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1998 · ★ 5.8 (4)

Documentary musing upon the work of German filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

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Poster for Justa

2025 · ★ 0.0 (0)

In 2017, in Portugal, devastating wildfires destroyed forests and killed children and adults; some died in their villages, others were trapped on a road. Communication failed, and the villages had no shelters. The film’s action does not take place in 2017, but at a later time. It follows a small group of people who lost their dearest ones and are now in the process of learning how to live after everything they have lost.

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Poster for Queen to Play

2009 · ★ 6.6 (73)

Hélène, a housekeeper at a ritzy hotel in Corsica, is devoted to her family but lacks any passion in her own life. When she sees a handsome couple play a passionate game of chess, she becomes inspired to play herself. Hélène's working-class husband and spoiled daughter are soon bewildered by her obsession with chess. They also grow suspicious of Hélène's close relationship with Dr. Kröger, her eccentric American expat tutor.

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Poster for Pox

2011 · ★ 1.0 (1)

Pox was meant to be the Anti-Christ, but his star is waning and his talk show's ratings are way down. After his producer and mentor tries to replace him, Pox embarks on a journey to a day spa - his only comfort. Can his invisible alien manager and an inept doomsday cult help him take his rightful place as ruler of the universe?

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Poster for Africa United

2010 · ★ 6.2 (25)

The extraordinary story of three Rwandan children who attempt to realize the dream of their life: to attend the opening ceremony of the FIFA World Cup 2010 at Johannesburg.

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Poster for Andy Kaufman World Inter-Gender Wrestling Champion: His Greatest Matches

2010 · ★ 0.0 (0)

The story of famed performance artist Andy Kaufman's bizarre quest to find a woman who could defeat him in the wrestling ring. Footage taken from Kaufman's personal archives highlight his reign as the "World's Inter-Gender Wrestling Champion," a title that earned him the wrath of liberated females all across America.

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Poster for Teenland

2007 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Documentary in which artist Jeanie Finlay goes behind the closed bedroom doors of four British adolescents on the brink of adulthood and explores their passions, obsessions and their hopes for the future.

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Poster for Genderation

2021 · ★ 8.0 (2)

20 years after Gendernauts, Monika Treut seeks out the pioneers of the transgender movement back then to find out how their lives and their activism have evolved, how they have grown into their identities and how their energy continues to have an impact today.

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2004 · ★ 5.0 (1)

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2019 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Set in the near future, two aspiring astrophysicists control the fate of their human-like drone MARGOT while exploring the exoplanet Astor.

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Poster for Tallest Heights

2013 · ★ 10.0 (1)

Inspired by the drawn-on-film pieces by Norman McLaren, Len Lye, and Man Ray, Becky & Joe collaborated with musicians Delicate Steve to create the charming and beautiful Tallest Heights. This work is part of the “Hello, Again” series presented by the Lincoln Motor Company, which asks filmmakers to reimagine the familiar into something fresh and new.

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Poster for Officer Henderson

1913 · ★ 5.0 (3)

Two policemen are required to dress as women to catch pickpockets.

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— · ★ 0.0 (0)

Follows a young Black woman’s ascent on male-dominated Wall Street.

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Poster for Falska Greta

1934 · ★ 0.0 (0)

A woman on vacation is mistaken for Greta Garbo.

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Poster for This Is My Life

1992 · ★ 5.9 (18)

Single mom Dottie Ingels sells cosmetics in a department store while dreaming of becoming a comedian. After she inherits some money, she decides to move to New York with her children Erica and Opal in order to begin a stand-up career in small bars. Dottie soon rises to stardom, but while she travels all over the USA, her daughters stay home lonely.

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Poster for Superior

2015 · ★ 5.6 (5)

A stranger passing through town sparks a teenage girl's desire to distinguish herself from her identical twin sister. As one sister struggles to break free, the other insists on preserving their distinctive bond.

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1984 · ★ 0.0 (0)

A tragicomic story about Lady Poverty who, unmistakably and without any hesitation, catches one lazy fellow after another. However, she is helpless when she comes across a diligent and work-loving fellow. Poverty simply cannot be destroyed, but it can be defeated.

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Poster for ¡Despertar!

2018 · ★ 0.0 (0)

On June 28, 2018, laundry workers from El Barrio in New York City marched to the laundromat where they work. Their community and the Laundry Workers Center were there to support them.

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Poster for Militia Battefield

1975 · ★ 0.0 (0)

An unusual documentary that looks at the gay clubs and expatriate entertainers in London who exist in a bizarre subculture. It focuses on the story of Militia Battlefield, a young singer in search of work, and a homosexual pianist who has just married an old lady.

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Poster for Heritage Day

2023 · ★ 0.0 (0)

After Evie dresses up like her estranged grandmother, a Holocaust survivor, on “Heritage Day” at school, she becomes increasingly obsessed with this dark part of her family history.

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