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3 Faces

Drama · World Cinema · RT Certified Fresh

Filmmaker Jafar Panahi and actress Behnaz Jafari travel to the rural northwest of Iran after receiving a plea for help from a girl whose family has forbid her from studying acting in Tehran. Amusing encounters abound, but they soon discover that the local hospitality is rivaled by the desire to prot…

5 Broken Cameras

Academy Award Nominees · Sundance Film Festival · RT Certified Fresh

ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE - BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE - An extraordinary work of both cinematic and political activism, 5 BROKEN CAMERAS is a deeply personal, first-hand account of non-violent resistance in Bil'in, a West Bank village threatened by encroaching Israeli settlements. Academy Award Nominee f…

52 Tuesdays

LGBTQ · Sexuality · Drama

A teenage girl's coming of age told as her mother begins his gender transition.

Acasa, My Home

Documentary · RT Certified Fresh

In the wilderness of the Bucharest Delta, an abandoned water reservoir just outside the bustling metropolis, the Enache family lived in perfect harmony with nature for two decades, sleeping in a hut on the lakeshore, catching fish barehanded, and following the rhythm of the seasons. When this area i…

Afghan Star

Documentary · Music & Dance · Sundance Film Festival

In Afghanistan you risk your life to sing. After thirty years of war and five devastating years of Taliban rule, pop culture is beginning to return to the country. Since 2005, millions have been tuning in to Tolo TV's wildly popular American Idol-style series Afghan Star. Like its Western predecesso…

Ahed's Knee

Drama · World Cinema · RT Certified Fresh

In this Cannes Jury Prize winner, a celebrated Israeli filmmaker is pushed into a spiral of rage when a government employee asks him to sign a form placing restrictions on what he can say at a Q&A following a screening of his latest film at a remote desert library.

Ajami

Academy Award Nominees · World Cinema · RT Certified Fresh

Nominated for a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, Ajami is a bold crime drama set on the margins of an Arab ghetto. Working with a cast of non-actors in the real streets of Ajami itself, the film deftly meshes characters and conflicts with unsentimental compassion, uncompromising realism, and harrow…

Alps

Drama · World Cinema · RT Certified Fresh

Yorgos Lanthimos's follow-up to his Academy Award nominee (and cult sensation) DOGTOOTH is another darkly comic, absurdist vision of (in)human relationships, focusing on a mysterious underground organization that helps mourners get over their losses by impersonating the deceased.

Anthropocene: The Human Epoch

Earth Day · Environment · Nature

A cinematic meditation on humanity’s massive reengineering of the planet, Anthropocene: The Human Epoch traverses the globe using state of the art camera techniques to create a stunning, provocative and unforgettable sensory experience of our species's breadth and impact. Narrated by…

Aquarius

Drama · World Cinema · RT Certified Fresh

Acclaimed Brazilian writer-director Kleber Mendonça Filho continues examines the alienating effects of urban over-development in Recife, Brazil.

Archangel

Drama · Romance · RT Certified Fresh

In 1919, one-legged Canadian soldier Lt. John Boles arrives in the northern Russian town of Archangel where Bolsheviks, White Russians and German Huns converge during World War I.

Ballets Russes

Documentary · Music & Dance · RT Certified Fresh

Unearthing a treasure trove of archival footage, filmmakers Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine have fashioned a dazzlingly entrancing ode to the revolutionary twentieth-century dance troupe known as the Ballets Russes. What began as a group of Russian refugees who never danced in Russia became not one bu…

Barbara

Drama · World Cinema · RT Certified Fresh

A doctor working in 1980s East Germany finds herself banished to a small country hospital.

Battleship Potemkin

Action & Adventure · Period Drama · Silent

For eight decades, Sergei Eisenstein's 1925 masterpiece has remained the most influential silent film of all time. Yet each successive generation has seen BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN subjected to censorship and recutting, its unforgettable power diluted in unauthorized public domain editions from dubious so…

Beaufort

World Cinema · Action & Adventure · RT Certified Fresh

Oscar Nominee for Best Foreign Language Film, BEAUFORT chronicles the final days of an Israeli army unit's tense, painful withdrawal in 2000 from a strategic bunker inside a 12th century Crusader fortress near the Lebanese border, marking the end of nearly two decades of controversial occupation.

