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Mouth to Mouth
While hitchhiking in Europe, disaffected teen Sherry (Ellen Page) falls in with an underground cultlike group of former prostitutes and drug addicts. Their charismatic leader (Eric Thal) wants to change the world, but Sherry soon realizes that change comes at a steep price. This gritty look at adolescent euphoria and irresponsibility is partly based on first-time director Alison Murray's real-life experiences.

Destroy All Monsters: Grow Live Monsters
Avant-garde 1970s band Destroy All Monsters never released an official album, but the cult favorite's legacy is preserved in this collection of home movies and amateur videos by and about the Ann Arbor, Mich., group. The four members, Niagara, Jim Shaw, Cary Loren and Mike Kelley, were influenced by punk, heavy metal, the psychedelic scene and performance art, but this indescribable compilation makes it clear that they were unlike anything else.

The Flaming Lips: The Fearless Freaks
Alt-rock favorite The Flaming Lips invite filmmaker Bradley Beesley, who directed many of their music videos, to join them on a journey through the past as they take a look back at their countless escapades. See what the band is like onstage and on the road; listen to the members reminisce over the highs and lows of their 20-year career; meet the people who surround them via interviews and video footage; and more.

American History X
A California neo-Nazi (Oscar-nominee Edward Norton) gets sent to prison for murder and comes out a changed man. But can Norton atone for his sins and prevent his younger brother (Edward Furlong) from following in his hate-filled footsteps? With searing performances and gut-wrenching realism, American History X offers a compelling and anguishing look at racism, family and forgiveness.

Encounters at the End of the World
Celebrated documentary filmmaker Werner Herzog takes you on a wild and woolly journey to the South Pole, from the National Science Foundation's headquarters on Ross Island to some of Antarctica's most remote and dangerous terrain. With a keen eye for the wonders and sometimes hilarious peculiarities of this icy land's animal and human inhabitants, Herzog offers an astounding look at the world's most inhospitable landscape.

The Believer
Henry Bean's film tells the story of Danny Balint (Ryan Gosling), a young Jewish man from New York City struggling with the conflict between his beliefs and his heritage. Balint eventually joins a neo-Nazi organization, rising up the ranks to become a leader in the white supremacy movement. The 2001 Jury Prize winner at Sundance is a psychological examination into the forces of intolerance, both on the individual and society as a whole.

Cache
Winner of the Cannes Best Director Award, Michael Haneke's psychological thriller centers on wealthy French couple Georges (Daniel Auteuil) and Anne (Juliette Binoche), who begin receiving threatening videotapes and phone calls. Eventually, Georges realizes who the perpetrator is but refuses to tell Anne, causing a rift. Flashbacks of George's childhood reveal the mystery, a story that illuminates France's damaged relations with Algeria.

71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
Austrian director Michael Haneke's experimental film features television clips of war and celebrity news interspersed with tales of disconnected city dwellers -- including a couple struggling to adjust to their newly adopted daughter and a runaway Romanian boy surviving in Vienna's subway system. Beginning with a 19-year-old's homicidal rampage and suicide, the story works backward and explores events leading up to the catastrophe.

Avant-Garde: Vol. 2: Disc 1
This disc includes the following films: "Geography of the Body," "The Mechanics of Love," "Visual Variations on Noguchi," "The Potted Psalm," "The Cage," "House of Cards," "Christmas, U.S.A.," "Adventures of Jimmy," "Interim," "Unglassed Windows Cast a Terrible Reflection," "The Way to Shadow Garden" and "The Extraordinary Child."

Avant-Garde: Vol. 2: Disc 2
This disc includes the following films: "Rebus: Film No. 1," "The Fall of the House of Usher," "Pacific 231," "Arriere Saison" and "Traite de Bave et D'Eternite."

No End in Sight
This in-depth, Oscar-nominated documentary from filmmaker (and former Brookings Institution fellow) Charles Ferguson examines the decisions that led to the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq and the handling of the subsequent occupation by President George W. Bush and his administration. Featuring exclusive interviews with central players and detailed analysis, the film pulls no punches as it chronicles the twists and turns America took on the path to war.

MirrorMask
Screenwriter Neil Gaiman's masterful allegorical drama, which melds live actors with animated characters, portrays the existence of a 15-year-old girl named Helena (Stephanie Leonidas) in a civilization ruled by light and darkness. When the Light Queen loses her equal hold on the kingdom, plunging it into gloomy shadows, Helena takes it upon herself to restore the universe back to its rightful balance. Dave McKean directs.

