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A Town Called Panic
Vincent Patar, Stéphane Aubier | | Hilarious and delightfully wacky, the stop-motion extravaganza A Town Called Panic has endless charms and raucous laughs for children and adults alike. Based on the Belgian cult TV series Panic stars three plastic toys named Cowboy, Indian and Horse who share a rambling house in a rural town that never fails to attract the craziest events. More... |
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Le Combat dans l’île
Alain Cavalier | | A hidden gem of the French New Wave, Alain Cavalier’s Le Combat dans l’île is as coolly modern as it is tensely gripping. Filled with thrilling plot twists, jazzy gun battles and stormy betrayals, this scintillating neo-noir unfolds against a backdrop of 1960s political turmoil. More... |
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The Horse Boy
Michel Orion Scott, Rupert Isaacson | | An intensely personal yet epic spiritual quest, THE HORSE BOY follows one Texas couple and their autistic son as they trek on horseback through the breathtaking steppes of Mongolia in an attempt to find healing for him. Based on Rupert Isaason’s bestselling memoir of the same name. More... |
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Afghan Star
Havana Marking | | After 30 years of Taliban and wartime rule, pop culture is creeping back into Afghanistan in the form of Afghan Star, an enormously popular American Idol–type contest. Filmmaker Havana Marking follows the dramatic stories of four of the contestants, giving us a new, and more human, look at this troubled part of the world. More... |
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Examined Life
Astra Taylor | | Filmmaker Astra Taylor (Zizek!) accompanies some of today’s most influential thinkers on a series of unique excursions through places and spaces that hold particular resonance for them and their ideas. More... |
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Act of God
Jennifer Baichwal | | From the director of Manufactured Landscapes. Accidents, chance, fate and the elusive quest to make sense out of tragedy underpin director Jennifer Baichwal’s captivating new work, an elegant cinematic meditation on the metaphysical effects of being struck by lightning. More... |
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Three Monkeys
Nuri Bilge Ceylan | | After his critically acclaimed mood pieces Distant and Climates, Turkey’s leading filmmaker moves in a more plot-driven direction while retaining his mastery of ambience and nuance. Winner of the Best Director prize at Cannes, Three Monkeys tells a twisty, noirish tale set in motion by a hit-and-run accident. More... |
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Fados
Carlos Saura | | A ravishing fusion of cinema, song, dance and instrumental numbers, Fados completes the musical trilogy of award-winning Carlos Saura (Flamenco, 1995; Tango, 1998). Using Lisbon as a backdrop, he explores Portugal’s most emblematic musical genre (fado) and its haunting spirit of saudade (melancholy). More... |
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Tulpan
Sergey Dvortsevoy | | Winner of the Prix Un Certain Regard at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, acclaimed Kazakh documentarian Sergey Dvortsevoy’s first narrative feature is a gorgeous mélange of tender comedy, ethnographic drama and wildlife extravaganza. More... |
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Trouble the Water
Carl Deal, Tia Lessin | | Academy Award nominee and Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner, TROUBLE THE WATER takes you inside Hurricane Katrina in a way never before seen on screen. Tia Lessin and Carl Deal tell the story of an aspiring rap artist and her husband who survive the storm and then seize a chance for a new beginning. More... |
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Towards Zero
Pascal Thomas | | From the Kimstim Collection. A smart, sexy and thrilling updating of one of Agatha Christie’s best works. More... |
| Available August 3, 2010. Pre-order now. |
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The Patterns Trilogy
Jamie Travis | | From the Kimstim Collection. A collection of short films from Jamie Travis, whose darkly ironic comedies have established him as filmmaker with a distinctive cinematic vision. More... |
| Available August 3, 2010. Pre-order now. |
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The Oath
Laura Poitras | | From the director of the Oscar-nominated My Country, My Country, The Oath is a spectacularly gripping documentary that unspools like a great political thriller. It’s the crosscut tale of two men whose fateful meeting propelled them on divergent courses with Al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, 9/11, Guantanamo and the U.S. Supreme Court. More... |
| Available September 28, 2010. Pre-order now. |
