEL AND VALERIA, and EL CHIVO AND MARU--the film deals&hellip…

Shake It All About

$17.95 | 98 minutes

Best Actor(Nominee)
Best Actress(Nominee)

Jacob and Jorgen are a gay couple who have been living together for several years. One night, Jacob decides to finally propose to his boyfriend, and Jorgen gleefully accepts. But then something unexpected happens--while at a party, Jorgen shares a kiss with a woman. The kiss arouses&hellip…

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Traffic

$34.95 | 147 minutes

Best American Film(Nominee)

Steven Soderbergh followed up his critical and commercial smash ERIN BROCKOVICH with this wildly exhilarating exploration of the complex, multilayered international drug problem. The film tells three seemingly disparate stories that loosely intersect and overlap, unfurling at a frantic, relentless pace&hellip…

Monster's Ball

$7.95 | 112 minutes

Movie of the Year(Nominee)
AFI Actress of the Year(Nominee)

Set in modern Mississippi, MONSTER'S BALL subtly examines the impact of personal loss and the transforming power of human connection. The movie begins in the state penitentiary's death row, where father-and-son prison guards Hank (Billy Bob Thornton) and Sonny Grotowski&hellip…

Walking on Water

$17.95 | 90 minutes

Best Sound(Nominee)
Best Original Score(Nominee)
Best Director(Nominee)
Best Actor(Nominee)
Best Original Screenplay
Best Editing
Best Supporting Actress
Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor

This Australian feature takes place in the aftermath of the tragic death of a young man named Gavin due to&hellip…

Molokai: The Story of Father Damien

$14.95 | 112 minutes

Best Screenplay(Nominee)
Best Actor(Nominee)

Inspiring true story follows the epic life of Father Damien (Wenham), a legendary Belgian priest who dedicated his life (quite literally) to the care and spiritual guidance of a doomed Hawaiian leper colony during the late 1800s. Faced with appallingly daunting conditions - symptoms&hellip…

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Nowhere in Africa

$26.95 | 140 minutes

Golden Wave, Best Screenplay – Caroline Link
Golden Wave, Best Film

Fleeing Nazi Germany, many Jewish families found that a new life was as difficult as any hardship they had previously known. This German drama, based on a book by Stephanie Zweig, tells of one family's struggle as Walter Redlich&hellip…

Thirteen Conversations About One Thing

$16.95 | 94 minutes

Best Supporting Actor

THIRTEEN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ONE THING tells the interconnected stories of several New Yorkers who are searching for meaning in their lives. Troy (Matthew McConaughy), a promising attorney, puts his seemingly bright future at risk when he drives away from an accident. He injures Beatrice (Clea DuVall), a&hellip…

The Kid Stays in the Picture

$15.95 | 93 minutes

Best Documentary

Robert Evans got his break portraying Irving Thalberg in THE MAN OF A THOUSAND FACES. Evans would eventually become the next Thalberg as Vice President in charge of production at Paramount. The studio was destitute and confused in a changing marketplace in the late 1960s. Evans would guide Paramount to the top&hellip…

Don't Ask Don't Tell

$23.95 | 74 minutes

Bunny, Best Feature

In the tradition of WHAT'S UP TIGER LILY comes DON'T ASK DON'T TELL, a hilarious spoof of the sci-fi genre. Using the footage from KILLERS FROM SPACE, starring Peter Graves, writer Tex Hauser and director Doug Miles redub that film and turn their twisted version into an absurd comedy about a mad scientist who&hellip…

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Mango Yellow

$17.95 | 100 minutes

Audience Award
Best Actor
Best Cinematography
Best Editing
Best Film
Critics Award
Special Jury Award

Set in the sizeable city of Recife in Brazil, MANGO YELLOW is a tale of hardship, romance, and ordinary lives. The principle characters center around the Texas Motel, a rundown retreat that attracts a variety&hellip…

Margarette's Feast

$17.95 | 80 minutes

Special Jury Award
Best Art Direction

In MARGARETTE'S FEAST, Brazilian director Renato Falcão pairs the poverty that runs rife throughout his native country with a delirious does of fantasy. Shot in black-and-white and with no dialogue, Falcão's film is set to a pulsating musical score, and embodies many of the social&hellip…

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Morvern Callar

$19.95 | minutes

Grand Prix(Nominee)

The role of the aimless young rebel hiding behind an emotional wall and steely eyes has been monopolized by men in the movies since James Dean. Samantha Morton, one of her generation's most gifted actors, makes the most of her opportunity to embody such a figure in her role as the title character of MORVERN&hellip…

Russian Ark

$16.95 | 96 minutes

A visually hypnotizing cinematic feat, RUSSIAN ARK is Alexsandr Sokurov's spellbinding ode to St. Petersburg's State Hermitage Museum. Shot in one fluid take using High Definition video cameras, the photography floats and careens through the lavish corridors of the museum, examining its architectural details while following a dreamlike&hellip&hellip…

Millennium Mambo

$19.95 | 105 minutes

Winner of the Grand Prix Technique at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival, Hou Hsiao Hsien's MILLENNIUM MAMBO is a strikingly beautiful film set in Taipei's hot nightclub scene. The remarkable Shu Qi stars as Vicky, a lost soul who hangs out partying with her friends, smoking nonstop, and dancing and flirting. She lives with Hao-Hao (Tuan Chun-hao)&hellip&hellip…

Jan Dara

$25.95 | 100 minutes

Beautiful, nostalgic photography and a haunting score make this melodrama of sex, love, and filial antagonism a treat for the senses. Nonzee Nimibutr (NANG NAK, BAYTONG) directs an adaptation of Usana Ploengtham's novel, THE STORY OF JAN DARA, regarded as the most notorious erotic work of Thai literature. The title character, played by&hellip&hellip…

War Game

$10.95 | 30 minutes

Children's Choice Award

Three boys depart their home country to participate in the horrors of World War II in this touching animated story. Based on a novel by Michael Foreman, the story centers around the true tale of a soccer match that took place between the warring troops on Christmas Day. An emotive, moving tale, Kate Winslet&hellip…

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Kirikou and the Sorceress

$23.95 | 74 minutes

Best European Feature Film

The exceptional powers possessed by a young boy form the focus for this outstanding animated drama. The plot is based on stories that have entered into African legend as tales of a remarkably gifted child have been handed down through the generations. Physically strong, incredibly intelligent, and able&hellip…

Morvern Callar

$19.95 | minutes

Most Promising Newcomer(Nominee)
Best Screenplay(Nominee)
Best Director(Nominee)
Best British Independent Film(Nominee)
Best Achievement in Production(Nominee)
Best Technical Achievement
Best Actress

The role of the aimless young rebel hiding behind an emotional wall and steely eyes has been monopolized&hellip…

Lost in La Mancha

$23.95 | 93 minutes

Best Foreign Film(Nominee)

Directed by Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe, LOST IN LA MANCHA documents Terry Gilliam's disaster-prone attempt to make THE MAN WHO KILLED DON QUIXOTE, a film largely based on the classic novel by Miguel de Cervantes. The movie first encounters difficulties in its preproduction stage, starting with an uncomfortably&hellip…

All or Nothing

$11.95 | 128 minutes

Best Actor(Nominee)

Following 1999's Oscar-nominated period piece TOPSY-TURVY, acclaimed filmmaker Mike Leigh returns to the familiar terrain of modern, working-class London with ALL OR NOTHING. Yet another bittersweet slice-of-life drama conceived in Leigh's now legendary improvisational style, ALL OR NOTHING follows a group&hellip…

Nine Queens

$11.95 | 115 minutes

Best Foreign Film(Nominee)

Fabian Bielinsky's directorial debut is an electrifying crime thriller that deserves to join the ranks as a classic of the genre--along with David Mamet's HOUSE OF GAMES and Bryan Singer's THE USUAL SUSPECTS. Set in a Buenos Aires that is on the verge of economic collapse, the film tells the story of&hellip…

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I've Heard the Mermaids Singing

$11.95 | 81 minutes

Polly (Sheila McCarthy), a klutzy kook, gets a job in a trendy art gallery and masters the fine art of getting into trouble. In a major gaffe,she hangs a piece of art she credits to her boss Gabrielle (Paule Baillargeon), but which really was created by Gabrielle's lover Mary (Ann-Marie MacDonald). The crush she develops on Gabrielle&hellip&hellip…

Trembling Before G-d

$23.95 | 84 minutes

Sandi Simcha Dubowski's illuminating documentary examines two things that do not go well together: homosexuality and the Jewish religion. The filmmakers traveled to New York, Miami, Los Angeles, San Francisco, London, and Jerusalem to interview men and women who have been rejected by their families because they are gay, and they have&hellip&hellip…

His Secret Life

$14.95 | 105 minutes

When Antonia (Margherita Buy) loses her husband Massimo in a terrifying car accident, she is devastated. Taking care of necessary business after his death, she runs across a painting, a gift to her husband with a note attached indicating that Antonia's partner of 15 years had been indiscreet for seven of them. She tracks down his lover&hellip&hellip…

In the Mood for Love

$34.95 | 98 minutes

Best Foreign Language Film(Nominee)

IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE centers around Chow Mo-Wan (Tony Leung) and Su Li-Zhen (Maggie Cheung), neighbors living in a crowded apartment building in 1962 Hong Kong. Both married to people who are always away, they spend many nights home alone. The two make each other's acquaintance and soon find&hellip…

Pale Male

$12.95 | 54 minutes

Documentary Audience Award

Of the millions of newcomers who flock to New York City, a red-tailed hawk's astounding arrival in 1991 made history. No other red-tailed hawk had ever attempted to make Manhattan his territory. Affectionately dubbed Pale Male, he made an exclusive Fifth Avenue apartment building his home. Pale Male&hellip…

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Operation Midnight Climax

$10.95 | 75 minutes

Audience Award, Best Feature

Will Nitch (Will Keenan) has some grand plans for the human race in OPERATION MIDNIGHT CLIMAX. Deciding to build an all-female underclass to combat the injustices he believes are besetting women across the globe, Will sets out his plan by passing the word about his scheme through the streets of New&hellip…

Natasha

$4.25 | 10 minutes

Josh Rechnitz's Natasha focuses on a 10 min animated short about a neglected housewife who falls in love with a household appliance&hellip&hellip…

The Guy Maddin Collection

$27.95 | 187 minutes

Short Film(Special Mention)

A collection of three films from cult director Guy Maddin. In TWILIGHT OF THE ICE NYMPHS (1997), Shelly Duvall (POPEYE) and Frank Gorshin (BATMAN: THE MOVIE) star in a tale of passion and fantasy set in a far away land where the sun always shines. ARCHANGEL (1990) is a story of obsessive love in a war-torn&hellip…

Ichi the Killer

$17.95 | 129 minutes

Prolific director Takashi Miike (AUDITION) keeps finding new ways to test the boundaries of on-screen violence. ICHI THE KILLER is a masterful piece of filmmaking, simultaneously funny and horrific, but it's only for viewers with strong stomachs. One character, Kakihara (Japanese indie film heartthrob Tadanobu Asano), a masochistic yakuza&hellip&hellip…

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Dark Water

$14.95 | 100 minutes

Silver Raven

Japanese director Hideo Nakata (THE RING, JU-ON) adapts another story by RING novelist Koji Suzuki for a supremely creepy tale of atmospheric horror. Yoshimi (Hitomi Kuroki) is a soon-to-be single mother going through a rather nasty divorce and struggling for custody of her adorable five-year-old daughter Ikuko (Rio&hellip…

The Inner Tour

$15.95 | 94 minutes

Ra'anan Alexandrowicz's THE INNER TOUR is a deeply affecting documentary that addresses the Middle Eastern conflict with a penetrating eye. The film follows a group of Palestinians as they embark on a three-day bus tour through Israel in 2000, just months before the historical Arab-Israeli war recommenced. What at first appears to be&hellip&hellip…

Millennium Mambo

$19.95 | 105 minutes

Winner of the Grand Prix Technique at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival, Hou Hsiao Hsien's MILLENNIUM MAMBO is a strikingly beautiful film set in Taipei's hot nightclub scene. The remarkable Shu Qi stars as Vicky, a lost soul who hangs out partying with her friends, smoking nonstop, and dancing and flirting. She lives with Hao-Hao (Tuan Chun-hao)&hellip&hellip…

The Puppetmaster

$17.95 | 142 minutes

The second installment of Hou Hsiao-Hsien's historical trilogy (which also includes A CITY OF SADNESS and GOOD MEN, GOOD WOMEN), THE PUPPETMASTER is based on the life of famed Chinese puppet master Li Tien-Lu. Spanning the years 1909 to 1945 and covering major historical events in China's occupation by the Japanese, the film is epic in&hellip&hellip…

Late Marriage

$23.95 | 100 minutes

Best Film(Nominee)
FIPRESCI Prize
Best Actress

Like the protagonist of LATE MARRIAGE, writer-director Dover Kosashvili was born in Georgia (of the former USSR) and raised in Israel. Kosashvili's provocative debut feature is a very funny, but sometimes painful account of one man's late journey of self-discovery. Zaza (Lior&hellip…

Take Care of My Cat

$23.95 | 112 minutes

Director Jeong Jae-eun's debut feature, TAKE CARE OF MY CAT, is a slick but sensitive portrayal of girlfriends on the cusp of adulthood. Hollywood films about recent high school grads tend to focus on sex, partying, and planning for college. These Korean girls have their share of fun, but they have critical life issues to deal with, and&hellip&hellip…

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Bad Guy

$24.95 | 103 minutes

A harrowing portrait of love and desire, BAD GUY is situated deep in Seoul's seedy nightlife. Differing strains of the story follow various people inexorably caught up in an underground existence that exercises a vice-like grip over their every action; a pimp forces a prostitute to live in her booth, then falls in love with her by watching&hellip&hellip…

