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Ride the Wake
rating:2.0

Ride the Wake

2009Runtime:0 minutes
Still reeling from her mother's sudden death, wakeboarder Jessica Evans (Jenny Ladner) can't possibly concentrate on an upcoming tournament that could take her into the big time. That is, until a cute snowboarder (Erik Valdez) asks her to teach him everything she knows. With a budding relationship to occupy her time, Jessica's thinking a lot more positively. But she still hasn't dealt with her biggest fear: proving herself against the guys.

Directed by:

  • Jennifer Akana-Sturla
  • rating:2.0 2.0 Average Rating

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    Francisca
    rating:2.0

    Francisca

    2002Runtime:0 minutes
    Helmut Busch is a German spy who comes to Mexico with phony paperwork. He's arrested, but Mexican police strike a deal and ask him to spy on a group of activist students. Helmut pretends to be a French professor and gets close to the students, soon falling in love with the ringleader. But he's faced with a painful decision when the police want him to eliminate his new love. Stars Ulrich Noethen, Fabiola Campomanes and Arcelia Ramírez.

    Directed by:

  • Eva Lopez-Sanchez
  • rating:2.0 2.0 Average Rating

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    Our Burden Is Light
    rating:2.0

    Our Burden Is Light

    2000Runtime:0 minutes
    Foo Fighters bassist Nate Mendel co-stars with Denise Coates, Nathan Webb, Jessica Ballard and Jack Rooney in this inspiring love story about an edgy female artist named Karen who, after her mother's recent suicide, is feeling bereft, drowning in a sea of grief. All that changes when she meets Kyle -- a musician who's sold out by writing jingles -- under tragic circumstances that fail to squelch their burgeoning friendship.

    Directed by:

  • Denise Coates
  • rating:2.0 2.0 Average Rating

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    Clubland
    rating:2.0

    Clubland

    1999Runtime:0 minutes
    Jimmy Tuckett shines as the lead singer of a Los Angeles-based rock 'n' roll band whose path to success is obscured by indifferent club owners, drugs, jealousy and scads of groupies. Lori Petty plays the band's resident troublemaker, ingesting drugs and swilling booze so prodigiously that she seems hell-bent on living up to the old rock maxim about "living fast and dying young."

    Directed by:

  • Mary Lambert
  • rating:2.0 2.0 Average Rating

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    Helen
    rating:2.0

    Helen

    2008Runtime:0 minutes
    When a girl named Joy goes missing, Helen, who lives in a care home, is recruited to stand in for her in a police reconstruction of her final moments. Soon, Helen is taken in by Joy's parents and begins a relationship with Joy's boyfriend.

    Directed by:

  • Christine Molloy
  • rating:2.0 2.0 Average Rating

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    Russian Bride
    rating:2.0

    Russian Bride

    2006Runtime:0 minutes
    Restless in Russia and pining for a better life, Tanya (Elena Roth) desperately adds her photograph to a catalog of mail-order brides. She soon heads to America to wed a middle-aged workaholic (Richard Virga), naïvely believing this will solve all her problems. But the normal complexities of married life are accentuated by the fact that Tanya and her new husband barely know each other -- and that he has no clue how to communicate with women.

    Directed by:

  • Natasha Guruleva
  • rating:2.0 2.0 Average Rating

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    Rage
    rating:2.0

    Rage

    2009Runtime:0 minutes
    A young blogger attempts to document the inner workings of a top New York fashion house in the week leading up to a major show, but his behind-the-scenes interviews take on much greater significance when a runway model is murdered. A celebrity supermodel (Jude Law), a war photographer (Steve Buscemi), a critic (Judi Dench) and other personalities share their versions of the week's events in Sally Potter's darkly comic riff on the information age.

    Directed by:

  • Sally Potter
  • rating:2.0 2.0 Average Rating

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    An Existential Affair
    rating:2.0

    An Existential Affair

    2004Runtime:0 minutes
    During the 1990s, a highly sexual affair -- nearly 10 years in duration -- between two strangers, Petra and Johnny, begins behind the closed doors of a hotel room in Los Angeles. But when they decide to venture beyond the confines of the room, their desire wanes and reality intrudes. Can they shift their relationship to a more prosaic level that real life demands? Stars Alex A. Quinn, Martin Landau, Sean Delgado and Gretchen Becker.

    Directed by:

  • Peggy Bruen
  • rating:2.0 2.0 Average Rating

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    Cananea
    rating:2.0

    Cananea

    1977Runtime:0 minutes
    Jose Carlos Ruiz, Carlos Bracho and Milton Rodriguez star in this historical drama about the attempts of Col. William Greene to traverse the Sonora desert and his subsequent discovery of a copper mine in Mexico. Later, when mine workers go on strike demanding better working conditions, the fight grows exponentially and morphs into an all-out war, giving birth to the Mexican Revolution.