Bethlehem

World Cinema · RT Certified Fresh

Bethlehem tells the story of the complex relationship between an Israeli Secret Service officer and his teenage Palestinian informant. Shuttling back and forth between conflicting points of view, the film is a raw portrayal of characters torn apart by competing loyalties and impossible moral dilemma…

Bill Cunningham New York

RT Certified Fresh · Documentary · Art Documentaries

“We all get dressed for Bill,” says Vogue editrix Anna Wintour. The “Bill” in question is 80+ New York Times photographer Bill Cunningham. For decades, this Schwinn-riding cultural anthropologist has been obsessively and inventively chronicling fashion trends and high society…

The Blue Angel

Drama · World Cinema · Musical

The crowning achievement of the Weimar cinema, The Blue Angel is an exquisite parable of one man's fall from respectability.

Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

Documentary · RT Certified Fresh

In this eye-opening documentary, celebrated independent filmmaker Nina Menkes explores the sexual politics of cinematic shot design, drawing on over 100 clips from iconic movies and interviews with an all-star cast of women and non-binary film industry professionals.

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Horror · Staff Picks · Silent

Director Robert Wiene and a visionary team of designers crafted a nightmare realm in which light, shadow and substance are abstracted, a world in which a demented doctor and a carnival sleepwalker perpetrate a series of ghastly murders in a small community. This authoritative edition of The Cabinet …

Camille Claudel 1915

World Cinema · Drama · Period Drama

In CAMILLE CLAUDEL 1915, Juliette Binoche gives a mesmerizing performance as Auguste Rodin's protégé (and later mistress), and sister of the Christian/mystic poet Paul Claudel. Inspired by the correspondence between Paul and Camille, writer/director Bruno Dumont (Humanité, La Vi…

Capital in the Twenty-First Century

Documentary · RT Certified Fresh

Based on the international bestseller by rock-star economist Thomas Piketty, this captivating documentary is an eye-opening journey through wealth and power, a film that breaks the popular assumption that the accumulation of capital runs hand in hand with social progress, and shines a new light on t…

Chained For Life

Drama · Comedy · RT Certified Fresh

Jess Weixler (Teeth) and Adam Pearson (Under the Skin) star in this brilliantly oddball, acerbically funny foray into gonzo surrealism about a movie star "slumming it" in an outré art-horror film being shot in a semi-abandoned hospital.

The Chambermaid

Drama · World Cinema · RT Certified Fresh

A young maid at a luxurious Mexico City hotel confronts the monotony of long workdays with quiet examinations of forgotten belongings and budding friendships that nourish her newfound and determined dream for a better life.

Chile '76

Cannes Film Festival · Drama · Period Drama

Set during the early days of Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship, Chile ‘76 builds from quiet character study to gripping suspense thriller as it explores a sheltered upper middle class woman’s precarious flirtation with political engagement.

Clash

World Cinema · Cannes Film Festival · Action & Adventure

Set entirely within the confines of a police van where rival demonstrators are trapped together, Clash is a white-knuckled tale of resistance that evokes the political fault lines of Egypt two years after the Arab Spring.

Computer Chess

Avant Garde · Comedy · RT Certified Fresh

Set over the course of a weekend tournament for chess software programmers thirty-some years ago, Computer Chess transports viewers to a nostalgic moment when the contest between technology and the human spirit seemed a little more up for grabs.

The Conformist

World Cinema · Drama · Based on Literature

Bernardo Bertolucci's masterpiece is a political drama set in Mussolini's Italy starring Jean-Louis Trintignant as a repressed man trying to purge memories of a youthful, homosexual episode – and murder – who joins the Fascists in a desperate attempt to fit in.

The Corporation

Documentary · RT Certified Fresh

One hundred and fifty years ago, the Corporation was a relatively insignificant entity. Today, it is a vivid, dramatic and pervasive presence in all our lives. Like the Church, the Monarchy and the Communist Party in other times and places, the Corporation is today's dominant institution.

Custody

Drama · World Cinema · RT Certified Fresh

A broken marriage leads to a bitter custody battle with an embattled son at the center in this tense family drama that will keep audiences guessing and leave them with their hearts in their throats.