Time Out

$16.95 | 128 minutes

Vincent (Aurelien Recoing) spends a lot of time in his car. He sleeps in his car sometimes, parked in highway truck stops where buses full of school children pass through during the daytime, and at night stragglers lost en route stop to drink and tell their stories. Having been fired from his job over a month ago, he is a man running&hellip&hellip…

Late Night Talks With Mother

$23.95 | 68 minutes

This unusual, yet dynamic and deeply personal film from Czech director Jan Nemec is based on Franz Kafka's LETTER TO MY FATHER. The film follows Nemec as he attempts to engage in a dialogue with his deceased mother. While alive, she had a problematic relationship with her son, and LATE NIGHT TALKS WITH MOTHER seems to be Nemec's very&hellip&hellip…

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Suddenly

$19.95 | 94 minutes

Best Film(Nominee)
SIGNIS Award(Special Mention)
Audience Award
Special Award

This refreshingly offbeat film from Argentina follows a few days in the life of Marcia (Tatiana Saphir), an overweight girl working in a Buenos Aires lingerie shop, whose going-nowhere life is interrupted by a pair of sullen, lesbian wanderers&hellip…

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The Last Supper

$23.95 | 96 minutes

Best Actress
Golden Pyramid(Nominee)

This dramatic feature film from Iranian director Fereydoun Jeyrani follows a torrid divorce as it unfolds between a couple. The woman involved takes her daughter and flees to her father's home to try and start a new life. But when she finds a potential new boyfriend, the relationship between&hellip…

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Lost in La Mancha

$23.95 | 93 minutes

Directed by Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe, LOST IN LA MANCHA documents Terry Gilliam's disaster-prone attempt to make THE MAN WHO KILLED DON QUIXOTE, a film largely based on the classic novel by Miguel de Cervantes. The movie first encounters difficulties in its preproduction stage, starting with an uncomfortably small European-funded budget&hellip&hellip…

Nowhere in Africa

$26.95 | 140 minutes

Fleeing Nazi Germany, many Jewish families found that a new life was as difficult as any hardship they had previously known. This German drama, based on a book by Stephanie Zweig, tells of one family's struggle as Walter Redlich (Merab Ninidze), his wife Jettel (Juliane Kohler), and their young daughter Regina (Karoline Eckertz) flee&hellip&hellip…

Secret Ballot

$16.95 | 123 minutes

Iranian-Canadian filmmaker Babak Payami (ONE MORE DAY) looks at the problems of bringing democracy to Iran in this political and cultural satire, which could almost be called "neo-surrealist" in tone. The film begins with a ballot box being dropped from an airplane onto a desert island off the coast of Iran, terrifying a soldier stationed&hellip&hellip…

The Eye

$19.95 | 99 minutes

THE EYE, directed by twin brothers Danny and Oxide Pang, is a Chinese/Thai horror film that focuses on Mun (Sin-je Lee), a cornea-transplant recipient who has been blind most of her life. As Mun adjusts to her newfound sight, she begins to see haunting visions of dead people. As these terrifying visions become more frequent, Mun turns&hellip&hellip…

Nowhere in Africa

$26.95 | 140 minutes

Golden Frog(Nominee)

Fleeing Nazi Germany, many Jewish families found that a new life was as difficult as any hardship they had previously known. This German drama, based on a book by Stephanie Zweig, tells of one family's struggle as Walter Redlich (Merab Ninidze), his wife Jettel (Juliane Kohler), and their young daughter Regina&hellip…

Demonlover

$19.95 | 117 minutes

Golden Frog(Nominee)
Bronze Frog

In this dark French thriller directed by Olivier Assayas, Connie Nielsen (GLADIATOR) stars as Diane, an ambitious corporate climber. As Diane ruthlessly cuts down her rivals, she finds herself negotiating an important deal with the imposing Hervé Le Millinec (Charles Berling) and the&hellip…

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Lost and Delirious

$10.95 | 100 minutes

Best Cinematography in Theatrical Feature

The story of three roommates at a private school for girls, LOST AND DELIRIOUS centers on Mary (Mischa Barton), who is shy and lonely, having spun on a downward spiral ever since the death of her mother three years before. But when she arrives at prep school and meets her new roommates&hellip…

Searching for Debra Winger

$10.95 | 99 minutes

Actress Rosanna Arquette directs this insightful documentary in which she interviews dozens of actresses in their thirties and beyond about they pressures they face in an industry which seems to provide fewer and fewer roles for women beyond their twenties. With commentary from women such as Salma Hayek, Jane Fonda, Vanessa Redgrave and&hellip&hellip…

Morvern Callar

$19.95 | minutes

Decerne par la CICAE
Prix de la Jeunesse

The role of the aimless young rebel hiding behind an emotional wall and steely eyes has been monopolized by men in the movies since James Dean. Samantha Morton, one of her generation's most gifted actors, makes the most of her opportunity to embody such a figure in her role as the title&hellip…

Demonlover

$19.95 | 117 minutes

Golden Palm(Nominee)

In this dark French thriller directed by Olivier Assayas, Connie Nielsen (GLADIATOR) stars as Diane, an ambitious corporate climber. As Diane ruthlessly cuts down her rivals, she finds herself negotiating an important deal with the imposing Hervé Le Millinec (Charles Berling) and the producers of hi-tech&hellip…

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Ten

$23.95 | 83 minutes

Golden Palm(Nominee)

Filmed entirely inside a car, a woman drives through the streets of Tehran, picking up and dropping off passengers--her son, a friend, her sister, a prostitute--as she runs errands and goes about her busy days. The title TEN represents the distinct conversations that the woman has with each of her passengers&hellip…

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Le Cercle Rouge

$34.95 | 140 minutes

Jean-Pierre Melville's hugely influential film remains a cornerstone of the crime genre. Recently released from prison, thief Corey (Alain Delon) finds himself caught up in a dangerous triangle with a mysterious woman (Gian Maria Volonte) and an ex-cop with some issues of his own (Yves Montand). Melville's film is the epitome of cool&hellip&hellip…

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Russian Ark

$16.95 | 96 minutes

Golden Palm(Nominee)

A visually hypnotizing cinematic feat, RUSSIAN ARK is Alexsandr Sokurov's spellbinding ode to St. Petersburg's State Hermitage Museum. Shot in one fluid take using High Definition video cameras, the photography floats and careens through the lavish corridors of the museum, examining its architectural details&hellip…

The Kid Stays in the Picture

$15.95 | 93 minutes

Robert Evans got his break portraying Irving Thalberg in THE MAN OF A THOUSAND FACES. Evans would eventually become the next Thalberg as Vice President in charge of production at Paramount. The studio was destitute and confused in a changing marketplace in the late 1960s. Evans would guide Paramount to the top again with bold choices&hellip&hellip…

War Photographer

$21.95 | 96 minutes

The Oscar-nominated documentary film WAR PHOTOGRAPHER is a harrowing journey into the world of renowned photojournalist James Nachtwey. Swiss filmmaker Christian Frei fearlessly trails Nachtwey into the front lines of violence and human suffering in areas including Kosovo, Indonesia, and the West Bank. This noble and serene film eschews&hellip&hellip…

Sunshine State

$22.95 | 141 minutes

SUNSHINE STATE, directed and written by John Sayles, takes a close-up and occasionally comic look at the fading community of Delrona Beach, Florida. A dozen local personalities are introduced, each with their own unique challenges. The town's dilapidated houses, its stale Buccaneer Days Festival, its sluggish economy, and the constant&hellip…

Porn Theater

$17.95 | 88 minutes

PORN THEATER, as its title suggests, covers a day in the life of a Parisian pornographic cinema, foregrounding its marginalized male patrons and their activities inside. Because the film cuts between only three locations--the ticket area, the main viewing theater, and the grungy, yellow bathroom--it effectively seals off the world outside&hellip&hellip…

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Divine Intervention

$10.95 | 90 minutes

FIPRESCI Prize - Competition
Jury Prize
Golden Palm(Nominee)

DIVINE INTERVENTION writer-director Elia Suleiman has been compared to Woody Allen and Charlie Chaplin, presumably because he has Allen's intelligent, self-deprecating humor and Chaplin's gift for silent comedy. DIVINE INTERVENTION is not a silent film, but an&hellip…

Kedma

$23.95 | 100 minutes

Golden Palm(Nominee)

In May 1948, a group of European Jewish refugees illegally sail to Palestine via the cargo freighter Kedma, arriving only a few days before the departure of British forces and the founding of the nation of Israel. Once ashore they are received by the Palmach, Jewish fighters who help them evade arrest by British&hellip…

Britney Baby, One More Time

$10.95 | 97 minutes

Aspiring filmmaker Dude Schmitz (AMERICAN MOVIE's Mark Borchardt) is in desperate need of money to finance his next feature film. After he blows a lucrative opportunity to interview pop singer Britney Spears for a local television station, he discovers Angel Benton (Robert Stephens), a gay Britney impersonator. Together with his brother&hellip&hellip…

All or Nothing

$11.95 | 128 minutes

Golden Palm(Nominee)

Following 1999's Oscar-nominated period piece TOPSY-TURVY, acclaimed filmmaker Mike Leigh returns to the familiar terrain of modern, working-class London with ALL OR NOTHING. Yet another bittersweet slice-of-life drama conceived in Leigh's now legendary improvisational style, ALL OR NOTHING follows a group&hellip…

The Embalmer

$12.95 | 104 minutes

THE EMBALMER, directed by Matteo Garrone, is the story of unrequited love and repressed homosexuality gone awry. Peppino (Ernesto Mahieux) is a diminutive taxidermist who secretly courts an unsuspecting Greek god named Valerio (Valerio Foglia Manzillo) by grossly overpaying him to work as his assistant. Hungry for direction and purpose&hellip&hellip…

L.I.E.

$23.95 | 97 minutes

Artios, Best Casting for a Feature Film - Independent(Nominee)

The Long Island Expressway, the highway that traverses suburban Long Island with its "lanes moving east, lanes moving west, and lanes that go straight to hell" serves as the central metaphor in this disturbing meditation on coming of age and teenage vulnerability&hellip…

Traffic

$34.95 | 147 minutes

Best Foreign Film(Nominee)

Steven Soderbergh followed up his critical and commercial smash ERIN BROCKOVICH with this wildly exhilarating exploration of the complex, multilayered international drug problem. The film tells three seemingly disparate stories that loosely intersect and overlap, unfurling at a frantic, relentless pace&hellip…

Morvern Callar

$19.95 | minutes

The role of the aimless young rebel hiding behind an emotional wall and steely eyes has been monopolized by men in the movies since James Dean. Samantha Morton, one of her generation's most gifted actors, makes the most of her opportunity to embody such a figure in her role as the title character of MORVERN CALLAR. Momentarily frozen&hellip&hellip…

All or Nothing

$11.95 | 128 minutes

Following 1999's Oscar-nominated period piece TOPSY-TURVY, acclaimed filmmaker Mike Leigh returns to the familiar terrain of modern, working-class London with ALL OR NOTHING. Yet another bittersweet slice-of-life drama conceived in Leigh's now legendary improvisational style, ALL OR NOTHING follows a group of dysfunctional families living&hellip…

In the Mood for Love

$34.95 | 98 minutes

Best Original Score(Nominee)
Best Foreign Language Film(Nominee)
Best Cinematography(Nominee)

IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE centers around Chow Mo-Wan (Tony Leung) and Su Li-Zhen (Maggie Cheung), neighbors living in a crowded apartment building in 1962 Hong Kong. Both married to people who are always away, they spend many nights&hellip…

Monster's Ball

$7.95 | 112 minutes

Best Actress(Nominee)

Set in modern Mississippi, MONSTER'S BALL subtly examines the impact of personal loss and the transforming power of human connection. The movie begins in the state penitentiary's death row, where father-and-son prison guards Hank (Billy Bob Thornton) and Sonny Grotowski (Heath Ledger) administer the execution&hellip…

The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition

$11.95 | 92 minutes

Best Documentary

In August 1914, seasoned British explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton embarks on his third excursion into Antarctic territory, planning to cross the Antarctic continent on foot--something no other explorer has attempted before. Only a day's journey from his final destination, Shackleton's ship, The Endurance, is trapped&hellip…

Go Tigers!

