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Kerala Cafe (2009)

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Ten stories meet at Kerala Cafe.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Revathi  •  Lal Jose  •  Ranjith  •  Shankar Ramakrishnan  •  Shaji Kailas  •  Anwar Rasheed  •  Shyamaprasad  •  B. Unnikrishnan  •  Padmakumar M  •  Anjali Menon  •  Uday Ananthan
CAST:  Mammootty  •  Prithviraj Sukumaran  •  Suresh Gopi  •  Dileep

Ten stories meet at Kerala Cafe.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Revathi  •  Lal Jose  •  Ranjith  •  Shankar Ramakrishnan  •  Shaji Kailas  •  Anwar Rasheed  •  Shyamaprasad  •  B. Unnikrishnan  •  Padmakumar M  •  Anjali Menon  •  Uday Ananthan
CAST:  Mammootty  •  Prithviraj Sukumaran  •  Suresh Gopi  •  Dileep

Water (2005)

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The year is 1938, and Mahatma Gandhi's groundbreaking philosophies are sweeping across India, but 8-year-old Chuyia, newly widowed, must go to live with other outcast widows on an ashram. Her presence transforms the ashram as she befriends two of her compatriots.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Deepa Mehta
CAST:  Lisa Ray  •  Sarala  •  John Abraham  •  Waheeda Rehman

The year is 1938, and Mahatma Gandhi's groundbreaking philosophies are sweeping across India, but 8-year-old Chuyia, newly widowed, must go to live with other outcast widows on an ashram. Her presence transforms the ashram as she befriends two of her compatriots.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Deepa Mehta
CAST:  Lisa Ray  •  Sarala  •  John Abraham  •  Waheeda Rehman

America The Beautiful (2008)

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In a society where "celebutantes" like Paris Hilton dominate newsstands and models who weigh less than 90 pounds die from malnutrition, female body image is one of the more dire problems facing today's society. "America the Beautiful" illuminates the issue by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Darryl Roberts
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In a society where "celebutantes" like Paris Hilton dominate newsstands and models who weigh less than 90 pounds die from malnutrition, female body image is one of the more dire problems facing today's society. "America the Beautiful" illuminates the issue by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Darryl Roberts
CAST: 

13th (2016)

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An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ava DuVernay
CAST:  Jelani Cobb  •  Angela Davis  •  Henry Louis Gates, Jr.  •  Michelle Alexander

An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ava DuVernay
CAST:  Jelani Cobb  •  Angela Davis  •  Henry Louis Gates, Jr.  •  Michelle Alexander

Grizzly Man (2005)

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Werner Herzog's documentary film about the "Grizzly Man" Timothy Treadwell and what the thirteen summers in a National Park in Alaska were like in one man's attempt to protect the grizzly bears. The film is full of unique images and a look into the spirit of a man ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Werner Herzog
CAST:  Timothy Treadwell  •  Kathleen Parker  •  Warren Queeney  •  Willy Fulton

Werner Herzog's documentary film about the "Grizzly Man" Timothy Treadwell and what the thirteen summers in a National Park in Alaska were like in one man's attempt to protect the grizzly bears. The film is full of unique images and a look into the spirit of a man ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Werner Herzog
CAST:  Timothy Treadwell  •  Kathleen Parker  •  Warren Queeney  •  Willy Fulton

Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2008)

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At 14, best friends Robb Reiner and Lips made a pact to rock together forever. Their band, Anvil, hailed as the "demi-gods of Canadian metal" influenced a musical generation that includes Metallica, Slayer, and Anthrax. Following a calamitous European tour, Lips ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sacha Gervasi
CAST:  Steve 'Lips' Kudlow  •  Robb Reiner  •  Kevin Goocher  •  Glenn Gyorffy

At 14, best friends Robb Reiner and Lips made a pact to rock together forever. Their band, Anvil, hailed as the "demi-gods of Canadian metal" influenced a musical generation that includes Metallica, Slayer, and Anthrax. Following a calamitous European tour, Lips ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sacha Gervasi
CAST:  Steve 'Lips' Kudlow  •  Robb Reiner  •  Kevin Goocher  •  Glenn Gyorffy

The Big City (1963)

