New Releases
Is there anything better than that feeling of gaining access to something unique and secret? How much do you love introducing your friends to movies they've never seen? Our curators work hard at expanding our film library so you can do that more often! Say hello to our latest additions.
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Henson's Place
Take a peek behind the curtain with HENSON'S PLACE, the original documentary about Jim Henson, the creative visionary that brought us the enchantment of "THE MUPPET SHOW," THE DARK CRYSTAL and more! From honing his skills as a puppeteer in college to creating some of the world's most beloved...Watch Movie
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Ripples
Jim Henson's live-action short RIPPLES, created in 1967 for a competition at Montreal's Expo '67, is one of several projects from that period exploring how ideas are formed and the workings of the mind. Using a variety of images rapidly cut together, the film visualizes the mind's eye of an...Watch Movie
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Cat and Mouse
CAT AND MOUSE is Jim Henson's second and more ambitious interpretation of a composition from jazz drummer Chico Hamilton whom Jim met and collaborated with in 1961. This short film, imbued with sly humor, portrays a brief narrative of the dance performed when predator meets prey. Working in his...Watch Movie
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Alexander the Grape
ALEXANDER THE GRAPE, an unfinished cut-paper animated short from Jim Henson from 1965, relates the fable of a young grape with big ambitions who learns that it is better to accept yourself than to try to be something you are not. The short was reconstructed from film and audio...Watch Movie
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Shearing Animation
SHEARING ANIMATION is one of two animated interpretations by Jim Henson of a musical composition from jazz drummer Chico Hamilton whom Jim met and collaborated with in 1961. New to animation, Jim experimented with moving cut paper and drawing and painting under the camera in...Watch Movie
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Drums West
DRUMS WEST is a cut-paper animation from Jim Henson demonstrating his masterful use of abstract geometrics to expressively and precisely represent an exhilarating drum solo by jazz great Chico Hamilton. This short was created in Jim's home studio in Bethesda, MD around 1961 and is one of several...Watch Movie
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Wheels That Go
A short live-action film made by Jim Henson in 1967 for a competition at Montreal's Expo '67, WHEELS THAT GO explores how children experience the world, making sense of the things they see. Underscored by an electronic track by Raymond Scott, a little boy watches wheeled vehicles on the street...Watch Movie
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Time Piece
Very simply, TIME PIECE is the story of Everyman, frustrated by the typical tasks of a typical day. In Jim Henson's Academy Award®-nominated short, the narrative is presented without dialogue. The man's experiences, actual or conceptual, are visualized through stream-of-consciousness editing,...Watch Movie
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Run, Run
RUN, RUN, a polished live-action effort shot by Jim Henson and Frank Oz in Greenwich, CT in October 1965, is a visualization of the joys of childhood and the wonder of nature. In the short, Jim's daughters run freely through woods saturated by the colors of autumn into the warm embrace of their...Watch Movie
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The Cube
Exploring other approaches to representing human perception, Jim Henson and colleague Jerry Juhl developed various ideas for experimental live-action projects. In 1966, they conceived of a surrealistic comedy called THE CUBE which featured a man trapped in a white doorless room unable to escape....Watch Movie
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Flowers
Ane lives a quiet unfulfilled life, trapped in a seemingly loveless marriage, until she suddenly starts to receive bouquets of flowers anonymously, once a week. Meanwhile, Tere wants nothing more than a grandchild, but her only son Beñat and his wife Lourdes have other plans. A sudden, tragic...Watch Movie
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The Wedding Banquet
A comedy about a Chinese Yuppie living in New York who decides that a marriage of convenience is the perfect way to prevent his parents back in Taiwan from discovering he is gay. But his plan backfires hilariously when his parents insist on coming to New York for the wedding.Watch Movie
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The Onion Field
After being released from prison, Greg Powell reunites with his friend and fellow criminal Jimmy Smith. When the pair are pulled over by a pair of policemen while out driving one night, Greg becomes paranoid and decides they must kidnap the cops. They take them to an abandoned onion field, and...Watch Movie
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Leonard Cohen I'm Your Man
In 2005, music producer Hal Wilner staged an all-star tribute concert in Australia in which a handful of major artists offered their interpretations of Cohen's songs, including Nick Cave, Jarvis Cocker of Pulp, Rufus Wainwright, Beth Orton, Kate and Anna McGarrigle, and many...Watch Movie
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Requiem for a Dream
Darren Aronofsky directs Oscar winners Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans, and Ellen Burstyn in this hypnotic tale of four people each pursuing their vision of happiness. Even as everything begins to fall apart, they refuse to let go, plummeting with their dreams...Watch Movie
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Eagle vs Shark
When Lily, a lonely, oddball fast-food waitress and hopeless romantic, and Jarrod, another lonely oddball and video game clerk who has spent the last decade plotting revenge against a bully from high school, connect at a dress-as-your-favorite-animal party, it's a match seemingly made in outcast...Watch Movie
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Muriel's Wedding
