LOAFING

DescriptionDescription A skateboarder, a yuppie, a homeless man and a salesman find themselves in the awkward silence of a New York public bathroom where they overcome their vast differences through a rather unique human interaction.

I MARRIED A MONSTER FROM OUTER SPACE

DescriptionDescription Invaders take over humans in grand plan to reproduce. Newly wed wife notices some strange behavior in her idyllic husband and friends. Good effects and performances make this a cult classic. Edited by George Tomasini (VERTIGO, NORTH BY NORTHWEST, PSYCHO)

LITTLE FUGITIVE

DescriptionDescription Widely regarded as one of the most influential and enjoyable films of American independent cinema, this is an utterly charming fable that poetically captures the joys and wonders of childhood. When a seven year old boy is tricked into believing he killed his older brother, he gathers his meager possessions and flees to New...

HANDS ON A HARD BODY

DescriptionDescription A hilarious gem of a film, this disarming doc about a contest in Longview, Texas to win a new Nissan truck takes a hokey small-town event and turns it into a metaphorical morality tale as two dozen entrants suffer three grueling days of physical and psychological pain to outlast the competition.

HOMBRES COMPLICADOS

DescriptionDescription This darkly comic film about brotherly love - and hate - is part gangster film, part road movie, and totally wild. Roger is a smooth petty crook who is not quite clever enough for the big time. Constantly in debt, he makes a habit of borrowing from his mother, convincing her it is an...

LEGS

DescriptionDescription Over one hundred pairs of legs ranging from 6 months to 97 years are surveyed in this telling montage of the human body.

A GUY WALKS INTO A BAR

DescriptionDescription A young man journeys to Hollywood to pursue his dream of acting in westerns.

HACKS

DescriptionDescription This witty ensemble comedy about the lives of televison writers in Hollywood, boasts an all-star cast including Stephen Rea, I!leana Douglas, John Ritter, Tom Arnold, Ryan O'Neal, Lisa Kudrow, Olivia D'Abo and Jason Priestley. Brian is suffering from writer's block. It has been a year now since his nervous breakdown. He has just been...

KNOCKIN’ ON HEAVEN’S DOOR

DescriptionDescription Martin has a brain tumor and Rudi is suffering from bone cancer. Their diagnoses: nearly dead. But Rudi has never seen the ocean, so the two steal a baby blue Mercedes and escape from the hospital. With two goofy gangsters, the cops and death on their tail, the two manage to live more intensely,...

LANDSCAPES OF MEMORY (O SERTÃO DAS MEMÓRIAS)

DescriptionDescription "Araujo's debut feature crystallizes the raw materials of his native Sertao (Brazil's drought-ndden northeast) into an allegory so riveting it resembles cinema verite made by an all-seeing god. In the film's mythic present, (a) heroic pair manage to evade the nefarious 'dragon' and reach the promised land ... (the film) etches a spiritual x-ray...

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