Film Library: Theatrical Releases
Founded in 2004, Matson Films has distributed over 200 films in theaters
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In THE AMERICAN ASTRONAUT, space travel has become a dirty way of life dominated by derelicts, grease monkeys, and hard-boiled interplanetary traders such as Samuel Curtis. Written, directed, and starring Cory McAbee of the legendary cult band The Billy Nayer Show, this sci-fi, musical-western uses flinty black and white photography, rugged Lo-Fi sets and the... Read More
The fourth stand up comedy special from comedian Joe List. Following the smash successes of his previous specials “I Hate Myself”, “This Year’s Material” and “Enough For Everybody”, SMALL BALL finds Joe shortly after the birth of his first child, musing on the life-altering experiences of childbirth, married sex and ordering at Starbucks. Shot at... Read More
TOM DUSTIN: PORTRAIT OF A COMEDIAN is a documentary directed and produced by comedian Joe List (“Tuesdays with Stories”, Louis CK's FOURTH OF JULY) about the divergent lives and careers of lifelong friends and comedians Tom Dustin and Joe List. While Joe’s career continues to ascend to new heights, Tom finds himself regretting roads not... Read More
SANIBEL started as a light-hearted exploration of the businesses and colorful characters central to seashell culture/touring in Southwest Florida. Six weeks into production, Hurricane Ian, one of the largest hurricanes in US history, all but wiped Sanibel Island off the map. As the waters receded, the crew returned to find a transformed landscape. The film... Read More
Executive Produced by Joaquin Phoenix. “The smell of money”—that’s what Big Pork calls the stench of pig waste in the air in eastern North Carolina, where much of the world’s bacon and barbecue is made. But to Elsie Herring and others who live near the state’s giant pig factories, the revolting odor is a call... Read More
Troubled psychiatrist Daniel Forrester (Shane Carruth – Primer, Upstream Color) is drawn to help a mysterious patient who is brought to the emergency psych ward in a catatonic state with no memory of how he reached the hospital. As if to exorcise his own demons, the doctor feverishly tries to break through to his mysterious... Read More
Inspired by Lewis Hyde’s beloved classic "The Gift: How the Creative Spirit Transforms the World", GIFT is a tribute to something that can’t be measured or counted, bought or sold. An intimate exploration of real-life gift economies, it’s a reflection on the creative process, the reasons we labour in service of our gifts, and the... Read More
DESOLATION CENTER is the previously untold story of a series of Reagan-era guerrilla music and art performance happenings in Southern California that are recognized to have paved the way for Burning Man, Lollapalooza and Coachella, collective experiences that have become crucial parts of alternative culture in the 21st century. The feature documentary splices interviews and... Read More
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound reveals the hidden power of sound in cinema – and the unsung heroes whose creative breakthroughs have impacted the most beloved, classic films. Through film clips, interviews and archival footage, this documentary captures the history, impact and process of this overlooked art form. Featuring the insights and stories... Read More
Seeking to build a bridge of mutual understanding and friendship, an entrepreneur of Muslim faith decides to reach out to the very people who fear him. Traveling across the U.S. to find Americans concerned about an Islamic threat, Tarek Mounib makes them an intriguing offer ... a Free Trip to Egypt.
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché, narrated by Jodie Foster, is a feature documentary that rewrites film history, revealing for the first time the full scope of the life and work of cinema’s first female director, screenwriter, producer, and studio owner Alice Guy-Blaché.
Prodigiously talented, Halston reigned over fashion in the 1970s and became a household name. But everything changed in the Wall Street era. With his empire under threat, Halston took the biggest gamble of his life.
Director Michael Engler (Downton Abbey, 30 Rock, Six Feet Under) and screenwriter Julian Fellowes (Downton Abbey, Gosford Park) bring a fascinating slice of pre-Hollywood history to light in a coming-of-age story centering on the relationship between the young, free-spirited and soon-to-be international screen starlet Louise Brooks (a riveting, high-intensity Haley Lu Richardson) and her tee-totalling... Read More
Legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Encounters at the End of the World) and Emmy Award-winning André Singer teamed together to make this riveting documentary on Mikhail Gorbachev, the visionary last President of the Soviet Union, who tried to make the world a safer place. Filled with unforgettable archive materials and... Read More
A financial thriller about cousins Vincent (Jesse Eisenberg) and Anton Zaleski (Alexander Skarsgård), high-frequency traders who quit their jobs to build a straight fiber-optic cable from Kansas to New Jersey. By cutting transmission time by one millisecond (16ms vs. 17ms), they aim to make millions, but face immense technical challenges and relentless sabotage from their... Read More
In the 70s, as the American youth embraces hippie culture, marijuana bonanza hits Colombia, quickly turning farmers into seasoned businessmen. In the Guajira desert, a Wayuu indigenous family takes a leading role in this new venture, and discovers the perks of wealth and power. But when greed, passion, and honor blend together, a fratricidal war... Read More
The annual NY Cat Film Festival™ is a philanthropic celebration through film of our relationship with the mysterious felines who share our world. After a New York City premiere every December with two new programs of short films, the festival travels to dozens of cities nationwide, benefitting a local animal welfare group that works on... Read More
The NY Dog Film Festival™ is an annual celebration of the love between dogs and their people, through short films from around the world that inspire, educate and entertain, benefiting local animal welfare groups that bring people and pets together.
A TUBA TO CUBA follows New Orleans' famed Preservation Hall Jazz Band as they retrace their musical roots from the storied city of jazz to the shores of Cuba and in turn discover a connection that runs much deeper than could have been imagined.