    Directed by:

  • Marcela Fernandez Violante
  • rating:2.0 2.0 Average Rating

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    Wait Up Harriet
    rating:2.0

    Wait Up Harriet

    2006Runtime:0 minutes
    In the wake of his wife's sudden death, a grieving firefighter nearly gives up on living. But with the arrival of his wife's spiritual mentor and the encouragement of his own 12-year-old son, he begins to believe in love again. His progress is thrown off track, however, when he discovers some previously unknown truths about his wife's past. Filmmaker Angus Benfield also stars in this independent drama he co-directed with Hanna Eichler.

    Directed by:

  • Angus Benfield
  • Hanna Eichler
  • rating:2.0 2.0 Average Rating

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    My Heart Is Mine Alone
    rating:2.0

    My Heart Is Mine Alone

    1997Runtime:0 minutes
    Helma Sanders-Brahms directs this inventive film that uses the verse of Jewish poet Else Lasker-Schüler and Nazi poet Gottfried Benn to dramatize the passionate, real-life affair between the two unlikely lovers. Forced out of Germany, Lasker-Schüler makes her way to Jerusalem even as Benn discovers the true nature of the Nazi ideology he had once championed. Lena Stolze and Cornelius Obonya star.

    Directed by:

  • Helma Sanders-Brahms
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    The Puppet Grave Digger
    rating:2.0

    The Puppet Grave Digger

    2003Runtime:0 minutes
    The mentally handicapped son of a protective mother may be at the root of a series of grisly murders in a small German village. Like the character Boo Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird, 18-year-old Ben likes to collect small, inconsequential trinkets during his wanderings. But when he brings home a severed finger, Ben becomes the prime suspect in a string of abductions -- with only his mother convinced of her son's innocence.

    Directed by:

  • Peter Henning
  • Claudia Prietzel
  • rating:2.0 2.0 Average Rating

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    Under the Pavement Lies the Strand
    rating:2.0

    Under the Pavement Lies the Strand

    1975Runtime:0 minutes
    Straining under the realization that they have lost their revolutionary fervor, lovers and former radicals Grischa (Grischa Huber) and Heinrich (Heinrich Giskes) take up a new political cause by fighting a proposed abortion law. But fresh, more pressing questions arise when Grischa unexpectedly becomes pregnant. Helma Sanders-Brahms directs this provocative drama that also stars Ursula von Berg and Gesine Strempel.

    Directed by:

  • Helma Sanders-Brahms
  • rating:2.0 2.0 Average Rating

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    The Young Lovers
    rating:1.9

    The Young Lovers

    1949Runtime:0 minutes
    Just as her career is about to take off, hoofer Carol Williams (Sally Forrest) learns that she has polio, and though her friends and dance partner (Keefe Brasselle) try to support her, she grows bitter and shuts herself away from them -- at first. With her career over, Carol eventually begins to look for ways to recover and to carry on with life. Director Ida Lupino's absorbing drama also stars Hugh O'Brian, Eve Miller and Lawrence Dobkin.

    Directed by:

  • Sally Forrest
  • rating:1.9 1.9 Average Rating

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    Tax Day
    rating:1.9

    Tax Day

    1998Runtime:0 minutes
    En route to the post office to mail their tax forms on April 15, Paula (Donna Sorbello) and Irene (Kathleen Monteleone) get sidetracked by two men who take them on an urban canoe ride on which they're repeatedly diverted by odd encounters, sidewalk spectacles and flashbacks. Writer-director Laura Colella helms this award-winning indie film about cherishing friendships, living in the moment and taking advantage of unexpected opportunities.

    Directed by:

  • Laura Colella
  • rating:1.9 1.9 Average Rating

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    Goldirocks
    rating:1.9

    Goldirocks

    2003Runtime:0 minutes
    Instead of pursuing her own rock 'n' roll dreams, Goldi (Sasha Ormond) chases after rock musicians to sleep with. While cozying up to members of the band Neglected, Goldi seizes her opportunity to perform on stage and discovers her true calling as a singer. But as Goldi becomes increasingly popular and gains confidence, her new lover, Miles (Greg LeGros), becomes resentful and starts pushing her away.

    Directed by:

  • Paula Tiberius
  • rating:1.9 1.9 Average Rating

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    Now and Then
    rating:3.8

    Now and Then

    1995Runtime:0 minutes
    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
  • rating:3.8 3.8 Average Rating

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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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