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1) Amy
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The incredible story of six-time Grammy winner Amy Winehouse - in her own words. Featuring extensive unseen archival footage and previously unheard tracks, this strikingly modern, moving, and vital film shines a light on our culture and the world we live in today.
3) Gloria Bell
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Gloria is a free-spirited divorcée who spends her days at a straight-laced office job and her nights on the dance floor, joyfully letting loose at clubs around Los Angeles. After meeting Arnold on a night out, she finds herself thrust into an unexpected new romance, filled with both the joys of budding love and the complications of dating, identity, and family.
4) Lean on Pete
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English
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Fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson arrives in Portland, Oregon with his single father Ray, both of them eager for a fresh start after a series of hard knocks. While Ray descends into personal turmoil, Charley finds acceptance and camaraderie at a local racetrack where he lands a job caring for an aging Quarter Horse named Lean On Pete. The horse's owner, Del Montgomery, and his jockey, Bonnie, help Charley fill the void of his father's absence --...
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English
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The incredible true story of aspiring filmmaker and Hollywood outsider Tommy Wiseau (James Franco) as he and his best friend Greg (Dave Franco) defiantly pursue their dreams and embark on the hilarious odyssey of making the now-infamous cult classic *The Room*. **Oscar** nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay. **Golden Globe** winner for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy. Nominated for Best Male Lead at the **Film...
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Secure within a desolate home as an unnatural threat terrorizes the world, the tenuous domestic order he has established with his wife and son is put to the ultimate test with the arrival of a desperate young family seeking refuge. Despite the best intentions of both families, paranoia and mistrust boil over as the horrors outside creep ever-closer, awakening something hidden and monstrous within him as he learns that the protection of his family...
7) Uncut gems
Series
Criterion collection volume 1101
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English
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This jolt of pure cinematic adrenaline affirmed directors Josh and Benny Safdie as heirs to the gritty, heightened realism of Martin Scorsese and John Cassavetes. Adam Sandler delivers an almost maniacally embodied performance as Howard Ratner, a fast-talking New York jeweler in relentless pursuit of the next big score. When he comes into possession of a rare opal, it seems Howard's ship has finally come in as long as he can stay one step ahead of...
8) Climax
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Français
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From director Gaspar Noe comes a hypnotic, hallucinatory, and ultimately hair-raising depiction of a party that descends into delirium over the course of one night. A troupe of young dancers gathers in a remote and empty school building to rehearse. Afterward, they begin an all-night celebration that turns nightmarish as they discover they've been pounding sangria laced with potent LSD. Tracking their journey from jubilation to chaos and anarchy,...
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Donna Stern is a Brooklyn comedian who gets heartlessly dumped by her two-timing boyfriend. While trying to drown her troubles at the stand-up comedy club, she has a drunken one night stand with a cute young professional named Max (who's not even remotely her type) and ends up pregnant. Donna has to do what is expected of a "responsible adult" just in time for the best/worst Valentine's Day of her life.
10) Never goin' back
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English
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Never Goin' Back is a rebellious coming of age tale about two young women who have decided to leave their worries behind and go at life full force with each other. Recent high school drop-outs, they find themselves broke and down on their luck. To make a buck, they become waitresses at a scummy local diner. The work may be crushing their souls, but they're saving the money to go on a beach trip together. However, it's a little difficult to save when...
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Kwabena quits his dead-end recruitment job to chase his dream of becoming a filmmaker and is thrown into a world of uncertainty. Having recently met the tantalizing Vanessa, he struggles to keep up with her taste for fancy restaurants and cocktail bars by secretly taking shifts as a fast-food delivery driver. Meanwhile, his cousin has a baby on the way, meaning he needs to find a new place to live.
14) The captive
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English
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Eight years after the disappearance of Cassandra, some disturbing indications seem to indicate that she's still alive. Her parents, detectives, and Cassandra herself will try to unravel the mystery of her disappearance.
15) Skin
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English
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From Oscar-winning director Guy Nattiv comes this galvanizing story of transformation inspired by true events. After a difficult childhood drives him into the grasps of a white supremacist gang, Bryon (Jamie Bell) strives to escape to a new life and struggles to undo and repent for the evil he's done.
16) Woodshock
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A hypnotic exploration of isolation, paranoia, and grief that exists in a dream-world all its own. Theresa is a haunted young woman spiraling in the wake of profound loss, torn between her fractured emotional state and the reality-altering effects of a potent cannabinoid drug.
17) Cut Bank
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English
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Looking to leave his sleepy town of Cut Bank, Dwayne McLaren hatches a get-rich scheme to get himself out. But when Dwayne's plan backfires and he's swept into a murder investigation led by the local sheriff, he discovers that Cut Bank is a small town full of deadly surprises.
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In small-town Alabama, Zeke & Earl scramble to cover up the unlikely (and, in most states, highly illegal) events that led to their friend's death, as they try to dodge their families, the cops, and one horrified medical examiner. Official Selection at the **Sundance Film Festival** and **San Francisco International Film Festival**.
19) In fabric
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English
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A lonely woman recently separated from her husband, who visits a bewitching London department store for a dress that will transform her life. She is fitted with a flattering, blood-red gown -- which, in time, will unleash a malevolent curse and unstoppable evil, threatening everyone in its path.
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English
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The film immerses watchers in the raucous rock stars' fast paced world of electrifying music, wild debauchery, and apic fraternal feuding, weaving never before seen concert footage with candid interviews and an astonishing firsthand account of the backstage sibling rivalry that threatened to destroy the band.