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Ballets Russes
Dayna Goldfine, Dan Geller | | This entrancing ode to the revolutionary twentieth-century dance troupes known collectively as the Ballets Russes treats modern audiences to a rare glimpse of the singularly remarkable merger of performers, choreographers, composers and designers who transformed the art of dance for generations to come. More... |
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The Corporation
Jennifer Abbott, Mark Achbar | | One of the most successful political documentaries of all time, THE CORPORATION is a timely, critical inquiry that invites CEOs, whistle-blowers, brokers, gurus, spies, players, pawns and pundits on a graphic and engaging quest to reveal the corporation's inner workings, curious history, controversial impacts and possible futures. More... |
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Into Great Silence
Philip Gröning | | An impressionistic and meditative chronicle of a year in and around the Grand Chartreuse, a monastery in the French Alps. This definitive two-disc, director authorized special edition boasts a breathtaking 16:9 anamorphic transfer and contains a whole disc of extras, including behind-the-scenes footage, additional scenes (including a segment on the preparation of the Carthusian’s world-famous Chartreuse liqueur), a guide to the monastery, extensive audio and photo galleries, and much more. More... |
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Travellers & Magicians
Khyentse Norbu | | One of Himalayan Buddhism’s most revered lamas, Khyentse Norbu weaves parallel fable-like tales about two men who seek to escape their mundane lives. This is the first feature film ever shot in the tiny Kingdom of Bhutan. More... |
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Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media
Mark Achbar, Peter Wintonick | | Funny, provocative and surprisingly accessible, MANUFACTURING CONSENT explores the political life and ideas of world-renowned linguist, intellectual and political activist Noam Chomsky. From the co-director of THE CORPORATION. More... |
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The Short Films of the Quay Brothers
The Quay Brothers | | This new and definitive collection features thirteen of the Quay Brothers’ masterpieces - some, like In Absentia, never before released in any home video format - on a two-disc special edition DVD remastered from new high definition materials. Will include a large selection of extras – including audio commentaries on selected films and an extensive booklet. More... |
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Sophie Scholl-The Final Days
Marc Rothemund | | The true story of Germany’s most famous anti-Nazi heroine is brought to thrilling life in the multi-award winning drama SOPHIE SCHOLL-THE FINAL DAYS. Academy Award Nominee for Best Foreign Language Film, SOPHIE SCHOLL stars Julia Jentsch in a luminous performance as the young coed-turned-fearless activist. More... |
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Ram Dass Fierce Grace
Mickey Lemle | | Best known for his 1971 bestseller BE HERE NOW, which was a spiritual touchstone of the era, Ram Dass is an inspiration to people across the globe. Filmmaker Mickey Lemle intersperses vivid archival footage from hippiedom's glory days with intimate glimpses of Ram Dass today, as he continues to remake his life since being - in his words - "stroked" in 1997. More... |
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Manufactured Landscapes
Jennifer Baichwal | | An award-winning feature documentary on the work of internationally renowned artist Edward Burtynsky. The film follows him as he travels through China photographing the evidence and effects of that country’s massive industrial revolution. More... |
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Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
Tani Cohen, CC Goldwater, Julie Anderson | | Producer, narrator and granddaughter CC Goldwater takes viewers on a cinematic journey into the life of Barry Goldwater in MR. CONSERVATIVE: GOLDWATER ON GOLDWATER, a film which reveals Goldwater as a man either glorified or vilified by the American public. More... |
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China: A Century of Revolution
Sue Williams | | As seen on PBS, this award-winning six-hour documentary series on the history of 20th-century China uses never-before-seen footage and remarkable first-hand interviews to document the epic struggle of the Chinese people to build a unified, modern nation. More... |
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Up The Yangtze
Yung Chang | | The award-winning documentary in which the Three Gorges Dam forms an unsettling backdrop to a richly detailed narrative of life inside contemporary China. More... |
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