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  • Radioland Murders

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    A series of mysterious crimes threatens the existence of a new radio network.

  • Forgotten Silver

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    The life story of Colin McKenzie, a forgotten pioneer of international cinema who was born in rural New Zealand in 1888.

  • Lost in La Mancha

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    Fulton and Pepe’s 2000 documentary captures Terry Gilliam’s attempt to get The Man Who Killed Don Quixote off the ground. Back injuries, freakish storms, and more zoom in to sabotage the project.

  • Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu

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    Filmmaker Ian Taylor examines the impressive legacy of Hong Kong cinema — specifically, how martial arts crossed borders and become an international phenomenon — with the help of footage and interviews with the stars who made the genre what it is today. Director Lau Ka Leung (who helmed The 36th Chamber of Shaolin) joins in,…

  • Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star

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    TV child star of the ’70s, Dickie Roberts is now 35 and parking cars. Craving to regain the spotlight, he auditions for a role of a normal guy, but the director quickly sees he is anything but normal. Desperate to win the part, Dickie hires a family to help him replay his childhood and assume…

  • Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn

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    The story of Tasmanian-born actor Errol Flynn whose short & flamboyant life, full of scandals, adventures, loves and excess was largely played out in front of the camera – either making movies or filling the newsreels and gossip magazines. Tragically he was dead from the effects of drugs and alcohol by the time he was…

  • Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape

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    A documentary analyzing the furore which so-called “video nasties” caused in Britain during the 1980s.

  • Tees Maar Khan

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    A con artist poses as a film director in a village with the intention of executing a caper with the unwitting help of the villagers.

  • The Christmas Pageant

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    Vera Parks, an overly intense and demanding Broadway director, gets fired from yet another job, leaving her no choice but to take a gig directing a small town Christmas pageant in upstate New York. Stunned at how basic the production is, Vera attempts to back out, but is convinced by some of the locals to…

  • 42nd Street

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    A producer puts on what may be his last Broadway show, and at the last moment a chorus girl has to replace the star.

  • Jodorowsky’s Dune

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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 and millions of dollars, the massive undertaking eventually fell apart, but the artists Jodorowsky…

  • Rock’n Roll

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    Guillaume Canet is told by a young co-star that he’s no longer Rock’n’ Roll and can’t sell films anymore. He then tries to prove her wrong and gets help from his girlfriend, Marion Cotillard.

  • The Other Side of the Wind

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    Surrounded by fans and sceptics, grizzled director J.J. “Jake” Hannaford returns from years abroad in Europe to a changed Hollywood, where he attempts to make his innovative comeback film. This film was started in 1970 but never completed during Welles’s lifetime.

  • The Man Who Killed Don Quixote

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    Toby, a cynical film director finds himself trapped in the outrageous delusions of an old Spanish shoe-maker who believes himself to be Don Quixote. In the course of their comic and increasingly surreal adventures, Toby is forced to confront the tragic repercussions of a film he made in his idealistic youth.