2 Days in Paris
Returning from a disastrous "romantic" trip to Venice, Marion (Julie Delpy) and Jack (Adam Goldberg) stop in Paris for two days to visit Marion's parents. But Marion's Parisian ex-lovers, her overbearing parents and culture shock all conspire to make American-born Jack feel even more estranged from Marion in this quirky comedy. Delpy, who also directed, received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best First Feature.

Junebug
When Madeleine (Embeth Davidtz), a big-city art dealer from Chicago, makes a trip to North Carolina with her new husband, George (Alessandro Nivola), he finally allows her to meet his small-town Southern family -- including his bristly mother, Peg (Celia Weston), reticent father Eugene (Scott Wilson), crabby brother Johnny (Ben McKenzie) and immature sister-in-law Ashley (Amy Adams). Looks like a family with more problems than meet the eye!

Happy Endings
Lisa Kudrow, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Laura Dern and Jason Ritter star in this unusual comedy, written and directed by Don Roos, that gathers a series of connected vignettes about the randomness of love and life. A documentary filmmaker threatens to reveal a woman's long-held secret; a father and his son find out that they're both seeing the same woman; a gay man discovers his partner may (or may not) be the father of their friend's baby; and more.

Short #9: Trust
Aficionados of short films will relish the award-winning, cosmopolitan flicks contained in Warner Bros.' "Short Cinema Journal" series. The DVDs group the movies by category -- in this case, narrative, international, documentary, experimental and spoken word. Volume 9 titles include "Clown Car," "Love Bites," "Sidewalkers," "Maestro," "Bloodlock," "Tiny Sunbathers," "Alternative Head," "Vertical Air," "Backstage with Heather Woodbury" and more.

Chronos
Chronos is a wonder -- it's the first nonverbal, nonfiction movie filmed entirely in time-lapse photography. Presented as a visual symphony in seven movements, Chronos takes viewers on an unprecedented cinematic journey through the essence of time, across the worlds of natural beauty and man-made monuments. Prepare to be awestruck by this unique film that's unlike anything you've ever seen before.

Black Book
Director Paul Verhoeven (Basic Instinct, Total Recall) brings his war drama based on long-forgotten true events surrounding the end of World War II. Rachel Stein (Carice van Houten) is a beautiful Jewish woman hiding out in Holland from the Nazis. When her plan to escape goes terribly wrong, she manages to take on a new identity and infiltrate the enemy. But working for both sides takes its toll -- especially when they both turn against her.

High Tension
Students Marie (Cecile de France) and Alex (Maiwenn Le Besco) have no idea of the horrors that await them when they head off to a remote country home to study for their upcoming exams. When night falls, a psychopathic stranger attacks, tying up Alex and taking her away. It's up to Marie to save her friend -- but first, she must figure out what is really going on. Philippe Nahon co-stars in this twisty-turny tale of terror.

Exodus
Find a comfy seat for this epic (nearly 4-hour) tale about the founding of Israel. Directed by Otto Preminger and starring Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Lee J. Cobb and Sal Mineo, Exodus is based on the Leon Uris novel of the same name. Israeli resistance fighter Newman attempts to bring 600 European Jews from British-blockaded Cyprus into newly partitioned Palestine after World War II.

A Scanner Darkly
Keanu Reeves shoulders another futuristic role in director Richard Linklater's sci-fi thriller based on Philip K. Dick's novel. Working as an undercover cop in a world where almost everyone is addicted to Substance D -- which produces split personalities in its users -- Fred Arctor (Reeves) sets up an elaborate sting to nab a notorious drug runner named Bob. But little does Fred know that "Bob" is … his alter ego.

Day for Night
Francois Truffaut's lavish dramedy about a film production is a case of life imitating art, with Truffaut playing a director and his most important actor in real life (Jean-Pierre Leaud) portraying Jacqueline Bisset's immature co-star. A thrilling sequence set to music by Georges Delerue celebrates the art of filmmaking as seen from an editor's perspective. It's enough to make you want to shoot your own film!

Death of a Cyclist
When a university professor (Alberto Closas) and his well-heeled mistress (Lucia Bosé) accidentally run down a cyclist, they flee the scene to keep their affair under wraps -- but guilty consciences and a slimy extortionist (Carlos Casaravilla) soon take their toll on the couple. Also starring Bruna Corrà, this stinging metaphorical drama from director Juan Antonio Bardem exposes Spain's corruption under dictator Francisco Franco.

