Dogtown and Z-Boys

$16.95 | 91 minutes

In the late 1960s, a group of burnt out teenagers from broken homes ambled together and began to surf along Venice, California's Pacific Ocean Park pier, a ghostly shell of a former amusement park nicknamed "Dogtown." United by their attention to style and willingness to take risks, this group of unruly boys were handpicked and nurtured&hellip&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

$24.95 | 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…

Lisa Picard is Famous

$12.95 | 87 minutes

In the tradition of such fab mockumentaries as THIS IS SPINAL TAP, WAITING FOR GUFFMAN, and REAL LIFE, Griffin Dunne's LISA PICARD IS FAMOUS is a very funny parody of the New York acting scene. Dunne stars as Andrew, a documentarian following a young actress, Lisa Picard (coscreenwriter Laura Kirk), who is determined to become famous&hellip&hellip…

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Madame Sata

$21.95 | 105 minutes

A powerfully moving and emotional film that is as rough around the edges as it is sweet at its core, MADAME SATA tells the life story of Jaoa Francisco dos Santos (Lazaro Ramos), an historic figure in Brazilian counterculture. Known to his followers and friends as Madame Sata, which is his stage name in the haunting narrative performances&hellip&hellip…

Morvern Callar

$21.95 | 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

$20.95 | 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…

Scratch

$22.95 | minutes

Director Doug Pray (HYPE!) pays tribute to the innovative art of deejaying in the electrifying documentary SCRATCH. Featuring the most legendary figures in the deejay scene, Pray's film is at once a deeply insightful historical document and a highly entertaining glimpse into the world of underground hip-hop. Modern luminaries such as&hellip&hellip…

Hush!

$26.95 | 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…

Horns and Halos

$21.95 | 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

$21.95 | 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

$16.95 | 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

$26.95 | 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

$12.95 | 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

$19.95 | 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…

Visitor Q

$26.95 | 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…

ABC Africa

$21.95 | 84 minutes

Originally intended as a documentary about the orphans of Uganda's destructive civil war, Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami (TASTE OF CHERRY) expanded the scope of ABC AFRICA to include those stricken by Africa's massive AIDS epidemic and the people who work tirelessly to improve the conditions of their country. His impressionistic travelogue&hellip&hellip…

The Fast Runner

$24.95 | 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…

Jan Dara

$26.95 | 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…

The Pornographer

$26.95 | 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…

Hidden Half

$25.95 | 108 minutes

A female death row prisoner in Iran is making a final attempt at clemency. Her strong left wing ties to the 1979 revolution were a contributing factor to her incarceration when she was imprisoned shortly after the overthrow of the Shah. Only days before she is to be executed a political appointee, Khosro (Mohammad Nikbin), is sent to&hellip&hellip…

La Ciénaga

$23.95 | 100 minutes

This Argentinean tale, which revolves around a group of families passing summer vacation in a rural country house, does not rely on a concrete plotline, but rather roves, rambles, and stumbles upon each new event. The most notable characteristic of LA CIÉNAGA is its mood--a brooding, dreadful, fearsome tension that does not wain or cease&hellip&hellip…

Dog Days

$27.95 | 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…

Lan Yu

$26.95 | 86 minutes

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 for extra cash&hellip&hellip…

Brief Crossing

$21.95 | 80 minutes

This sizzling French drama follows a short-lived encounter between a reserved, mature, Englishwoman, Alice (Sarah Pratt), and Thomas (Gilles Guillain), a much younger man. Continuing her exploration of human sexuality, director Catherine Breillat (FAT GIRL) provides a compelling examination of sexual attraction that violates societal&hellip&hellip…

The Fluffer

$21.95 | 90 minutes

When wide-eyed and innocent Sean McGinnis (Michael Cunio) moves to Los Angeles to make it big in the movies, he quickly finds work on the sets of gay pornography films. There he does odd jobs, among them performing as a "fluffer" for a hot porn star called Johnny Rebel (Scott Gurney.) A young man still coming to terms with his homosexuality&hellip&hellip…

Under the Skin of the City

$21.95 | 93 minutes

From Rakhshan Bani-Etemad, the prolific Iranian filmmaker who makes her U.S. debut with this film, UNDER THE SKIN OF THE CITY is a stirring drama that puts contemporary Tehran in sharp focus. A family of five lives in close quarters in the inner city. Tuba, the head of the family, is a dutiful woman who works days in a loud, dirty, polluted&hellip&hellip…

Bolivia

$23.95 | 75 minutes

KNF Award

Shot in stark, grainy black and white, BOLIVIA chronicles two days in the life of Freddy (Freddy Waldo Flores), a Bolivian immigrant in Buenos Aires who works in a job that pays him 15 pesos a day, under the table, as cook in a small, rundown café. Ten of those pesos go to make a telephone call to his family back in&hellip…

Late Night Talks With Mother

$26.95 | 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…

Under the Moonlight

$44.95 | 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…

Fat Girl

$24.95 | 84 minutes

MovieZone Award

Take two very naive, very young French girls--one a thin 15-year-old, Elena (Roxane Mesquida), and the other her fat 12-year-old sister, Anaïs (Anaïs Reboux). Picture them as lambs. Add a manipulative older Italian boy, Fernando (Libero De Rienzo). Picture him as the wolf. Witness from close range as the one&hellip…

Firefly Dreams

$12.95 | 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…

Secret Ballot

$26.95 | 123 minutes

Netpac Award - Special Mention

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&hellip…

Wendigo

$8.95 | 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…

Time Out

$17.95 | 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…

Tito and Me

$12.95 | 104 minutes

Goran Markovic's political comedy was among the last films to emerge from Yugoslavia and is a bitterly funny movie set in Belgrade, circa 1954. The film's lead character is an overweight ten year-old boy named Zoran who has a crush on his classmate Jasna and a bizarre obsession with the Communist ruler of Yugoslavia, Marshall Tito. This&hellip&hellip…