$19.95 | 103 minutes

Best Documentary(Nominee)

In the blue collar Ohio town of Massillon, the most important thing is high school football, and the frenzy around home team the Tigers is, as one resident observes, like "a cult... a religion." Shot on high-definition video, former Massillon resident Kenneth Carlson's documentary follows the three stars&hellip…

See How They Run

$15.95 | 60 minutes

Silver Plaque, Documentary(Recipient)

Four years prior to California's 2003 gubernatorial recall, the Golden State played host to another raucous political race that captured the public imagination. In San Francisco's 1999 mayoral runoff, incumbent Mayor Willie Brown faced opposition from 12 different candidates in his second-term&hellip…

Lost in La Mancha

$23.95 | 93 minutes

Directed by Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe, LOST IN LA MANCHA documents Terry Gilliam's disaster-prone attempt to make THE MAN WHO KILLED DON QUIXOTE, a film largely based on the classic novel by Miguel de Cervantes. The movie first encounters difficulties in its preproduction stage, starting with an uncomfortably small European-funded budget&hellip&hellip…

Morvern Callar

$19.95 | minutes

The role of the aimless young rebel hiding behind an emotional wall and steely eyes has been monopolized by men in the movies since James Dean. Samantha Morton, one of her generation's most gifted actors, makes the most of her opportunity to embody such a figure in her role as the title character of MORVERN CALLAR. Momentarily frozen&hellip&hellip…

Russian Ark

$16.95 | 96 minutes

A visually hypnotizing cinematic feat, RUSSIAN ARK is Alexsandr Sokurov's spellbinding ode to St. Petersburg's State Hermitage Museum. Shot in one fluid take using High Definition video cameras, the photography floats and careens through the lavish corridors of the museum, examining its architectural details while following a dreamlike&hellip&hellip…

Venus Boyz

$21.95 | 103 minutes

German director Gabriel Baur (QUEEN OF BED) explores the world of drag kings, inter-sexed persons, and transgendered women in her documentary, VENUS BOYZ. Through in-depth interviews and clips of performances, the film focuses on biological women who push the boundaries of gender norms. Featuring drag kings Mo B. Dick, DRED Gerestant&hellip&hellip…

Divine Intervention

$10.95 | 90 minutes

Silver Hugo, Spcial Jury Prize

DIVINE INTERVENTION writer-director Elia Suleiman has been compared to Woody Allen and Charlie Chaplin, presumably because he has Allen's intelligent, self-deprecating humor and Chaplin's gift for silent comedy. DIVINE INTERVENTION is not a silent film, but an intensely quiet comedy about daily life&hellip…

The Dancer Upstairs

$7.95 | 135 minutes

The directorial debut of John Malkovich, THE DANCER UPSTAIRS is a riveting political drama set in an undetermined Latin American city. A revolution has started, and the local police have been assigned to figure out who is leading it and what exactly the revolutionaries want. Agustin Rejas (Javier Bardem) is the detective leading the investigation&hellip&hellip…

Dog Days

$23.95 | 121 minutes

DOG DAYS is a scathing satire, exposing the ugly underbelly of contemporary suburban mores. It is the first dramatic feature of notorious documentarian Ulrich Seidl (ANIMAL LOVE). With a keen visual sense and lacerating wit, Seidl weaves together the sordid tales of a large group of people in suburban Austria during a heat wave. There's&hellip&hellip…

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Hukkle

$25.95 | 75 minutes

The bucolic, even-paced, daily life of a small Hungarian village is the setting for the experimental film HUKKLE (onomatopoeic for "hiccup" in Hungarian). A series of dialogue-less vignettes, featuring the various townspeople and their animals, explore the quotidian existence in the Hungarian countryside. Unifying these sequences is a&hellip&hellip…

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The Embalmer

$12.95 | 104 minutes

THE EMBALMER, directed by Matteo Garrone, is the story of unrequited love and repressed homosexuality gone awry. Peppino (Ernesto Mahieux) is a diminutive taxidermist who secretly courts an unsuspecting Greek god named Valerio (Valerio Foglia Manzillo) by grossly overpaying him to work as his assistant. Hungry for direction and purpose&hellip&hellip…

Roger Dodger

$10.95 | 104 minutes

After cynical New York advertising copywriter Roger Swanson (Campbell Scott) is dumped by his on-again/off-again girlfriend, Joyce (Isabella Rossellini), who is also his boss, his painful workday is further complicated by the unexpected arrival of his 16 year-old nephew, Nick (Jesse Eisenberg). After asking to spend the night at Roger's&hellip&hellip…

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Horns and Halos

$10.95 | 79 minutes

Best Documentary

When J.H. Hatfield published a biography of George W. Bush entitled FORTUNATE SON in 1999, it looked set to become a best seller. Not afraid to detail the past indiscretions of the President, Hatfield alleged that Bush had been arrested for cocaine possession back in 1972. Publishers St. Martins Press got cold&hellip…

Natasha

$4.25 | 10 minutes

Josh Rechnitz's Natasha focuses on a 10 min animated short about a neglected housewife who falls in love with a household appliance&hellip&hellip…

L.I.E.

$23.95 | 97 minutes

Best Supporting Actor(Nominee)

The Long Island Expressway, the highway that traverses suburban Long Island with its "lanes moving east, lanes moving west, and lanes that go straight to hell" serves as the central metaphor in this disturbing meditation on coming of age and teenage vulnerability. Howie Blitzer (Paul Franklin Dano)&hellip…

Dead or Alive: Final

$15.95 | 88 minutes

In the brilliant final installment in his DEAD OR ALIVE series, Takashi Miike crafts the story of a fearless cop who must save his son when an underworld consort of criminals and rebels accidently kidnap him. In a post-apocalyptic Yokohama, a dictator rules the land and, among other terrible rules, forbids procreation. A loose resistance&hellip&hellip…

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Margarette's Feast

$17.95 | 80 minutes

Best Original Score

In MARGARETTE'S FEAST, Brazilian director Renato Falcão pairs the poverty that runs rife throughout his native country with a delirious does of fantasy. Shot in black-and-white and with no dialogue, Falcão's film is set to a pulsating musical score, and embodies many of the social and political struggles&hellip…

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Demonlover

$19.95 | 117 minutes

In this dark French thriller directed by Olivier Assayas, Connie Nielsen (GLADIATOR) stars as Diane, an ambitious corporate climber. As Diane ruthlessly cuts down her rivals, she finds herself negotiating an important deal with the imposing Hervé Le Millinec (Charles Berling) and the producers of hi-tech, pornographic Japanese&hellip&hellip…

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Preaching to the Perverted

$24.95 | 97 minutes

Best Feature(Audience Award)

UNRATED DIRECTOR'S CUT! MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY! BEST-SELLING DANCE SOUNDTRACK INCLUDES: FLUKE, THE ALOOF, WAY OUT WEST and OMNI TRIO! A young infiltrator, Peter (Christien Anholt), is dispatched by moral crusaders in Parliament to gather evidence for a private prosecution against fetish clubs operating&hellip…

Nine Queens

$11.95 | 115 minutes

Best Foreign Language Film(Nominee)

Fabian Bielinsky's directorial debut is an electrifying crime thriller that deserves to join the ranks as a classic of the genre--along with David Mamet's HOUSE OF GAMES and Bryan Singer's THE USUAL SUSPECTS. Set in a Buenos Aires that is on the verge of economic collapse, the film tells the&hellip…

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Take Care of My Cat

$23.95 | 112 minutes

Golden Moon of Valencia

Director Jeong Jae-eun's debut feature, TAKE CARE OF MY CAT, is a slick but sensitive portrayal of girlfriends on the cusp of adulthood. Hollywood films about recent high school grads tend to focus on sex, partying, and planning for college. These Korean girls have their share of fun, but they have critical&hellip…

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Bangkok Dangerous

$7.95 | 105 minutes

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&hellip&hellip…

Short Cut To Nirvana

$23.95 | 85 minutes

This documentary focuses on a festival called Kumbh Mela, which takes place every 12 years in India. Few people outside of the country have heard of Kumbh Mela--an astonishing fact, as it draws one of the largest congregations in the history of the world--some 70 million people. SHORT CUT TO NIRVANA aims to change all that, affording&hellip&hellip…

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In the Mood for Love

$34.95 | 98 minutes

Best Foreign Film

IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE centers around Chow Mo-Wan (Tony Leung) and Su Li-Zhen (Maggie Cheung), neighbors living in a crowded apartment building in 1962 Hong Kong. Both married to people who are always away, they spend many nights home alone. The two make each other's acquaintance and soon find that they have a&hellip…

No Shame

$10.95 | 116 minutes

Best Screenplay, Original(Nominee)
Best supporting Actress(Nominee)

A drama teacher, Isabel (Veronica Forque), at a competitive acting school full of hormonal 19-year-olds with big dreams and their hearts on their sleeves, finds herself at a crossroads in life. Twenty years ago she was a struggling actress from a wealthy family&hellip…

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Derrida

$23.95 | 85 minutes

Directors Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering Kofman present this documentary portrait of the intellectual and philosopher Jacques Derrida. Beginning with his theory of deconstruction--the notion of getting to the basics behind our thought processes and the way in which we view the world--Derrida is portrayed "naturally" walking down the street&hellip&hellip…

Fast Food, Fast Women

$15.95 | 96 minutes

Writer-director Amos Kollek (SUE) tackles the neurotic, fragile, fast-paced world of New York City in FAST FOOD, FAST WOMEN, a bittersweet comedy that shows just how difficult it is to find love in modern times. The revolving story focuses on Bella (Anna Thomson), a waitress who is on the verge of her thirty-fifth birthday and trapped&hellip&hellip…

The Fast Runner

$11.95 | 172 minutes

Lino Brocka Award

The first Inuit language movie, based on an ancient legend, ATANARJUAT (THE FAST RUNNER) is the story of two generations of igloo-dwelling Inuit whose harmonious existence is disrupted by the presence of an evil spirit. Atanarjuat (Natar Ungalaaq) falls in love with Atuat (Sylvia Ivalu) who has been promised&hellip…

Dog Days

$23.95 | 121 minutes

DOG DAYS is a scathing satire, exposing the ugly underbelly of contemporary suburban mores. It is the first dramatic feature of notorious documentarian Ulrich Seidl (ANIMAL LOVE). With a keen visual sense and lacerating wit, Seidl weaves together the sordid tales of a large group of people in suburban Austria during a heat wave. There's&hellip&hellip…

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Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut

$11.95 | 133 minutes

Audience Award

This new and embellished version of the 2001 theatrical release, which was a cult hit, offers twenty minutes of scenes that were deleted from the original, sound improvements, new songs (such as "Never Tear Us Apart" by INXS), and new special effects that give insight into Donnie's world and his theories of time…

Firefly Dreams

$9.95 | 105 minutes

Audience Favorite Choice Award, Best Feature Film

Naomi (Maho), like many teenagers, spends more time thinking about her possessions that the people in her life. When her mother leaves the family, however, her father decides to get Naomi out of the city for the summer. He sends her to the country, to work in her aunt and uncle's&hellip…

Spun

$7.95 | 101 minutes

Ross (Jason Schwartzman) is an addict badly in need of some speed. A visit to his dealer, Spider Mike's (John Leguizamo)--where fellow "tweakers" Nikki (Brittany Murphy)--a stripper, Frisbee (Patrick Fugit)--a metalhead, and Cookie (Mena Suvari)--Mike's girlfriend--turns into an odyssey, though, when Mike can't find his stash. Nikki tells&hellip&hellip…

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Under the Moonlight

$23.95 | 100 minutes

Another gem from the world of Iranian cinema, UNDER THE MOONLIGHT is a thought provoking look at religious mores from director Seyyed Reza Mir-Karimi. Seyyed Hassan is a student who is deeply emerged in his religious studies; he hopes to become a cleric after sitting the necessary exams. But a run-in with a thief, who steals Seyyed's&hellip&hellip…

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Ichi the Killer

$17.95 | 129 minutes

Prolific director Takashi Miike (AUDITION) keeps finding new ways to test the boundaries of on-screen violence. ICHI THE KILLER is a masterful piece of filmmaking, simultaneously funny and horrific, but it's only for viewers with strong stomachs. One character, Kakihara (Japanese indie film heartthrob Tadanobu Asano), a masochistic yakuza&hellip&hellip…

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Nine Queens

$11.95 | 115 minutes

Premiere Award
Grand Prix

Fabian Bielinsky's directorial debut is an electrifying crime thriller that deserves to join the ranks as a classic of the genre--along with David Mamet's HOUSE OF GAMES and Bryan Singer's THE USUAL SUSPECTS. Set in a Buenos Aires that is on the verge of economic collapse, the film tells the story&hellip…

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The Eye

$19.95 | 99 minutes

THE EYE, directed by twin brothers Danny and Oxide Pang, is a Chinese/Thai horror film that focuses on Mun (Sin-je Lee), a cornea-transplant recipient who has been blind most of her life. As Mun adjusts to her newfound sight, she begins to see haunting visions of dead people. As these terrifying visions become more frequent, Mun turns&hellip&hellip…

Walking on Water

$17.95 | 90 minutes

This Australian feature takes place in the aftermath of the tragic death of a young man named Gavin due to leukemia. His best friend, Charlie, can barely deal with the grief and guilt thrust upon him after watching a doctor administering euthanasia to Gavin, feelings that are complicated by the arrival of Gavin's mother and the near tyrannical&hellip&hellip…

The Price of Milk

$15.95 | 87 minutes

A romantic comedy with a uniquely surreal flavor, THE PRICE OF MILK comes from New Zealand-based director Harry Sinclair (TOPLESS WOMEN TALK ABOUT THEIR LIVES). The film tells the story of a young couple, Lucinda (Danielle Cormack) and Rob (Karl Urban), a pair of rural lovebirds who decide to take the plunge and get married. Mysteriously&hellip&hellip…

Maya

$21.95 | 105 minutes

Exploring how the innocence of children is inevitably and tragically corrupted by the actions of adults, MAYA is the debut feature from Indian director Digvijay Singh. Singh's tranquil, measured pace is more Satyajit Ray than Bollywood, fitting given the serious nature of the subject matter. The film begins with the playful antics of&hellip&hellip…

Rain

$11.95 | 92 minutes

The debut film by director Christine Jeffs, RAIN, records with charm the confusion of coming of age amidst domestic disintegration. In Far North New Zealand in 1972, Janey (Alicia Fulford-Wierzbicki) has traveled to the beach for a long lazy summer with her family. As the days get longer, Janey teaches her little brother, Jim (Aaron Murphy)&hellip&hellip…

I Have Found It

$19.95 | 150 minutes

Sense and sensibility are not the only things that meet and mix in this Bollywood adaptation of Austen's classic novel. When East meets West, and audiences meet the two charming sisters at the heart of it's tale, there is no end to the fun, adventure, and romance. Sowmya and Meenakshi have it all: looks, money, and youth. The only thing&hellip&hellip…

Stardom

$10.95 | 103 minutes

When teenage beauty Tina Menzhal (newcomer Jessica Pare) is discovered by big city model scouts, she is living a life of quiet contentment in an isolated Canadian town. Adored by the camera, she quickly becomes caught up in the superficial world of fall collections, photo shoots, and celebrity parties. As Tina's fame escalates, she finds&hellip&hellip…

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Venus Boyz

$21.95 | 103 minutes

Audience Award, Lesbian Films

German director Gabriel Baur (QUEEN OF BED) explores the world of drag kings, inter-sexed persons, and transgendered women in her documentary, VENUS BOYZ. Through in-depth interviews and clips of performances, the film focuses on biological women who push the boundaries of gender norms. Featuring&hellip…

L.I.E.

