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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Arabic
Description
Bursting with mordant wit and alive with urgent real-life dramatic energy, Rashid Masharawi's Laila's birthday is a "fleet, dark urban comedy," (New York Times) that "moves at a brisk clip, ticking incidents like a meter on overtime" (Time Out New York).
3) Zookeeper
Publisher
Columbia Pictures and Revolution Studios
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
The animals at the Franklin Park Zoo love their kindhearted caretaker, Griffin Keyes. Finding himself more comfortable with a lion than a lady, Griffin decides the only way to get a girl in his life is to leave the zoo and find a more glamorous job. The animals, in a panic, decide to break their time-honored code of silence and reveal their biggest secret: they can talk! To keep Griffin from leaving, they decide to teach him the rules of courtship,...
4) Between us
Publisher
Monterey Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
In this darkly comedic drama, two couples reunite over two incendiary evenings where anything can happen. Grace and Carlo are a newly married New York couple who visit their old friends Sharyl and Joel in their huge Midwestern home. Despite their wealth, the hosts are in a bitterly destructive marriage. A few years later, the couples reunite in New York, only to find tables turned.
5) Nacho Libre
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Language
English
Formats
Description
Raised in the monastery where he is now the cook, Nacho finds a way to earn money for the holy place by wrestling, even though it is strictly forbidden by the church elders. Naturally, Nacho isn't acting out of purely altruistic measures, as he wishes to help Sister Encarnacion, a beautiful Mexican nun who has recently arrived at the monastery.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Seven comedies, including four restored from turn of the century Italy and France, a recently-discovered nitrate negative of Charlie Chaplin's first appearance in his tramp attire, a frenetic Mack Sennett gag fest replete with tin lizzies, and The pest (1922), starring a pre-Hardy Stan Laurel.
7) The general
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
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.
Publisher
ODK Media
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Korean
Description
4 different couples spend one romantic week together over New Year's Eve. Both coming out of failed marriages, Ji-ho and Hyo-young are not open for the possibilities of new love. Heartbroken after being dumped, Jin-ah heads to the other side of globe and encounters Jae-hun who also has left Seoul behind. Yong-chan and Yaolin are an international couple soon to get married, but their already-growing marriage blues begin to get worse as Yong-chan is...
Language
English
Formats
Description
From Academy Award-nominated director Ridley Scott, Academy Award-winning executive producer Robert Zemeckis and screenwriter Ted Griffin comes this dramatic comedy based on the novel by acclaimed author Eric Garcia. Academy Award-winner Nicolas Cage stars with Sam Rockwell and Alison Lohman in this comedy about a con man with an obsessive-compulsive disorder whose orderly life and latest lucrative scam are threatened by the reappearance of a teenage...
11) Fits and Starts
Publisher
The Orchard
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
David Warwik (Wyatt Cenac) is a struggling writer who has been toiling away at the same novel for years. His wife Jennifer (Greta Lee) is a hot young literary figure, who has just released a new masterpiece. When her publisher invites the couple to an artists' salon at his home in Connecticut, the pair embark on a twisted journey, and David must face his demons and try to "not be weird" among the waspy salon guests and competitive artists in attendance....
12) My Divorce Party
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Xan gathers her besties to celebrate and sulk in her impending divorce. Chaos ensues when she reveals she brought her life savings with the intention of blowing all of it by the weekend's end.
13) Sidechic Gang
Publisher
Gravel Road Africa
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Three longtime friends band together to set up SIDECHIC GANG, an agency dedicated to exposing cheating husbands and boyfriends, and clamping down the side chick menace. While initially only servicing female clientele, a potentially lucrative opportunity presents itself when a rich businessman wants to hire them to confirm his suspicions.
14) Fourth Grade
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
When a brick of weed is found in a 4th grade classroom, the students’ parents gather in an emergency meeting to protect their own child from being expelled.
15) Operator
Publisher
The Orchard
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Joe (Martin Starr, Silicon Valley) is a programmer with a crippling anxiety problem who is unable to deal with uncertainty. At work he is tasked with creating an interactive call center answering machine that can convey empathy. Joe recruits his wife Emily (Mae Whitman, Arrested Development) who has the perfect voice for the system.
16) Infinity Baby
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Owing to a genetic mix-up involving stem cell research, the recently founded company INFINITY BABY is able to offer a service for aspiring parents who never want to leave the baby bubble - infants that do not age.Official Selection at the SXSW Film Festival and San Francisco International Film Festival.
17) Frances Ferguson
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Nick Offerman's narration adds savor to Bob Byington's bone-dry comedy about a Nebraska substitute teacher (Kaley Wheless) whose crushing discontent drives her to an ill-advised transgression. This SXSW Audience Favorite also stars David Krumholtz and Martin Starr.
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
In this heartfelt romantic drama, directed by and starring Helen Hunt, schoolteacher April Epner (Hunt) is blindsided by the collapse of her marriage and the sudden appearance of her biological mother, Bernice (Bette Midler), a flamboyant talk show host. As April navigates her complex relationships, including a budding romance with Frank (Colin Firth), a single father, she faces emotional challenges tied to motherhood, identity, and love.
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Ted, a writer-turned-peanut slinger, returns to care for his Red Sox-obsessed father, Marty, whose health falters with Sox losses. Ted rallies neighborhood pals to orchestrate a winning streak, finding purpose and unexpected bonds along the way.
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