Dawson City: Frozen Time

RT Certified Fresh · Film Documentaries · Documentary

This meditation on cinema’s past from Decasia director Bill Morrison pieces together the bizarre true history of a long-lost collection of 533 nitrate film prints from the early 1900s. Discovered buried under the permafrost in a former Canadian Gold Rush town, their story reveals the links bet…

Diamantino

World Cinema · Cannes Film Festival · Fantasy

When big-hearted but dimwitted Portuguese soccer hunk Diamantino (Carloto Cotta, Tabu) blows it in the World Cup finals, he goes from superstar to laughing stock overnight. Searching for a new purpose, he sets out on a cosmic odyssey involving cigarette-smoking evil twins, Secret Service skulldugge…

Diplomacy

Drama · History · World Cinema

In this riveting adaptation of the stage success by Cyril Gély, the great Volker Schlöndorff (Academy Award winner THE TIN DRUM) has created a psychologically elaborate game of political manners between two highly contrasting characters, hoping to prevent the destruction of Paris, France…

Dogtooth

Cannes Film Festival · Drama · RT Certified Fresh

Graceful, enigmatic, and often frightening, Dogtooth is an ingenious dark comedy that won the Un Certain Regard Prize at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and an Oscar® nomination for Best Foreign Language Film, propelling Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things, The Favourite) to the forefront of contemporar…

Filmmakers for the Prosecution

Documentary · RT Certified Fresh

Adapted from a monograph by Sandra Schulberg, Filmmakers for the Prosecution retraces the hunt by brothers Budd and Stuart Schulberg for film evidence that could convict the Nazis at the Nuremberg Trial. Seventy-five years later, Jean-Christophe Klotz uncovers never-before-seen footage and intervi…

Filmworker

Documentary · RT Certified Fresh · Cannes Film Festival

After starring as Lord Bullingdon in Barry Lyndon, Leon Vitali gave up his acting career to toil in obscurity as Stanley Kubrick’s devoted aide-de-camp. This candid, often funny, and sometimes shocking documentary offers a singular perspective on a creative genius.

Fire at Sea

Academy Award Nominees · RT Certified Fresh · Documentary

An Academy Award® nominee for Best Documentary Feature and the first nonfiction film to ever win the top prize at the Berlin International Film Festival, Fire at Sea takes place in Lampedusa, a remote Mediterranean island that has become a major entry point for refugees into Europe. Award-w…

The Forbidden Room

Drama · Avant Garde · RT Certified Fresh

From Guy Maddin and Evan Johnson. A never-before-seen woodsman mysteriously appears aboard a submarine that's been trapped deep under water for months with an unstable cargo. As the terrified crew make their way through the corridors of the doomed vessel, they find themselves on a voyage into the or…

Framing Agnes

Documentary · RT Certified Fresh

In this innovative cinematic exercise that blends fiction and nonfiction, an all-star cast of trans performers and artists including Angelica Ross (Pose), Jen Richards (Mrs. Fletcher), and Zackary Drucker (Transparent), bring to life the story of a pioneering transgender woman who participated in an…

The General

National Film Registry · Slapstick · Silent

Consistently ranked among the greatest films ever made, Buster Keaton's THE GENERAL is so brilliantly conceived and executed that it continues to inspire awe and laughter with every viewing. This Kino Ultimate Disc Edition was mastered in HD from a 35mm archive print struck from the original camera …

A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night

Horror · Based on Literature · RT Certified Fresh

The first Vampire Western ever made in the Farsi language, Ana Lily Amirpour's debut basks in the sheer pleasure of pulp. A joyful mash-up of genre, archetype, and iconography, its prolific influences span spaghetti westerns, graphic novels, horror films, and the Iranian New Wave.

Goodbye to Language

World Cinema · Cannes Film Festival · Drama

Winner of the Jury Prize at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, Goodbye to Language is a triumphant masterpiece from Jean-Luc Godard.

Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami

Music · African-American · RT Certified Fresh

This electrifying journey through the public and private worlds of pop culture mega-icon Grace Jones contrasts musical sequences with intimate personal footage, all the while brimming with Jones’s bold aesthetic.

