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Juan of the Dead
Movie
It's equal parts splatter and laughter in this doomsday romp with a decidedly Cuban touch. When Havana begins filling up with the living dead and the government claims that the bloodthirsty zombies are US-funded dissidents, forty-year-old slacker Juan is left with no other choice than to protect ...
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The Girl of Your Dreams
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1938. Happy to leave the Spanish Civil War behind, a movie troupe travels to Hitler’s Berlin to shoot an international production at UFA studios. They soon discover that they have escaped one war only to end up in another, and that the hospitality of Joseph Goebbels, the German Minister of Propag...
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Drifters
Movie
Handwriting analyst Méte (Andrea Bosca) and his 17-year-old soon-to-be half-sister Belinda (Miriam Giovanelli) have little in common except for the fact that her mother is engaged to marry his father. Now, for the week leading up to their parents' wedding, Belinda is crashing at Méte's Rome apart...
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The Lustful Vicar
Movie
In the seventeenth century, the daughter of a witch gets revenge for her mother being burned at the stake by cursing a young vicar to be in a constant state of excitement underneath his robes. His unfortunate predicament is made all the more complicated by a planned meeting with the local archbis...
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Stay with Us
Movie
After three successful years living and working in America, French-Jewish actor and comedian Gad Elmaleh decides to move back home to Paris. He misses his family and friends. Or, at least that’s what Gad tells his loving yet overbearing parents, Régine and David. However, it’s not long before his...
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The Sales Girl
Movie
When college coed Saruul takes a temporary job as a clerk in a sex shop, her poker-faced indifference makes her the perfect foil for the shop’s clientele, who range from slightly sheepish and cautiously curious to downright perverse. But it’s the shop’s flamboyant, eccentric female owner who init...
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Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
Movie
Based on the novel by Jorge Amado, this Golden Globe and BAFTA-nominated comedy follows the strange events that befall Dona Flor (Sonia Braga) after she is left a widow by the death of her wild, irresponsible husband. Shortly after remarrying, she finds her new, less-than-satisfying sex life revi...
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The King of Laughter
Movie
One of Naples’ most beloved playwrights, Eduardo Scarpetta (Toni Servillo) staged extraordinary comedic productions with his family troupe that were only rivaled by the constant drama surrounding his tumultuous personal life. But at the height of his popularity in 1904, Scarpetta risked it all wi...
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Beate
Movie
After receiving notification via group text that they are being laid off, the hardworking female employees of the Veronica Garment Factory decide to “borrow” some equipment and create their own line of lingerie. Despite a lack of money and resources, the group is determined to make the new busine...
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Saint-Narcisse
Movie
Dominic is a young man with a fetish… for himself. Nothing turns him on more than his own reflection, and he feeds his solitary obsession by posing for polaroid selfies. Following the death of his beloved grandmother, Dominic begins to unravel the hidden truth about his fractured past. His lesbia...
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Looking for Lucky
Movie
Struggling graduate student Zhang Guangsheng (Ding Xinhe) loses his professor’s dog and enlists his deadbeat dad (Yu Hai) to help retrieve the missing pooch before his careless mistake jeopardizes both his graduation and future career.
The feature debut from Chinese writer/director Jiang Jiache...
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Paradise: A New Life
Movie
Slushy pushcart vendor Calogero has entered the witness protection program after agreeing to testify against a mafia killer he saw murder a man in Sicily. Provided a new identity, he is sent as far away as possible: Sauris, a tiny village nestled in the Italian Alps. Unfortunately, snow and weird...
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100 Yen Love
Movie
32-year-old Ichiko (Sakura Ando, Shoplifters) lives at home in self-indulgent grunginess with her parents and recently divorced younger sister. One morning, after a particularly heated argument, Ichiko decides to leave for good. With few options to support herself, she finds a job at a 100 yen sh...
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Amour Fou
Movie
Alliance of Women Film Journalists Selection! Read an excerpt from Marilyn Ferdinand's AWFJ review: "The careful framing, gorgeous period settings, brilliantly orchestrated set-pieces, and vibrant colors of this film are a feast for the eyes, and I admired the subtle performances of this uniforml...
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Helena from the Wedding
Movie
In this nuanced and comedic portrait of a marriage, newlyweds Alice (Melanie Lynskey) and Alex (Lee Tergesen) host a New Year's Eve party for their closest friends at their remote cabin in the mountains. However, when Alice's friend brings along a surprise guest – the very young and beautiful Hel...