Bus 174
This moving documentary depicts a fateful day in June 2000 when a Rio de Janeiro bus carrying 12 passengers was hijacked by a man named Sandro do Nascimento. Cameras rolled as he touted his plans to kill all aboard but was finally persuaded to give himself up. A cop nonetheless opened fire on Nascimento, killing a passenger instead and causing the city's streets to erupt in riots. Details of Nascimento's very troubled childhood are also featured.

Fantastic Planet
In director Rene Laloux's animated, sci-fi classic, a band of humans -- known as Oms -- are kept as domesticated pets by an alien race of blue humanoid giants called Traags. The story centers on an Om named Terr, who escapes his subjugation with a Traag learning device and eventually uses it to educate other Oms and incite them to revolt. Said to be based on the Soviet occupation of the Czech Republic, the film nabbed the Grand Prix at Cannes.

Inland Empire
Nikki (Laura Dern) is a married actress who ends up in bed with her co-star (Justin Theroux), but is it an affair or just acting? When the two start calling each other by their characters' names, the faint line between fact and fiction gets even fuzzier in this David Lynch mystery. Jeremy Irons stars as Kingsley, the director of the film within the film who does little to help the characters -- or the audience -- distinguish reality from fantasy.

Blast of Silence
This gritty, well-crafted film noir follows professional assassin Frank Bono (Allen Baron), who returns to New York City at Christmastime to ice a slimy second-string racketeer (Peter Clune) for the mob. But while prowling the streets staking out his quarry, Bono unexpectedly finds himself struggling with the ethics of his chosen vocation. Larry Tucker delivers a memorable performance as Bono's portly gun broker.

Two-Lane Blacktop
Legendary musicians Dennis Wilson (The Beach Boys) and James Taylor co-star in this controversial and acclaimed film about drag-racing drifters. Directed by cult legend Monte Hellman, this definitive American road movie tells the story of two drivers who battle across the back roads for possession of each other's pink slips and the affections of a mysterious young hitchhiker.

Mala Noche
Lonely liquor store manager Walt (Tim Streeter) pines for teenage Mexican immigrant Johnny (Doug Cooeyate) in acclaimed director Gus Van Sant's debut feature film. Though Johnny doesn't return Walt's feelings, his very presence affects Walt's life in profound ways. Based on Walt Curtis's autobiographical novel, this poignant black-and-white drama co-stars Ray Monge as Johnny's friend Roberto.

Russian Ark
A visually hypnotizing cinematic feat, Russian Ark is Alexsandr Sokurov's spellbinding ode to St. Petersburg's State Hermitage Museum. As the photography floats and careens through the lavish corridors of the museum, examining its architectural details while following a dreamlike plot, a cast of 867 actors supplies the action -- including The Marquis (Sergey Dreiden), an aged European who acts as the film's charismatic guide.

Sigur Ros: Heima: Disc 1
This disc includes the documentary.

Sigur Ros: Heima: Disc 2
This disc includes the concert footage.

American Hardcore
Tracing punk-rock music's turbulent history from 1980 to '86, this retrospective documentary celebrates the hundreds of influential hard-core bands that paved the way for tamer acts such as Nirvana, Blink-182, the Beastie Boys, Green Day and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Archival footage includes performances from the Circle Jerks, Flipper, Gwar, Jerry's Kids, the Replacements, the Teen Idles and Wasted Youth.

DiG!
Documentarian Ondi Timoner spent seven years chronicling (and shot 1,500 hours of footage of) the rise of two rival musicians -- Anton Newcombe of the Brian Jonestown Massacre and Courtney Taylor of the Dandy Warhols, both of whom were intent on carving out their own piece of the highly volatile and unpredictable music business. Follow the two wanna-bes through their loves, obsessions, arrests, death threats and (relative) success!

Black Metal: A Documentary
Independent filmmaker Bill Zebub explores the controversial yet popular subject of extreme heavy metal music with a raw, no-frills approach in this straight-ahead documentary. Highlights include interviews with Gloomy Grim, Arkhon Infaustus, Primordial, Korovakill and first wave innovators Celtic Frost and Venom. Also captured on film is a concert by Immortal, said to be the band's final performance in North America.

Day Watch
Anton (Konstantin Khabensky) finds himself in the middle of a mythic conflict between the forces of Light and Dark in this sequel to Night Watch, the surprise 2004 hit from Russia. To protect his son, who has come under the control of the dark side, Anton must seek an ancient artifact. But the powerful relic threatens to upset the uneasy peace between the two sides and puts Moscow at risk for a devastating cataclysm in this supernatural thriller.