$23.95 | 97 minutes

Jury Prize, Best Feature Film

The Long Island Expressway, the highway that traverses suburban Long Island with its "lanes moving east, lanes moving west, and lanes that go straight to hell" serves as the central metaphor in this disturbing meditation on coming of age and teenage vulnerability. Howie Blitzer (Paul Franklin Dano)&hellip…

The Isle

$21.95 | 89 minutes

The eerily beautiful photography and melodic musical score of THE ISLE stand in odd contrast to the brutal horror story it tells. On the serene surface of a secluded bay float a series of candy-colored fishing houses, rented to men who seek an escape. The owner and operator of the village is a mute woman with a row boat who delivers her&hellip&hellip…

The Magdalene Sisters

$16.95 | 119 minutes

Peter Mullen's shocking drama THE MAGDALENE SISTERS is based on real events that took place in Ireland from the 1960s until 1996 when an estimated 30,000 young women, considered by their families to have committed sexual sins, were sent away from their homes to earn penitence working in profit-making laundries run by the Sisters of Magdalene&hellip&hellip…

Hukkle

$25.95 | 75 minutes

Audience Award
FIPRESCI Prize(Special Mention)
First Work Award of the Student Jury
Special Prize, Feature Film Competition

The bucolic, even-paced, daily life of a small Hungarian village is the setting for the experimental film HUKKLE (onomatopoeic for "hiccup" in Hungarian). A series of dialogue-less vignettes&hellip…

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Hell House

$20.95 | 86 minutes

George Ratliff's stirring documentary sheds some light on one of America's most confounding creations at the turn of the 20th century: the Hell House. Providing a bizarre twist on the traditional haunted house formula, Hell Houses are elaborately staged productions that substitute fictitious monsters for the "demons" that haunt our everyday&hellip&hellip…

Voyages

$23.95 | 115 minutes

Adolf Grimme Award, Fiction(Nominee)

The holocaust continues to cast a dark shadow over humankind and the Jewish community in particular. Emmanuel Finkiel's VOYAGES pays eloquent respect to the survivors of the atrocities by weaving a stirring narrative around three women who managed to escape Hitler and his henchmen with their&hellip…

L.I.E.

$23.95 | 97 minutes

Jury Special Prize
Grand Special Prize(Nominee)

The Long Island Expressway, the highway that traverses suburban Long Island with its "lanes moving east, lanes moving west, and lanes that go straight to hell" serves as the central metaphor in this disturbing meditation on coming of age and teenage vulnerability. Howie Blitzer&hellip…

The Safety of Objects

$11.95 | 120 minutes

Best Female Performance
Critics Award
Grand Special Prize(Nominee)

In a quiet suburb, Paul Gold (Joshua Jackson) lies in a coma. His mother, Esther (Glenn Close), dutifully cares for him, growing ever distant from her husband and her teenage daughter, Julie (Jessica Campbell). Julie enters Esther in a contest of endurance&hellip…

Lost in La Mancha

$23.95 | 93 minutes

Directed by Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe, LOST IN LA MANCHA documents Terry Gilliam's disaster-prone attempt to make THE MAN WHO KILLED DON QUIXOTE, a film largely based on the classic novel by Miguel de Cervantes. The movie first encounters difficulties in its preproduction stage, starting with an uncomfortably small European-funded budget&hellip&hellip…

Geburtig

$17.95 | 100 minutes

The life of a Jewish composer and a German journalist are cleverly intertwined in this illustration of how past events can return to reap unfortunate consequences on present-day lives. The Jewish composer, Hermann Gebirtig, is pursued by a writer who wants him to return to the town of his birth, and contribute to a courtroom battle against&hellip&hellip…

Morvern Callar

$19.95 | minutes

Golden Hitchcock(Nominee)
Kodak Award for Best Cinematography

The role of the aimless young rebel hiding behind an emotional wall and steely eyes has been monopolized by men in the movies since James Dean. Samantha Morton, one of her generation's most gifted actors, makes the most of her opportunity to embody such a figure&hellip…

Lost and Delirious

$10.95 | 100 minutes

Outstanding Achievement in a Feature Film(Nominee)

The story of three roommates at a private school for girls, LOST AND DELIRIOUS centers on Mary (Mischa Barton), who is shy and lonely, having spun on a downward spiral ever since the death of her mother three years before. But when she arrives at prep school and meets her new&hellip…

See How They Run

$15.95 | 60 minutes

Four years prior to California's 2003 gubernatorial recall, the Golden State played host to another raucous political race that captured the public imagination. In San Francisco's 1999 mayoral runoff, incumbent Mayor Willie Brown faced opposition from 12 different candidates in his second-term reelection bid--but none more daunting than&hellip&hellip…

Morvern Callar

$19.95 | minutes

The role of the aimless young rebel hiding behind an emotional wall and steely eyes has been monopolized by men in the movies since James Dean. Samantha Morton, one of her generation's most gifted actors, makes the most of her opportunity to embody such a figure in her role as the title character of MORVERN CALLAR. Momentarily frozen&hellip&hellip…

Ten

$23.95 | 83 minutes

Filmed entirely inside a car, a woman drives through the streets of Tehran, picking up and dropping off passengers--her son, a friend, her sister, a prostitute--as she runs errands and goes about her busy days. The title TEN represents the distinct conversations that the woman has with each of her passengers, reflecting on life in modern-day&hellip&hellip…

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Dark Water

$14.95 | 100 minutes

Japanese director Hideo Nakata (THE RING, JU-ON) adapts another story by RING novelist Koji Suzuki for a supremely creepy tale of atmospheric horror. Yoshimi (Hitomi Kuroki) is a soon-to-be single mother going through a rather nasty divorce and struggling for custody of her adorable five-year-old daughter Ikuko (Rio Kanno). Forced to&hellip&hellip…

Southern Comfort

$15.95 | minutes

Outstanding Picture Editing for Non-Fiction Programming(Nominee)

For her film SOUTHERN COMFORT, veteran documentarian Kate Davis found a rare subject in Robert Eads, a 52-year-old female-to-male transsexual living in Tuccoa, Georgia. Eads, a charming, laconic cowboy apparently "male" enough to once be propositioned to join the&hellip…

Enigma

$18.95 | 119 minutes

Best British Film(Nominee)
Best British Actress

Set in England during World War II, Michael Apted's ENIGMA follows bookish code-breaker Tom Jericho (Dougray Scott) through a whirlwind love affair with Claire Romilly (Saffron Burrows), a seductive blonde clerk, and his subsequent recovery from a mental breakdown caused by the&hellip…

Traffic

$34.95 | 147 minutes

Best Actor(Nominee)
Best British Actress(Nominee)
Best Director(Nominee)

Steven Soderbergh followed up his critical and commercial smash ERIN BROCKOVICH with this wildly exhilarating exploration of the complex, multilayered international drug problem. The film tells three seemingly disparate stories that loosely intersect&hellip…

War Photographer

$21.95 | 96 minutes

Audience Award-Best Film

The Oscar-nominated documentary film WAR PHOTOGRAPHER is a harrowing journey into the world of renowned photojournalist James Nachtwey. Swiss filmmaker Christian Frei fearlessly trails Nachtwey into the front lines of violence and human suffering in areas including Kosovo, Indonesia, and the West Bank&hellip…

The Magdalene Sisters

$16.95 | 119 minutes

Best Film(Nominee)

Peter Mullen's shocking drama THE MAGDALENE SISTERS is based on real events that took place in Ireland from the 1960s until 1996 when an estimated 30,000 young women, considered by their families to have committed sexual sins, were sent away from their homes to earn penitence working in profit-making laundries&hellip…

Russian Ark

$16.95 | 96 minutes

Best Director(Nominee)
Best Cinematographer(Nominee)

A visually hypnotizing cinematic feat, RUSSIAN ARK is Alexsandr Sokurov's spellbinding ode to St. Petersburg's State Hermitage Museum. Shot in one fluid take using High Definition video cameras, the photography floats and careens through the lavish corridors of the museum&hellip…

Morvern Callar

$19.95 | minutes

Best Cinematographer(Nominee)
Best Actress(Nominee)

The role of the aimless young rebel hiding behind an emotional wall and steely eyes has been monopolized by men in the movies since James Dean. Samantha Morton, one of her generation's most gifted actors, makes the most of her opportunity to embody such a figure in her role&hellip…

Lost in La Mancha

$23.95 | 93 minutes

Best Documentary Award(Nominee)

Directed by Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe, LOST IN LA MANCHA documents Terry Gilliam's disaster-prone attempt to make THE MAN WHO KILLED DON QUIXOTE, a film largely based on the classic novel by Miguel de Cervantes. The movie first encounters difficulties in its preproduction stage, starting with&hellip…

Divine Intervention

$10.95 | 90 minutes

Screen International Award

DIVINE INTERVENTION writer-director Elia Suleiman has been compared to Woody Allen and Charlie Chaplin, presumably because he has Allen's intelligent, self-deprecating humor and Chaplin's gift for silent comedy. DIVINE INTERVENTION is not a silent film, but an intensely quiet comedy about daily life&hellip…

Hukkle

$25.95 | 75 minutes

European Discovery of the Year

The bucolic, even-paced, daily life of a small Hungarian village is the setting for the experimental film HUKKLE (onomatopoeic for "hiccup" in Hungarian). A series of dialogue-less vignettes, featuring the various townspeople and their animals, explore the quotidian existence in the Hungarian countryside&hellip…

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All or Nothing

$11.95 | 128 minutes

Audience Award, Best Director(Nominee)
Best Director(Nominee)
Best Actor(Nominee)

Following 1999's Oscar-nominated period piece TOPSY-TURVY, acclaimed filmmaker Mike Leigh returns to the familiar terrain of modern, working-class London with ALL OR NOTHING. Yet another bittersweet slice-of-life drama conceived in Leigh's&hellip…

Liam

$10.95 | 91 minutes

Originally produced for the B.B.C., director Stephen Frears masterfully crafts this poignant portrait of one family's attempt to stay afloat in impoverished 1930s England. The political, religious, and economic strife of pre-Word War II Liverpool is seen through the eyes of Liam (Anthony Burrows), a seven-year-old living with Dad (Ian&hellip&hellip…

Secret Society

$17.95 | 89 minutes

An overweight young woman discovers her inner strength after she takes a job in a canning factory and joins a secret society of female Sumo wrestlers. Daisy (Charlotte Brittain) is self-conscious about her weight even though her husband Ken (Lee Ross) thinks she's the most beautiful woman on earth. After he's fired, Ken decides to make&hellip&hellip…

Italian for Beginners

$11.95 | 97 minutes

In this beautiful, understated film, every character possesses a naive, heartbreaking honesty and every line communicates the sweet simplicity of basic human longing. From Danish director Lone Scherfig (ON OUR OWN), ITALIAN FOR BEGINNERS uses natural lighting, muted cinematography, and a partially improvised script--falling into the Dogme&hellip&hellip…

Enigma

$18.95 | 119 minutes

Best Actress

Set in England during World War II, Michael Apted's ENIGMA follows bookish code-breaker Tom Jericho (Dougray Scott) through a whirlwind love affair with Claire Romilly (Saffron Burrows), a seductive blonde clerk, and his subsequent recovery from a mental breakdown caused by the relationship. As Tom begins to pick&hellip…

Low Heights

$23.95 | 115 minutes

This Iranian film from director Ebrahim Hatamikia is a dark look at the actions of a desperate man. Trying to escape from his native Iran, Ghassem (Hamid Farrokhnezhad) concocts a hairbrained scheme to get him and his family out of the country. Hijacking a plane with his pregnant wife, Ghassem runs into trouble with the undercover officers&hellip&hellip…

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Ichi the Killer

$17.95 | 129 minutes

Best Special Effects

Prolific director Takashi Miike (AUDITION) keeps finding new ways to test the boundaries of on-screen violence. ICHI THE KILLER is a masterful piece of filmmaking, simultaneously funny and horrific, but it's only for viewers with strong stomachs. One character, Kakihara (Japanese indie film heartthrob Tadanobu&hellip…

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Suzhou River

$14.95 | minutes

Critics Award

With SUZHOU RIVER, director Lou Ye has created an intense, jerky visual and narrative style that captivates viewers and pulls them into the mystery of the film's dreamy, alluring tale of love and mistaken identities. The narrator--the voice behind the camera (literally) who occasionally sticks his hand out in front&hellip…

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Nine Queens

$11.95 | 115 minutes

Best Screenplay

Fabian Bielinsky's directorial debut is an electrifying crime thriller that deserves to join the ranks as a classic of the genre--along with David Mamet's HOUSE OF GAMES and Bryan Singer's THE USUAL SUSPECTS. Set in a Buenos Aires that is on the verge of economic collapse, the film tells the story of Juan (Gaston&hellip…

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Dog Days

$23.95 | 121 minutes

Directors' Week Special Jury Award

DOG DAYS is a scathing satire, exposing the ugly underbelly of contemporary suburban mores. It is the first dramatic feature of notorious documentarian Ulrich Seidl (ANIMAL LOVE). With a keen visual sense and lacerating wit, Seidl weaves together the sordid tales of a large group of people in&hellip…

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Natasha

$4.25 | 10 minutes

Josh Rechnitz's Natasha focuses on a 10 min animated short about a neglected housewife who falls in love with a household appliance&hellip&hellip…

Rain

$11.95 | 92 minutes

Directors' Week Award, Best Actress

The debut film by director Christine Jeffs, RAIN, records with charm the confusion of coming of age amidst domestic disintegration. In Far North New Zealand in 1972, Janey (Alicia Fulford-Wierzbicki) has traveled to the beach for a long lazy summer with her family. As the days get longer, Janey&hellip…

