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  • The Road to Wellville

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    An unhappy young couple visit the infamous Kellogg spa in Battle Creek, Michigan while a young hustler tries get into the breakfast-cereal business and compete against John Kellogg’s corn flakes.

  • The Virgin Suicides

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    A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents.

  • Grosse Pointe Blank

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    Martin Blank is a hitman for hire. When he starts to develop a conscience, he botches a couple of routine jobs. On the advice of his secretary and his psychiatrist, he decides to attend his ten-year high school reunion in Grosse Pointe, Michigan.

  • Tape

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    Jon, a first-time filmmaker, finds himself in Lansing, Michigan to present his film at a local film festival. Vince, his high school friend who is now a volunteer fireman and small-time drug dealer, also visits the town to support Jon on his big day, or so it seems. After a raucous hello and much backslapping,…

  • Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer

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    British documentarian Nick Broomfield creates a follow-up piece to his 1992 documentary of the serial killer Aileen Wuornos, a highway prostitute who was convicted of killing six men in Florida between 1989 and 1990. Interviewing an increasingly mentally unstable Wuornos, Broomfield captures the distorted mind of a murderer whom the state of Florida deems of…

  • The Upside of Anger

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    After her husband runs off with his secretary, Terry Wolfmeyer is left to fend for herself — and her four daughters. As she hits rock bottom, Terry finds a friend and drinking buddy in next-door neighbor Denny, a former baseball player. As the two grow closer, and her daughters increasingly rely on Denny, Terry starts…

  • Holland

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    Teacher Nancy’s life with her husband in Holland, Michigan, tumbles into a twisted tale when she and a colleague become suspicious of a secret.

  • The Visitor

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    A college professor travels to New York City to attend a conference and finds a young couple living in his apartment.

  • Semi-Pro

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    Jackie Moon is the owner, promoter, coach, and star player of the Flint Michigan Tropics of the American Basketball Association (ABA), the worst team in the league. In 1976 before the ABA collapses, the NBA plans to merge with the best teams of the ABA at the end of the season. Only the top four…

  • The Fab Five

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    Depicts the story of Jalen Rose and his other Fab Five teammates, Chris Webber, Juwan Howard, Jimmy King and Ray Jackson. Called by some “the greatest class ever recruited,” the five freshmen not only electrified the game, but also brought new style with their baggy shorts, black socks and brash talk. “The Fab Five” relives…

  • This Must Be the Place

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    A bored, retired rock star sets out to find his father’s tormentor, an ex-Nazi war criminal who is a refugee in the U.S.

  • Jerry & Marge Go Large

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    The remarkable true story of how retiree Jerry Selbee discovers a mathematical loophole in the Massachusetts lottery and, with the help of his wife, Marge, wins $27 million dollars and uses the money to revive their small Michigan town.

  • Mayor of Kingstown

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    In a small Michigan town where the business of incarceration is the only thriving industry, the McClusky family are the power brokers between the police, criminals, inmates, prison guards and politicians in a city completely dependent on prisons and the prisoners they contain.