Promised Land
Andrzej Wajda's 19th century epic about the sweeping changes in values brought about by the industrial revolution impresses with its physical scope, masterful direction and fine acting. This new version of Wajda's masterpiece -- lensed in 1974 -- has been reedited by the director himself, and the picture and sound have been remastered for enhanced quality.

That Obscure Object of Desire
This Oscar-nominated erotic dark comedy was Luis Buñuel's final film. The story follows, in flashback, middle-aged Mathieu (Fernando Rey) and his obsession for the much younger, moody Conchita (played by both Carole Bouquet and Angela Molina). The two play a continuous tug-of-war with each other's desires, each trying to outlast the other at their own game.

Avant-Garde: Experimental Cinema of the 1920s and '30s: Disc 1
This disc includes the short films Le Retour à la raison, Emak-Bakia, L'Étoile de mer, Les Mystères du château du Dé, The Life and Death of 9413, a Hollywood Extra, Ménilmontant, Brumes d'automne, Lot in Sodom, Rhythmus 21, Vormittagsspuk (Ghosts Before Breakfast), Anémic cinéma, Ballet mécanique, Symphonie diagonale, Le Vampire and The Hearts of Age.

Avant-Garde: Experimental Cinema of the 1920s and '30s: Disc 2
This disc includes the short films Uberfall, La glace à trois faces, La Tempestaire, Romance sentimentale, Autumn Fire, Manhatta, La Coquille et le clergyman, Regen (Rain), H2O and Even -- As You and I.

Lost Highway
A jazz saxophonist (Bill Pullman) suspects his wife (Patricia Arquette) of cheating on him. In short order, the wife is found murdered, and the husband is convicted of the crime. In prison, he transforms into a young mechanic (Balthazar Getty) who, after being released (he's not the convicted murderer anymore), meets a local gangster's moll … also played by Patricia Arquette! An interesting, fragmented film directed by David Lynch.

Following
This odd, claustrophobic film about a seedy young Brit (Jeremy Theobald) who's obsessed with following people -- albeit harmlessly at first -- is a great neo-noir movie that gets even better as the premise unspools. After meeting a like-minded bloke (Alex Haw), the twosome graduate to breaking and entering but meet their match in a tough blonde dame (Lucy Russell).

Bukowski: Born into This
Shot over seven years by filmmaker John Dullaghan, this intimate portrait of writer Charles Bukowski reveals a tortured man who survived years of abuse to produce some of the most influential prose of his generation. Packed with interviews with friends and colleagues, the film also showcases rare footage culled from every phase of Bukowski's past, including a few of his more explosive public readings in the 1960s.

City of Men: Disc 2
This disc includes the following episodes (8-13): "The Ordinaries," "Hot Spot," "Opening Night (First Time)," "Didn't Mean To," "Can't Screw Up Twice (Take It Like a Man)" and "Hip Sampa Hop."

City of Men: Disc 3
This disc includes the following episodes (14-19): "Father and Son (Parents and Kids)," "The Line-Up," "Too Much Month," "Fatal Attraction," "Looks Can Lie" and "Somewhere in the Future."

La Jetee / Sans Soleil
Two films from innovative sci-fi director Chris Marker make up this double feature: La Jetée follows a postapocalyptic Parisian astronaut who time-travels to be with his lover; Sans Soleil tells the tale of a globe-trotting, soul-searching cameraman. Marker employs still images in La Jetée, while Sans Soleil relies on narration of the cameraman's travel log. Marker approved these restored high-definition transfers.

Head-On
Cahit Tomruk (Birol Unel) and Sibel Guner (Sibel Kekilli) are immigrant Germans who live and work in the port town of Hamburg. In a bid to help Sibel break free of her family (which strictly adheres to Turkish customs, religious and otherwise), the couple decides to marry. But straitlaced families are just part of the problem; Cahit and Sibel must also counterbalance ancestral roots with their new life in a western democracy. Fatih Akin directs.

Fires on the Plain
In director Kon Ichikawa's harrowing film set in the Philippines during World War II, a Japanese soldier, his emotional and physical resources nearly depleted, endures the vicissitudes of war. Ichikawa, whom some cineastes say was as talented as his better-known contemporaries, including Akira Kurosawa and Kenji Mizoguchi, had a way with infusing light in the darkest places.

I Like Killing Flies
Documentarian Matt Mahurin peers into Shopsin's, a hole-in-the-wall Greenwich Village restaurant that's been dutifully serving comfort food to satisfied customers for more than 30 years. Lording over the eatery is hilarious, ersatz philosopher/owner Kenny Shopsin, who caters to such regulars as writer Calvin Trillin. Shopsin dispenses tough love with his okra chowder and is just as likely to throw out customers as take their food orders.