Ichi the Killer

$17.95 | 129 minutes

Prolific director Takashi Miike (AUDITION) keeps finding new ways to test the boundaries of on-screen violence. ICHI THE KILLER is a masterful piece of filmmaking, simultaneously funny and horrific, but it's only for viewers with strong stomachs. One character, Kakihara (Japanese indie film heartthrob Tadanobu Asano), a masochistic yakuza&hellip&hellip…

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Tell Me Something

$11.95 | 116 minutes

A box-office smash in its native South Korea, TELL ME SOMETHING is a grisly crime thriller and a sly satire of the casually inept South Korean Police. Han Suk-kyu stars as Lieutenant Cho, a down and almost out cop under investigation for corruption and haunted by the death of his mother. Put in charge of the investigation of a series&hellip&hellip…

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The Eye

$19.95 | 99 minutes

THE EYE, directed by twin brothers Danny and Oxide Pang, is a Chinese/Thai horror film that focuses on Mun (Sin-je Lee), a cornea-transplant recipient who has been blind most of her life. As Mun adjusts to her newfound sight, she begins to see haunting visions of dead people. As these terrifying visions become more frequent, Mun turns&hellip&hellip…

Wendigo

$10.95 | 93 minutes

The suggestive WENDIGO is the final installment in a trilogy of horror films from director Larry Fessenden (HABIT, NO TELLING). Beginning on a dark, snowy road in rural Connecticut, WENDIGO immediately slams into gear as a family of New York City visitors run over a deer and drive into a ditch. As George (Jake Weber), his wife Kim (Patricia&hellip&hellip…

Natasha

$4.25 | 10 minutes

Josh Rechnitz's Natasha focuses on a 10 min animated short about a neglected housewife who falls in love with a household appliance&hellip&hellip…

Tales From the Gimli Hospital

$23.95 | 72 minutes

Set at the turn of the 20th century, this postmodern film explores a depraved game of upsmanship between two men. Two children visit their dying mother in a hospital. Then a relative tells them the Icelandic legend of Einar, the Lonely... In a small fishing village in Iceland a smallpox plague has disfigures its victims' faces&hellip&hellip…

Skins

$7.95 | 87 minutes

SKINS, based on the novel by Adrian C. Louis, is the impressive second feature of Native American director Chris Eyre (SMOKE SIGNALS). Filmed on location at the Pine Ridge Oglala Lakota reservation in South Dakota, SKINS tells the story of Rudy (Eric Schweig), a policeman, and his older brother Mogie (Graham Greene of THE GREEN MILE)&hellip&hellip…

Kedma

$23.95 | 100 minutes

In May 1948, a group of European Jewish refugees illegally sail to Palestine via the cargo freighter Kedma, arriving only a few days before the departure of British forces and the founding of the nation of Israel. Once ashore they are received by the Palmach, Jewish fighters who help them evade arrest by British troops. Hiding amid the&hellip&hellip…

The Pornographer

$10.95 | 108 minutes

Jean-Pierre Léaud stars as Jacques Laurent, a former pornographic filmmaker who returns to the industry in this hard-hitting drama from director Bertrand Bonello. Having enjoyed a 20 year hiatus from the industry since the 1980s, Laurent finds that it has changed enormously since his halcyon days. Struggling to recapture his former passion-filled&hellip&hellip…

Daughters of the Sun

$23.95 | 92 minutes

A prime example of Iranian cinema, DAUGHTERS OF THE SUN picked up a Best First Feature award at the Montreal Festival of World Cinema. The story centers around the plight of a woman struggling to find work in the male-dominated Iranian society. Disguising herself as a boy, she takes a job in a carpet workshop where she toils over some&hellip&hellip…

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Italian for Beginners

$11.95 | 97 minutes

In this beautiful, understated film, every character possesses a naive, heartbreaking honesty and every line communicates the sweet simplicity of basic human longing. From Danish director Lone Scherfig (ON OUR OWN), ITALIAN FOR BEGINNERS uses natural lighting, muted cinematography, and a partially improvised script--falling into the Dogme&hellip&hellip…

Cool and Crazy

$12.95 | 89 minutes

The Berlevag Male Choir are a group of men who sing songs of spirituality in and around their home country of Norway. This documentary introduces audiences to this unique singing group. It also follows the singers as they prepare for a Russian tour. This portrait of the choir highlights both the talent on display as well as the deep bond&hellip&hellip…

Time Regained

$23.95 | 158 minutes

In 1922 France, the writer Marcel Proust is on his deathbed, scenes from the past flashing before his eyes. But what he is remembering is not his own life; he has become the narrator in a past filled with the characters and places of his fictional world. Director and cowriter Raoul Ruiz has fashioned a multilayered, complex, nonlinear&hellip&hellip…

Foreign Land

$10.95 | 100 minutes

Walter Salles (CENTRAL STATION) and Daniela Thomas co-directed this crime drama about expatriate Brazilians who get mixed up in the Lisbon underworld. Paco (Pinto), a young Brazilian looking for a way to get to Spain, is offered a job as a courier to Lisbon by Igor, a black market dealer who assures him that when he gets to Lisbon he'll&hellip&hellip…

Spun

$7.95 | 101 minutes

Ross (Jason Schwartzman) is an addict badly in need of some speed. A visit to his dealer, Spider Mike's (John Leguizamo)--where fellow "tweakers" Nikki (Brittany Murphy)--a stripper, Frisbee (Patrick Fugit)--a metalhead, and Cookie (Mena Suvari)--Mike's girlfriend--turns into an odyssey, though, when Mike can't find his stash. Nikki tells&hellip&hellip…

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Hell House

$20.95 | 86 minutes

George Ratliff's stirring documentary sheds some light on one of America's most confounding creations at the turn of the 20th century: the Hell House. Providing a bizarre twist on the traditional haunted house formula, Hell Houses are elaborately staged productions that substitute fictitious monsters for the "demons" that haunt our everyday&hellip&hellip…

Porn Theater

$17.95 | 88 minutes

Golden Palm

PORN THEATER, as its title suggests, covers a day in the life of a Parisian pornographic cinema, foregrounding its marginalized male patrons and their activities inside. Because the film cuts between only three locations--the ticket area, the main viewing theater, and the grungy, yellow bathroom--it effectively seals&hellip…

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Jan Dara

$25.95 | 100 minutes

Silver Dolphin, Best Cinematography
Golden Dolphin(Nominee)

Beautiful, nostalgic photography and a haunting score make this melodrama of sex, love, and filial antagonism a treat for the senses. Nonzee Nimibutr (NANG NAK, BAYTONG) directs an adaptation of Usana Ploengtham's novel, THE STORY OF JAN DARA, regarded as the most&hellip…

Monster's Ball

$7.95 | 112 minutes

Best Foreign Film-English Language(Nominee)

Set in modern Mississippi, MONSTER'S BALL subtly examines the impact of personal loss and the transforming power of human connection. The movie begins in the state penitentiary's death row, where father-and-son prison guards Hank (Billy Bob Thornton) and Sonny Grotowski (Heath Ledger)&hellip…

Walking on Water

$17.95 | 90 minutes

Best Supporting Actress(Nominee)
Best Film(Nominee)
Best Editing(Nominee)
Best Director(Nominee)
Best Actor(Nominee)
Best Actress
Best Original Screenplay

This Australian feature takes place in the aftermath of the tragic death of a young man named Gavin due to leukemia. His best friend, Charlie, can barely&hellip…

Nijinsky: The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky

$10.95 | 90 minutes

Best Adapted Screenplay(Nominee)

THIS TITLE IS CURRENTLY ON MORATORIUM AND NOT AVAILABLE. In this biographical interpretation of the life of Russian dancer and choreographer Vaslav Nijinsky, one of the most influential performers of the early 20th Century, Australian director Paul Cox enlists the dramatic voice narration of Shakespearean&hellip…

Italian for Beginners

$11.95 | 97 minutes

Best Foreign Language Film(Nominee)

In this beautiful, understated film, every character possesses a naive, heartbreaking honesty and every line communicates the sweet simplicity of basic human longing. From Danish director Lone Scherfig (ON OUR OWN), ITALIAN FOR BEGINNERS uses natural lighting, muted cinematography, and a partially&hellip…

The Tracker

$23.95 | 95 minutes

Best Music Score
Best Actor
Best Cinematography
Best Original Screenplay(Nominee)
Best Director(Nominee)
Best Film

Australian filmmaker Rolf de Heer (THE QUIET ROOM) turns his lens onto a matter that continues to trouble his fellow countrymen in this evocative drama. When an Aborigine is accused of murdering&hellip…

Demonlover

$19.95 | 117 minutes

In this dark French thriller directed by Olivier Assayas, Connie Nielsen (GLADIATOR) stars as Diane, an ambitious corporate climber. As Diane ruthlessly cuts down her rivals, she finds herself negotiating an important deal with the imposing Hervé Le Millinec (Charles Berling) and the producers of hi-tech, pornographic Japanese&hellip&hellip…

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The Man Who Fell to Earth

$34.95 | 139 minutes

In Nicolas Roeg's sci-fi tale based on the novel by Walter Tevis, a humanoid alien from a dried-up husk of a planet falls to Earth in a spaceship--and later falls again metaphorically through alcohol abuse and the manipulations of a hostile culture. Arriving as a secret ambassador from a dying world, the masquerading Mr. Newton (David&hellip&hellip…

The Tracker

$23.95 | 95 minutes

Best Screenplay
Golden Spur(Nominee)

Australian filmmaker Rolf de Heer (THE QUIET ROOM) turns his lens onto a matter that continues to trouble his fellow countrymen in this evocative drama. When an Aborigine is accused of murdering a white woman, three white men must treck through some perilous terrain to find him. Aided by&hellip…

Monster's Ball

$7.95 | 112 minutes

Best Actor

Set in modern Mississippi, MONSTER'S BALL subtly examines the impact of personal loss and the transforming power of human connection. The movie begins in the state penitentiary's death row, where father-and-son prison guards Hank (Billy Bob Thornton) and Sonny Grotowski (Heath Ledger) administer the execution of a black&hellip…

Five Fucking Fables

$2.75 | 7 minutes

Filmmaker's note: This film wasn't conceived, it was spilled out by me, totally uncensored, unfiltered ideas. That's not how most of animated films are done - usually it is more controlled process. I let myself to be free to express and the result is these 5 surreal bizarre stories&hellip&hellip…

In the Mood for Love

$34.95 | 98 minutes

Best Foreign Film

IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE centers around Chow Mo-Wan (Tony Leung) and Su Li-Zhen (Maggie Cheung), neighbors living in a crowded apartment building in 1962 Hong Kong. Both married to people who are always away, they spend many nights home alone. The two make each other's acquaintance and soon find that they have a&hellip…

Notorious C.H.O. The Movie

$11.95 | 95 minutes

Trash-talkin' comedian Margaret Cho, famous for her one-woman shows, her tough but also feminine image, and her awareness of social issues, returns to the screen in NOTORIOUS C.H.O. THE MOVIE, directed by Lorene Machado. This follow-up to Cho's successful 2000 show I'M THE ONE THAT I WANT continues to test the boundaries of irreverent&hellip&hellip…

Margaret Cho 3

$32.95 | 276 minutes

This release includes three Margaret Cho titles: I'M THE ONE THAT I WANT: Revered for her crass in-your-face style, Margaret Cho is a stand-up comedian with a sharp and biting wit. She jokes about everything from homosexuality (Cho calls herself a "fag hag" because she loves gay men) to the way her mother mixes Eastern and Western cultures&hellip…

Jules et Jim

$34.95 | 105 minutes

JULES AND JIM is François Truffaut's intense, beautiful, enigmatic film about the lifelong friendship between two writers – French novelist Jim (Henri Serre) and Austrian children's author Jules (Oskar Werner) – and their mutual love for the eccentric Catherine (Jeanne Moreau). With artful black-and-white imagery, the&hellip&hellip…

Life and Nothing But

$23.95 | 28 minutes

Drama about the relationship that develops between two people as they put their lives back together in post-World War I France. Major Dellaplane is a stoic soldier given the unenviable task of locating over 300,000 MIA's. Irene is a snobby socialite trying to find her missing husband, who joined the army to escape their marriage. Their&hellip&hellip…

Fresh Bait

$10.95 | 112 minutes

Based on a true story, FRESH BAIT follows three accomplices as they try to make as much money as they can by any means necessary. The young and beautiful Nathalie (Marie Gillain) brings two men to an apartment for a sexual liaison, but they get far more than they bargained for when Eric (Olivier Sitruk) and Bruno (Bruno Putzulu) appear&hellip&hellip…

Ten

$23.95 | 83 minutes

Filmed entirely inside a car, a woman drives through the streets of Tehran, picking up and dropping off passengers--her son, a friend, her sister, a prostitute--as she runs errands and goes about her busy days. The title TEN represents the distinct conversations that the woman has with each of her passengers, reflecting on life in modern-day&hellip&hellip…

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Sex is Comedy

$2.95 | 95 minutes

To call a French filmmaker a provocateur may seem redundant, but feminist auteur Catherine Breillat has managed to shock even her most liberated compatriots. The bad girl of Gallic cinema, Breillat has become known for her graphic and cynical takes on male-female sexual relationships and has faced accusations of onset cruelty. SEX IS&hellip&hellip…

Hurt and Save

$7.95 | 22 minutes

Four years ago, Tom Haslett left his job as a dairy farmer to pursue a career selling adjustable-beds. He was attracted to the profession, he says, because he "wanted to help people a bit." Now, he's one of his company's top-grossing salesmen. Hurt & Save follows Tom as he ventures into the sanctity of people's homes and bedrooms&hellip&hellip…