Carlitos is a seventeen-year-old youth with movie star swagger, blond curls and a baby face. As a young boy, he coveted other people's things, but it wasn't until his early adolescence that his true calling--to be a thief--manifested itself. When he meets Ramon at his new school, Carlitos is immediately drawn to him and starts... Read More
Nina Geld (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) is a bracingly funny and blisteringly provocative stand-up comedian whose career is taking off, but whose personal life is a near-complete disaster. To escape a difficult ex and to prepare for a prospectively life-changing audition, Nina flees to Los Angeles where she meets Rafe (Common), who challenges almost every preconception... Read More
A coming-of-age comedy starring Joey King as 16-year-old Jamie, whose life turns chaotic when her dying grandmother (June Squibb) reveals shocking family secrets. Over one week, Jamie navigates her grandmother's deathbed advice, explores her sexuality with a seminary student, and handles family crises in this indie comedy based on true events.
A magical family adventure story that sees a young kid named Terry (Toby Kebbell) whisked away to the colorful Kingdom of Groovynham. The evil wizard Grump (Ian McShane) has cast a spell of gloom over the land and as such, smiling and laughter are now a thing of the past. Terry must travel the Kingdom... Read More
A timeless tale that takes place against the backdrop of the segregated coffee fields in 1920s Hawaii - a coming-of-age journey about a young man who transcends the boundaries of race and class in pursuit of a forbidden love.
Trapped in a never-ending cycle of poverty, passion, abuse and compromise, 10-year-old Jonah and his boisterous older brothers, Manny and Joel, try to navigate through childhood and their parents' volatile relationship. And leading a hand-to-mouth existence, maltreated Ma struggles to balance her motherly love for her three boys with the agony and uncertainty of their... Read More
THE SWAN is Ása Helga Hjörleifsdótirr’s astonishing feature debut--A poignant and unique coming of age story set in Iceland and told from a powerful and nuanced feminine perspective.
Shot in his hometown of Fort McMurray before it was ravaged by wildfires, Cody Bown's drama draws on real-life events to capture snapshots of a community teetering on a precipice and a collection of twenty somethings whose seemingly directionless lives have intersected.
After waking up in an apartment where only the night before a party was raging, Sam is forced to come to grips with reality: He is now alone and the living dead have invaded the streets of Paris. Petrified with fear, Sam is going to have to barricade himself inside the building and organize his... Read More
Dour ex-boyfriend Antoine (Thomas Blanchard) returns to his Belgian hometown where he reunites with his ex-lover and the mother (Judith Chemla) of their five-year-old girl, Elsa (Lina Doillon), whom he has never met. Through an unexpected turn of events, Antoine suddenly finds himself left alone to take care of the young, inquisitive and spirited youngster.... Read More
A poignant portrait of the toll wartime violence and political tension has on humanity. This electric and visually stunning film set in the 1980s during the brutal Mozambique civil war was directed by Licinio Azevedo, and was Mozambique’s 2018 Oscar submission. Azevedo’s approach is at once breathtaking and subtle—weaving evocative and intricate portraits of each... Read More
In the middle of nowhere lived an unexpected piece of skateboarding and punk music history. "The Crest"..a skateboarding mecca of the 80's, a veritable metal monolith, tucked away on a country club in the suburbs of the nation's Capital. It was a place of pure unadulterated expressionist freedom where cutting edge skateboarding and punk rock... Read More
Vjeko is a high-school teacher who lives in the center of Zagreb with his bedridden father a former officer in the Croatian fascist army during the Second World War. Vjeko enjoys late night walks during which he wanders through the empty city wearing makeup and female clothes. One night a group of young men beat... Read More
In this crime drama, four bright and well-off college students in Kentucky plot to steal some rare books from their university's Special Collections Library in a misguided quest for personal glory. Based on the story, the film includes interviews with the foursome who attempted the bizarre heist. Starring Barry Keoghan, Evan Peters, Blake Jenner, Jared... Read More
Just days after the 2014 Maidan Revolution in Ukraine that led to the toppling of the country's corrupt president, the country was invaded by Russia. Ukrainians of all backgrounds rallied to the country's defense, creating a new sense of Ukrainian nationhood in the process. BREAKING POINT depicts these turbulent events, at times heroic, at times... Read More
Two women, Naima and Sergio, meet at a bar and experience an immediate, intense connection. Eager to bypass the initial ambiguity often found in the early stages of a relationship, they decide to engage in a social experiment: spending 24 consecutive hours together to accelerate their intimacy. As they lock themselves away to focus entirely... Read More
From acclaimed director Deniz Gamze Ergüven and starring Daniel Craig and Halle Berry. The life of a foster family in South Central Los Angeles, a few weeks before the city erupts in violence following the verdict of the Rodney King trial.
The Big Bang of creative discovery that was elBulli sparked from the minds of two brothers from a poor suburb of Barcelona and gave birth to a new gastronomic universe. Since then the name Adrià has become synonymous with gastronomic creativity. After the closure of El Bulli, Albert is in the midst of a herculean... Read More
Father Amorth is a known Vatican Exorcist. He helps "Exorcist" director William Friedkin in his search to learn more about exorcism. Throughout the film, they discuss different aspects of the Catholic rite, and Father allows Friedkin to film an exorcism, an act not usually allowed by the Church. They film the 9th exorcism on an... Read More
At a moment in time, when humanity is obsessed with food - photographing every dish, worshipping cooks and flaunting trophy meals on social media, this documentary goes under the surface and offers an in-depth, honest and relevant view into the world and every day of Michelin chefs and restaurants. Telling tales from a grand menu... Read More
Starring Zoey Deutch and Adam Scott. Adark comedy-drama about Erica Vandross (Zoey Deutch), a rebellious, sexually precocious 17-year-old in2the San Fernando Valley. She and her friends form an unlikely bond with her new, emotionally unstable stepbrother, Luke, and embark on a vigilante mission to expose a high school teacher for past sexual misconduct
A drama directed by Lynn Shelton about Chris (Jay Duplass), an ex-con returning to his small Washington town after 20 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit. He forms an intense, complicated bond with Carol (Edie Falco), his former high school teacher who helped secure his release
From Academy Award winning director Raul Peck, THE YOUNG KARL MARX is an historical drama detailing the formative years of Karl Marx (August Diehl) in his 20s. The film focuses on his meeting with Friedrich Engels (Stefan Konarske) in Paris, their collaboration in developing communist theory, and their efforts to unite the working class, culminating... Read More
A newly reunited young couple's drive through the Pacific Northwest turns into a nightmare as they are forced to face nature, unsavory locals, and a monstrous creature, known to the Native Americans as Oh-Mah.