The Girl on the Bridge
A despondent girl named Adele (Vanessa Paradis) is about to take a swan dive off a bridge into the Seine River when she's rescued by Gabor (Daniel Auteuil), a knife thrower who needs a human target for his show. The luckless Adele agrees, and together the pair thrives, winning a fortune gambling when not performing their act. But fate conspires to separate the duo, who find they need each other to maintain their lucky streak.

Monster Road
Brett Ingram's award-winning documentary explores the world of legendary claymation filmmaker Bruce Bickford, the eccentric animator who became an international sensation following his collaborations with musician Frank Zappa in the 1970s. Using home videos, interviews and footage from several of Bickford's never-before-seen productions, Ingram paints a portrait of an artist noted as much for his iconoclastic worldview as he is for his art.

My Architect: A Son's Journey
Documentarian Nathaniel Kahn examines the life and career of his father, Philadelphia architect Louis I. Kahn (1901-1974), whose work included the Salk Institute and the Parliament and Capitol Buildings in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The elder Kahn died of a heart attack in a Penn Station bathroom in 1974, unidentified and broke despite having been one of the century's most influential architects.

Contacts: Vol. 1: The Grand Tradition of Photojournalism
This disc features artists Henri Cartier-Bresson, William Klein, Raymond Depardon, Marc Riboud and others.

Contacts: Vol. 2: The Revival of Contemporary Photography
This disc features artists Sophie Calle, Nan Goldin, Sarah Moon, Andreas Gursky, Thomas Ruff and others.

Contacts: Vol. 3: Conceptual Photography
This disc features artists Thomas Struth, Wolfgang Tillmans, Roni Horn, Bernd and Hilla Becher and others.

The World of Jacques Demy
For a change, French New Wave auteur Jacques Demy is in front of, instead of behind, the lens in this fascinating documentary -- directed by his wife, filmmaker Agnes Varda -- that looks at Demy's life and his work. Get to know the director of the seminal Bay of Angels, Lola and The Umbrellas of Cherbourg through the eyes of those closest to him.

Le Bonheur
When François (Jean-Claude Drouot) falls for a beautiful young telephone operator (Marie-France Boyer) despite remaining deeply in love with his wife, Therese (Claire Drouot), he attempts to buck convention by openly committing to both women. Directed by cinematic pioneer Agnès Varda, this thought-provoking film challenges the nature of monogamy and examines the limits of love and commitment.

Cleo from 5 to 7
A woman delves into the inner depths of her soul and resurfaces transformed in this 1962 film by French director Agnes Varda. Young singer Cleo (Corrine Marchand) strolls along the bustling Paris streets, pondering the meaning of life and her own existence as she awaits the results of her cancer biopsy. Cleo's observations offer a close look at Paris's rich street life, and desperation turns into hope when Cleo encounters a young soldier.

Vagabond
In the south of France one winter, a young woman, Mona (Sandrine Bonnaire), is found frozen to death in a ditch. Through flashbacks and interviews, writer-director Agnes Varda paints a fractured portrait of Mona's final weeks as she camps alone and falls in with various men and women, many of whom try to give her life direction. Others do not have her best interests at heart, as they project their own needs and problems onto her.

Woman in the Dunes
Hiroshi Teshigahara's award-winning drama centers on a bug expert (Eiji Okada) conducting research who's captured by locals. Held captive in a sandpit with a young widow, he struggles with his imprisonment -- and his growing attraction to the woman (Kyôko Kishida). Based on Kobo Abe's novel, the provocatively erotic allegorical film earned the Cannes Special Jury Prize and two Oscar nominations.

The Pornographers
Yoshimoto Ogata believes it's his patriotic duty to provide smut to his fellow men. (He uses the profits from his 8mm films to support his lover and her two children.) Although never explicit, this movie contains intimations of incest, the exploitation of a mentally retarded girl and the creation of the perfect sex doll. Based on a scandalous novel, the film boldly investigates the relationship between sexual desire and one bizarre family.

Salò
This deeply disturbing movie updates a work by the Marquis de Sade and portrays the fate of 18 Italian youths who are kidnapped by Nazis. Held in a remote palace, they must endure endless sexual and other humiliations and are then sentenced to die. Pier Palo Pasolini directs this provocative film, which stars Paolo Bonacelli and Giorgio Cataldi. This movie includes intensely graphic material.

