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poster The Linda Vista Project

The Linda Vista Project

Emily Strand, a paranormal expert, leads her research team on what they believe will be their final ghost hunt at Linda Vista, one of America's most notoriously haunted locations, only to find themselves …

poster If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front

If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front

85mn - Documentary, Crime, History

Filmmaker Marshall Curry explores the inner workings of the Earth Liberation Front, a revolutionary movement devoted to crippling facilities involved in deforestation, while simultaneously offering a prof…

poster A Life at Stake

A Life at Stake

A struggling architect desperate to rebuild his failed business accepts a lucrative proposition from a seductive married woman, but when he realizes she's manipulating him into a deadly insurance scam whe…

poster Road Wars

Road Wars

90mn - Sci-Fi, Action

After the earth’s water supply is depleted, the survivors form roving road gangs, armed to the teeth and desperate to find and protect water supplies. But when a new breed of blood-drinking humans emerges…

poster The Blacksmiths

The Blacksmiths

1mn - Documentary

While his aide continuously turns the handle of the bellows, keeping hot a small furnace in front of him, a blacksmith is pounding a piece of metal on an anvil, then plunges the shaft into a tub of water,…

poster The Lady Says No

The Lady Says No

80mn - Comedy, Romance

A feminist author who wrote a bestselling book warning women about the dangers of men finds her convictions challenged when a charming and persistent Life magazine photographer arrives to do a feature sto…

poster Out There

Out There

98mn - Comedy, Sci-Fi, Family

A Pulitzer Prize winning photographer is fired from his job for not being sensationalistic enough. After he purchases an old camera at a yard sale, he discovers some undeveloped film in it, including phot…

poster H.P. Lovecraft's Witch House

H.P. Lovecraft's Witch House

Graduate student Alice Gilman flees an abusive past and takes refuge in the notorious Hannah house to conduct her research on alternate dimensions, but her mathematical experiments unlock an ancient gatew…

poster Take Care of My Little Girl

Take Care of My Little Girl

A young woman enters college and learns some hard truths about sorority life, including snobbery and the cruelty of hazing.

poster A Suburbanite's Ingenious Alarm

A Suburbanite's Ingenious Alarm

An office worker takes desperate measures in an attempt to get up on time in the morning.

poster Salt of the Earth

Salt of the Earth

94mn - History, Drama

At New Mexico's Empire Zinc mine, Mexican-American workers protest the unsafe work conditions and unequal wages compared to their Anglo counterparts. Ramon Quintero helps organize the strike, but he is sh…

poster Oranges and Lemons

Oranges and Lemons

After getting into a scuffle with his boss and some co-workers, an orange packer tries to help another co-worker, only to wind up in a conflict with him as well. Trying to elude his boss, he heads inside …

poster Slipping Wives

Slipping Wives

Neglected by her husband, our heroine decides to make him jealous by getting the handyman to play a literary genius at a party and flirt with her.

poster Touch the Sound

Touch the Sound

99mn - Documentary, Music

A documentary which explores the connections among sound, rhythm, time, and the body by following percussionist Evelyn Glennie, who is nearly deaf.

poster Worth the Price? Joe Biden and the Launch of the Iraq War

Worth the Price? Joe Biden and the Launch of the Iraq War

0mn - Documentary

Worth the Price? Joe Biden and the Launch of the Iraq War is a documentary short reviewing the role of then-Senator Joe Biden (D-DE) in leading the United States into the most devastating foreign policy b…

Matisse

97mn - Documentary

An intimate behind-the-scenes journey through the revolutionary final chapter of Henri Matisse's career, exploring how the bedridden master artist defied physical limitations to create his iconic cut-out …

poster I Dream of a Psychopomp

I Dream of a Psychopomp

After losing his beloved wife Evelyn in a tragic car accident he caused, grieving widower Kerry is tormented by her distressed ghost and consumed by overwhelming guilt. When a mysterious spiritual guide k…

poster Paul Ogata: A Collection of My Favorite Lies

Paul Ogata: A Collection of My Favorite Lies

In his first hour-long comedy special, award-winning comedian Paul Ogata takes it upon himself to solve the world's problems by exposing the lies of modern society, including the Ebola scare, food allergi…

Sapien

A popular influencer sets out on a solo journey to document her adventures after a devastating breakup, but her quest for content leads her across the threshold of evil where sadistic predators and demoni…

poster Girl with a Pearl Earring: And Other Treasures from the Mauritshuis

Girl with a Pearl Earring: And Other Treasures from the Mauritshuis

90mn - Documentary

Art experts and historians delve into the secrets behind Johannes Vermeer's most famous masterpiece, exploring the mysterious identity of the girl with the pearl earring and revealing the artistic techniq…

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