From Academy Award winning director Joachim Trier. Having just enrolled at a university in Oslo against her stern parents' will, the sheltered Biology freshman and devout Christian, Thelma, leaves for the first time the isolated Norwegian countryside, to start a new life away from home. Tangibly lonely, a casual conversation and one unexpected friendship with... Read More
A documentary curated by Jeff Deutchman that captures the diverse thoughts, emotions, and political views of American voters on the day of the 2016 presidential election. Following 16 different stories, it spans from dawn to midnight, showing the anticipation of a projected Clinton victory that ultimately turned into the surprise result of Donald Trump's win.
Set entirely inside Folsom Prison, this acclaimed fly-on-the-wall documentary follows three men during four days of intensive group therapy with convicts, revealing an intimate and powerful portrait of authentic human transformation that transcends what we think of as rehabilitation.
In the early 1990s, with AIDS having already claimed countless lives for nearly 10 years, ACT UP Paris activists multiply actions to fight general indifference. Nathan, a newcomer to the group, has his world shaken up by Sean, a radical militant, who throws his last bits of strength into the struggle.
Ittetsu Nemoto, a former punk-turned- Buddhist-priest in Japan, has made a career out of helping suicidal people find reasons to live. But this work has come increasingly at the cost of his own family and health, as he refuses to draw lines between those he counsels and himself. The Departure captures Nemoto at a crossroads,... Read More
An eccentric suburban woman, Dina, and a Walmart door greeter, Scott, navigate their evolving relationship in this unconventional love story of adults on the autism spectrum tackling love, marriage, and independence.
Teenagers Zach Taylor and Josh Templeton have been best friends their whole lives. But when a gruesome accident leads to a cover-up, the secret drives a wedge between the two boys and propels them down a rabbit hole of escalating paranoia and violence.
Trophy is a startling exploration of the evolving relationship between big-game hunting and wildlife conservation that will leave you debating what is right, what is wrong and what is necessary in order to save the great species of the world from extinction.
THE LAST DALAI LAMA? takes a fresh look at what is important for the 14th Dalai Lama at 82: The historic confrontation between Tibet and China; his influence in political, spiritual, and educational spheres; and his personal feelings on aging, dying and the question: “Will there be a 15th Dalai Lama?” Filmmaker Mickey Lemle (RAM... Read More
Lee Hayden (Sam Elliott) is a veteran actor of Westerns whose career's best years are behind him after his one really great film, "The Hero". Now, scraping by with voice-overs for commercials, Lee learns that he has a terminal prognosis of pancreatic cancer. Unable to bring himself to tell anyone about it, especially his estranged... Read More
In the summer of 1983, just days before the birth of his first son, writer and theologian John Hull went blind. In order to make sense of the upheaval in his life, he began keeping a diary on audiocassette. Upon their publication in 1990, Oliver Sacks described the work as 'the most extraordinary, precise, deep... Read More
Every stitch tells a tale. International artists and knitters take a simple skein of yarn to create their extraordinary ideas and stories.
Winner of the 45th Rotterdam International Film Festival’s Tiger Award, RADIO DREAMS creates the strange yet very real world of PARS-FM - a Farsi-language radio station broadcasting from the heart of San Francisco. The story unfolds over a single day as the station’s program manager, Hamid - a brilliant, misunderstood Iranian writer (played by the... Read More
Starring Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Steve Coogan and Rebecca Hall. A psychological thriller about two brothers and their wives meeting at a high-end restaurant to discuss a horrific, violent crime committed by their teenage sons, which was caught on camera. As they dine, the parents argue over whether to turn the boys in or cover... Read More
The body of a homeless woman is found in an abandoned New Hampshire farmhouse. Beside the body, lies a diary that documents a journey of starvation and the loss of sanity, but told with poignance, beauty, humor, and spirituality. For nearly four months, Linda Bishop survived on apples and rain water, waiting for God to... Read More
Both a biopic of a complicated man and an exploration of the gathering forces that converged to shape a new American cuisine and create the cult of "celebrity chef"... A consummate hedonist, Jeremiah Tower's career spans the riotous sexual revolution of the 70's to the high rolling "greed-is-good" spirit of the '80s. Key interviews with... Read More
Director Michał Marczak captures an intimate, immersive portrait of two Polish art students, Krzysztof Baginski and Michal Huszcza, traversing Warsaw's nightlife over a year and a half. Following a breakup, the duo searches for "living forever in the moment," navigating parties, music festivals, and intimate relationships, including a love triangle with ex-girlfriend Eva Lebeuf. The... Read More
A comedy-drama about a 19-year-old Harvard graduate and genius living in New York City who struggles with social interaction and finding joy. To help her emerge from isolation, her therapist gives her a list of challenges, prompting her to rethink her cynical view of human relationships. Stars Nathan Lane.
An Inuk director explores seal hunting's vital role for Inuit communities, their dependence on sealskin income, and how global anti-sealing movements have affected their livelihoods.
