PUNCHING THE CLOWN, A PORTRAIT OF HENRY PHILLIPS

DescriptionDescription This documentary film, which includes fictional content, spans a few days in the life of Henry Phillips, a socially and politically abrasive singer/songwriter and a household name in the LA club circuit. In the film, Phillips is led to evaluate his professional and private relationships, as well as his role as a performer and...

MONA LISA DESCENDING A STAIRCASE

DescriptionDescription brings to audiences the best in contemporary clay animated films of the last 20 years. This landmark collection celebrates the I 00th anniversary of stop motion filmmaking, the earliest form of animation. Produced one frame at a time, and sometimes taking years to complete, these articulated visions in clay offer a sensory experience for...

MR. SARDONICUS

DescriptionDescription Recluse Count with a cursed sardonic goulish grin which he got from greedily defiling his father's grove, lures his wife's old boyfriend/doctor to cure him with a new medical treatment. Bizarre, creepy and sick.

MY BODY

DescriptionDescription A neurotic and self-loathing man dares to open himself up to his true sexual orientation.

NO CHILD OF MINE

DescriptionDescription This film is a shocking and compelling drama detatlmg the true story of a young girl's experiences of chtld abuse. Kerry,_ a seemingly happy school girl, endures an almost mcomprehensible series of brutalities and betrayals. The film was shot in Hampshire, England followmg two years of research and made with the full cooperation of...

OPENING TITLES

DescriptionDescription brings to audiences the best in contemporary clay animated films of the last 20 years. This landmark collection celebrates the I 00th anniversary of stop motion filmmaking, the earliest form of animation. Produced one frame at a time, and sometimes taking years to complete, these articulated visions in clay offer a sensory experience for...

PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE

DescriptionDescription Hailed as the worst movie ever made. Pompous aliens try conquering Earth by resurrecting corpses from a San Fernando Valley cemetery. This cult film is a must see. Last appearance by Lugosi who died during filming.

MARQUISE

DescriptionDescription Set against the backdrop of the court of King Louis XIV at Versailles, this is a magnificent piece of filmmakmg- luxuriously romantic and beautiful. A ravishingly beautiful but poverty stricken young dancer marnes a famous actor in Moliere's drama troupe, and is soon mtroduced to the King. Now the Marquise du Pare, she 1s...

MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH

DescriptionDescription The most Bergman-like of Carmon's films, this timeless tale has Price as evil Prince Prospero, a Satan worshipper living it up in his castle with his entourage while the countryside is being ravished by a plague. Beautifully photographed by Nicolas Roeg and ultra stylistic.

PIECES

DescriptionDescription A sinister comedy about three crazed ItalianAmerican brothers in a Cleveland hairpiece business whose sometimes vicious, often hilarious lives have plummeted to an all-time low. The brothers plan to salvage their situation by stealing and selling a competitor's client list. But the plan grotesquely selfdestructs, and the brothers struggle to reconcile the shared guilt...

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