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One of the masters of early German cinema, G. W. Pabst had an innate talent for discovering actresses (including Greta Garbo). And perhaps none of his female stars shone brighter than Kansas native and onetime Ziegfeld girl Louise Brooks, whose…
"Heiny Srour’s Leila and the Wolves (1984) is a film of monumental resolve and ambition, determined to address the contradictions within the anti-colonial struggle. It tells the forgotten and repressed stories of Arab women throughout the 20th century, fighting against British and…
"Here’s a technological sound-and-light show that is sensational and brainy, stylish and fun." - Roger Ebert Experience the original landmark motion picture that inspired a generation of digital filmmakers, becoming a true cult classic for its groundbreaking digital effects. Jeff…
"Wonderfully trashy! A profoundly strange film...irresistible to camp aficionados, bad movie lovers and Gen-X nostalgists because the future of technology so exquisitely, surreally wrong." - Nathan Rabin Get ready to have your head torn off by some groundbreaking yet profoundly…
“Flirts outrageously with the sheer excitement of nuclear war...an exciting, giddily entertaining movie!” - David Denby, New York Magazine Flickering CRT maps, screeching modems, ominous command prompts, a robotic computer voice asking, "Would you like to play a game?" WARGAMES…
"Strangeness is a quality valued and yearned for in so many sorts of movies, but rarely found – yet this really is strange, an experiment in horror form from the trans film-maker Jane Schoenbrun... What an uncanny, exhilarating experience." -…
"Lady Bird combines wisdom and tenderness, humor and grace. It's light-footed without being lightweight. And it captures, with great feeling, the turbulence of a girl growing up." - Film Companion Fresh off the heels of Mother's Day, Girlhood invites you…
“Shunji Iwai's spacey, torpid dream-epic of youthful angst and escapism in modern Japan: it stays with you.” - The Guardian When it appeared 25 years ago, most critics weren't sure what to make of Shunji Iwai's ALL ABOUT LILY CHOU-CHOU.…
"Even weirder than you remember! With apologies to Johnny Mnemonic, Goldeneye and Hackers, no other 1995 movie captures the highs and lows of Web 1.0 cybersurfing quite as perfectly as THE NET. When Sandy logged on, so did we." - Thrillist "Her…
"An endearingly nutty, proudly analog tribute to the ultra-nerdy innovators of yesteryear." - Variety "An artificially intelligent comedy," as the film's marketing winkingly dubbed it, COMPUTER CHESS is an off-kilter, lo‑fi time capsule set during a weekend tournament for chess…