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Empire II

Although inspired by a monument of cinematic stasis, Andy Warhol's eight-hour Empire (1964), this new three-hour experiment is an astonishingly beautiful and unexpectedly lively tone poem paying unforgettable tribute to the sights and sou... read more

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Eclipse 1

Eclipse is a mélange of mystical images from Mumbai. read more

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Attica

In 1971, inmates at Attica State Prison seized control of D-yard and took 35 hostages after peaceful efforts for reforms failed. Attica investigates the rebellion and its bloody suppression, revealing institutionalized injustices, sanctioned disho... read more

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Night of the Hunchback

This dark comedy, a key masterwork of Iranian cinema, has long remained unseen in the West. Adapted from a story in 1001 Nights and set in a popular theatre troupe, the story follows the death of an actor in a farcical accident and the brilliantly... read more

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NYC Weights and Measures

NYC Weights and Measures is a simple gathering of New York City street footage. Shot with a spring-wound 16mm Bolex on, above, and below the streets of Manhattan and Brooklyn , this dreamy film explores the city's many moods, even including footag... read more

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Forging A Nation

Accompanied by his mother, cousins, aunts and uncles, the director retraces the steps of his Jewish ancestors, who fled Europe in the 1920's hoping to find in Argentina the land of their dreams. This poignant film journey uses the documentary as ... read more

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Armin

Ibro takes his 13-year-old son Armin from their small Bosnian village to Croatia to audition for a German film about the Balkan conflict. A skeptical take on the promises of the "New Europe," Armin is also the story of a growing relationship betwe... read more

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Last Dog in Rwanda

David is, like so many 10-year-old boys, fascinated by war: he builds plastic models of all kinds of military vehicles and plays war games with his friends. Fourteen years later, in May 1994, he has established himself as a news photographer, and ... read more

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Pornographer (a love story)

Indie stalwart (and Hal Hartley fixture) Martin Donovan shines in this cat-and-mouse tale of a tightly wound director who forges an obsessive relationship with an actress (Irene Jacob, winner of the 1991 Best Actress award at Cannes for her perfor... read more

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Original Cast Album: Company

Pennebaker's goundbreaking film documents the marathon 18 1/2-hour recording session for the cast album of Stephen Sondheim's landmark musical. Original Cast Album caused a sensation when it debuted, and it's easy to see why: By capturing the arti... read more

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Alias Kurban Said

Since its initial publication in Vienna in 1937, the exotic love story Ali & Nino has been surrounded by controversy over the true identity of its pseudonymous author. Alias sets out to shed light on the mystery surrounding Said's identity: Was he... read more

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James Benning - Circling the Image

Documentarian Wulf accompanies Benning, whose work takes a meditative look at the American landscape, as he embarks on scouting locations and shooting his feature, 13 Lakes (2002). Ever-faithful to his 16mm camera, Benning's long takes are influen... read more

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Jane Lloyd

This technique-based film tells a life story in 600 distinct shots of Jane Lloyd, an English-born, Hollywood actress. Shot on 8mm, 16mm, 35mm, and digital video, the narrative is expressed with images of her written name over the course of her lif... read more

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Falling Man

A Windows on the World waiter is sent down to the 103rd floor but cannot find the Canter-Fitzgerald employee who placed the order, nor anyone else. It's 9:41 a.m., September 11, 2001. Inspired by the September 11 photograph that ran once in The Ne... read more

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Mantis Parable

A lowly caterpillar is trapped in a bug collector's jar and desperately needs some help. An arrogant praying mantis eventually comes along to offer some advice, at which point the caterpillar realizes that the newcomer will need to be taught a les... read more

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Night Visions

Since September 11, 2001, over a million Americans have served in the armed forces stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan. Night Visions focuses on one young man who joined the U.S. Army for idealistic reasons but emerged from the service a very differ... read more

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Peace Tree

When two best friends, one Muslim and the other Christian, announce their plan to celebrate each other's holidays, the girls are met with resistance from their parents. In response, they create a Peace Tree celebrating all religions and cultures. ... read more

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Rubber Soles

Unlike the other kids in his corner of Harlem, 11-year-old Francis is a complete mess on the basketball court. He much prefers the solace of his own room, where he can slap on a James Brown record and turn himself into a pint-sized version of the ... read more

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epitaph*

On September 11, smoke billowed up from the lower Manhattan skyline. The future was more uncertain than ever, and time seemed to freeze. From the sound of the first plane flying low over Manhattan, to the candles that lit New Yorkers' faces during... read more

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Golden Venture

The merchant ship Golden Venture ran aground near New York City in 1993 with 300 undocumented Chinese immigrants onboard. Many of them went to jail for up to four years, and they're still seeking permanent legal residence (i.e. green cards) today.... read more

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Confessions of a Late Bloomer

For 15-year-old Donny, high school is more irritating than a lifelong case of athlete's foot. He's the smallest in the class and is only ever noticed when he's the butt of someone's joke. To escape the pummeling of his life, he meakly accepts the... read more

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Projectionist

Set during the Chinese Cultural Revolution in 1966, this short tells the story of a projectionist who accidentally inverts a film featuring Chairman Mao. The townsfolk and Red Guard are so enraged by the upside down image of one of China's most fe... read more

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Zaïna, Rider of the Atlas

In this "couscous Western," an 11-year-old girl's mother dies and she is confronted with the father she's never known. The pair make a peril-filled journey through Morocco's stunning Atlas mountains until a breathtaking horse race gives her a fina... read more

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Three Days in September

In September 2004, as a horrifying episode in an ongoing conflict, a group of Chechen rebels occupied a school in the small Russian city of Beslan, taking some 1,200 people-most of them children-hostage. At the end of three days, over 330 were dea... read more

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Burning Patience

A postman's life is forever changed when Pablo Neruda, the famous Chilean poet and diplomat, is exiled to the postman's remote island village. Writer/director Skármeta's charming, sexy, and largely overlooked film was the original screen adaptatio... read more