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Life at home changes when a housewife from a middle-class, conservative family in Calcutta gets a job as a salesperson.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Satyajit Ray
CAST:  Madhabi Mukherjee  •  Anil Chatterjee  •  Jaya Bachchan  •  Haren Chatterjee

Life at home changes when a housewife from a middle-class, conservative family in Calcutta gets a job as a salesperson.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Satyajit Ray
CAST:  Madhabi Mukherjee  •  Anil Chatterjee  •  Jaya Bachchan  •  Haren Chatterjee

Blackfish (2013)

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Notorious killer whale Tilikum is responsible for the deaths of three individuals, including a top killer whale trainer. Blackfish shows the sometimes devastating consequences of keeping such intelligent and sentient creatures in captivity.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gabriela Cowperthwaite
CAST:  Kim Ashdown  •  Ken Balcomb  •  Samantha Berg  •  John Jett

Notorious killer whale Tilikum is responsible for the deaths of three individuals, including a top killer whale trainer. Blackfish shows the sometimes devastating consequences of keeping such intelligent and sentient creatures in captivity.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gabriela Cowperthwaite
CAST:  Kim Ashdown  •  Ken Balcomb  •  Samantha Berg  •  John Jett

Jodorowsky's Dune (2013)

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Shot in France, England, Switzerland and the United States, this documentary covers director Alejandro Jodorowsky (El Topo, Holy Mountain, Santa Sangre) and his 1974 Quixotic attempt to adapt the seminal sci-fi novel Dune into a feature film. After spending 2 years ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Pavich
CAST:  Alejandro Jodorowsky  •  Michel Seydoux  •  H. R. Giger  •  Chris Foss

Shot in France, England, Switzerland and the United States, this documentary covers director Alejandro Jodorowsky (El Topo, Holy Mountain, Santa Sangre) and his 1974 Quixotic attempt to adapt the seminal sci-fi novel Dune into a feature film. After spending 2 years ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Pavich
CAST:  Alejandro Jodorowsky  •  Michel Seydoux  •  H. R. Giger  •  Chris Foss

Temple Grandin (2010)

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A biopic of Temple Grandin, an autistic woman who has become one of top scientists in humane livestock handling.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mick Jackson
CAST:  Claire Danes  •  Catherine O'Hara  •  Julia Ormond  •  David Strathairn

A biopic of Temple Grandin, an autistic woman who has become one of top scientists in humane livestock handling.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mick Jackson
CAST:  Claire Danes  •  Catherine O'Hara  •  Julia Ormond  •  David Strathairn

Indie Game: The Movie (2012)

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Follows the dramatic journeys of video game developers as they create and release their games to the world. It's about making video games, but at its core, it's about the creative process, and exposing yourself through your work.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lisanne Pajot  •  James Swirsky
CAST:  Jonathan Blow  •  Phil Fish  •  Edmund McMillen  •  Tommy Refenes

Follows the dramatic journeys of video game developers as they create and release their games to the world. It's about making video games, but at its core, it's about the creative process, and exposing yourself through your work.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lisanne Pajot  •  James Swirsky
CAST:  Jonathan Blow  •  Phil Fish  •  Edmund McMillen  •  Tommy Refenes

Erin Brockovich (2000)

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A twice-divorced mother of three who sees an injustice, takes on the bad guy and wins -- with a little help from her push-up bra. Erin goes to work for an attorney and comes across medical records describing illnesses clustered in one nearby town. She starts ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steven Soderbergh
CAST:  Julia Roberts  •  Albert Finney  •  Aaron Eckhart  •  Marg Helgenberger

A twice-divorced mother of three who sees an injustice, takes on the bad guy and wins -- with a little help from her push-up bra. Erin goes to work for an attorney and comes across medical records describing illnesses clustered in one nearby town. She starts ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steven Soderbergh
CAST:  Julia Roberts  •  Albert Finney  •  Aaron Eckhart  •  Marg Helgenberger

Boys Don't Cry (1999)

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A young transgender man explores his gender identity and searches for love in rural Nebraska.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kimberly Peirce
CAST:  Hilary Swank  •  Chloë Sevigny  •  Peter Sarsgaard  •  Brendan Sexton III

A young transgender man explores his gender identity and searches for love in rural Nebraska.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kimberly Peirce
CAST:  Hilary Swank  •  Chloë Sevigny  •  Peter Sarsgaard  •  Brendan Sexton III

