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In this light-hearted musical comedy with a message, a North African pop group called Rap Oriental uses music to triumph over the bigotry and violence in their housing project...LEARN MORE
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First-time director Mania Akbari explores the heartbreak and joy of romantic relationships through the stories of seven couples searching for happiness. Comprising seven...LEARN MORE
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25 Watts is a shaggy, comedic look at young slackers in urban Uruguay...LEARN MORE.
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The complete first season of this Francis Ford Coppola produced television drama has arrived on DVD. The series follows a government inquiry into the mysterious disappearance...LEARN MORE
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For her ambitious debut, documentary filmmaker Maria Finitzo followed five adolescent girls for two years, resulting in this authentic portrait of young women at a pivotal point in their...LEARN MORE
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Filmmaker Anastasia Lapsui, a Nenet who hails from the Russian tundra, has combined the legends of her indigenous people with personal experiences in order to convey life under...LEARN MORE
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A Doula Story documents one woman’s fierce commitment to empower pregnant teenagers with the skills and knowledge they need to become confident, nurturing mothers...LEARN MORE.
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French actress Helene Lapiower (Trouble Every Day) steps behind the camera to direct Petite Conversation Familiale, an intimate documentary that began as a chronicle of her Jewish family, who...LEARN MORE.
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A week in the life of Allen Ginsberg spent with Hungarian writer, poet, and translator Istvan Eorsi, and a small camera crew in the streets of New York. Sharing thoughtful discussions...LEARN MORE.
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A documentary about two women who fall in love in a small Hungarian village, once a haven for the lesbian community. One lives in poverty, while the other is married to an abusive and...LEARN MORE.
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A marker of his “Mexican years,” Luis Buñuel’s adaptation of Guy de Maupassant’s “Pierre et Jean” skewers bourgeois values with brilliant satire...LEARN MORE
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At the behest of the United Nations, Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami traveled to Uganda to craft this profound and affecting documentary. Kiarostami's film tempers its...LEARN MORE
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This faithful and exhilarating representation of the 5th Buenos Aires Tango Festival brings to the screen all the squeezes of the accordion, quick kicks, and guttural songs of heartbreak, deceit...LEARN MORE
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Black Africans are capturing African tribesmen and trading them into European slavery in this historical drama set in the 17th century. Adanggaman, played by Rasmane...LEARN MORE
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A serious portrait of obsession with a comical edge, Post Coitum is a fine showcase for the directing and acting talents of Brigitte Rouan. Rouan stars as a married book...LEARN MORE
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In this highly experimental interpretation of life in post-communist Hungary, a writer lives a meager existence with his cat as he struggles to complete a novel...LEARN MORE.
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The adventures of real-life Polish spy and war hero Jerzy Szajnowicz-Iwanow are brought to the big screen in this gripping action drama from renowned screenwriter Aleksander Scibor...LEARN MORE.
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In this Hindi action drama set in the Bombay underworld, young Bhai witnesses the framing of his virtuous schoolmaster father (Alok Nath) in connection with a prostitute...LEARN MORE
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For over 50 years, painter Alex Katz has bucked trends in modern art to pioneer and refine his own style of flat, elegant, and realistic figure painting. What About Style? offers...LEARN MORE.
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The life's work of two legends of avant-garde cinema is included in this seven-disc collection, which consists of The Lawrence Jordan Album and The Films of James Broughton.
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A gritty but essential documentary charting social turbulence in late 1960s Chicago. American Revolution 2 includes footage of the 1968 Democratic Convention...LEARN MORE.
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This is a 3-disc collection of seminal works and archival rarities featuring silent comedy legends and forgotten clowns, from the first film directed by Charlie Chaplin to early works...LEARN MORE.
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The writer of a cynical self-help book for women (titled Why Love Doesn't Work) has trouble following her own advice and continues to look for love, sex, and "the big O" in the big city. She finds good companionship with a top-rated radio "shock jock," but then feels threatened by - of all things - his masturbation habits. A showcase for the talents of director, writer, producer, star and editor Julie Davis (All Over the Guy), this comedy takes a candid look at sexuality and relationships.
Julie Davis/U.S.A./2002/87 mins.
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From his work in the fiction mode to documentary to installation, German filmmaker Harun Farocki has consistently explored ideas of language, ideology, perception, and contemporary...LEARN MORE.
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"Wiecek makes a pleasant, affecting feature debut" (Variety) with this popular Polish comedy about Giordano, an angel who can't quite live up to his wings. A rock 'n' roller with a taste for extravagance, he'd rather commune with his good buddy Elvis Presley in purgatory than perform his heavenly duties. This does not sit well with the Almighty and Friends. Aniolw Krakowie features veteran actor Krzysztof Globisz in the title role and noted stage actress Ewa Kaim as his costar. Followed by Angel in Love. In Polish with English subtitles.
Artur Wiecek---Poland---2002---87 mins.
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In this sequel to the popular comedy An Angel in Krakow, Giordano the Angel is bound by his earthly responsibilities and cannot return to heaven. When he reluctantly severs all ties with...LEARN MORE.
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In this taut thriller from Polish filmmaker Marcin Ziebinski, a young man named Pawel inherits a secluded old mansion in the country and takes his girlfriend, Magda, to the house...LEARN MORE.
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This collection showcases the experimental animations of Russian-born artist/filmmaker Alexander Alexeieff and his American wife and collaborator, Claire Parker...LEARN MORE.
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A moving portrait of the extraordinary Soviet poet, Anna Akhmatova. Although her work was banned and went unpublished for 17 years, her poem "Requiem"...LEARN MORE.
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The only film directed by film critic and screenwriter Gavin Lambert (I Never Promised You a Rose Garden, Inside Daisy Clover), Another Sky unfolds around a demure and prim governess who...LEARN MORE.
