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After Parkland

Documentary

Filmed in the days after the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that killed 17 people, this intimate chronicle weaves together interviews, vérité footage, and personal videos into a moving portrait of one community's crusade to turn tragedy into progress.

Breakheart Pass

Adventure · Western

At the height of the frontier era, a locomotive races through the Rocky Mountains on a classified mission. But one by one, the passengers are murdered! Their only hope is John Deakin (Charles Bronson), a mysterious prisoner-in-transit who must fight for his life, and the lives of everyone on the tra…

Common Threads: Stories From the Quilt

Biography · History · Documentary

The Memorial Quilt was started by the NAMES Project in the summer of 1987...and by the fall of '88, the quilt had grown to include 8,288 panels. Through on-the-scene documentation, filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman wove the NAMES Project's efforts to memoralize AIDS victims into an emotion…

A Day on the Grand Canal with the Emperor of China

Art · History · Documentary

Director Philip Haas and artist David Hockney bring the bustling streets of three-hundred-year-old China to life through their analysis of the 72-foot-long seventh scroll of "The Kangxi Emperor's Southern Inspection Tour" by Wang Hui.

The Death Kiss

Horror

Bela Lugosi stars as the head of a struggling studio, who tries to contain a scandal after an actor is killed during the making of a film. While the police investigate the deepening mysteries within the studio, a quick-witted screen- writer (DavidManners) decides to solve the crime himself, in order…

Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay

Art Documentaries · Documentary

DECEPTIVE PRACTICE traces Jay's achievements and influences, from his apprenticeship at age 4 with his grandfather, to such now-forgotten legends as Al Flosso, Slydini, Cardini and his primary mentors, Dai Vernon and Charlie Miller.

Have You Heard About Greg?

Documentary

Have You Heard About Greg? puts a human face on the most terrifying disease of Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. The film features amazing experts committed to the fight against Alzheimer’s who share their experience and wisdom about how to deal with an invisible enemy that is qui…

Heartworn Highways

Documentary · Music & Dance · Music

In the mid-70’s, James Szalapski captured lightning in a bottle, a fleeting moment in music history. Namely, the birth of Outlaw Country Music, heralding a new, close-knit generation of renegade musicians, inspired by Willie and Waylon.  Typically, they gathered at Guy and Susanna Clark&r…

I Am Chris Farley

Biography · Documentary

Chris Farley lived his life full speed and committed to make everyone around him laugh out loud. His hilarious, touching and wildly entertaining story - from his early days in Madison, Wisconsin, through his work at the legendary Second City to his rapid rise to the top of the comedy world on &ldquo…

In Celebration

Theatre

Taught adaptation of David Storey's emotionally-charged family drama.

The Long Goodbye

Thriller · Crime

Elliott Gould (Busting) gives one of his best performances as a quirky, mischievous Philip Marlowe in Robert Altman's (Thieves Like Us) fascinating and original send-up of Raymond Chandler's classic detective story.

Lust for Gold : A Race Against Time

Historic Drama · SenArt · Documentary

A true story is about obsession, greed, and the hunt for gold. Boyhood dreams of treasure lead to a lifelong search when a retired missile scientist makes a monumental discovery and tempts fate for fortune as he hatches a secret plan to prove his claim.

Museum Town

Art Documentaries · Architecture · Documentary

Directed by Jennifer Trainer, a former journalist and one of MASS MoCA's original builders, and narrated by Academy Award® winner Meryl Streep, the documentary tells the story of an unconventional museum, the small town of North Adams, MA it calls home, and the great risk, hope, a…

On Meditation

Biography · Buddhism · Meditation

ON MEDITATION explores the deeply personal practice of meditation through an exploration of extraordinary people and their practices including David Lynch, Giancarlo Esposito, Russell Simmons, Congressman Tim Ryan, Peter Matthiessen, Mark Epstein and others.

One Hand Don't Clap

Documentary

ONE HAND DON’T CLAP captures the vibrant story of calypso and the emergence of soca, through the eyes of two legendary artists, Lord Kitchener, the Grandmaster of the music and Calypso Rose, the first woman to break through in a traditionally male arena. Forging onscreen the connections betwee…

Psychopathia Sexualis (Unrated Director's Cut)

Health and Healing · Based on Literature · Cult

A dreamlike depiction of turn-of-the-century sexual deviance, from the pages of Richard von Krafft-Ebing's notorious medical text.

The Scar of Shame

Drama · Silent · African-American

When a young woman (Lucia Moses) escapes from her abusive father (William E.Pettus), she is rescued by an aspiring composer (Harry Henderson), but encounters opposition from his class-conscious mother. This edition of THE SCAR OF SHAME includes four minutes of newly-restored material.

Sir! No Sir!

War · Documentary

This is the story of one of the most vibrant and widespread upheavals of the 1960’s–one that had profound impact on American society, yet has been virtually obliterated from the collective memory of that time. SIR! NO SIR! tells an almost entirely forgotten story of the military men and …

Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation

LGBTQ · Documentary

The brilliant work, personal struggles, and cultural impact of iconic American writers Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams explodes onto the screen in this innovative dual-portrait documentary featuring vibrant voiceover work from Jim Parsons and Zachary Quinto.