The Hurt Locker (2008)

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During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kathryn Bigelow
CAST:  Jeremy Renner  •  Anthony Mackie  •  Brian Geraghty  •  Guy Pearce

During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kathryn Bigelow
CAST:  Jeremy Renner  •  Anthony Mackie  •  Brian Geraghty  •  Guy Pearce

Just Mercy (2019)

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The powerful true story of Harvard-educated lawyer Bryan Stevenson, who goes to Alabama to defend the disenfranchised and wrongly condemned — including Walter McMillian, a man sentenced to death despite evidence proving his innocence. Bryan fights tirelessly for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Destin Daniel Cretton
CAST:  Michael B. Jordan  •  Jamie Foxx  •  Brie Larson  •  O'Shea Jackson Jr.

The powerful true story of Harvard-educated lawyer Bryan Stevenson, who goes to Alabama to defend the disenfranchised and wrongly condemned — including Walter McMillian, a man sentenced to death despite evidence proving his innocence. Bryan fights tirelessly for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Destin Daniel Cretton
CAST:  Michael B. Jordan  •  Jamie Foxx  •  Brie Larson  •  O'Shea Jackson Jr.

The Unknown Known (2013)

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Former United States Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, discusses his career in Washington D.C. from his days as a congressman in the early 1960s to planning the invasion of Iraq in 2003.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Errol Morris
CAST:  Donald Rumsfeld  •  Kenn Medeiros  •  Errol Morris

Former United States Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, discusses his career in Washington D.C. from his days as a congressman in the early 1960s to planning the invasion of Iraq in 2003.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Errol Morris
CAST:  Donald Rumsfeld  •  Kenn Medeiros  •  Errol Morris

In the Heat of the Night (1967)

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African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi. After Tibbs proves not only his own innocence but that of another man, he joins forces with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Jewison
CAST:  Sidney Poitier  •  Rod Steiger  •  Warren Oates  •  Lee Grant

African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi. After Tibbs proves not only his own innocence but that of another man, he joins forces with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Jewison
CAST:  Sidney Poitier  •  Rod Steiger  •  Warren Oates  •  Lee Grant

The Rainmaker (1997)

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When Rudy Baylor, a young attorney with no clients, goes to work for a seedy ambulance chaser, he wants to help the parents of a terminally ill boy in their suit against an insurance company. But to take on corporate America, Rudy and a scrappy paralegal must open ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francis Ford Coppola
CAST:  Matt Damon  •  Danny DeVito  •  Danny Glover  •  Claire Danes

When Rudy Baylor, a young attorney with no clients, goes to work for a seedy ambulance chaser, he wants to help the parents of a terminally ill boy in their suit against an insurance company. But to take on corporate America, Rudy and a scrappy paralegal must open ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francis Ford Coppola
CAST:  Matt Damon  •  Danny DeVito  •  Danny Glover  •  Claire Danes

Brooklyn Castle (2012)

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Brooklyn Castle is a documentary about I.S. 318 – an inner-city school where more than 65 percent of students are from homes with incomes below the federal poverty level – that also happens to have the best, most winning junior high school chess team in the country ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katie Dellamaggiore
CAST:  John Galvin  •  Elizabeth Vicary  •  Rochelle Ballantyne  •  Pobo Efekoro

Brooklyn Castle is a documentary about I.S. 318 – an inner-city school where more than 65 percent of students are from homes with incomes below the federal poverty level – that also happens to have the best, most winning junior high school chess team in the country ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katie Dellamaggiore
CAST:  John Galvin  •  Elizabeth Vicary  •  Rochelle Ballantyne  •  Pobo Efekoro

The Act of Killing (2012)

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Filmmakers expose the horrifying mass executions of accused communists in Indonesia and those who are celebrated in their country for perpetrating the crime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joshua Oppenheimer  •  Christine Cynn
CAST:  Haji Anif  •  Syamsul Arifin  •  Herman Koto  •  Sakhyan Asmara

Filmmakers expose the horrifying mass executions of accused communists in Indonesia and those who are celebrated in their country for perpetrating the crime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joshua Oppenheimer  •  Christine Cynn
CAST:  Haji Anif  •  Syamsul Arifin  •  Herman Koto  •  Sakhyan Asmara
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