Misfit Muriel has always escaped her humdrum small-town life by listening to ABBA songs and dreaming about marriage. Ready to take control of her life, she and her best friend, Rhonda, head for the big city, where they end up having the exciting adventure of their lives....Watch Movie
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Sami Blood
Elle Marja, 14, is a reindeer-herding Sami girl. Exposed to the racism of the 1930's and race biology examinations at her boarding school she starts dreaming of another life. To achieve this other life she has to become someone else and break all ties with her family and culture.Watch Movie
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Boy 23
Investigating a period that Brazil is now trying to forget, this documentary reveals that, going much beyond theoretical support, Brazil was once the stage for eugenic experiments that scarred their victims forever. This documentary explores how a racially mixed nation absorbed eugenic ideas to...Watch Movie
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Flamenco, Flamenco
Directed by legendary Spanish filmmaker Carlos Saura, FLAMENCO, FLAMENCO is an evolutionary musical journey through the light, song and dance of a dynamic and alive art form. Beautifully photographed by famed Academy Award-winning cinematographer Vittorio Storaro, and...Watch Movie
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Christmas, Again
For a fifth consecutive December, a heartbroken Noel returns to New York City to work the night shift at a sidewalk Christmas tree lot. Devoid of any holiday spirit, he struggles to stay awake during the long, chilly nights in his trailer, while the daytime traffic keeps him...Watch Movie
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29 Palms
It's big trouble for an undercover FBI agent when he discovers some illegal gambling activity at an Indian casino. He hits the road to escape the bullets of the mob's chief hit man and winds up with the hit man's bag of money in the small town of 29 Palms. How's he gonna get out of this one?Watch Movie
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NOTFILM
In 1964 author Samuel Beckett set out on one of the strangest ventures in cinematic history: his embattled collaboration with silent era genius Buster Keaton on the production of a short, titleless avant-garde film. Beckett was nearing the peak of his fame, which would culminate in his receiving...Watch Movie
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Diamond Tongues
Edith Welland dreams of being a successful actress but just can't seem to make things happen. Things get worse when the ex-boyfriend she broke up with to focus on her career takes up acting on a whim and immediately books a leading role. When Edith can't figure out what she's doing wrong, she...Watch Movie
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Homemakers
Part-time punk singer Irene McCabey moonlights as full-time harbinger of chaos (and her life in Austin is crumbling as a result). When her ex-girlfriend moves to kick her out of their band, Irene receives big news: an estranged grandfather has bequeathed to her a dilapidated house across the...Watch Movie
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Almost There
For many, Peter Anton's house embodies an end-of-life nightmare: the utility companies long ago shut off the heat and electricity, the floorboards are rotting and the detritus of a chaotic life is precariously stacked to the ceiling. But for the filmmakers Dan Rybicky and Aaron Wickenden, Anton's...Watch Movie
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We Go Way Back
Lynn Shelton's debut feature draws on her past as a stage actress but WE GO WAY BACK is no autobiographical drama. Kate (Amber Hubert) is a struggling actress who has given up her happiness and her sense of self for her career. That is until she finds a stash of letters written when she was a...Watch Movie
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Great Wide Open: Independence Day
A documentary series celebrating America's National Parks and the incredible adventurers who explore them. Directed by Jared Leto and produced in partnership with Budweiser. Featuring Sasha DiGiulian. Jared and Sasha climb together and celebrate the 4th of July at the famous...Watch Movie
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Great Wide Open: The Wolfman
A documentary series celebrating America's National Parks and the incredible adventurers who explore them. Directed by Jared Leto and produced in partnership with Budweiser. Featuring Douglas Smith. Jared and Doug explore Yellowstone Park, and discuss the history of the wolf...Watch Movie
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Great Wide Open: The Rockstar
A documentary series celebrating America's National Parks and the incredible adventurers who explore them. Directed by Jared Leto and produced in partnership with Budweiser. Featuring Alex Honnold. Jared and Alex hike across Matthes Crest, then finish the night with a climb...Watch Movie
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Great Wide Open: The Conquistador
A documentary series celebrating America's National Parks and the incredible adventurers who explore them. Directed by Jared Leto and produced in partnership with Budweiser. Featuring Tommy Caldwell. In this episode, Jared and Tommy belay together at Taft Point in Yosemite Park.Watch Movie
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Fevers
At only thirteen, Benjamin is a little soldier at war with life, with adults and with himself. He is a troubled kid with a tormented soul and goes back and forth into foster homes since the age of five. Eventually, his mother goes to jail and revels to Benjamin the care of his father. For...Watch Movie
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My America
"Who are you, America?" To mark its fiftieth anniversary, the prestigious Baltimore, Maryland theater Center Stage asked fifty celebrated writers to create monologues answering that question, then entrusted independent film icon Hal Hartley with filming the results. This feature version draws on...Watch Movie
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Meanwhile
MEANWHILE concerns Joe Fulton, a man who can do anything, from fixing your sink to arranging international financing for a construction project. He produces online advertising and he's written a big fat novel. He's also a pretty good drummer. But success eludes him. Having just broken up with his...Watch Movie