Ayurveda: The Art of Being

$23.95 | 102 minutes

Audience Award, Best Feature Documentary

AYURVEDA: THE ART OF BEING, written and directed by Pan Nalin, takes viewers on a documentary journey through the history of this holistic from of health care and natural well-being. Partially based in methods of healing that identify incongruence in the body's energy, Ayurveda has roots&hellip…

Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary

$23.95 | 75 minutes

Best Direction in a Performing Arts Program
Best Performing Arts Program

This silent, black and white film, adapted from the Royal Winnipeg Ballet's interpretation of Bram Stoker's DRACULA, is Guy Maddin's dramatic masterpiece. It is an atmospheric, gothic work full of dance and eroticism, accompanied by Gustav Mahler's music&hellip…

Hell House

$20.95 | 86 minutes

George Ratliff's stirring documentary sheds some light on one of America's most confounding creations at the turn of the 20th century: the Hell House. Providing a bizarre twist on the traditional haunted house formula, Hell Houses are elaborately staged productions that substitute fictitious monsters for the "demons" that haunt our everyday&hellip&hellip…

The Guy Maddin Collection

$27.95 | 187 minutes

Best Live Action Short Drama

A collection of three films from cult director Guy Maddin. In TWILIGHT OF THE ICE NYMPHS (1997), Shelly Duvall (POPEYE) and Frank Gorshin (BATMAN: THE MOVIE) star in a tale of passion and fantasy set in a far away land where the sun always shines. ARCHANGEL (1990) is a story of obsessive love in a&hellip…

The Fast Runner

$11.95 | 172 minutes

Claude Jutra Award
Best Director
Best Editing
Best Original Score
Best Film
Best Screenplay
Best Costume Design(Nominee)
Best Sound(Nominee)

The first Inuit language movie, based on an ancient legend, ATANARJUAT (THE FAST RUNNER) is the story of two generations of igloo-dwelling Inuit whose harmonious&hellip…

Lost and Delirious

$10.95 | 100 minutes

Best Achievement in Cinematography
Best Screenplay(Nominee)
Best Supporting Actress(Nominee)

The story of three roommates at a private school for girls, LOST AND DELIRIOUS centers on Mary (Mischa Barton), who is shy and lonely, having spun on a downward spiral ever since the death of her mother three years before. But&hellip…

War Photographer

$21.95 | 96 minutes

Canvas Prize

The Oscar-nominated documentary film WAR PHOTOGRAPHER is a harrowing journey into the world of renowned photojournalist James Nachtwey. Swiss filmmaker Christian Frei fearlessly trails Nachtwey into the front lines of violence and human suffering in areas including Kosovo, Indonesia, and the West Bank. This noble&hellip…

Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut

$11.95 | 133 minutes

Premiere Award

This new and embellished version of the 2001 theatrical release, which was a cult hit, offers twenty minutes of scenes that were deleted from the original, sound improvements, new songs (such as "Never Tear Us Apart" by INXS), and new special effects that give insight into Donnie's world and his theories of time…

Nowhere in Africa

$26.95 | 140 minutes

Outstanding Actress(Nominee) – Juliane Köhler
Outstanding Supporting Actor – Matthias Habich
Outstanding Score – Niki Reiser
Outstanding Direction – Caroline Link
Outstanding Cinematography&hellip…

Derrida

$23.95 | 85 minutes

Directors Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering Kofman present this documentary portrait of the intellectual and philosopher Jacques Derrida. Beginning with his theory of deconstruction--the notion of getting to the basics behind our thought processes and the way in which we view the world--Derrida is portrayed "naturally" walking down the street&hellip&hellip…

Nico and Dani

$23.95 | 90 minutes

Outstanding Film(Nominee)

NICO AND DANI is a summer coming-of-age flick set in a small beach town near Barcelona. Two teenage boys--Dani (Fernando Ramallo) and Nico (Jordi Vilches)--spend a couple weeks alone at Dani's beach house when his parents leave town. They have always been best friends and have always shared everything&hellip…

Keep the River on Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale

$19.95 | 94 minutes

Outstanding Documentary(Nominee)

This extraordinary documentary is the story of 78-year-old Tobias Schneebaum, a seemingly mild-mannered man who has lived an amazing life. Schneebaum grew up in Brooklyn, studied to be a Rabbi and a painter, and in the 1950s decided to travel to Peru. There, he journeyed deep into the Amazon to&hellip…

Trembling Before G-d

$23.95 | 84 minutes

Best Documentary

Sandi Simcha Dubowski's illuminating documentary examines two things that do not go well together: homosexuality and the Jewish religion. The filmmakers traveled to New York, Miami, Los Angeles, San Francisco, London, and Jerusalem to interview men and women who have been rejected by their families because they&hellip…

Burnt Money

$14.95 | 125 minutes

Best Feature voted by the US Gay Film Festivals

When two gay thugs Angel (Eduardo Noriega) and El Nene (Leonardo Sbaraglia) join a plan to hold up an armored truck with a group of seasoned gangsters, their love and loyalty to each other is tested. Angel is wounded by police gunfire during the robbery, forcing El Nene to kill them&hellip…

Lan Yu

$14.95 | 86 minutes

Best Actor

Chef Handong (Hu Jun) is a businessman that runs a well-respected company. His father is a government agent. Though Handong is a playboy and a night owl, he keeps these habits relatively quiet. He is reserved and always in control. But when he meets Lan Yu (Lie Ye), an architecture student who is working as a prostitute&hellip…

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Monster's Ball

$7.95 | 112 minutes

Best Actress(Nominee)

Set in modern Mississippi, MONSTER'S BALL subtly examines the impact of personal loss and the transforming power of human connection. The movie begins in the state penitentiary's death row, where father-and-son prison guards Hank (Billy Bob Thornton) and Sonny Grotowski (Heath Ledger) administer the execution&hellip…

Monster's Ball

$7.95 | 112 minutes

Best Actress(Nominee)
Best Actor(Nominee)
Best Original Screenplay

Set in modern Mississippi, MONSTER'S BALL subtly examines the impact of personal loss and the transforming power of human connection. The movie begins in the state penitentiary's death row, where father-and-son prison guards Hank (Billy Bob Thornton) and&hellip…

L.I.E.

$23.95 | 97 minutes

Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama

The Long Island Expressway, the highway that traverses suburban Long Island with its "lanes moving east, lanes moving west, and lanes that go straight to hell" serves as the central metaphor in this disturbing meditation on coming of age and teenage vulnerability. Howie Blitzer (Paul Franklin&hellip…

Go Tigers!

$19.95 | 103 minutes

Documentary

In the blue collar Ohio town of Massillon, the most important thing is high school football, and the frenzy around home team the Tigers is, as one resident observes, like "a cult... a religion." Shot on high-definition video, former Massillon resident Kenneth Carlson's documentary follows the three stars of the 1999&hellip…

L.I.E.

$23.95 | 97 minutes

Golden Trailer, Most Original(Nominee)

The Long Island Expressway, the highway that traverses suburban Long Island with its "lanes moving east, lanes moving west, and lanes that go straight to hell" serves as the central metaphor in this disturbing meditation on coming of age and teenage vulnerability. Howie Blitzer (Paul Franklin&hellip…

Mau Mau Sex Sex

$15.95 | 110 minutes

Best Documentary(Nominee)

Two of independent cinema's most lasting directors finally get the credit they deserve with MAU MAU SEX SEX, Ted Bonnitt's delightful documentary. Paying tribute to 84-year-old Dan Sonney and 76-year-old David Friedman, godfathers of the sexploitation genre, Bonnitt presents outlandish clips from the&hellip…

La Repetition

$14.95 | 95 minutes

Natalie (Emmanuelle Beart) and Louise (Pascale Bussieres) were childhood friends who had a devastating falling out. Ten years later, they meet by chance, and rekindle their friendship. The terms of their relationship have changed greatly, however--Natalie is a successful actress, and Louise worships the ground she walks on. This sets&hellip&hellip…

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Manito

$10.95 | 78 minutes

Open Palm Award

The Latino population of Manhattan's Washington Heights comes under the microscope in this fascinating portrayal of urban life from director Eric Eason. Manito (Leo Minaya) is an ambitious student, eager to escape his surroundings. Upon landing a full scholarship at Syracuse, Manito appears ready to realize his&hellip…

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Sound of the Sea

$15.95 | 95 minutes

Best Screenplay(Nominee)
Best Supporting Actor(Nominee)

In this steamy Spanish love story directed by Bigas Luna (JAMON JAMON), sexy young Marina (Leonor Watling), falls for gorgeous literature teacher Ulises (Jordi Molla) who arrives in town and takes a room at her parents' humble boarding house. On long walks through the&hellip…

No Shame

$10.95 | 116 minutes

Best Supporting Actress
Best Screenplay(Nominee)

A drama teacher, Isabel (Veronica Forque), at a competitive acting school full of hormonal 19-year-olds with big dreams and their hearts on their sleeves, finds herself at a crossroads in life. Twenty years ago she was a struggling actress from a wealthy family. Now, settled&hellip…

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Traffic

$34.95 | 147 minutes

Best Score Soundtrack Album For A Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media(Nominee)

Steven Soderbergh followed up his critical and commercial smash ERIN BROCKOVICH with this wildly exhilarating exploration of the complex, multilayered international drug problem. The film tells three seemingly disparate stories that loosely&hellip…

The Way Home

$16.95 | 85 minutes

Best Original Screenplay
Best Film

This subtle and bucolic Korean film is "dedicated to all grandmas" by its director Jeong-hyang Lee. The story concerns bratty, selfish seven-year-old Sang-Woo (Seung-Ho Yoo) who is sent out into the mountains to live with his ancient, mute, partially deaf grandmother (Eul-Boon Kim) while&hellip…

Bad Guy

$24.95 | 103 minutes

Grand Bell Award, Best New Actress

A harrowing portrait of love and desire, BAD GUY is situated deep in Seoul's seedy nightlife. Differing strains of the story follow various people inexorably caught up in an underground existence that exercises a vice-like grip over their every action; a pimp forces a prostitute to live in her&hellip…

Nowhere in Africa

$26.95 | 140 minutes

Guild Film Award-Silver (German Film)

Fleeing Nazi Germany, many Jewish families found that a new life was as difficult as any hardship they had previously known. This German drama, based on a book by Stephanie Zweig, tells of one family's struggle as Walter Redlich (Merab Ninidze), his wife Jettel (Juliane Kohler), and their&hellip…

Italian for Beginners

$11.95 | 97 minutes

Best Foreign Film(Nominee)

In this beautiful, understated film, every character possesses a naive, heartbreaking honesty and every line communicates the sweet simplicity of basic human longing. From Danish director Lone Scherfig (ON OUR OWN), ITALIAN FOR BEGINNERS uses natural lighting, muted cinematography, and a partially improvised&hellip…

Rain

$11.95 | 92 minutes

The debut film by director Christine Jeffs, RAIN, records with charm the confusion of coming of age amidst domestic disintegration. In Far North New Zealand in 1972, Janey (Alicia Fulford-Wierzbicki) has traveled to the beach for a long lazy summer with her family. As the days get longer, Janey teaches her little brother, Jim (Aaron Murphy)&hellip&hellip…

Sex is Comedy

$2.95 | 95 minutes

To call a French filmmaker a provocateur may seem redundant, but feminist auteur Catherine Breillat has managed to shock even her most liberated compatriots. The bad girl of Gallic cinema, Breillat has become known for her graphic and cynical takes on male-female sexual relationships and has faced accusations of onset cruelty. SEX IS&hellip&hellip…

Lost in La Mancha

$23.95 | 93 minutes

Directed by Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe, LOST IN LA MANCHA documents Terry Gilliam's disaster-prone attempt to make THE MAN WHO KILLED DON QUIXOTE, a film largely based on the classic novel by Miguel de Cervantes. The movie first encounters difficulties in its preproduction stage, starting with an uncomfortably small European-funded budget&hellip&hellip…

Suspended Animation

$7.95 | 117 minutes

Director John Hancock scared film audiences in 1971 with LET'S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH. More than 30 years later, he returns to the world of horror with SUSPENDED ANIMATION, a chilling and gruesome frightfest set in the snowy hills of Northern Michigan as well as the Hollywood hills of California. Alex McArthur stars as Tom Kempton, an&hellip&hellip…

War Game

$10.95 | 30 minutes

Three boys depart their home country to participate in the horrors of World War II in this touching animated story. Based on a novel by Michael Foreman, the story centers around the true tale of a soccer match that took place between the warring troops on Christmas Day. An emotive, moving tale, Kate Winslet is among the stars who provide&hellip&hellip…

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Cinemania

$17.95 | minutes

Golden Starfish, Best Documentary Film/Video

In this fascinating and bizarre documentary about five obsessive film buffs living in New York City, directors Angela Christlieb and Stephen Kijak take us inside the lives of their subjects, showing us their homes, their day-to-day calendars and schedules, and talking to them about&hellip…

Robot Stories

$23.95 | 85 minutes

Best Screenplay
Golden Starfish, Best Fiction Feature Film/Video(Nominee)

Four stories about robots make up Greg Pak's inventive, comedic science-fiction film. In My Robot Baby, a couple of aspiring parents go to an adoption agency, anticipating their first child. However, instead of the human baby they expected, they are&hellip…

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Roger Dodger

$10.95 | 104 minutes

After cynical New York advertising copywriter Roger Swanson (Campbell Scott) is dumped by his on-again/off-again girlfriend, Joyce (Isabella Rossellini), who is also his boss, his painful workday is further complicated by the unexpected arrival of his 16 year-old nephew, Nick (Jesse Eisenberg). After asking to spend the night at Roger's&hellip&hellip…

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Nowhere in Africa

$26.95 | 140 minutes

Audience Award, Best Fiction Feature Film

Fleeing Nazi Germany, many Jewish families found that a new life was as difficult as any hardship they had previously known. This German drama, based on a book by Stephanie Zweig, tells of one family's struggle as Walter Redlich (Merab Ninidze), his wife Jettel (Juliane Kohler), and their&hellip…