Kareem (Tamer Nafar) leads an aimless life between odd jobs and hanging out with his buddies in a crime-ridden Arab ghetto of the mixed city of Lyd. But a family tragedy brings him closer to his singer girlfriend Manar (Samar Qupty) and motivates him to do something more with his life. When Kareem and his... Read More
Peter Latang left working-class Warwick, R.I., to reinvent himself as a slick Wall Street mover and shaker. Fifteen years later, when he's forced to return home to bury his Grandmother, he loses his wallet on the trip. Stranded, the only person he can think of to help him out is his neighbor and former childhood... Read More
Provocative artist Maurizio Cattelan's playful, subversive works satirized the art world until a 2011 Guggenheim retrospective cemented his place in the contemporary canon. This profile explores the elusive rebel's ascent.
The War Show is a raw, first-person documentary capturing the Syrian conflict through the eyes of radio DJ Obaidah Zytoon and her circle of artist friends. Filmed over four years, it documents their transition from euphoric 2011 Arab Spring protests to the violent suppression, civil war, and personal loss that forced them into exile.
In 1979, an Indian family moves to America with hopes of living the American Dream. While their 10-year-old boy Smith falls head-over-heels for the girl next door, his desire to become a “good old boy” propels him further away from his family’s ideals than ever before. A tribute to childhood heroes, first love and growing... Read More
Midsummer in Newtown is a testament to the transformative force of artistic expression to pierce through the shadow cast by trauma. In the wake of the Sandy Hook tragedy, one grieving couple honors their daughter through music, while community children find their voice through a rock-pop version of “A Midsummer Night's Dream.”
In California, violent juveniles between 14-17 years old can be tried as adults. They are accused of heinous crimes—murders and attempted murders—that leave their victims’ families shattered. We go inside The Compound and meet three such offenders awaiting trial, who tell the stories of their lives through a movie script. Do they deserve a second... Read More
It's 1948 and the Cold War has reached Chile. In congress, Senator (and renowned poet) Pablo Neruda (Gnecco) accuses the government of betraying the Communist Party and is swiftly impeached by the president. Police Prefect Oscar Peluchonneau (Bernal) is assigned to arrest the poet. Neruda tries to flee the country with his wife, the painter... Read More
Andre Royo stars as Ashley Douglas, an unreasonably optimistic man recently released from prison. Returning to his stagnant neighborhood to win back his girlfriend, he quickly finds that everyone in his old life has done what they always wanted to do - forget he exists. Finding a fellow loner in Jeremy (George Sample III), they... Read More
A look at Jewish settlers in the West Bank and their allies - Jewish and non-Jewish alike - in Israel, America and Europe. The origins of the settler phenomenon, which reach back almost half a century, are explored along with a look at who the settlers are today and how they impact the Middle East... Read More
Joe, a programmer and obsessive self-quantifier, and Emily, a budding comedy performer, are happily married until they decide to use one another in their work.
Sarasota, Florida, 1974: an ambitious, 29-year-old reporter is relentlessly motivated to succeed. She knows she has talent, but being a driven career woman in the 70s comes with its own challenges, especially when competition for a promotion and a tumultuous home life lead to a dissolution of self. With ratings low, the station manager issues... Read More
A black-and-white romantic drama featuring Mark Duplass and Sarah Paulson as Jim and Amanda, former high school sweethearts who unexpectedly reunite in their small California hometown. They spend a nostalgic day reconnecting, but the intimate reunion unearths shared pain, deep secrets, and regrets over paths not taken
Peter (Itay Tiran) receives a piece of land as a gift for his upcoming wedding. While preparing the property to build a home for his new family, he finds human remains in the ground. He decides to keep the discovery to himself so that all of the wedding arrangements can go on as planned. However,... Read More
An anthology drama film exploring the 50-year tumultuous marriage of the title characters. Told in six vignettes, the film tracks their relationship from the 1950s to their twilight years, featuring different actors for each era to highlight the changes in their partnership.
A comedy starring Jon Heder as Louis, a paranormal-obsessed man who, looking to escape his mundane life, recruits a dysfunctional group to investigate a reportedly haunted barn. The team—including a depressed friend, a misfit nephew, a fake medium, a beautician, and a security guard—records apparent evidence but uncovers a dangerous meth lab, turning their investigation... Read More
2017 ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE - BEST DOCUMENTARY. LIFE ANIMATED is the real-life story of Owen Suskind, the son of the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ron Suskind and his wife, Cornelia. An autistic boy who couldn’t speak for years, Owen memorized dozens of Disney movies, turned them into a language to express love and loss, kinship, brotherhood.... Read More
Raised on hip-hop and foster care, defiant city kid Ricky gets a fresh start in the New Zealand countryside. He quickly finds himself at home with his new foster family: the loving Aunt Bella, the cantankerous Uncle Hec, and dog Tupac. When a tragedy strikes that threatens to ship Ricky to another home, both he... Read More
Misconception examines the complex issue of global population growth, challenging the widely held belief that the population is still exploding at an alarming rate. The documentary, featuring insights from statistician Hans Rosling, argues that this notion is largely outdated.
From the director of the Oscar-winning documentary 20 FEET FROM STARDOM and the critically acclaimed BEST OF ENEMIES, the new film THE MUSIC OF STRANGERS: YO-YO MA AND THE SILK ROAD ENSEMBLE tells the extraordinary story of the renowned international musical collective created by legendary cellist Yo-Yo Ma. The feature-length documentary follows this group of... Read More
Gurukulam is a rare invitation to look, listen, and enter into a contemplative rhythm of life as old as the Bhagavad Gita and as new as present-day India. Set in a remote forest ashram, this poetic sensory immersion reveals the spiritual practices of a group of students and their teacher.
Filmmaker Will Allen’s spent 20-year experience inside the Buddhafield cult in West Hollywood. As the group's official videographer, Allen provides intimate, archival footage showing the group's evolution from a, "enlightened" spiritual community to a paranoid cult, exposing the dark secrets of its leader, Michel.
Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Ukraine faced a massive social crisis, leaving many children homeless and addicted to drugs. Against this background, Pastor Gennadiy Mokhnenko founds the "Pilgrim Republic" rehabilitation center, the largest of its kind in the former Soviet Union. However, Gennadiy is a controversial figure, often labeled a "lawless vigilante" for... Read More
A group of former classmates gather for a pre-party the night before their 10-year high school reunion. A masked killer, dressed in a graduation cap and gown, murders the guests one by one, methodically matching each death to their senior year "most likely to" yearbook superlative.
Filmmaker Petra Epperlein returns to her childhood home of Chemnitz (formerly Karl-Marx-Stadt) in East Germany. She investigates her father's 1999 suicide and suspected ties to the Stasi secret police, examining the pervasive surveillance state in the GDR and its lasting personal impact.
A classical violinist and a hip-hop dancer team up for a life-changing competition.
An upcoming exhibition celebrating photographer Isabelle Reed three years after her untimely death, brings her eldest son Jonah back to the family house - forcing him to spend more time with his father Gene and withdrawn younger brother Conrad than he has in years. With the three of them under the same roof, Gene tries... Read More
Adapted from the National Book Award Nominated novel by Patricia McCormick. SOLD is the unforgettable story of Lakshmi, who risks everything for freedom after being trafficked from a peaceful, rural village in Nepal to the gritty brothels of Kolkata, India. Through one extraordinary girl's story, SOLD illustrates the brutality of child trafficking, a horrifying crime... Read More
Lily Prasad (Tiya Sircar), a high-achieving high school senior plans to become a neurosurgeon and marry her sweetheart. When her boyfriend leaves her for a reigning Miss India National beauty queen, a stunned Lily enters the pageant to win him back, discovering the competitive, cutthroat world of Indian-American pageants.
Five interlocking tales of terror follow the fates of a group of weary travellers who confront their worst nightmares - and darkest secrets - over one long night on a desolate stretch of desert highway.
Lamb, based on the novel by Bonnie Nadzam, traces the self-discovery of David Lamb in the weeks following the disintegration of his marriage and the death of his father. Hoping to regain some faith in his own goodness, he turns his attention to Tommie, an awkward and unpopular eleven-year-old girl. Lamb is convinced that he... Read More
Lars von Trier directs this dark psychological horror that follows Jack (Matt Dillon), a highly intelligent, OCD-stricken serial killer in the Pacific Northwest. Over 12 years, Jack narrates five "incidents"—graphic murders—to an unknown companion named Verge, viewing his heinous crimes as artistic masterpieces.
In Kingdom of Shadows, Bernardo Ruiz takes an unflinching look at the human cost of the U.S.-Mexico drug wars through the perspectives of three unlikely individuals. Sister Consuelo Morales, based in the devastated city of Monterrey, prods government officials to take action against the drug cartels on behalf of grieving families whose loved ones have... Read More
Providing the most visceral and unflinching look into the lives of returned veterans, Of Men and War’s lens intimately follows the recovery efforts of twelve veterans suffering from PTSD. Director Laurent Bécue-Renard exposes veterans' experiences in a never-before-seen manner, gaining unprecedented access to their lives at home and intense therapy sessions. Unfiltered and emotionally charged,... Read More
Depicts a global crisis that we all deep down know we need to talk about: climate, earth's resources, cities where the entire surface is consumed by the car. An ever-growing, dirty, noisy traffic chaos. The bike is a great tool for change, but the powerful interests who gain from the private car invest billions each... Read More
For thousands of years, songbirds were regarded by mankind as messengers from the gods. Today, these creatures – woven inextricably into the fabric of our environment – are vanishing at an alarming rate. Under threat from climate change, pesticides and more, populations of hundreds of species have dipped dramatically. As scientists, activists and bird enthusiasts investigate this phenomenon, amazing... Read More
FINDERS KEEPERS is the odyssey of a rogue amputated leg, as found in a grill that was left for months in an abandoned storage locker. After its discovery, two men from Maiden, North Carolina fought for custody of it. John Wood—small, sunny-eyed and low-key—was the biological owner of the leg; it was removed from his... Read More
An award-winning festival favorite by Sebastian Silva, NASTY BABY centers on Freddy (Silva), a Brooklyn-based artist who, with his boyfriend, Mo (Tunde Adebimpe), and their best friend, Polly (Kristen Wiig), is trying to have a baby. As this trio deals with the complications of conception and creating the "new normal" family, their bliss is clouded... Read More
Joe Swanberg directs this semi-improvised drama that follows a married couple, Tim (Jake Johnson) and Lee (Rosemarie DeWitt), who take a weekend apart while house-sitting a luxurious Los Angeles home. When Tim finds a gun and a bone in the yard, he becomes obsessed with discovering a potential buried mystery, while Lee embarks on her... Read More
MEET ME IN MONTENEGRO is a romantic comedy-drama based on the real-life romance of filmmakers Alex Holdridge and Linnea Saasen. It follows Anderson, a stalled American writer, who reunites with Lina, a Norwegian dancer who once broke his heart, leading them to revisit their passionate, tumultuous relationship across Berlin and the Balkans.
Academy Award nominee - BEST DOCUMENTARY. With unprecedented access, CARTEL LAND is a riveting, on-the-ground look at the journeys of two modern-day vigilante groups and their shared enemy – the murderous Mexican drug cartels. In the Mexican state of Michoacán, Dr. Jose Mireles, a small-town physician known as "El Doctor," leads the Autodefensas, a citizen... Read More
Through stop-motion animation, drawings and interviews, directors Amer Shomali and Paul Cowan recreate an astonishing true story: the Israeli army's pursuit of eighteen cows, whose independent milk production on a Palestinian collective farm was declared "a threat to the national security of the state of Israel."