Jean Cocteau's Orphic Trilogy: Disc 1: The Blood of a Poet
This disc includes the film The Blood of a Poet. Jean Cocteau attempts to portray the mind of a poet, with artist Lee Miller playing a reanimated statue and Enrique Rivero in the role of Cocteau. This disc features a meticulously restored version of the classic film and includes behind-the-scenes photographs, a documentary by Edgardo Cozarinsky, a1983 transcript of Cocteau's lecture, a screening and a 1946 filmography.

Jean Cocteau's Orphic Trilogy: Disc 2: Orpheus
This disc includes the film Orpheus. Jean Cocteau and Jean Marais star in this ephemeral vision based on the Greek myth of Orpheus. Extras include Cocteau's fascinating essays on the film.

Jean Cocteau's Orphic Trilogy: Disc 3: Testament of Orpheus
This disc includes the film Testament of Orpheus. Jean Cocteau's last film is just as dreamy and brilliant as the ones that came before. Testament of Orpheus has him interacting with gypsies and dead poets, and features cameos by Yul Brynner, Pablo Picasso and more. This disc also features a 16mm film by Cocteau, Villa Santo Sospir, along with the director's thoughts on the movie.

George Washington
Four youngsters who are coming of age in rural North Carolina share a slow and regretful summer. Nasia (Candace Evanofski) leaves her boyfriend, Buddy (Curtis Cotton III), for George (Donald Holden). But when Buddy runs away, Nasia mistakenly thinks she's to blame. After a tragic accident, a group decision affects each of their lives. This award-winning film marks writer-director David Green's screen debut and includes two of his short films.

I Am Curious: Yellow
Seized by U.S. customs agents, the subject of a heated court battle and banned in many cities, Swedish director Vilgot Sjöman's treatise on sexual liberation stands as one of the most controversial films of all time. Lena (Lena Nyman), a rebellious young woman, seeks to gain more understanding of the social and political conditions in 1960s Sweden, as well as her own sexual identity.

Amateur
Thomas (Martin Donovan) suffers from amnesia after hurtling out of a Manhattan window and meets an ex-nun, Isabelle (Isabelle Huppert), moonlighting as an erotica writer while waiting for God to give her a mission. Isabelle, a virgin, propositions Thomas. But right before she beds him, she's overcome with a strange feeling that leads to both of them uncovering Thomas's dark and mysterious past.

Anita: Swedish Nymphet
This erotic tale centers on the alluring Anita (Swedish cult star Christina Lindberg), whose search for love leads to an empty life of nymphomania. Anita's self-destructive path takes a new turn when she meets college student Erik (Stellan Skarsgård), who tries to help her overcome her addiction. Erik plays the role of counselor as Anita slowly reveals her troubled past, but will his prescription of ultimate ecstasy really cure her?

Threat
Homeless punk-rocker Jim (Carlos Puga) and hip-hop artist Fred (Keith Middleton) are two unlikely friends who find themselves at the nexus of chaos when they try to meld their worlds and discover the deep intolerance that divides them. As violence between the vastly different social groups threatens not only Jim and Fred's kinship but also their lives, the duo must find a way to create a lasting peace before all hell breaks loose.

Over the Edge
Matt Dillon makes his big-screen debut in this bleak portrait of adolescence in the late 1970s, following a restless group of suburban teenagers whose parents raised them in a planned community. With nothing to challenge them inside the city limits, the teens rebel by drinking liquor, dealing drugs and doling out random acts of destruction. But when the cops lower the boom on their high jinks, the kids fight back with shocking violence.

Grey Gardens
Documentary pioneers the Maysles brothers (Gimme Shelter) capture poignant moments in the lives of Edith Bouvier Beale (Big Edie) and her middle-aged daughter, Little Edie -- relatives of Jackie O -- at their decaying estate, Grey Gardens. The ladies shut out their bleak present by recalling richer times and lost loves, and while Little Edie confides that she'd like to leave, the camera captures a co-dependency destined to continue.

Dead Kennedys: In God We Trust, Inc.
This amazing film features exclusive footage of the Dead Kennedys recording their "In God We Trust, Inc." album, as well as each track recorded two different ways: in the studio and live from various concerts spanning 1979-1986. Tracks include "Nazi Punks F*ck Off," "Hyperactive Child," "Kepone Factory" and many more.

36 Fillette
While vacationing with her family, 14-year-old Lili (Delphine Zentout) vows to lose her virginity. She attracts the attention of a good-looking, middle-aged playboy (Jean-Pierre Léaud) and seduces him with the skill of an adult and the naiveté of a child. But another chance encounter with a musician furthers her journey toward sexual awakening in this film based on the popular novel by writer-director Catherine Breillat.

