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Ladies Room
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Ladies Room

1999
Revealing conversation floods the ladies' room in this bittersweet comedy with two intertwining tales. The first vignette captures the loaded exchange between three actresses forced to prepare for a show in the rest room. Meanwhile, a woman (Veronica Ferres) runs into her lover's (John Malkovich) pregnant wife (Greta Scacchi) in the opera house bathroom, and the two engage in a tête-a-tête of life, love and marriage. Lorraine Bracco co-stars.

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  • Penelope Buitenhuis
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    Puccini for Beginners
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    Puccini for Beginners

    2006
    Allegra is recovering from a breakup with her girlfriend when she starts to fall for a member of the opposite sex. Philip is the tidy professor who's romancing the ambivalent Allegra while she pursues a straight woman who's recently become single.

    Directed by:

  • Maria Maggenti
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    The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
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    The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things

    2004
    Raised by caretakers other than his family, the young Jeremiah (played alternately by Jimmy Bennett and twin brothers Dylan and Cole Sprouse) is taken from a foster home and delivered to his mother (director Asia Argento), a troubled teenager. But a nomadic life on the road with his own flesh and blood proves almost as traumatic as living without it. Peter Fonda co-stars in this independent drama based on the novel by J.T. Leroy.

    Directed by:

  • Asia Argento
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    The Dead Girl
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    The Dead Girl

    2006
    A close-knit community near Los Angeles is thrown into turmoil when the brutally desecrated body of a vibrant young girl is found in a field. A series of seemingly unrelated dramas in the lives of the town's residents may reveal clues to the murder. This dark mystery boasts a star-studded cast that includes Toni Collette, James Franco, Giovanni Ribisi and Mary Beth Hurt. The film was nominated for three Independent Spirit Awards.

    Directed by:

  • Karen Moncrieff
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    Avant-Garde: Experimental Cinema: 1928-1954: Vol. 2
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    Avant-Garde: Experimental Cinema: 1928-1954: Vol. 2

    1928
    Seminal works of experimental cinema from 1928 to 1954 -- culled from the extraordinary collection of avant-garde proponent Raymond Rohauer -- are compiled here in all their maverick glory. The films include works by Stan Brakhage, Willard Maas, Gregory Markopoulos, Marie Menken, Dimitri Kirsanoff, Jean Mitry and Sidney Peterson. And don't miss Isidore Isou's Venom and Eternity, which caused a riot at the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.

    Directed by:

  • Gregory J. Markopoulos
  • Isidore Isou
  • Joseph Vogel
  • Stan Brakhage
  • Willard Maas
  • Gregory Markopoulos
  • Marie Menken
  • Dimitri Kirsanoff
  • Jean Mitry
  • Sidney Peterson
  • Ben Moore
  • James Broughton
  • Paul Leni
  • James Watson
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    Blue Car
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    Blue Car

    2002
    Meg (Agnes Bruckner) is an average teen making do in the wake of her parents' divorce. When her English teacher, Mr. Auster (David Strathairn), becomes interested in her poetry and offers to help her with her writing, Meg turns to his attentions like a flower to the sun. When tragedy unfolds at home, she finds in him the approval, faith and enthusiasm she craves. She doesn't stop to think about what Mr. Auster hopes to find in her.

    Directed by:

  • Karen Moncrieff
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    The Perez Family
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    The Perez Family

    1995
    Released from prison after 20 years, a Cuban plantation owner is permitted to join a boat exodus to Miami, where he hopes to reunite with his wife and daughter. Along the way, he meets a fiery young hooker looking for a better life in America.

    Directed by:

  • Mira Nair
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    Modra
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    Modra

    2010
    This heartfelt drama follows depressed teenager Lina (Hallie Switzer) as she impulsively travels from her Toronto home to visit her mother's family in rural Slovakia, but her companion, classmate Leco (Alexander Gammal), doesn't realize she isn't romantically interested in him. As they explore their strange surroundings, the teens are enthralled by the experiences and people, and as the week passes, they gain insight into who they really are.

    Directed by:

  • Ingrid Veninger
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    No Turning Back
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    No Turning Back

    2001
    After losing his pregnant wife and home during a catastrophic hurricane, Pablo (Jesus Nebot), a hard-working English professor from Honduras, immigrates with his 5-year-old daughter to California, where he begins working in the fields. But sometimes trouble follows a man, and after another tragic accident, Pablo hits the road again with daughter in tow -- this time to Mexico, and with a documentary filmmaker as their driver.