Alex, Emily, and their son, FJ, have recently moved to Los Angeles’ Eastside from Seattle. Feeling lost in a new city, they are desperate to find their first new friends. After a chance meeting with Kurt at the neighborhood park, they gladly agree to join family pizza night at Kurt’s home. But as it gets... Read More
For the last 20 years, notorious activists the Yes Men (Mike Bonanno and Andy Bichlbaum) have staged outrageous hoaxes to hijack public dialogue worldwide about the issues of the day. In their third cinematic outing (after The Yes Men and The Yes Men Fix The World), they are now well into their 40s, and their... Read More
A drama following Johnny D. (Jerry Ferrara), a Brooklyn limo driver who enters the high-stakes NYC club promotion scene to pay for his father's, urgent medical bills. Mentored by a veteran promoter (Danny A. Abeckaser), Johnny rises quickly but struggles with the dark side of nightlife, including strained relationships, drugs, and the superficiality of "the... Read More
Cary Fowler, an agricultural pioneer, is on a global mission to protect the world's food supply from climate change. The film highlights the urgent need to preserve crop diversity by visiting vulnerable gene banks and the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, highlighting the race against rising hunger and agricultural failure.
Dior and I brings the viewer inside the storied world of the Christian Dior fashion house with a privileged, behind-the-scenes look at the creation of Raf Simons’ first haute couture collection as its new artistic director—a true labor of love created by a dedicated group of collaborators. Melding the everyday, pressure-filled components of fashion with... Read More
Fledgling screenwriters (Michael Godere, Ivan Martin) retreat to a quiet country manor to work on their script, but a constellation of needy characters produces constant interruptions. Also starring Marisa Tomei, Sam Rockwell, and Natasha Lyonne.
A folk-horror thriller about a woman, her husband, and her brother-in-law whose camping trip turns into a deadly game of survival. After their belongings are stolen and they are marked with "X"s, they are hunted by unknown assailants in a remote forest, forcing them to confront primal fears, PTSD, and their own humanity.
The Immortalists is the story of two eccentric scientists struggling to create eternal youth with medical breakthroughs in a world they call “blind to the tragedy of old age.” Bill Andrews is a lab biologist and famed long-distance runner racing against the ultimate clock. Aubrey de Grey is a genius theoretical biologist who conducts his... Read More
January 2010: In the buckle of the Bible Belt, 10 churches burn to the ground in just over a month igniting the largest criminal investigation in East Texas history. No stone is left unturned and even Satan himself is considered a suspect in this gripping investigation of a community terrorized from the inside-out. Families are... Read More
An intimate portrait of a woman drifting between reality and denial when she is left alone to grapple with the consequences of her husband's imprisonment.
Virgil First Raise wakes with a shiner and a hangover in a roadside ditch on the stark but beautiful plains of Montana. As he rises to face the day he sees a vision of his father lying dead at his feet. Impossible-- his father froze to death in a snowdrift years earlier. Virgil returns home... Read More
Winner Best Documentary - 2014 Tribeca Film FestivalPOINT AND SHOOT follows Matt VanDyke, a timid 26-year-old with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, who left home in Baltimore in 2006 and set off on a self-described “crash course in manhood.” He bought a motorcycle and a video camera and began a three-year, 35,000-mile motorcycle trip through Northern Africa and... Read More
After recovering from a devastating sickness that brought him to the edge of despair, Eric Gladen would quit his career, move into an RV, and travel the country for years trying to piece together one of the biggest childhood epidemics of all time...and he just may have done it.
Nicholas Vreeland walked away from a worldly life of privilege to become a Tibetan Buddhist monk. Grandson of legendary Vogue editor, Diana Vreeland, and trained by Irving Penn to become a photographer, Nicholas' life changed drastically upon meeting a Tibetan master, one of the teachers of the Dalai Lama. Soon thereafter, he gave up his... Read More
Film archivist David (Rupert Evans) has had a rough time lately, suspecting that his wife Alice (Hannah Hoekstra) is cheating on him with Alex (Carl Shaaban), one of her work clients. This stress is compounded when David's work partner Claire (Antonia Campbell-Hughes) gives him a reel of to-be-archived footage that shows that his house was... Read More
Hit TV show "Community" creator Dan Harmon embarks on a 20-city national tour of his live podcast in 2013, following his public firing from his own show. Directed by Neil Berkeley, the film offers an intimate, often raw, and self-destructive portrait of a creative genius connecting with fans and navigating personal shortcomings.
This uniquely telling film takes an entertaining and unsettling look into Chinese rehabilitation centers treating internet addiction, which the Chinese government has classified as a serious clinical disorder.
Filmmaker Pan Nalin travels to Kumbh Mela, one of the world's most extraordinary religious events. There, he encounters remarkable men of mind and meditation, some facing an inextricable dilemma; to embrace the world or to renounce it. FAITH CONNECTIONS explores such diverse and deeply moving stories as a young runaway kid, a Sadhu, a mother... Read More
In the 1970s Dock Ellis pitched a no-hitter on LSD and his outspoken style courted conflict and controversy, but his latter years were spent helping others recover from addiction. No No: A Dockumentary weaves a surprising and moving story of a life in and out of the spotlight.
Winner Grand Jury Prize - Documentary - 2014 Sundance Film Festival. A portrait of three Rich Hill, MO teenagers — Appachey West, Harley Hood and Andrew Jewell — and of a tiny, former coal-mining town with nothing left to offer them, the film turns an intimate, unsentimental eye on adolescence and grinding rural poverty. Narration,... Read More
A West London-set thriller about Mona, a young British-Muslim woman on the run after her family discovers she plans to elope with her Punjabi boyfriend. Desperate to save face, her mother and brother hire a ruthless, nameless bounty hunter (Paddy Considine) to track her down, bringing them into a dangerous confrontation over tradition and "honour... Read More
A look behind the barricades of the besieged city of Homs, Syria where for nineteen-year-old Basset and his ragtag group of comrades, the audacious hope of revolution is crumbling like the buildings around them.