Iron Man
After ultrarich inventor and weapons maker Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) escapes from kidnappers using makeshift power armor, he turns his invention to good by using it to fight crime. But when he must face the evil Iron Monger, his skills are stretched to the limit. Based on the Marvel comic, this captivating superhero tale from director Jon Favreau co-stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeff Bridges, Terrence Howard, Hilary Swank and Samuel L. Jackson.

Pineapple Express
After witnessing an underworld murder involving a corrupt cop (Rosie Perez) and a drug kingpin (Gary Cole), straitlaced pothead Dale Denton (Seth Rogen) must go on the run with his dealer (James Franco) to escape the wrath of the vengeance-minded criminals. Acclaimed indie auteur David Gordon Green directs the stoner road comedy, penned by Rogen and his Superbad co-writer, Evan Goldberg.

Burn After Reading
John Malkovich stars in this dark comedy from Oscar winners Joel and Ethan Coen as Osbourne Cox, an ousted CIA official who loses his recently penned memoir into the hands of a pair of moronic gym employees. George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Tilda Swinton round out the cast of this irreverent farce, whose title alludes to former CIA director Stansfield Turner's book Burn Before Reading: Presidents, CIA Directors, and Secret Intelligence .

LOL
Cyberspace is portrayed as both hero and villain in this sociological comedy about three college grads whose lives are dually enhanced and hindered by their use of instant messaging, email and the Internet as tools of romance. Alex (Kevin Bewersdorf), Tim (director Joe Swanberg) and Chris (C. Mason Wells) try to reconcile real life and virtual reality in this fresh film that combines a script written by its stars with video from everyday people.

The Devil's Chair
After his girlfriend, Sammy (Polly Brown), dies during a drug-addled night in a deserted asylum, Nick (Andrew Howard) winds up in a mental hospital and accused of her murder. But years later, a skeptical doctor (David Gant) returns to the scene with Nick and some students to prove his innocence. Now Nick must face the demons responsible for Sammy's horrific death in the sinister torture chair they discovered that night.

Vacancy
A young couple (Kate Beckinsale and Luke Wilson) stranded at an isolated hotel are shocked to find that their room is wired with video equipment -- but their anger turns to terror when they realize that they may become the star attractions in a snuff film. As the two struggle to escape, they find evidence that the murderous filmmakers have been producing these twisted movies for quite some time. Frank Whaley also stars.

Rest Stop
Brace yourself for a spine-chilling experience with this bloodcurdling gore fest. Runaway lovers Jess (Joey Mendicino) and Nicole (Jaimie Alexander) are on a road trip to Hollywood. But when they pause at an abandoned rest stop, Jess disappears. Now, Nicole is tormented by a terrifying psychopath (Nick Orefice) who has an arsenal of equipment -- including drills and staple guns -- to carry out his demented desires. Joseph Lawrence co-stars.

Domestic Violence
By shadowing residents of The Spring in Tampa, Fla. -- the state's largest shelter for battered women and their children -- acclaimed documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman sheds light on domestic violence and reveals the complications that make it such a difficult problem to solve. Though painful to watch, Wiseman's gripping film allows each victim to share her story in a way that's both brutally honest and unspeakably horrific.

Frownland
Social misfit and self-labeled "troll from under the bridge" Keith Sontag (Dore Mann) lives a sad and lonely existence in this disturbing black comedy -- an Independent Spirit Award nominee -- from director Ronald Bronstein. When he's not trying to sell coupons door-to-door, Keith struggles with evicting his roommate from their seedy apartment, helping a friend who's suicidal and just getting by as an outsider in the cruel city.

The Silent World
Louis Malle co-directed this Oscar-winning documentary with famed oceanographer Jacques Cousteau. Featuring stunning underwater photography, the film follows Cousteau and his crew as they go on an exploratory expedition to map the ocean floor using advanced sonar. In addition to winning the Best Documentary Oscar, The Silent World won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and a Best Foreign Film Award from the National Board of Review.

Ken Park
This disturbing and highly controversial film from director Larry Clark (Kids) focuses on four adolescents whose lives are beyond dysfunctional. There's Tate, a sociopath and sexual asphyxiation freak who lives with his adoptive grandparents; Shawn, who's having sex with his girlfriend's mother; Claude, a skateboarder whose macho father physically abuses him; and Peaches, a nymphomaniac who rebels against her father's strict religious upbringing.