Suddenly

$19.95 | 94 minutes

Best Actress
Grand Coral - First Prize
Special Mention

This refreshingly offbeat film from Argentina follows a few days in the life of Marcia (Tatiana Saphir), an overweight girl working in a Buenos Aires lingerie shop, whose going-nowhere life is interrupted by a pair of sullen, lesbian wanderers named Mao (Carla Crespo)&hellip…

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Desire

$7.95 | 86 minutes

This erotic drama from Korea revolves around two lovers who have a penchant for swapping partners that subsequently leads to some dire consequences, and bitter jealousy for all involved&hellip&hellip…

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The Last Minute

$19.95 | 114 minutes

LAST MINUTE is a dark comedy that exudes a well-defined feeling of outlandish exaggeration and startling truth in one smoothly paced motion. Directed by Stephen Norrington (BLADE) and set in London, it is the story of Billy Byrne (Max Beesley), a self-obsessed up-and-coming star. Working as an artist, Billy is on the verge of fame, with&hellip&hellip…

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Spellbound

$11.95 | 95 minutes

Best Documentary

Jeff Blitz's Academy Award-nominated documentary is an affecting, inspiring look at eight American children as they make their way to compete in the 1999 National Spelling Bee in Washington D.C. Defying all stereotypes and categorizations, the spellers that Blitz chooses to focus on run the ethnic and socioeconomic&hellip…

The Fast Runner

$11.95 | 172 minutes

The first Inuit language movie, based on an ancient legend, ATANARJUAT (THE FAST RUNNER) is the story of two generations of igloo-dwelling Inuit whose harmonious existence is disrupted by the presence of an evil spirit. Atanarjuat (Natar Ungalaaq) falls in love with Atuat (Sylvia Ivalu) who has been promised to the chief's evil-afflicted&hellip&hellip…

Lost in La Mancha

$23.95 | 93 minutes

Directed by Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe, LOST IN LA MANCHA documents Terry Gilliam's disaster-prone attempt to make THE MAN WHO KILLED DON QUIXOTE, a film largely based on the classic novel by Miguel de Cervantes. The movie first encounters difficulties in its preproduction stage, starting with an uncomfortably small European-funded budget&hellip&hellip…

Dolls

$19.95 | minutes

Best Supporting Actress

Takeshi Kitano continues alternating between introspective drama and violent films with DOLLS, which he wrote, directed, and edited in between the bloody gangster picture BROTHER (2000) and the samurai update THE BLIND SWORDSMAN: ZATOICHI. Beginning with an excerpt from Bunraku puppet theater master Monzaemon&hellip…

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Hush!

$14.95 | 135 minutes

Best Actor

In this Japanese comedy from director Ryosuke Hashiguchi, a closeted gay man named Katsuhiro (Seiichi Tanabe) meets his match in outgoing Nayoa (Kazuya Takahashi), and the two seemingly opposite men fall in love. When the couple are approached by a sad woman (Reiko Kataoka) who wants them to help her have a baby, and&hellip…

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Yi Yi

$34.95 | 173 minutes

Best Asian Film(Nominee)

Focusing on a typical family - parents, two children, and an elderly grandmother - living in a small apartment in Taipei, YI YI (A ONE AND A TWO) is about the patterns of daily life. It includes a wedding, a funeral, a first date, a last date, a birth, and a death. The film follows each member of the Jian&hellip…

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The Way Home

$16.95 | 85 minutes

Best Asian Film(Nominee)

This subtle and bucolic Korean film is "dedicated to all grandmas" by its director Jeong-hyang Lee. The story concerns bratty, selfish seven-year-old Sang-Woo (Seung-Ho Yoo) who is sent out into the mountains to live with his ancient, mute, partially deaf grandmother (Eul-Boon Kim) while his stressed-out&hellip…

Shower

$23.95 | 92 minutes

Best Asian Film(Nominee)

This festival favorite from China tells the touching story of a father whose oldest son leaves him. He remains in Beijing, raising his retarded son and running the local bathhouse. When the elder son mistakenly hears that his father has passed away, he returns to Beijing, only to discover the extreme relevance&hellip…

Love on a Diet

$7.95 | 95 minutes

Best Picture(Nominee)
Best Director(Nominee)
Best Actress(Nominee)
Best Actor(Nominee)
Best Original Song

Johnny To (THE HEROIC TRIO) directs this romantic comedy, which stars Sammi Cheng as Mini, an overweight young woman who has eyes for a far slimmer young man. When their brief relationship doesn't work out&hellip…

Lan Yu

$14.95 | 86 minutes

Best Actor(Nominee)
Best Art Direction(Nominee)
Best Cinematography(Nominee)
Best Costume & Make-Up Design(Nominee)
Best Director(Nominee)
Best Film Editing(Nominee)
Best Original Film Score(Nominee)
Best Picture(Nominee)
Best Picture(Nominee)
Best Screenplay(Nominee)
Best Supporting Actress(Nominee)

Chef&hellip…

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Yi Yi (2000)

$34.95 | 173 minutes

Best Asian Film(Nominee)

Focusing on a typical family--parents, two children, and an elderly grandmother--living in a small apartment in Taipei, YI YI (A ONE AND A TWO) is about the patterns of daily life. It includes a wedding, a funeral, a first date, a last date, a birth, and a death. The film follows each member of the Jian&hellip…

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Running Out of Time 2

$17.95 | 95 minutes

HKFCS Award

In this sequel to the hit original, Lau Ching Wan reprises his role as Sang, the police department's top hostage negotiator. Now a superintendent, Wan finds himself bored with his new job and is almost thrilled when a mysterious criminal begins a game of cat and mouse with Sang as he holds a number of hostages for…

Lan Yu

$14.95 | 86 minutes

HKFCS Award, Film of Merit

Chef Handong (Hu Jun) is a businessman that runs a well-respected company. His father is a government agent. Though Handong is a playboy and a night owl, he keeps these habits relatively quiet. He is reserved and always in control. But when he meets Lan Yu (Lie Ye), an architecture student who is working&hellip…

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Thirteen Conversations About One Thing

$16.95 | 94 minutes

THIRTEEN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ONE THING tells the interconnected stories of several New Yorkers who are searching for meaning in their lives. Troy (Matthew McConaughy), a promising attorney, puts his seemingly bright future at risk when he drives away from an accident. He injures Beatrice (Clea DuVall), a young cleaning woman, and her&hellip&hellip…

Late Marriage

$23.95 | 100 minutes

Like the protagonist of LATE MARRIAGE, writer-director Dover Kosashvili was born in Georgia (of the former USSR) and raised in Israel. Kosashvili's provocative debut feature is a very funny, but sometimes painful account of one man's late journey of self-discovery. Zaza (Lior Loui Ashkenazi) is thirty-one years old, and his parents, Yasha&hellip&hellip…

The Fast Runner

$11.95 | 172 minutes

The first Inuit language movie, based on an ancient legend, ATANARJUAT (THE FAST RUNNER) is the story of two generations of igloo-dwelling Inuit whose harmonious existence is disrupted by the presence of an evil spirit. Atanarjuat (Natar Ungalaaq) falls in love with Atuat (Sylvia Ivalu) who has been promised to the chief's evil-afflicted&hellip&hellip…

Take Care of My Cat

$23.95 | 112 minutes

FIPRESCI Prize, Special Mention

Director Jeong Jae-eun's debut feature, TAKE CARE OF MY CAT, is a slick but sensitive portrayal of girlfriends on the cusp of adulthood. Hollywood films about recent high school grads tend to focus on sex, partying, and planning for college. These Korean girls have their share of fun, but they have&hellip…

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Dog Days

$23.95 | 121 minutes

DOG DAYS is a scathing satire, exposing the ugly underbelly of contemporary suburban mores. It is the first dramatic feature of notorious documentarian Ulrich Seidl (ANIMAL LOVE). With a keen visual sense and lacerating wit, Seidl weaves together the sordid tales of a large group of people in suburban Austria during a heat wave. There's&hellip&hellip…

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La Repetition

$14.95 | 95 minutes

Natalie (Emmanuelle Beart) and Louise (Pascale Bussieres) were childhood friends who had a devastating falling out. Ten years later, they meet by chance, and rekindle their friendship. The terms of their relationship have changed greatly, however--Natalie is a successful actress, and Louise worships the ground she walks on. This sets&hellip&hellip…

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Lost and Delirious

$10.95 | 100 minutes

The story of three roommates at a private school for girls, LOST AND DELIRIOUS centers on Mary (Mischa Barton), who is shy and lonely, having spun on a downward spiral ever since the death of her mother three years before. But when she arrives at prep school and meets her new roommates, Pauline (Piper Perabo) and Tory (Jessica Pare)--fun&hellip&hellip…

The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob

$23.95 | 100 minutes

In this French comedy, Louis de Funes stars as Victor Pivert, a hopelessly bigoted man. Victor loves people, as long as they're Caucasian, French, and Catholic. But when it comes to foreigners, Victor draws the line. His ultimate nightmare becomes a reality the day of his daughter's wedding, when he stumbles across a group of Arab revolutionaries&hellip&hellip…

The Guy Maddin Collection

$27.95 | 187 minutes

A collection of three films from cult director Guy Maddin. In TWILIGHT OF THE ICE NYMPHS (1997), Shelly Duvall (POPEYE) and Frank Gorshin (BATMAN: THE MOVIE) star in a tale of passion and fantasy set in a far away land where the sun always shines. ARCHANGEL (1990) is a story of obsessive love in a war-torn Russian town. HEART OF THE WORLD&hellip&hellip…

Hell House

$20.95 | 86 minutes

George Ratliff's stirring documentary sheds some light on one of America's most confounding creations at the turn of the 20th century: the Hell House. Providing a bizarre twist on the traditional haunted house formula, Hell Houses are elaborately staged productions that substitute fictitious monsters for the "demons" that haunt our everyday&hellip&hellip…

Hour of the Star

$23.95 | 96 minutes

Special Jury Prize

Macabea is an impoverished young woman who moves to the city of Sao Paolo from the northeast countryside of Brazil. With no chance for success, she finds moments of happiness through hope and fantasy&hellip&hellip…

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Suddenly

$19.95 | 94 minutes

Best New Director
Silver Colon, Best Screenplay

This refreshingly offbeat film from Argentina follows a few days in the life of Marcia (Tatiana Saphir), an overweight girl working in a Buenos Aires lingerie shop, whose going-nowhere life is interrupted by a pair of sullen, lesbian wanderers named Mao (Carla Crespo) and Lenin&hellip…

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Skins

$7.95 | 87 minutes

SKINS, based on the novel by Adrian C. Louis, is the impressive second feature of Native American director Chris Eyre (SMOKE SIGNALS). Filmed on location at the Pine Ridge Oglala Lakota reservation in South Dakota, SKINS tells the story of Rudy (Eric Schweig), a policeman, and his older brother Mogie (Graham Greene of THE GREEN MILE)&hellip&hellip…

Hukkle

$25.95 | 75 minutes

"Gene Moskowitz" Critics Award
Best Debut Film

The bucolic, even-paced, daily life of a small Hungarian village is the setting for the experimental film HUKKLE (onomatopoeic for "hiccup" in Hungarian). A series of dialogue-less vignettes, featuring the various townspeople and their animals, explore the quotidian&hellip…

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Walking on Water

$17.95 | 90 minutes

Best Script

This Australian feature takes place in the aftermath of the tragic death of a young man named Gavin due to leukemia. His best friend, Charlie, can barely deal with the grief and guilt thrust upon him after watching a doctor administering euthanasia to Gavin, feelings that are complicated by the arrival of Gavin's mother&hellip…

The Tracker

$23.95 | 95 minutes

Best Actor
Best Feature Film
Best Music(Nominee)
Best Cinematography(Nominee)
Best Direction(Nominee)
Best Script(Nominee)

Australian filmmaker Rolf de Heer (THE QUIET ROOM) turns his lens onto a matter that continues to trouble his fellow countrymen in this evocative drama. When an Aborigine is accused of&hellip…

Spellbound

$11.95 | 95 minutes

Special Jury Prize

Jeff Blitz's Academy Award-nominated documentary is an affecting, inspiring look at eight American children as they make their way to compete in the 1999 National Spelling Bee in Washington D.C. Defying all stereotypes and categorizations, the spellers that Blitz chooses to focus on run the ethnic and socioeconomic&hellip…

Washington Heights

$10.95 | 80 minutes

Audience Award, Best Feature Film

Alfredo de Villa's energetic debut pays tribute to one of Manhattan's more notorious neighborhoods, the predominantly Dominican Washington Heights. Carlos Ramirez (Manny Perez), an aspiring comic book artist, has dreams of moving downtown and establishing a new life for himself, but his girlfriend&hellip…

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Monster's Ball

$7.95 | 112 minutes

Best Screenplay(Nominee)

Set in modern Mississippi, MONSTER'S BALL subtly examines the impact of personal loss and the transforming power of human connection. The movie begins in the state penitentiary's death row, where father-and-son prison guards Hank (Billy Bob Thornton) and Sonny Grotowski (Heath Ledger) administer the execution&hellip…

Trembling Before G-d

$23.95 | 84 minutes

Truer Than Fiction Award(Nominee)

Sandi Simcha Dubowski's illuminating documentary examines two things that do not go well together: homosexuality and the Jewish religion. The filmmakers traveled to New York, Miami, Los Angeles, San Francisco, London, and Jerusalem to interview men and women who have been rejected by their families&hellip…

Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut

$11.95 | 133 minutes

Best Male Lead(Nominee)
Best First Screenplay(Nominee)
Best First Feature(Nominee)

This new and embellished version of the 2001 theatrical release, which was a cult hit, offers twenty minutes of scenes that were deleted from the original, sound improvements, new songs (such as "Never Tear Us Apart" by INXS), and new special&hellip…

Go Tigers!