    Directed by:

  • Jesus Nebot
  • Julia Montejo
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    The Republic of Love
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    The Republic of Love

    2004
    Based on the novel by Carol Shields, this comedy charts the relationship of the unlikeliest of couples, Tom and Fay (Bruce Greenwood and Emilia Fox). He's a thrice-divorced talk show host, susceptible to jumping into love. She's an overly cautious academic whose impossible expectations for a mate have hindered her romantic life. Despite their seeming incompatibility, the two soon fall in love and discover that the heart knows no rules.

    Directed by:

  • Deepa Mehta
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    The Extra Man
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    The Extra Man

    2010
    Forced to quit his prep school job after a humiliating incident, would-be dramatist Louis Ives (Paul Dano) heads to New York City, where he rents a room from has-been playwright Henry Harrison (Kevin Kline) -- who earns a living escorting rich dowagers about town. Despite their huge age difference, the two develop a bond as Henry takes Louis under his wing and leads him on a series of wild adventures. Katie Holmes and John C. Reilly also star.

    Directed by:

  • Shari Springer Berman
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    Life in Flight
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    Life in Flight

    2008
    With a beautiful wife (Amy Smart), an adoring son (Kevin Rosseljong) and an accomplished career, New York-based architect Will (Patrick Wilson) thinks he has it all -- until a new friendship with dynamic young designer Kate (Lynn Collins) reveals the cracks in his too-perfect life. With long-repressed doubts now in the open, Will must reconsider the direction of his life from the bottom up. Tracey Hecht directs this existential drama.

    Directed by:

  • Tracey Hecht
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    New York, I Love You
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    New York, I Love You

    2008
    In the city that never sleeps, love abounds 24/7. At the café, in the park, on the subway, on the corner, you never know where love will find you. Some of the greatest directors present an all-star cast!

    Directed by:

  • Yvan Attal
  • Allen Hughes
  • Natalie Portman
  • Shekhar Kapur
  • Joshua Marston
  • Shunji Iwai
  • Fatih Akin
  • Mira Nair
  • Brett Ratner
  • Wen Jiang
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    The Weight of Water
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    The Weight of Water

    2001
    Photographer Jean (Catherine McCormack) is drawn into the history of an 1873 double murder of two sisters when she's charged with traveling to New Hampshire to examine the scene of the crime and take photos of surviving evidence. Joining her are her husband, Thomas (Sean Penn), his brother, Rich (Josh Lucas), and Rich's girlfriend, Adeline (Elizabeth Hurley). As she does her research, she begins to suspect her husband may be cheating on her.

    Directed by:

  • Kathryn Bigelow
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    The Connection
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    The Connection

    1962
    Director Shirley Clarke uses a combination of actors (including William Redfield, Roscoe Lee Browne and Warren Finnerty) and "real" people to play a group of junkies waiting around a flophouse for their fix in this American New Wave classic. Interspersed among them are some topflight jazz musicians -- such as pianist Freddie Redd and sax man Jackie McLean -- who occasionally pick up their instruments and jam.

    Directed by:

  • Shirley Clarke
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    Drool
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    Drool

    2009
    After beginning an unexpected romance with her neighbor, Imogene (Jill Marie Jones), housewife Anora (Laura Harring) accidentally shoots her abusive husband, Ched (Oded Fehr), and then sets out on an outrageous road trip with her new lover and kids to dispose of the corpse. Nancy Kissam writes and directs this unpredictable romantic comedy that also stars Ashley Duggan Smith and Christopher Newhouse as Anora's children.

    Directed by:

  • Nancy Kissam
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    Now and Then
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    Now and Then

    1995
    Waxing nostalgic about the bittersweet passage from childhood to puberty in this tender coming-of-age tale, four childhood girlfriends -- Teeny, Chrissy, Samantha and Roberta -- recall the magical summer of 1970. During their walk down memory lane, they reconcile experiences with boys, secrets, bullies and more. Lesli Linka Glatter directs; Gaby Hoffmann, Ashleigh Aston Moore, Cloris Leachman, Thora Birch and Christina Ricci co-star.

    Directed by:

  • Lesli Linka Glatter
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    Now and Then (1995)
    A heartwarming movie about four childhood girlfriends who, in adulthood reunion, relive their experience of the life-changing summer of 1970, including a mystery death, divorce, standing up to the boys, first kiss, and the meaning of true friendship. Each explores her unique identity amidst family and friends. Beautifully directed by Lesli Linka Glatter.
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