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1) Amy
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
An **Oscar-winner** for Best Feature Documentary, AMY is a deeply moving portrait of 6-time Grammy winner Amy Winehouse using powerful first-hand footage to bring her story to life, showcasing both her incredible talent and her tragic demise from the dual forces of addiction and celebrity. **BAFTA**-winner for Best Documentary. **Grammy**-winner for Best Music Film. Nominated for a Golden Eye at the **Cannes Film Festival**. "*Stunningly moving and...
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
**Academy Award** winner Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara star as a young couple who -- after being separated by loss -- discover an eternal connection and a love that is infinite. A GHOST STORY was nominated for the John Cassavetes Award at the 2017 **Film Independent Spirit Awards**. Nominated for a Best of Next! Award at the **Sundance Film Festival**. *"A simple, wrenching story of love and loss that pries open a window onto eternity."* - Justin...
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
From the **Oscar** winning producers of *Amy* comes a riveting look at the meteoric rise of seminal 90's rock band *Oasis*, immersing us in the raucous rock stars’ fast-paced world of electrifying music, wild debauchery, and epic fraternal feuding. Winner of Best Documentary at the **UK Empire Awards**. "*Supersonic" boasts an ear-blasting, you-are-there immediacy, utilizing a treasure trove of archival photos and footage to make you feel present.*"...
4) Equals
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Nia (Kristen Stewart) and Silas (Nicholas Hoult) begin a forbidden and passionate romance in a futuristic society where emotions have been outlawed, leading them to attempt a dangerous escape in this enthralling sci-fi love story. Nominated for a Golden Lion at the **Venice Film Festival**. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival**. "*Equals is a feast for the eye that leaves you with a troubling contemplation of the future.*"...
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
After an elaborate heist goes south, reluctant criminal Chad (Michael Fassbender) must find a way to escape the clutches of his fierce outlaw father (Brendan Gleeson) and the encroaching police in this riveting, action-packed crime thriller. Nominated for Best Actor at the **British Independent Film Awards**. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival**. "*Gleeson and Fassbender are class acts who bring an ever-mounting intensity...
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Based on the novel by Michel Faber, UNDER THE SKIN examines human experience from the perspective of an unforgettable heroine (Scarlett Johansson) who grows too comfortable in her borrowed skin, until she is abducted into humanity with devastating results. Nominated for a **BAFTA Award** for Best British Film. Nominated for Best International Film at the **Film Independent Spirit Awards**. Nominated for a Golden Lion at the **Venice Film Festival**....
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Formats
Description
A heartwarming and crowd-pleasing coming-of-age comedy with a unique spin, MORRIS FROM AMERICA centers on Morris Gentry, a 13-year-old who has just relocated with his single father, Curtis (Craig Robinson) to Germany. Morris, who fancies himself the next Notorious B.I.G., is a complete fish-out-of-water—a budding hip-hop star in an EDM world. To complicate matters further, Morris quickly falls hard for his cool, rebellious, 15-year-old classmate...
8) De Palma
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
A funny, illuminating look at legendary filmmaker Brian De Palma (*Carrie, Scarface*), in which he shares both candid wisdom and hysterical no holds-barred stories based on his experiences in the film industry for over 50 years. Official Selection at the **Venice Film Festival**. "*De Palma" is a cinematic sampler that makes you want to gorge on the whole unholy buffet.*" - Ty Burr, ***The Boston Globe***
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
After Sarah and her young son Chris move to a new rural home, they discover the surrounding forest hides a massive, ominous sinkhole. One night Chris suddenly disappears into the woods, causing Sarah to panic. He soon returns, but he's changed: distant, increasingly erratic, and prone to violent outbursts. The longer he's back, the more Sarah begins to suspect that the boy who has returned is not her son. Official Selection at the **Sundance Film...
10) Never Goin' Back
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Angela and Jessie are best friends intent on taking a wild beach trip, but when their roommate loses all their money in a drug scam, the girls go to increasingly daring and absurd lengths to get it back. Nominated for a Gamechanger Award at the **SXSW FIlm Festival**. Nominated for a John Cassavetes Award at the **Film Independent Spirit Awards**. "*Shot with a crisp visual style loaded with inspired pop music, Never Goin' Back has all the polish...