Midnight Cowboy
Hayseed hustler Jon Voight comes to Manhattan to earn cash as a freelance sex stud. There, he meets seedy gimp Ratso Rizzo (Dustin Hoffman), and an improbable friendship blossoms. Rated X in 1969, the movie won Oscars for Best Picture, Director (John Schlesinger) and Screenplay. Although Hoffman didn't win a Best Actor Oscar, his Ratso characterization - the vilified butt of everyone's jokes - is absolutely heartbreaking.

Silent Light
Johan (Cornelio Wall Fehr), a Mennonite living in Mexico, is tormented with guilt over his extramarital affair with Marianne (Maria Pankratz). His father (Peter Wall), best friend (Jacobo Klassen) and wife (Miriam Toews) know the truth, but Johan's suffering has to do with his faith, which he can't reconcile with his deeds. Director Carlos Reygadas's powerful drama won the Jury Prize at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.

Tulpan
Freshly discharged from the Russian navy, young Asa (Askhat Kuchencherekov) returns to the arid Kazakh steppe to find a bride and become a shepherd. But his plans go awry when Tulpan, the only eligible bachelorette around, rejects him because his ears are too big. What's more, Asa turns out to be a lousy shepherd. Can his persistence win Tulpan's love, the respect of his flock and the life he dreams of? Documentarian Sergei Dvortsevoy directs.

The Crowd
Acclaimed director King Vidor won an Oscar nomination for directing this silent classic, which highlights the plight of working men and women in urban America. Born on July 4, 1900, John Sims (James Murray) always believed he was destined for greatness. But as his life unfolds, he faces mind-numbing work, difficult relationships, death and his own very ordinary life. Time magazine named this film one of its "All-Time 100 Movies."

Timecrimes
After accidentally traveling to the past, Héctor (Karra Elejalde) meets himself and triggers a series of mysterious events that lead to a shocking crime. The gripping time-travel story -- at once deeply intricate and easy to follow -- also stars Candela Fernández. Oscar-nominated short-film director Nacho Vigalondo makes his feature debut with this finely crafted sci-fi thriller.

Let the Right One In
Twelve-year-old Oskar (Kåre Hedebrant), the constant target of bullies, spends his time plotting revenge and collecting news items about the grisly murders plaguing his town. Things change for Oskar when he meets new girl Eli (Lina Leandersson), a misfit vampire who steals his heart. As a serial killer continues to prey on teen boys in the small village outside Stockholm, Sweden, Eli helps Oskar find the courage to stand up to his tormenters.

Synecdoche, New York
After his painter wife (Catherine Keener) leaves him and takes their daughter to Berlin, theater director Caden Cotard (Philip Seymour Hoffman) stages a new autobiographical play in a massive warehouse amid a life-size replica of Manhattan. Meanwhile, Caden must contend with the many women in his life -- including a box-office worker, an actress and a shrink -- in this beguiling directorial debut by ace screenwriter Charlie Kaufman.

Wendy and Lucy
With earnest hopes for a fresh start, Wendy Carroll (Oscar nominee Michelle Williams) sets her sights on a high-paying job at an Alaska cannery. But her journey takes a heartbreaking detour when her beloved dog, Lucy, goes missing and her car decides to conk out in Oregon. There was a time when Wendy had nothing to lose … but now she could lose everything. Kelly Reichardt directs this nuanced drama based on a short story by Jon Raymond.

Milk
Academy Award winner Sean Penn stars in this fact-based drama about Harvey Milk, the openly gay activist and San Francisco politician who was murdered along with mayor George Moscone (Victor Garber) by disgruntled city employee Dan White (Josh Brolin) in 1978. Director Gus Van Sant's compelling biopic co-stars Emile Hirsch, James Franco and Diego Luna.

Nights and Weekends
Joe Swanberg and Greta Gerwig (collaborators on the indie fave Hannah Takes the Stairs) write, direct and star in this penetrating character study about a couple dealing with the ups and downs of maintaining a long-distance relationship. Despite their deep love for each other, James and Mattie are forced to face the possibility that traveling back and forth between New York and Chicago may ultimately spell the demise of their relationship.

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When a trip to buy booze from a bootlegger goes horribly wrong, a communist official's daughter (Agniya Kuznetsova) is dragged into a terrifying world of corruption and perversion in Aleksei Balabanov's darkly comedic political thriller. Balabanov's 11th film is a searing indictment of communist Russia circa 1984, awash in violence, moral decay and hopelessness. Aleksei Poluyan, Leonid Gromov and Aleksei Serebryakov also star.