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Suze

When her only daughter goes off to university, an empty-nest mother gets stuck taking care of her daughter's heartbroken ex-boyfriend, whom she can't stand.

Director: Dane Clark, Linsey Stewart

Cast: Michaela Watkins, Sara Waisglass, Charlie Gillespie

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Good Girl Jane

Desperate for connection, lonely young Jane meets a group of teen misfits who offer her acceptance and camaraderie. She falls hard for their playful but domineering ringleader, Jamie, and becomes entangled in his amateur drug operation. As her life spirals violently out of control, Jane must choose between Jamie and her own survival.
Best U.S. Narrative Feature, Founders Award 2022 Tribeca Festival
Rain Spencer, Best Performance in a U.S. Narrative Feature 2022 Tribeca Festival

Director: Sarah Elizabeth Mintz

Cast: Rain Spencer, Andie MacDowell, Odessa A'zion, Patrick Gibson

Nude Tuesday

In an effort to rekindle the spark in their troubled marriage, Laura and Bruno head to a couples’ retreat run by relationship and sexual healing guru, Bjorg Rasmussen. Plagued by miscommunication, Nude Tuesday is an utterly singular excursion into naturism and self-discovery.

Director: Armağan Ballantyne

Cast: Jackie van Beek, Damon Herriman, Jemaine Clement

In Her Name

An art house dramedy, about estranged sisters bonding as thirty-somethings forced to confront reality. While dealing with their egomaniacal formerly-important artist father’s descent they experience a somewhat psychedelic liberation from the pain of their past and find themselves in a vortex of awareness of what matters most. Love.

Director: Sarah Carter

Cast: Erin Hammond, Sarah Carter, Ciera Danielle, Nyambi Nyambi

President in Waiting

Through exclusive interviews with our nation's former leaders, discover how the Vice Presidency went from being a ceremonial office to one of the most powerful positions in politics. Originally presented by CNN Films, this unique documentary features interviews with Presidents Obama, Bush, Clinton, Carter & Vice Presidents Pence, Biden, Cheney, Gore, Quayle, and Mondale.

Director: Jeffrey Roth

Cast: Joe Biden, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Al Gore

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Mary Heilmann: Waves, Roads, Hallucinations

New York based artist Mary Heilmann is one of the most influential American abstract painters of her time. Heilmann's work has been exhibited throughout the world in museums such as The Whitney, Dia Beacon, and MoMA. This documentary offers a visually immersive journey through her life, using rare archival material and in-studio footage to explore the artist’s mind and practice.

Director: Matt Creed

Cast: Mary Heilmann

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Phantom Parrot

When human rights activist Muhammad Rabbani refuses to hand over the passwords to his electronic devices and is prosecuted, a journalist following the case uncovers the existence of top-secret surveillance program, Phantom Parrot. This disturbing discovery brings up questions of modern espionage and digital privacy in this unsettling film about a man with the courage to speak out.

Director: Kate Stonehill

Cast: Muhammad Rabbani

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Roving Woman

A break-up leaves Sarah reeling and directionless, standing alone on her ex's doorstep in a ballgown. Following her impulses, she starts to drive through the desert and makes unexpected connections along the way.

Director: Michal Chmielewski

Cast: Lena Góra, John Hawkes

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The Right to Read

In this documentary, NAACP activist Kareem Weaver sets out to reform the low reading scores in his home of Oakland, California. Featuring stories from Weaver's own life, a teacher and two American families, The Right to Read dives into the fight to provide our youngest generation with the most foundational skill for life-long success: the ability to read.

Director: Jenny Mackenzie

Cast: Kareem Weaver

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Little Boxes

An interracial family struggles to adjust when they move from New York City to a small, predominately white town in Washington State.

Director: Rob Meyer

Cast: Melanie Lynsky, Armani Jackson, Nelsan Ellis

A Bronx Tale (30th Anniversary Edition)

In Robert De Niro’s stunning directorial debut, a devoted father battles a local mob boss for the life of his son. Growing up on the racially divided streets of 1960s New York, 9-year-old Calogero, or “C,” idolizes sophisticated local gangster Sonny (Chazz Palminteri), despite stern warnings from his working-class father (Robert De Niro). But when “C” gets older, he finds himself torn between two worlds and must choose between earning respect like his father or commanding it like Sonny. Vividly evoking the sights and sounds of the iconic neighborhood, “A Bronx Tale” is a compelling story of love and loyalty. Restored in 4K UHD for the first time.

Director: Robert De Niro

Cast: Robert De Niro, Chazz Palminteri, Lillo Brancato, Francis Capra, Taral Hicks, Joe Pesci

Detachment

Adrien Brody (in his most acclaimed performance since THE PIANIST), Marcia Gay Harden & Christina Hendricks star in this award-winning drama about teachers and students in a troubled high school. From the director of AMERICAN HISTORY X.

Director: Tony Kaye

Cast: Adrien Brody, Marcia Gay Harden, Christina Hendricks

Palo Alto

An unflinching portrait of adolescent lust, boredom, and self-destruction that centers around a shy young girl (Emma Roberts) on the cusp of an illicit relationship with her soccer coach (James Franco). From director Gia Coppola.

Director: Gia Coppola

Cast: James Franco, Emma Roberts

I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story

An affectionate portrait of Caroll Spinney, the beloved puppeteer responsible for creating worldwide icons out of Sesame Street's Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch for the last 45 years.

Director: Dave LaMattina, Chad N Walker

Cast: Carroll Spinney, Jim Henson, Frank Oz

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Nas: Time is Illmatic

The story behind Nas's groundbreaking debut album 'Illmatic,' and the early life of one of the most talented rappers of all time. Featuring Pharrell Williams, Alicia Keys, Q-Tip, and Busta Rhymes.

Director: One9

Cast: Nas, Busta Rhymes, Alicia Keys, Pharrell Williams

The Wild & Wonderful Whites of West Virginia

From Executive Producer Johnny Knoxville, this edgy and often hilarious look at a dying breed of American outcasts exposes the corruption, poverty, and West Virginia's environmentally and culturally devastating coal mining culture.

Director: Julien Nitzberg

Cast: Jesco White

An Awkward Sexual Adventure

Desperate for sex tips after his girlfriend dumps him, an uptight accountant meets a beautiful stripper who expands his horizons, complete with trips to massage parlors, S&M toys and cross-dressing in this sweet yet raunchy comedy.

Director: Sean Garrity

Cast: Jonas Chernick, Emily Hampshire

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Listen Up Philip

When a self-obsessed novelist (Jason Schwartzman) has problems with his novel and his girlfriend (Elisabeth Moss), he seeks refuge in his mentor's cottage where the peace and quiet allow him to focus on his favorite subject - himself.

Director: Alex Ross Perry

Cast: Jason Schwartzman, Elisabeth Moss, Jonathan Pryce, Krysten Ritter

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