In 2001, the tiny Pacific island of American Samoa suffered a world record 31-0 defeat at the hands of Australia, garnering headlines across the world as the worst soccer team on the planet. A decade after that humiliating night, they remain rooted to the bottom of FIFA's World rankings, having scored only twice in seventeen... Read More
The Invisible Front is an award winning film about love and the fight for freedom. In 1944, soviet forces occupied Lithuania for a second time in less than five years. This time the youth of the nation chose to fight back and formed a guerrilla army of partisans called the Forest Brothers. Among them was... Read More
2013 Academy Awards nominee for Best Documentary. Director Jehane Noujaim provides an immersive, on-the-ground look at the Egyptian Revolution, starting with the 2011 overthrow of Mubarak in Tahrir Square. It follows six protesters over two and a half years as they struggle against military rule, the Muslim Brotherhood, and for a new society.
Ray Mancini's own personal account of his families history, his father's legacy and Mancini's own meteoric rise and fall. From the unsolved killing of his brother to the tragic Deuk-Koo Kim fight, which would alter Ray's life forever, "The Good Son" excavates mysteries all creating an intimate history; a saga of father's and sons, loss... Read More
Explores the music scene in Greenwich Village, New York in the 60's and early 70's. The film highlights some of the finest singer/songwriters of the day.
A terrific cast including Cillian Murphy and Tim Roth lead this British kitchen sink drama inspired by "To Kill a Mockingbird" and adapted from Daniel Clay's novel. Theater director Rufus Norris smartly opts for an impressionist rather than classical approach to the material and modern setting.
A documentary following Tim DeChristopher, a student who disrupted a 2008 BLM oil and gas auction by posing as bidder #70. He won 22,000 acres of Utah land with no intention of paying, aiming to stop the sale. The film chronicles his subsequent prosecution, prison sentence, and rise as a climate activist.
The world's leading conductors bring Classical masterpieces to cinematic life in these unique programs from Europe's premier symphony. MusicEmotion transports audiences to the glorious Teatro Alla Scala in Milan for an Old World musical experience in high definition. Each program captures the nuances of the Filarmonica Della Scala, its conductors and soloists. Directors Francesco Micheli... Read More
Rodrigo Reyes’ provocative essay film re-imagines the Mexico/U.S. border as a mythical place comparable to Dante’s purgatory. Leaving politics aside, he takes a fresh look at the brutal beauty of the border and the people caught in its spell. By capturing a stunning mosaic of compelling characters and broken landscapes on the border, Reyes reflects... Read More
A documentary on pro skateboarder Danny Way's tough childhood and his contributions to the sport, including footage of his jump over the Great Wall of China.
Indifferent to the notion of inheriting his father’s estate, a restless, aging New Yorker passes time with his friends in games of mock sincerity, irreverence, and recreational cruelty towards those around them.
An examination of the whimsical, genius world of Trimpin, a German-born, Seattle-based sound inventor, engineer, and composer. The film showcases his creation of, and collaboration on, complex musical sculptures and automated instruments, featuring notable projects like a 60-foot tower of guitars and a collaboration with the Kronos Quartet using toy instruments.
Folk rock and bluegrass musicians Mumford & Sons, Old Crow Medicine Show and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes travel together by train from San Francisco to New Orleans in the spring of 2011.
From acclaimed director Bruce McDonald, teaming with Emmy and Oscar nominated documentary producer Erin Faith Young and her producing partner Jennifer St. John, comes a rare and exclusive musical journey. Rita Chiarelli, an award-winning recording artist, takes a pilgrimage to the birthplace of the blues, Louisiana State Maximum Security Penitentiary a.k.a Angola Prison. She never... Read More
Celebrated author H.P. Lovecraft's classic tale of alien horror bursts onto the screen in the style of the classic horror films of the 1930s. Professor Albert Wilmarth investigates legends of strange creatures in the remote hills of Vermont. His inquiry reveals a terrifying glimpse of the truth that lurks behind the legends. Filmed in the... Read More
THE CALL OF CTHULHU, a silent movie shot in Mythoscope, is HP Lovecraft's most famous story. It is the only story to feature the celebrated monster Cthulhu and follows an adventurous young man’s crusade to unravel the Cult of Cthulhu. The story embodies HPL's nihilistic world view, his cosmic perspective, and his sense that mankind... Read More
Splinters is the first feature-length documentary film about the evolution of indigenous surfing in the developing nation of Papua New Guinea. In the 1980s an intrepid Australian pilot left behind a surfboard in the seaside village of Vanimo. Twenty years on, surfing is not only a pillar of village life but also a means to... Read More
The Bowery becomes a nexus of shattered dreams when a merchant has 72 hours to pay his rent. Facing extinction, his ramshackle tent of antiquities lures a troop of misfits, freaks and renegades who form a tableaux full of carnival pageantry, white lies and victimless crime in a fleeting glimpse of Downtown New York.
A colorful and raw coming-of-age story set in the emerging gay dance club scene of Amsterdam 1984. House of Boys tells the story of Frank, a high school kid who leaves home and falls into the exciting new world of free sex, music and dance. When Frank's new world is suddenly turned upside down, his... Read More
Following the international hit The Boy who Plays on the Buddhas of Bamiyan, The Boy Mir covers a decade in a boy's life, a boy surviving in rural and war-torn Afghanistan. It tracks the irrepressible and lovable Mir from a naïve 8-year-old to a fully grown adult. The film depicts this boy's journey into early... Read More
WUSS is the story of a high school teacher who faces constant ridicule after he's repeatedly beaten up by several of his own students. Having nowhere else to turn, he eventually teams up with another of his students to fight back. This student, a young girl, is feared school-wide because of a dark family reputation.... Read More
Four hapless bank robbers bury their loot and attempt to hide out in a deserted desert town. But the town is not deserted. Feasting, song, sexual tension, and inevitable deaths ensue.
