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"She's rewriting his love story. But can she rewrite her own? Emma Wheeler desperately longs to be a screenwriter. She's spent her life studying, obsessing over, and writing romantic comedies-good ones! That win contests! But she's also been the sole caretaker for her kind-hearted dad, who needs full-time care. Now, when she gets a chance to re-write a script for famous screenwriter Charlie Yates-The Charlie Yates! Her personal writing god!-it's a...
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
A subversive, hilarious comedy, THE LITTLE HOURS introduces three bored and volatile nuns Alessandra (Alison Brie), Fernanda (Aubrey Plaza), and Ginevra (Kate Micucci) who live under the watchful eye of Father Tommasso (John C. Reilly). The arrival of a handsome new groundskeeper (Dave Franco) - introduced to the sisters as a deaf mute to discourage temptation - soon leads to a frenzy of hormones, substance abuse, and wicked revelry.
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
This comedy feature follows two best friends in their final year of college while they transition into adulthood. One embraces her sexuality and tries to catch up on everything she has missed during her teenage years, while the other ends a long term relationship with her boyfriend and discovers her life isn't going as planned. Both struggle to keep their friendship together as they begin growing apart.
6) Between us
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
In this darkly comedic drama, two couples reunite over two incendiary evenings where anything can happen. Grace and Carlo are a newly married New York couple who visit their old friends Sharyl and Joel in their huge Midwestern home. Despite their wealth, the hosts are in a bitterly destructive marriage. A few years later, the couples reunite in New York, only to find tables turned.
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Seven comedies, including four restored from turn of the century Italy and France, a recently-discovered nitrate negative of Charlie Chaplin's first appearance in his tramp attire, a frenetic Mack Sennett gag fest replete with tin lizzies, and The pest (1922), starring a pre-Hardy Stan Laurel.
8) The general
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Consistently ranked among the greatest films ever made, Buster Keaton's The general is so brilliantly conceived and executed that it continues to inspire awe and laughter with every viewing.
9) Operator
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Joe (Martin Starr, Silicon Valley) is a programmer with a crippling anxiety problem who is unable to deal with uncertainty. At work he is tasked with creating an interactive call center answering machine that can convey empathy. Joe recruits his wife Emily (Mae Whitman, Arrested Development) who has the perfect voice for the system.
10) Fits and Starts
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
David Warwik (Wyatt Cenac) is a struggling writer who has been toiling away at the same novel for years. His wife Jennifer (Greta Lee) is a hot young literary figure, who has just released a new masterpiece. When her publisher invites the couple to an artists' salon at his home in Connecticut, the pair embark on a twisted journey, and David must face his demons and try to "not be weird" among the waspy salon guests and competitive artists in attendance....
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Français
Description
his record-breaking comedy smashed the box office in France, where it was nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the Cesar Awards. Although living a comfortable life in a charming town in the South of France, Julie has been feeling depressed for a while. To please her, her husband Philippe tries to obtain a transfer to a seaside town on the French Riviera, at any cost. When Philippe is caught red-handed while trying to scam an inspector he is immediately...
12) Lost In Paris
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Français
Description
Filmed in Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon's signature whimsical style, LOST IN PARIS stars the filmmakers as a small-town Canadian librarian and a strangely seductive, oddly egotistical vagabond.
13) Alps
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Greek
Description
Yorgos Lanthimos's follow-up to his Academy Award nominee (and cult sensation) Dogtooth is another darkly comic, absurdist vision of (in)human relationships, focusing on a mysterious underground organization that helps mourners get over their losses by impersonating the deceased.
14) Casanova '70
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Italiano
Description
Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay, Casanova '70 is a raucously funny sex romp starring Marcello Mastroianni at his charismatic peak. Packed with bed-hopping hijinks, a parade of gorgeous actresses, and Mastroianni's hilariously dry wit, Casanova '70 is a colorfully ribald gem from the Golden Age of Italian comedy.
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English
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Holly Golightly is an eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire. Her next-door neighbor, a writer, is "sponsored" by a wealthy patroness. Guessing who's the right man for Holly is easy; seeing just how romance blossoms is one of the enduring delights of the film.
16) Look both ways
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A lonely artist who literally envisions disasters around every corner and an emotionally distant photojournalist meet in the aftermath of a train accident and soon their lives are transformed. This romantic comedy about love, life and death marks the live action feature debut of Australian animator Sarah Watt. Winner of Best Film and Director at the Australian Film Institute awards.
18) How do you know
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English
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A professional softball player discovers she is in the middle of a love triangle after she falls for two different men and wonders when it comes to love, how do you know?
19) Say anything
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Lloyd, an eternal optimist, seeks to capture the heart of Diane, an unattainable high school beauty and straight-A student. Everyone is amazed that she returns the sentiment, but Diane's over-possessive father comes between them.
20) The imposters
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
Two out-of-work actors stow away aboard a luxury liner. They must give an all-out performance to evade the authorities and to foil the plot of a deranged crewman.
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