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Friends with Money
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Friends with Money

2006
Writer-director Nicole Holofcener's bittersweet tale examines the evolving lives of four female friends living in Los Angeles: married and financially secure Jane (Frances McDormand), Franny (Joan Cusack) and Christine (Catherine Keener), and their single friend Olivia (Jennifer Aniston). As the friends move from one group event to the next, married life starts showing cracks for Jane, Franny and Christine, while Olivia struggles to find herself.

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  • Nicole Holofcener
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    Watching You
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    Watching You

    2003
    Catch some of the best lesbian-themed short films from around the world in this fascinating collection. The selections include "4PM," a British movie in which a one-night stand brings comic relief; the Israeli feature "Watching You," in which the green-eyed monster -- jealousy -- rears its hideous head; "Dear Emily," an American short in which an older woman reminisces over her first crush, and more.

    Directed by:

  • Katherine Brooks
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    Avant-Garde: Experimental Cinema: 1922-1954: Vol. 3
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    Avant-Garde: Experimental Cinema: 1922-1954: Vol. 3

    1922
    Explore the experimental film of the early days of cinema with this superb compilation of shorts, features and outtakes culled from the prolific collections of Raymond Rohauer and the George Eastman House. This volume includes works from Alberto Cavalcanti, Willard Maas, Sidney Peterson, Mary Ellen Bute, Chester Kessler, John Whitney, Dimitri Kirsanoff, Dudley Murphy, Marc'o, James Sibley Watson and others.

    Directed by:

  • Alberto Cavalcanti
  • Charles F. Klein
  • Ted Nemeth
  • Theodore Huff
  • Sidney Peterson
  • Chester Kessler
  • Willard Maas
  • John Whitney
  • John E. Schmitz
  • Dudley Murphy
  • James Sibley Watson
  • Marc'o
  • Kent Munson
  • Mary Ellen Bute
  • Dimitri Kirsanoff
  • James Broughton
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    The Watermelon Woman
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    The Watermelon Woman

    1996
    While doing research for a movie about a forgotten African-American actress, black video-store clerk Cheryl (writer-director Cheryl Dunye, playing herself) discovers that her subject shared a secret love affair with a white female director. In a stroke of intergenerational coincidence, Cheryl soon finds herself in love with a white woman. The movie captured the Teddy Award for Best Feature Film at the 1996 Berlin International Film Festival.

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  • Cheryl Dunye
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    Girls on Film 2
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    Girls on Film 2

    2005
    Lesbian filmmakers explore themes of love and acceptance in this sampling of shorts from Power Up, which promotes the work of gay women in the media. In "D.E.B.S.," schoolgirls are trained to become elite crime fighters. "Give or Take an Inch" features siblings accepting their sister's impending sex-change operation. In "Fly Cherry," a young girl befriends an outcast. "Gay Propaganda" presents scenes from film classics remade with gay characters.

    Directed by:

  • Angela Robinson
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    Show Me
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    Show Me

    2004
    When two squeegee kids (Allegra Fulton and Gabriel Hogan) confront Sarah Tabbot (Michelle Nolden) while she's stopped in her car, the slow-burning fuse is lit on a tense game of cat and mouse with the mice being the pursuers. Under duress with the street urchins in tow, Sarah continues her trip to an isolated cottage where the unlikely trio plays mind games with one another in search of some vague truth just out of reach.

    Directed by:

  • Cassandra Nicolaou
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    Diggers
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    Diggers

    2006
    Paul Rudd, Maura Tierney, Lauren Ambrose and Ron Eldard star in this coming-of-age story about a group of friends who reluctantly follow in their families' footsteps and face what they deem a bleak existence as clam diggers on Long Island. Directed by Katherine Dieckmann, this touching dramedy follows the companions as they struggle to cope with their predestined futures while dreaming of better lives.

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  • Katherine Dieckmann
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    Celebrating the Art of the Short Film
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    Celebrating the Art of the Short Film

    2005
    The independent and foreign-film buffs at Film Movement round up six original short features in this unique cinematic collection, celebrating the art of the abbreviated celluloid form. Selections include "Inja" (Steven Pasvolsky and Joe Weatherstone), "Das Rad" (Chris Stenner and Heidi Wittlinger) and "Mt. Head" (Koji Yamamura), which all received Academy Award nominations, and the Sundance selection "Sangam" (Prashant Bhargava).