Academy-Award ® winner Tilda Swinton plays four roles in this award-winning Sci-Fi about Rosetta Stone and her three Self-Replicating Automatons, (S.R.A.'s) which she cloned from her own DNA.
Interviews with Todd P. about the necessity of independent music and creativity connect the bands as they tour down to Austin, TX to appear in the DIY music scene's answer to the SXSW Music Festival.
In 2005, scientists announced that the Ivory-billed woodpecker, a species thought to be extinct for 60 years, had been found in the swamps of Eastern Arkansas. Other creatures have wrongly been presumed extinct, but the reappearance of the Ivory-bill was celebrated around the world as the rediscovery of a lifetime, prompting the largest recovery effort... Read More
As child actors, Mel and Fred were beaten and whipped by an imperious screenwriter, Fritz Frobisher. Now the elderly Fritz is to appear at a tee-shirt signing ceremony in Monument Valley, AZ, where his great films were made.
The selected works in this collection focus on broad issues of identity and culture, particularly the technological projections that impact individuals and society
CATCHING OUT features several contemporary hobos who dissent against mainstream American consumer culture by traveling for free on freight trains.
Bruce Bickford is known for his far-out animated collaborations with rock musician Frank Zappa during the '70s. He later became a recluse. Today he no longer makes films for any particular audience, yet remains creative. The film shows Bickford toiling away alone, fashioning clay universes of all shapes and sizes, replete with magical forests and... Read More
This acclaimed and thought-provoking documentary provides a rare and illuminating exploration of the creative process through incisive portraits of five seminal figures from a significant chapter in contemporary American folk art. Variously described as outsider, self-taught or visionary, the artists profiled in the film, all from the American South, produce remarkable works of art that... Read More
The film accompanies the Swiss artist Pipilotti Rist around the world, shows her at work in her studio in Zurich as well as at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
An episodic look at a young man's life in Mexico's national highway patrol. We follow Pedro Rojas from cadet training and his rookie assignment in a northern border area, to his quick courtship, his taking of bribes ("la mordida"), and his slow exposure to drug smuggling. Rojas re-forms his idealism as youthful naivete gives way... Read More
Money-Driven Medicine provides the essential introduction Americans need to become knowledgeable and vigorous participants in healthcare reform.
SURVIVING DESIRE is a bold and playful little tale about a handsome young college professor smitten with a beautiful young female student. It is a swift dissection of male infatuation that is as fierce as it is compassionate.
Australian jazz drummer Simon Barker’s decade-long quest to find Kim Seok-Chul, a legendary Korean shaman and master improviser. Artistic inspiration, cultural exchange, and the spiritual power of music emerge as Barker travels through South Korea to meet the elusive musician.
Although best known as a pioneer of independent experimental cinema, Maya Deren was also a Voundoun initiate, and hence able to take her camera and recorder where few have gone before or since.
In this award-winning film which was the first to use “virtual sets,” Academy-Award ® winner Tilda Swinton embodies Lady Ada Lovelace, daughter of Romantic poet Lord Byron.
The Collector explores the 46-year career of Allan Stone, the famed New York City gallery owner and art collector.
A revealing cinema verité portrait of the former Velvet Underground musician, John Cale, in creative collaboration with Brian Eno. Cale and Eno travel across Moscow, London, and Wales as they create the album, which features adaptations of Dylan Thomas poetry.
Little Rock, Arkansas: 1986. A group of kids in a small, conservative Southern town discover punk rock music. Over the next two decades, they would create their scene from the ground up: one of the youngest, most exciting and innovative hubs for music in the country. Like most small town scenes, Little Rock’s was never... Read More
Words of Advice documents the 1983 travels of William S. Burroughs' throughout Scandinavia.
Hidden away in small town America, in an anemic parish on the brink of bankruptcy, Father Anthony Romano finds himself at a mid-career crisis in the wake of both his personal conflicts and the real world scandals that have left the Catholic Church an anathema to so many. When his junior colleague, a fundamentalist named... Read More
A look back at the last fifty years in African American art, Colored Frames is an unflinching exploration of influences, inspirations and experiences of black artists. Beginning at the height of the Civil Rights Era and leading up to the present, it is a naked and truthful look at often ignored artists and their progenies.
Sleep Furiously is set in a small farming community in mid Wales. Koppel leads us on a poetic and profound journey into a world of endings and beginnings; a world of stuffed owls, sheep and fire.
Once a year, prom mania grips the entire population of Racine, Wisconsin. The city's extravagant celebration begins with a rowdy parade where students compete for the most outrageous form of transportation, driving fire engines, 18-wheelers, even riding elephant-back through the city streets. Prom-goers from seven city high schools converge on one citywide prom to make... Read More
A feature film documentary about the history, culture, and lifestyle of snowboarding. The film covers the birth of snowboarding, the evolution of it into an Olympic sport, and the passionate participants, thrill seekers, and competitors that make it what it is today - the most extreme of counter-culture. The film follows several young competitiors that... Read More
Tim, a simple-hearted plumber is traveling to the Black Forest for his wedding, with a Holstein cow named Hannah in his trailer as a wedding present. Along the way, he picks up Flora, a chaotic and endearing librarian who is hitchhiking.
IT'S ALL GONE PETE TONG is a comedy about the life of legendary DJ Frankie Wilde. Frankie was one of Europe's most talented and envied DJs and a main attraction for hedonistic youth each holiday season in Ibiza, Spain. Everything about Frankie's life was over the top: the clubs, the parties, the women and the... Read More