IFC Films
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IFC Films
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English
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This eye-opening documentary investigates the strange case of Anonymous hacktivist Matt DeHart, who fled the US to seek asylum in Canada after law enforcement brought charges against him for child pornography. But DeHart countered that he was framed, targeted for his support of Wikileaks, and that he was tortured in a US prison. Unfolding like a spy mystery, the film follows a multiyear quest for truth, with unexpected twists and turns until the very...
2) 5 to 7
Publisher
IFC Films
Language
English
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A young Manhattan writer (Anton Yelchin) starts a passionate love affair with a glamorous, married French woman in this sexy romance. Co-stars Glenn Close and Frank Langella.
3) In the loop
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
The British Prime Minister and the U.S. President infer that they want to embark on a war in the Middle East. Simon Foster, the British Minister for International Development states, off the cuff, in a radio interview that 'war is unforeseeable.' He later tries to recant his statement to news reporters with another statement. Both remarks start a series of manoeuvrings on both sides by both the pro- and anti-war factions in both governments. U.S....
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
The cameras follow trailblazing comic, Joan Rivers, for a year and cover her entire career from her break on the Carson show, to her heartbreak over the suicide of her husband, and her role on Celebrity Apprentice. Rivers reveals her relentless desire to keep working with humor and empathy. Wickedly funny and surprisingly moving, Rivers is once again returned to the spotlight she so richly deserves and cements her reputation as one of stand-up's towering...
5) Shoah
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Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Over a decade in the making, this monumental investigation of the unthinkable: the murder of more than six million Jews by the Nazis. Using no archival footage, Claude Lanzmann instead focuses on first-person testimonies (of survivors and former Nazis, and other witnesses), employing a circular, free-associative method in assembling them. The intellectual yet emotionally overwhelming SHOAH is not a film about excavating the past but an intensive portrait...
6) Apres lui
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
Français
Description
A divorcee is devastated when her 20-year-old son is killed in a car accident and begins to focus all of her attention on his best friend who survived the crash. But where does a broken heart draw the line between love and obsession?
7) Cairo time
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Juliette, a magazine editor, arrives in Cairo to meet her husband Mark, a U.N. official in Gaza. When he is unavoidably delayed, Mark sends his friend and former security officer Tareq to show her around the city. As she gets used to the customs and rhythm of life in Cairo, she finds herself falling not only for the city's charms, but for Tareq as well.
8) Che
Series
Criterion collection volume 496
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
Español
Description
A portrait of the man who overthrew a dictatorship and became a revolutionary before his life was ended. Includes both Che Part One: The Argentine and Part Two: Guerrilla and bonus features.
Publisher
IFC Films
Language
English
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After a proposed pipeline creates divisions within the small town of Beaverfield, and a snowstorm traps its residents together inside the local inn, newly arrived forest ranger Finn (Sam Richardson) and postal worker Cecily (Milana Vayntrub) must try to keep the peace and uncover the truth behind a mysterious creature that has begun terrorizing the community.
10) Hunger
Series
Criterion collection volume 504
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
In Northern Ireland's Maze prison in 1981, 27-year-old Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands went on a hunger strike to protest the British government's refusal to recognize him and his fellow IRA inmates as political prisoners. A transcendent depiction of what a human being is willing to endure in order to be heard.
11) Huda's Salon
Publisher
IFC Films
Language
Arabic
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Description
Reem, a young mother married to a jealous man, goes to Huda's salon in Bethlehem. But this ordinary visit turns sour when Huda, after having put Reem in a shameful situation, blackmails her to have her work for the secret service of the occupiers, and thus betray her people.
13) Bergman island
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In search of inspiration for their current filmmaking projects, Chris and her partner travel to the remote island of Faro, Sweden, where Bergman lived and worked for decades. There, the spirit of the cinema master looms as Chris confronts her complicated relationships with work, men, motherhood, and her artistic influences.
14) Premature
Publisher
IFC Films
Language
English
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On a summer night in Harlem during her last months at home before starting college, seventeen-year-old poet Ayanna (Zora Howard) meets Isaiah (Joshua Boone), a charming music producer who has just moved to the city. It's not long before these two artistic souls are drawn together in a passionate summer romance. But as the highs of young love give way to jealousy, suspicion, and all-too-real consequences, Ayanna must confront the complexities of the...
16) The Djinn
Publisher
IFC Films
Language
English
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A mute twelve-year-old, Dylan Jacobs, discovers a mysterious book of spells inside his new apartment. Grieving the loss of his mother, and feeling isolated from everyone except for his father, Dylan performs a ritual that promises to deliver his heart's desire: to have a voice. But he soon discovers that every gift has a toll when a sinister djinn arrives to collect his soul. Now trapped in his new home with nowhere to hide, Dylan must find a way...
17) Queen of Earth
Publisher
IFC Films
Language
English
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Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men) stars as a desperate woman caught in a terrifying downward spiral in this heart-stopping psychological thriller. Also stars Patrick Fugit.
18) Rogue Agent
Publisher
IFC Films
Language
English
Formats
Description
The true story of conman Robert Freegard, who posed as an undercover MI5 agent kidnapping countless victims amidst a high-stakes manhunt until the woman who fell for him brought him to justice.
19) Hatching
Publisher
IFC Films
Language
Finnish
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12-year-old Tinja is desperate to please her mother, a woman obsessed with presenting the image of a perfect family. One night, Tinja finds a strange egg. She hides it, keeps it warm. When it hatches, what emerges is beyond belief.
20) Frances Ha
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Publisher
Pine District Pictures
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
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A woman in her late twenties living in contemporary New York tries to sort out her ambitions, finances, and above all, her tight but changing bond with her best friend Sophie. Frances Ha gets at both the frustrations and the joys of being young and unsure of where to go next.
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