    Directed by:

  • Joe Weatherstone
  • Steven Pasvolsky
  • Chris Stenner
  • Heidi Wittlinger
  • Koji Yamamura
  • Prashant Bhargava
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    April's Shower
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    April's Shower

    2003
    Love, laughter and friendship take center stage in this touching comedy, in which accomplished chef Alex (Trish Doolan) is consumed with the preparations for the bridal shower she's throwing for her best friend, April (Denise Miller). Although they're close, the two are experiencing friction, the cause of which they have yet to reveal. As the minutes pass by, it's clear this is an event that neither of them will forget, and nor will their guests.

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  • Trish Doolan
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    I Love You, Don't Touch Me
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    I Love You, Don't Touch Me

    1998
    Intent on finding the man of her dreams, a young woman hits the dating scene in this romantic comedy. Katie (Marla Schaffel) endures one bad date after another in her quest to find Mr. Right. She rejects her best friend, Ben (Mitchell Whitfield), when he expresses his interest in her, choosing suave Richard (Michael Harris) instead. Richard seems perfect at first, but Katie learns the hard way that true love was right in front of her all along.

    Directed by:

  • Julie Davis
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    A Touch of Fate
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    A Touch of Fate

    2003
    In an effort to revive an ailing relationship, New Yorker Megan Margulius (Teri Hatcher) relocates to a small Southern town to join her fiancé. Meanwhile, L.A. lawyer Roy Kline (Robert Treveiler) has also made the move to Chester, N.C., to care for his dying mother. Tragic circumstances thrust the newcomers together, and they embark on a journey of healing, forgiveness, friendship and love in this romantic drama from writer-director Rebecca Cook.

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  • Rebecca Bagley Cook
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    Go Fish
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    Go Fish

    1994
    Brash lesbian Camille "Max" West (Guinevere Turner) is looking for romance in this hip, film festival favorite. Sick of hearing Max whine about her love life, her roommate sets Max up with the bashful, older -- and frumpy -- Ely (V.S. Brodie). Not surprisingly, their meeting doesn't exactly set off fireworks. But just as Max begins to believe she's destined to be alone, she discovers that life's best surprises sometimes come in ordinary packages.

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  • Rose Troche
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    Zoe
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    Zoe

    2001
    Fed up with her unstable mother and her mother's abusive boyfriend, teenage Zoe (Vanessa Zima) leaves behind her bland Midwestern suburb and heads out West with two of her friends (Victoria Davis and Stephi Lineburg), hoping to get in touch with her Cherokee roots in New Mexico. Along the way, Zoe encounters a soul mate of sorts in Cecilia (Jenny Seagrove), a British woman who's mourning the death of her mother.

    Directed by:

  • Deborah Attoinese
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    Daltry Calhoun
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    Daltry Calhoun

    2005
    Businessman Daltry tackles the toughest job in his life when his estranged daughter comes to live with him in this dark comedy. With business in a downswing, the golf mogul struggles to keep the profits rolling in while trying to be a good father.

    Directed by:

  • Katrina Holden Bronson
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    Creating Karma
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    Creating Karma

    2009
    A product of the '60s in every sense, Karma (Carol Lee Sirugo) has built a life of yuppie creature comforts as editor of a New York fashion magazine -- but when the gig goes south, she stumbles back into the arms, and ways, of her eccentric family. In this screwball New Age satire, Karma transforms herself from urban achiever to sensitive poet, with a little help from her hippie half-sister (director Jill Wisoff) and mom (Karen Lynn Gorney).

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  • Jill Wisoff
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    Normal Adolescent Behavior: Havoc 2
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    Normal Adolescent Behavior: Havoc 2

    2007
    In this provocative drama from director Beth Schacter, a group of high schoolers swears off the Friday night carousing and one-night stands that are part and parcel of the contemporary teen scene. Attempting to rise above it all, Wendy (Amber Tamblyn) and her circle of friends explore their budding sexuality within the clique, swapping partners every week. But group loyalties are tested when Wendy falls for her new neighbor (Ashton Holmes).

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  • Beth Schacter
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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.

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  • 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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