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Set on a stretch of highway in a budget motel managed by Bobby (Willem Dafoe), just outside the imagined utopia of Disney World, THE FLORIDA PROJECT follows six-year-old Moonee and her rebellious mother over the course of a single summer. Willem Dafoe was nominated for an **Oscar**, a **Golden Globe** and a **BAFTA** for his performance. Nominated for Best Director and Best Feature at the **Film Independent Spirit Awards**. Official Selection at the...
12) The Monster
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
A divorced mother (Zoe Kazan) and her headstrong daughter must fight for survival when a terrifying monster attacks them after their car breaks down on a deserted country road. Official Selection at the **Sitges Film Festival**. "*The faint mist, the eerie silence, the saturated blacks - so much of this film is reminiscent of the classic monster movies of the '30s and '40s.*" - April Wolfe ***L.A. Weekly***
13) The Children Act
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Smart, elegant, and deeply moving, THE CHILDREN ACT stars two-time **Academy Award**-winner Emma Thompson in a powerful and riveting performance as Fiona Maye, a British High Court judge who, in the midst of a marital crisis, must rule on a life-changing legal case concerning the survival of a teenage boy. Fiona is intensely dedicated to her profession, never finding time to have her own children while fully assuming the immense responsibility of...
14) American Honey
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
An adolescent girl from a troubled home (Sasha Lane, *Hearts Beat Loud*) runs away with a traveling sales crew who drive across the American Midwest selling subscriptions door to door. Nominated for a **BAFTA Award** for Outstanding British Film of the Year. Winner of two Special Jury Prizes at the **Cannes Film Festival**. Nominated for six **Film Independent Spirit Awards** including Best Feature. "*This shimmering, raw, hip-hop hymnal of a film...
15) The Rover
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Set in a world ten years after a catastrophic Western economic collapse, THE ROVER follows a hardened loner (Guy Pearce) as he travels the desolate towns and roads of the outback with a wounded captive in search of the one thing that still matters to him. Official Selection at the **Cannes Film Festival**. Winner of two awards and nominated for five others at the **Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards**. "*A sterling example of...
16) Slow West
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Mysterious and murderous Silas (Michael Fassbender) helps a lovelorn young man (Kodi Smit-McPhee) across the American frontier to find his lost love. Along the way, they are pursued by an outlaw (Ben Mendelsohn) in this acclaimed modern western. Winner of a World Cinema - Dramatic Prize at the **Sundance Film Festival**. "*A western fable with an often dreamlike vibe, "Slow West" proves to be a surprisingly sly tale of passion, greed and survival.*"...
17) The Souvenir
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
In this exquisite story of first love, a woman falls into an intense, emotionally fraught relationship with a charismatic but untrustworthy older man. Enigmatic and enrapturing, The Souvenir is a lush, dreamlike portrait of young adulthood. World Cinema - Dramatic Grand Jury Prize winner at the **Sundance Film Festival**. Nominated for a C.I.C.A.E. Award at the **Berlin International Film Festival**. "*Remember the name Honor Swinton Byrne. In Joanna...
18) The Witch
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
In this exquisitely made and terrifying horror film, the age-old concepts of witchcraft, black magic and possession are innovatively brought together to tell the intimate and riveting story of one family’s frightful unraveling. Winner of Best First Feature and Best First Screenplay at the **Film Independent Spirit Awards**. Winner of a Directing Award at the **Sundance Film Festival**. "*A feature debut of startling confidence, Robert Eggers's "The...
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
The remarkable true story of Billy Moore, a young English boxer incarcerated in two of Thailand’s most notorious prisons. He is quickly thrown into a terrifying world of drugs and gang violence, but when the prison authorities allow him to take part in the Muay Thai boxing tournaments, he realizes this might be his chance to get out. Shot in a an actual Thai prison with a cast of primarily real inmates, A PRAYER BEFORE DAWN is a visceral, thrilling...
20) Locke
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Ivan Locke (Tom Hardy) is a successful businessman dedicated to his loving wife and children. But tonight, everything will change, as a series of phone calls triggers a shocking chain of events -- and unravels Ivan's seemingly perfect life over the course of a single, unforgettable intense car ride. Official Selection at the **Venice Film Festival** and the **Sundance Film Festival**. Winner of Best Screenplay at the **British Independent Film Awards**....