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The sequel to The Girls of Nowolipki is set in Warsaw after the First World War, when Poland regained her independence. Again, the film follows the lives of the young heroines...LEARN MORE.
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This psychological spy thriller is a study of the methods used to shape the personality of an individual working in the service of a totalitarian empire. Based on the true story of a...LEARN MORE.
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A moving account of director Helma Sanders-Brahms' childhood, made to show her own daughter a Germany beyond Hitler and the Holocaust.
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Hannelore Hoger (Lost Honor of Katharina Blum) stars as Leni Peickert in Alexander Kluge's compelling parable about art vs. entertainment, culture vs. commerce. Leni...LEARN MORE.
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This Arte France television production takes viewers into the heart of the "first arts," introducing major artistic pieces from African, Oceania, South America, and Asia. Each of the six half-hour...LEARN MORE.
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This Arte France television production returns to the heart of the "first arts," introducing major artistic pieces from African, Oceania, South America, and Asia. Each of the six half-hour...LEARN MORE.
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As Goes Janesville reports from ground zero of the recession-ridden heartland. When bankrupt General Motors shut down their century-old plant in Janesville, Wisconsin, in 2008...LEARN MORE.
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From Kartemquin Films and the makers of Hoop Dreams comes this "impassioned portrait of a quest for truth" (The Chicago Tribune). Carroll Pickett served as minister to death row...LEARN MORE.
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Romance goes awry in Atrakcyjny Pozna Pania, an outrageous tale about confirmed bachelor Stasio Tuchala, who may be a little long in the tooth but still eager to find love. His friends...LEARN MORE.
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Narrated by Andy Garcia, this documentary not only unveils the long journey of Cuban classical music composer Aurelio De La Vega, but also unmasks the various faces of nationalism, with...LEARN MORE.
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"Automatons is what happens when Eraserhead and Tetsuo the Iron Man bong themselves into oblivion and collaborate on a minimalist avant-garde sci-fi cheapie shot in a toolshed"...LEARN MORE.
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One of the most popular Mexican films ever made, the cult sensation Aventurera is a famous example of a cabareteras, a curious film noir and musical hybrid wildly popular in Mexico in the...LEARN MORE.
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In this "Lynch-like vision of the rotting underbelly of Middle America" (Stephen Holden, The New York Times), the downfall of a lingerie model is portrayed against the depressing, menacing...LEARN MORE.
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This mysterious, genre-defying French film concerns a reclusive artist named Rene Bernard (Patrick-Mario Bernard), who lives and works in a beautiful old ballroom with his male lover...LEARN MORE.
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Award-winning director Damian Pettigrew (Fellini: I'm a Born Liar) offers this definitive portrait of Balthus, a modern artist whose work was nonetheless out of step with most...LEARN MORE.
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"The most politically urgent film in the 2006 NY Film Festival combines a bracing indictment of the world financial system with a subtle glimpse at daily life in Africa"...LEARN MORE.
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Nominated for the Golden Palm at Cannes in 2005, Masahiro Kobayashi's Bashing is a heartbreaking film based on real-life events. The narration begins after Japanese aid worker Yuko...LEARN MORE.
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Director Kazimierz Kutz, one-time assistant to Andrzej Wajda and member of the Polish School, directed this endearing dramatic comedy set in his homeland of Silesia. Cantankerous...LEARN MORE.
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In 1919, during World War I, a young lieutenant confronts the bombastic Rasputin traveling incognito. The General Staff Colonel of the Russian army is impressed with the young...LEARN MORE.
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The sequel to Bunuel's 1967 film, Belle de Jour, directed by Portuguese filmmaker Manoel de Oliveira at the age of 97, is a masterpiece in its own right....LEARN MORE.
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An aging femme fatale and her talented daughter battle for control over the young girl's destiny in this coming-of-age story from Poland. Though the mother wants only the best for...LEARN MORE.
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Facets Kids Film Network is proud to present Best of the Fest, a collection of the 10 best short films from the Chicago International Children's Film Festival. It's a one-of-a-kind collection of...LEARN MORE.
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In director Zbigniew Kuzminski's romantic interpretation of Marii Rodziewiczowny's historical novel, the young, charismatic Count Wentzel Croy-Dulmen falls in love with a beautiful...LEARN MORE.
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A top action star in his native country for 30 years, Boguslaw Linda has been dubbed the Polish Bruce Willis. He turns up the heat as an action star, but can handle comedy like a pro. This pairing of Segment '76 (2003) and Deserter's Gold (1998) shows both sides to Linda's star image.
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From Polish director Jan Lomnicki (Just Beyond the Forest) comes this action-packed story of the rise and fall of a notorious Polish criminal in the early years after the Fall of Communism. As the...LEARN MORE.
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The accomplished Polish actor Jan Nowicki stars in the title role as an aging card shark who gets back in the game. After a naive gambler, Jurek, tries to hustle Big Shar and fails, he agrees...LEARN MORE.
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The origins of a homegrown Scottish cinema can be traced back to filmmaker Bill Douglas, who directed this trio of brilliant semiautobiographical films about his brutal childhood in an...LEARN MORE.
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The Billy Nayer Show celebrates over a decade of independence in music and film with this wide-ranging collection. From stream of consciousness musicals to animated obsessions...LEARN MORE.
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An innovative story structure distinguishes this emotional Polish drama about a young man (Piotr Lysak) who grows to manhood during World War II. The film covers four days in his life...LEARN MORE.
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Lisa, a young Russian emigre studying medicine in New York, and Roy, an African-American building superintendent, bond as they eke out a meager living on the city's Lower East Side...LEARN MORE.
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