Gueros

World Cinema · RT Certified Fresh · Tribeca Film Festival

WINNER OF 5 MEXICAN ARIEL "ACADEMY AWARDS" INCLUDING BEST PICTURE AND BEST DIRECTOR! The winner of five Ariels (the Mexican Academy Awards), including Best Picture and Best Director, GUEROS is one the most striking Latin American debuts of 2015. Sombra and Santos have been living in angst-ridden lim…

Hive

Earth Day · Drama · World Cinema

Sundance triple award winner Hive is a searing drama based on the true story of Fahrije, who has battled grief and financial struggle since her husband went missing during the war in Kosovo. In hope of providing for her family, she launches a business selling hot pepper pre- serves, a controversi…

Hold Me Tight

Drama · World Cinema · RT Certified Fresh

Vicky Krieps (Phantom Thread) gives another riveting performance as a woman on the run from her family for mysterious reasons in Mathieu Amalric’s most ambitious directorial outing to date.

The Idol

Drama · RT Certified Fresh · Based on True Story

For Mohammed and Nour, nothing less than playing the world famous Cairo Opera Hall will do. It might take them a lifetime to get there but, as Mohammed will find out, some dreams are worth living for.

The Image Book

Drama · World Cinema · RT Certified Fresh

The legendary Jean-Luc Godard adds to his influential, iconoclastic legacy with this provocative collage film essay, a vast ontological inquiry into the history of the moving image and a commentary on the contemporary world.

Ixcanul

World Cinema · Native and Indigenous Americans · Family

In this dreamlike fusion of documentary and fable, two young, impoverished Mayan lovers escape from their servitude on a remote Guatemalan coffee plantation and attempt to make their way to the United States.

Jafar Panahi's Taxi

World Cinema · Drama · Comedy

Internationally acclaimed director Jafar Panahi (This is Not a Film) drives a yellow cab through the vibrant streets of Tehran, picking up a diverse (and yet representative) group of passengers in a single day. Each man, woman, and child candidly expresses his or her own view of the world, while bei…

Last Train Home

RT Certified Fresh

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Let the Corpses Tan

World Cinema · Action & Adventure · Crime

After stealing a truckload of gold bars, a gang of thieves engages in an all-day firefight with pursuing cops at the ruins of a remote Mediterranean hamlet in this deliriously stylish thriller based on a classic pulp novel by Jean-Patrick Manchette and featuring vintage music cues by Ennio Morricone…

Long Day's Journey Into Night

Drama · World Cinema · RT Certified Fresh

Bi Gan follows up his knockout debut, Kaili Blues, with this noir-tinged film about a solitary man (Jue Huang) haunted by loss and regret. Co-starring Chinese superstars Sylvia Chang and Wei Tang, the film features an hour-long, gravity-defying 3D sequence shot, which plunges its protagonist—a…

Lumumba

World Cinema · RT Certified Fresh

Made in the tradition of such true-life political thrillers as Malcolm X and JFK, Raoul Peck’s award-winning Lumumba is a gripping epic that dramatizes for the first time the rise and fall of legendary African leader Patrice Lumumba.  

Luzzu

Earth Day · Drama · RT Certified Fresh

Hardworking new father Jesmark, played by a real-life Maltese fisherman, must choose between the traditional way of life practiced by his family for generations and an illicit black-market fishing operation in this stunning neorealist tale operating in the tradition of Luchino Visconti, Roberto Ross…

Manufactured Landscapes

Earth Day · Architecture · RT Certified Fresh

MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES is the striking new documentary on the world and work of renowned artist Edward Burtynsky. 

The Measure of a Man

Drama · World Cinema · RT Certified Fresh

Vincent Lindon (Mademoiselle Chambon) gives his Cannes Film Festival-winning performance as unemployed everyman Thierry, who must submit to a series of humiliating ordeals in his search for work. Futile retraining courses, interviews via Skype, a workshop critique of his self-presentation by fellow …

The Complete Metropolis

Silent · Sci-Fi and Fantasy · RT Certified Fresh

The Complete Metropolis, the most comprehensive restoration of Fritz Lang's classic with an additional 25 minutes of lost footage and the original Gottfried Huppertz score.

Momma's Man

American Independent · Drama · Sundance Film Festival

One of the most acclaimed films of this year's Sundance Film Festival, Azazel Jacobs' third feature is both a tribute to his parents (and to the lost New York of his childhood) and an acutely perceptive, deeply personal take on a universal experience: the fear of growing up.

Mountains May Depart

World Cinema · Family · Cannes Film Festival

Mainland master Jia Zhangke scales new heights with Mountains May Depart. At once an intimate drama and a decades-spanning epic that leaps from the recent past to the present to the speculative near-future, Jia's new film is an intensely moving study of how China's economic boom and the culture of m…