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Running On Empty on DVD (1988)
Starring: Martha Plimpton, River Phoenix, Christine Lahti
Director: Sidney Lumet
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Mike (Terry Serio) is an attractive, sexually appealing factory worker and Fox (Richard Moir) is his racing nemesis. Both are after the same woman, Julie (Debbie Conway), dueling it out on the road and in personal encounters. Julie and Mike (whom she favors) go to an odd blind man named Rebel to ..read more »
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Red Road on DVD (2006)
Starring: Tony Curran, Kate Dickie, Martin Compston
Director: Andrea Arnold
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Cannes Prix du Jury-winning Scottish noir thriller about a Glasgow CCTV operator who ends up stalking a man she sees on screen. Andrea Arnold's first full-length feature after winning an Academy Award for her short film, 'Wasp', follows Jackie (Kate Dickie) a Glasgow CCTV control-room operator. One ..read more »
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Paris, Texas on DVD (1984)
Starring: Nastassja Kinski, Harry Dean Stanton, Dean Stockwell
Director: Wim Wenders
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Harry Dean Stanton stars as Travis Clay Henderson, an errant husband who reappears in the middle of an American desert after an absence of four years. His brother (Dean Stockwell) picks him up and Travis slowly begins to retrace the paths of his old life, getting to know his seven-year-old son ..read more »
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Pi (1999)
Starring: Joanne Gordon, Ben Shenkman, Mark Margolis
Director: Darren Aronofsky
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Surreal psychological drama written and directed by Darren Aronofsky. Maximillian Cohen (Sean Gullette)'s obsession with numbers is causing him migraines and his former teacher Sol (Mark Margolis) advises him to take a break from trying to discover patterns in the stock market. However, when Max's ..read more »
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Requiem for a Dream on DVD (2000)
Starring: Jared Leto, Ellen Burstyn, Jennifer Connelly
Director: Darren Aronofsky
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Sara Goldfarb is a lonely widow who is revitalized by the prospect of appearing on television as a game show contestant, while her son Harry, his girlfriend Marion, and his friend Tyrone have devised an illicit shortcut to wealth and ease. Lulled by early successes, Sara, Harry, Marion and Tyrone ..read more »
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Flesh / Trash / Heat (3 discs)
Starring: Holly Woodlawn, Joe Dallesandro, Sylvia Miles
Director: Paul Morrissey
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Triple-bill of controversial and experimental films made in collaboration between artist Andy Warhol and writer/director Paul Morrissey in Warhol's 'Factory' period. 'Flesh', using improvisational dialogue and acting, follows a young street hustler (Joe Dallesandro), who sells his body to raise ..read more »
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Moonlight Mile on DVD (2002)
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Susan Sarandon
Director: Brad Silberling
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When Joe Nast's plans for marriage change due to an unexpected loss, he wants to be the man he believes everyone wants him to be--dutifully bereaved husband-to-be, and perfect would-be son-in-law to Ben and JoJo. But when another woman unexpectedly enters his life, he's quickly torn between ..read more »
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Shooting Dogs on DVD (2005)
Starring: Claire-Hope Ashitey, John Hurt, Hugh Dancy
Director: Michael Caton-Jones
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Based on a true story. An exhausted Catholic priest (Hurt) and a young idealistic English teacher (Dancy) find themselves caught in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. They must now choose whether to stay with the thousands of Tutsis about to be massacred or to flee for safety.
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Bloody Sunday on DVD (2002)
Starring: Nicholas Farrell, Gerard McSorley, Tim Pigott-Smith
Director: Paul Greengrass
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A depiction of the events of the infamous bloody massacre which took place Sunday on January 30, 1972 when 27 civilians were gunned down by the British Army in the streets of Northern Ireland. The story revolves around two young men who are caught up in the crossfire. One is an idealistic civil ..read more »
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Happiness on DVD (1998)
Starring: Ben Gazzara, Lara Flynn Boyle, Dylan Baker
Director: Todd Solondz
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Todd Solondz' critically acclaimed drama focuses upon the isolation and alienation of five individuals in the New Jersey suburbs. Joy (Jane Adams) is thirty years old and about to split up with her boyfriend Andy (Jon Lovitz). Alan (Phillip Seymour Hoffman) is an overweight loner who is obsessively ..read more »
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