$19.95 | 103 minutes

Best Documentary(Nominee)

In the blue collar Ohio town of Massillon, the most important thing is high school football, and the frenzy around home team the Tigers is, as one resident observes, like "a cult... a religion." Shot on high-definition video, former Massillon resident Kenneth Carlson's documentary follows the three stars&hellip…

Kaaterskill Falls

$10.95 | 86 minutes

John Cassavetes Award(Nominee)
Best Debut Performance(Nominee)

In Josh Apter and Peter Olsen's KAATERSKILL FALLS, Ren (Hilary Howard) and Mitchell (Mitchell Riggs), a young professional couple, embark on a romantic weekend in the Catskill Mountains of New York. However, their plans are derailed when they decide to pick up&hellip…

The Believer

$19.95 | 0 minutes

Best Supporting Female(Nominee)
Best Screenplay(Nominee)
Best Male Lead(Nominee)
Best First Feature(Nominee)

Raised Jewish, Danny (Ryan Gosling) now runs with an anti-Semitic skinhead gang in Queens. Attending a meeting held by prominent self-proclaimed fascist Curtis Zampf (Billy Zane), Danny is noticed when he proposes&hellip…

Virgil Bliss

$17.95 | 94 minutes

John Cassavetes Award(Nominee)

After serving twelve years in prison, an ex convict tries to start a "normal life" while on parole. Virgil Bliss (Clint Jordan) decides to find a good job, get married, and start a family. The only problem is that he's living in a halfway house and doesn't know any women. His roommate Manny Alvarez&hellip…

The Center of the World

$10.95 | 88 minutes

Best Female Lead(Nominee)

Wayne Wang, although known for his personal drama about Chinese-American life, EAT A BOWL OF TEA, and the Hollywood equivalent, THE JOY LUCK CLUB, has always harbored a fascination with the depiction of sex in the movies. The director remarked, "In college I loved movies like LAST TANGO IN PARIS." Here&hellip…

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L.I.E.

$23.95 | 97 minutes

Best Debut Performance
Producers Award
Best Director(Nominee)
Best Feature(Nominee)
Best First Screenplay(Nominee)
Best Male Lead(Nominee)
Best Supporting Male(Nominee)

The Long Island Expressway, the highway that traverses suburban Long Island with its "lanes moving east, lanes moving west, and lanes that&hellip…

Tape

$10.95 | 86 minutes

Nominated

Richard Linklater, known for directing films that take place over a one-day period (SLACKER, DAZED AND CONFUSED, BEFORE SUNRISE), magnifies that concept even further with TAPE. Adapted from the Stephen Belber play, TAPE takes place in a Lansing, Michigan hotel room, where two old friends reunite ten years after graduation&hellip…

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Ayurveda: The Art of Being

$23.95 | 102 minutes

Audience Award, Best Documentary

AYURVEDA: THE ART OF BEING, written and directed by Pan Nalin, takes viewers on a documentary journey through the history of this holistic from of health care and natural well-being. Partially based in methods of healing that identify incongruence in the body's energy, Ayurveda has roots in India&hellip…

I Am Trying to Break Your Heart

$24.95 | 92 minutes

In early 2000, the Chicago-based, country-influenced rock band Wilco began preparing for the recording of their fourth record, YANKEE HOTEL FOXTROT. Filmmaker/photographer Sam Jones went along with them to document a band at the height of its creative powers. What started as a simple documentary about the making of a record became a far&hellip&hellip…

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Spellbound

$11.95 | 95 minutes

IDA Award, Feature Documentaries(Nominee)

Jeff Blitz's Academy Award-nominated documentary is an affecting, inspiring look at eight American children as they make their way to compete in the 1999 National Spelling Bee in Washington D.C. Defying all stereotypes and categorizations, the spellers that Blitz chooses to focus on run&hellip…

Stevie

$10.95 | 145 minutes

Joris Ivens Award

STEVIE is non-fiction filmmaking at its bravest and most merciless. In its excruciating authenticity, STEVIE provides insight into the complexities of the human condition, and raises the question of personal responsibility to an almost unbearable degree. After directing a series of fictional films based on real&hellip…

Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary

$23.95 | 75 minutes

Arts Programming Canada

This silent, black and white film, adapted from the Royal Winnipeg Ballet's interpretation of Bram Stoker's DRACULA, is Guy Maddin's dramatic masterpiece. It is an atmospheric, gothic work full of dance and eroticism, accompanied by Gustav Mahler's music. Clearly a modern film that has been styled to mimic&hellip…

Sunshine State

$22.95 | 141 minutes

SUNSHINE STATE, directed and written by John Sayles, takes a close-up and occasionally comic look at the fading community of Delrona Beach, Florida. A dozen local personalities are introduced, each with their own unique challenges. The town's dilapidated houses, its stale Buccaneer Days Festival, its sluggish economy, and the constant&hellip…

Porn Theater

$17.95 | 88 minutes

PORN THEATER, as its title suggests, covers a day in the life of a Parisian pornographic cinema, foregrounding its marginalized male patrons and their activities inside. Because the film cuts between only three locations--the ticket area, the main viewing theater, and the grungy, yellow bathroom--it effectively seals off the world outside&hellip&hellip…

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Take Care of My Cat

$23.95 | 112 minutes

Director Jeong Jae-eun's debut feature, TAKE CARE OF MY CAT, is a slick but sensitive portrayal of girlfriends on the cusp of adulthood. Hollywood films about recent high school grads tend to focus on sex, partying, and planning for college. These Korean girls have their share of fun, but they have critical life issues to deal with, and&hellip&hellip…

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The Dancer Upstairs

$7.95 | 135 minutes

The directorial debut of John Malkovich, THE DANCER UPSTAIRS is a riveting political drama set in an undetermined Latin American city. A revolution has started, and the local police have been assigned to figure out who is leading it and what exactly the revolutionaries want. Agustin Rejas (Javier Bardem) is the detective leading the investigation&hellip&hellip…

Firefly Dreams

$9.95 | 105 minutes

Naomi (Maho), like many teenagers, spends more time thinking about her possessions that the people in her life. When her mother leaves the family, however, her father decides to get Naomi out of the city for the summer. He sends her to the country, to work in her aunt and uncle's restaurant. While there, she reconnects with an aging neighbor&hellip&hellip…

Shake It All About

$17.95 | 98 minutes

Jacob and Jorgen are a gay couple who have been living together for several years. One night, Jacob decides to finally propose to his boyfriend, and Jorgen gleefully accepts. But then something unexpected happens--while at a party, Jorgen shares a kiss with a woman. The kiss arouses new feelings in him and, unfortunately, that woman is&hellip&hellip…

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The Tracker

$23.95 | 95 minutes

Australian filmmaker Rolf de Heer (THE QUIET ROOM) turns his lens onto a matter that continues to trouble his fellow countrymen in this evocative drama. When an Aborigine is accused of murdering a white woman, three white men must treck through some perilous terrain to find him. Aided by an Aborigine tracker, the men undergo a tortuous&hellip&hellip…

Our Times

$23.95 | 65 minutes

A documentary on a vitally important aspect of Iranian society, OUR TIMES looks at the changing role of women to a backdrop of the 2002 Iranian elections. Shot by female director Rakshan Bani-Etemad, the film focuses on an audacious run for president by a woman who is part of a wider group of politically-charged Iranian females who have&hellip&hellip…

Squint your Eyes

$10.95 | 89 minutes

FIPRESCI Prize, Special Mention

This Polish film from director Andrzej Jakimowski takes a look at the unique friendship between a younger girl and an older man. Mala runs away from home, fleeing the idyllic surroundings of her parent's farm, and instead shacks up with her former school teacher, Jaciek. With her parents and Jaciek&hellip…

Decasia: The State of Decay

$20.95 | 67 minutes

In a society constantly looking for permanence in all things, examining the deterioration of an object or life often produces a sense of horror or dread. But sometimes such an examination reveals that beauty and purpose exist even in a state of decay. In his ethereal experimental film, Bill Morrison uses rotting "nitrate" archival film&hellip&hellip…

In the Mirror of Maya Deren

$23.95 | 103 minutes

IN THE MIRROR OF MAYA DEREN is an insightful documentary that celebrates the life of avant-garde filmmaker Maya Deren, a passionate, strong-willed individual who continues to inspire and influence women, artists, and filmmakers all over the world. A former dancer and poet who found her true calling when she picked up a movie camera, Deren&hellip&hellip…

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Morvern Callar

$19.95 | minutes

The role of the aimless young rebel hiding behind an emotional wall and steely eyes has been monopolized by men in the movies since James Dean. Samantha Morton, one of her generation's most gifted actors, makes the most of her opportunity to embody such a figure in her role as the title character of MORVERN CALLAR. Momentarily frozen&hellip&hellip…

The Believer

$19.95 | 0 minutes

Raised Jewish, Danny (Ryan Gosling) now runs with an anti-Semitic skinhead gang in Queens. Attending a meeting held by prominent self-proclaimed fascist Curtis Zampf (Billy Zane), Danny is noticed when he proposes killing Jews as a solution to society's problems. Danny's words create excitement not only for their racist content, but also&hellip&hellip…

Hush!

$14.95 | 135 minutes

In this Japanese comedy from director Ryosuke Hashiguchi, a closeted gay man named Katsuhiro (Seiichi Tanabe) meets his match in outgoing Nayoa (Kazuya Takahashi), and the two seemingly opposite men fall in love. When the couple are approached by a sad woman (Reiko Kataoka) who wants them to help her have a baby, and their disapproving&hellip&hellip…

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Horns and Halos

$10.95 | 79 minutes

When J.H. Hatfield published a biography of George W. Bush entitled FORTUNATE SON in 1999, it looked set to become a best seller. Not afraid to detail the past indiscretions of the President, Hatfield alleged that Bush had been arrested for cocaine possession back in 1972. Publishers St. Martins Press got cold feet when they discovered&hellip&hellip…

Millennium Mambo

$19.95 | 105 minutes

Winner of the Grand Prix Technique at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival, Hou Hsiao Hsien's MILLENNIUM MAMBO is a strikingly beautiful film set in Taipei's hot nightclub scene. The remarkable Shu Qi stars as Vicky, a lost soul who hangs out partying with her friends, smoking nonstop, and dancing and flirting. She lives with Hao-Hao (Tuan Chun-hao)&hellip&hellip…

Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut

$11.95 | 133 minutes

This new and embellished version of the 2001 theatrical release, which was a cult hit, offers twenty minutes of scenes that were deleted from the original, sound improvements, new songs (such as "Never Tear Us Apart" by INXS), and new special effects that give insight into Donnie's world and his theories of time travel&hellip…

Festival in Cannes

$16.95 | 99 minutes

Director Henry Jaglom presents an insider's look at the Cannes Film Festival with his 13th feature, a fictional piece with a documentary style and feeling. Set at the 1999 festival in the sunny, glamorous gleam of the French Riviera and the hub of celebrity and fame at the Hotel de Cannes, the film's atmosphere is an essential element&hellip&hellip…

Nijinsky: The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky

$10.95 | 90 minutes

THIS TITLE IS CURRENTLY ON MORATORIUM AND NOT AVAILABLE. In this biographical interpretation of the life of Russian dancer and choreographer Vaslav Nijinsky, one of the most influential performers of the early 20th Century, Australian director Paul Cox enlists the dramatic voice narration of Shakespearean actor Sir Derek Jacobi to read&hellip&hellip…

Ichi the Killer

$17.95 | 129 minutes

Prolific director Takashi Miike (AUDITION) keeps finding new ways to test the boundaries of on-screen violence. ICHI THE KILLER is a masterful piece of filmmaking, simultaneously funny and horrific, but it's only for viewers with strong stomachs. One character, Kakihara (Japanese indie film heartthrob Tadanobu Asano), a masochistic yakuza&hellip&hellip…

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Visitor Q

$21.95 | 90 minutes

An assailant (Watanabe Kazushi) cracks Kiyoshi (Kenichi Endo) on the head with a rock. The victim is the patriarch of a depraved family and this act of violence mysteriously enables the stranger to enter their unhappy home. Dysfunctional does not even begin to describe this family unit which consists of a prostitute daughter (Fujiko)&hellip&hellip…

The Fast Runner

$11.95 | 172 minutes

The first Inuit language movie, based on an ancient legend, ATANARJUAT (THE FAST RUNNER) is the story of two generations of igloo-dwelling Inuit whose harmonious existence is disrupted by the presence of an evil spirit. Atanarjuat (Natar Ungalaaq) falls in love with Atuat (Sylvia Ivalu) who has been promised to the chief's evil-afflicted&hellip&hellip…

Maya

$21.95 | 105 minutes

Exploring how the innocence of children is inevitably and tragically corrupted by the actions of adults, MAYA is the debut feature from Indian director Digvijay Singh. Singh's tranquil, measured pace is more Satyajit Ray than Bollywood, fitting given the serious nature of the subject matter. The film begins with the playful antics of&hellip&hellip…

Take Care of My Cat

$23.95 | 112 minutes

KNF Award, Special Mention
Tiger Award(Nominee)

Director Jeong Jae-eun's debut feature, TAKE CARE OF MY CAT, is a slick but sensitive portrayal of girlfriends on the cusp of adulthood. Hollywood films about recent high school grads tend to focus on sex, partying, and planning for college. These Korean girls have their share&hellip…

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Jan Dara

$25.95 | 100 minutes

Beautiful, nostalgic photography and a haunting score make this melodrama of sex, love, and filial antagonism a treat for the senses. Nonzee Nimibutr (NANG NAK, BAYTONG) directs an adaptation of Usana Ploengtham's novel, THE STORY OF JAN DARA, regarded as the most notorious erotic work of Thai literature. The title character, played by&hellip&hellip…