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Poster for She Ate That!

2024 · ★ 0.0 (0)

A 20-something NY Jewish woman realizes the pivotal lunchen for a coveted job falls on Yom Kippur; will she consume food on the holiest of Jewish holidays (oy vey!) or risk losing the opportunity?

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Poster for Amani

2021 · ★ 8.0 (1)

In this tale, halfway between reality and fantasy, a mysterious narrator tells us the story of Amani, a young boy passionate about dance. But as the night begins to rumble, Amani’s joie de vivre disappears to give way to his pain.

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Poster for The Sun Queen

2023 · ★ 10.0 (1)

Chemical engineer and inventor Maria Telkes worked for nearly 50 years to harness the power of the sun, designing and building the world's first successful solar-heated modern residence and identifying a new chemical that could store solar heat like a battery. Telkes was undercut and thwarted by her (male) boss and colleagues at MIT, but she persevered. Upon her death in 1995 Telkes held more than 20 patents, and now she is recognized as a visionary pioneer in the field of sustainable energy whose work continues to shape how we power our lives today.

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Poster for Жили-были мы

2017 · ★ 6.0 (1)

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Poster for Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure

2001 · ★ 6.3 (1301)

Lady and Tramp's mischievous pup, Scamp, gets fed up with rules and restrictions imposed on him by life in a family, and longs for a wild and free lifestyle. He runs away from home and into the streets where he joins a pack of stray dogs known as the "Junkyard Dogs." Buster, the pack's leader, takes an instant disliking to the "house-dog" and considers him a rival. Angel, a junkyard pup Scamp's age, longs for the safety and comfort of life in a family and the two become instant companions. Will Scamp choose the wild and free life of a stray or the unconditional love of his family?

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Poster for Chevalier

2015 · ★ 5.6 (101)

In the middle of the Aegean Sea, six men on a fishing trip on a luxury yacht decide to play a game. During this game, things will be compared. Things will be measured. Songs will be butchered, and blood will be tested. Friends will become rivals and rivals will become hungry. But at the end of the journey, when the game is over, the man who wins will be the best man. And he will wear on his smallest finger the victory ring: the Chevalier.

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Poster for The Night Stalker

2016 · ★ 6.8 (28)

An account of serial killer Richard Ramírez and his rampage in California during the mid-1980s.

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Poster for Beauty & Decay

2019 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Sven Marquardt might be the most famous bouncer worldwide. But beside standing in front of the legendary techno club Berghain in Berlin, he is also a well-known and skilled photographer. Long before the Berlin Wall came down, Marquardt portrayed the subcultural East-Berlin scene. His black and white photography illustrates it as voluptuous, laid-back, dirty and existential. Even if shot by daylight, his work is permeated by darkness, ecstasy and night.

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Poster for Searching for Ingmar Bergman

2018 · ★ 6.0 (14)

A meaningful account of the personal and professional life of the great Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) that explores his film legacy, with interviews with his closest collaborators and a new generation of filmmakers.

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1991 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Beth B, in collaboration with legendary downtown performance artist/musician Lydia Lunch, creates a chilling yet poetic vision of despairing nihilism -- literally, a "meditation on death." In this noirishly rendered narrative, a woman negotiates the banalities of life.

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Poster for Bartali

— · ★ 0.0 (0)

Gino Bartali became a national hero after winning the Tour de France in 1938 but whose career was put on hold for a decade following the outbreak of World War II. In 1948, ten years past his prime, he would attempt to reclaim his title despite years without competitive racing.

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2002 · ★ 0.0 (0)

A young king is expected to visit a country estate. The haughty countess would like to win his heart, so she longs for a dress made from the most beautiful fabric. After a long search, she finds a special shimmering silk at the mysterious White Old Woman's. However, the old woman warns her. The silk belongs to Lady Storm, and whoever wears a dress made from it will be cursed. The countess takes the fabric anyway and has a dress made by the village tailor. His daughter Anička cannot resist and secretly tries on the beautiful gown and veil. A young man named Lukáš sees her in the open doorway and cannot take his eyes off her. Suddenly, however, a wind blows and the girl disappears before his eyes, along with her veil. Lukáš decides to find Anička, whom he cannot forget, at any cost...

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2005 · ★ 6.0 (1)

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Poster for We Afghan Women

— · ★ 0.0 (0)

This film is the story of a group of Afghan women who broke the chains of oppression. It focuses on their struggle for freedom and their fight for equal rights for all Afghan women.

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Poster for H Is for Hawk

2025 · ★ 7.1 (7)

After losing her beloved father, Helen finds herself saved by an unlikely friendship with a stubborn hawk named Mabel. Through the bond, Helen rediscovers the beauty of being alive.

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Poster for Enemies in Love

2013 · ★ 3.5 (4)

Iris and Peter von Roten - the most famous, provocative and beautiful couple in Swiss history. A love story full of political and moral oppositions.

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Poster for Serendipity

2019 · ★ 7.1 (4)

French artist Prune Nourry has spent her working life exploring issues around the human body. At the age of 31, Prune is diagnosed with breast cancer. She starts documenting her treatment and its effect on her own body, turning her medical odyssey into an intimate artistic undertaking that leads her to find new meaning in her work and its serendipitous relationship to her own survival.

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Poster for T11 Incomplete

2020 · ★ 3.8 (9)

A visiting home health aide and recovering alcoholic, strives to rebuild her broken life, only to have it fall apart once again when she falls in love with her young, paraplegic patient then betrays her trust.

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Poster for The Scary Movie

1993 · ★ 6.6 (4)

Martina and Sonja, cross-dress in vampire capes and werewolf claws, re-enacting familiar horror tropes. A corresponding soundtrack of stock screams and "scary" music suggests that the girls' toying with gender roles and power dynamics may have dire consequences.

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Poster for Makkala Sainya

1980 · ★ 0.0 (0)

The love story of the hero, taking care of his now-orphaned brother's children and the heroine, taking care of her now-orphaned sister's children. The children, who are always at loggerheads, makes their marriage an impossibility until they are forced to join forces

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