After an earthquake hits Los Angeles, a massive sinkhole opens up, transporting a group of people to a dangerous prehistoric world. They must navigate unfamiliar territory and face various challenges to survive and find a way back home.
Under the Silver Lake is a neo-noir crime thriller that follows the story of a man named Sam who becomes infatuated with the sudden disappearance of his neighbor, Sarah. As he begins to investigate, he uncovers a web of subliminal messages, secret societies, and hidden clues that lead him on a surreal journey through the dark underbelly of Los Angeles. As Sam delves deeper into the mystery, he becomes entangled in a complex conspiracy that challenges his perception of reality.
Scenes from a Mall is a comedy film that takes place in a shopping mall and revolves around the dysfunctional marriage of a psychologist and a self-absorbed author. The plot explores their extramarital affairs, in-jokes, and their attempts to navigate their relationship amidst the chaos of the mall.
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession is a documentary that delves into the rise and fall of the Z Channel, a groundbreaking cable TV network in Los Angeles. The film takes a retrospective look at the network's impact on the film industry and television history, as well as the eccentric and obsessive personalities behind it. It explores the network's role in promoting and showcasing obscure and art house films, as well as its tragic end with a murder-suicide of one of its executives. Through interviews and archival footage, the documentary paints a vivid picture of the Z Channel's legacy and the cinephilia it inspired.
Offers a reappraisal of "yacht rock", a critically neglected era of music popularized by a boom in FM radio stations and its smooth sound. The gleaming yacht sound was, in part, always defined by a group of LA-based session players and composers who worked across a range of yacht bands, informing their specific tone and level of musicianship. Some of these artists talk about the yacht phenomenon and being part of the scene back in the day. The series explores how the music adapted from the the bearded sensitivity of the '70s to the bombast of the MTV '80s, and how a satirical online drama contributed to a revival of interest and enthusiasm for these sounds in the digital era.
The Loved One is a dark comedy that takes a satirical look at the funeral industry in Hollywood. The story follows the misadventures of a young British poet who works as an embalmer in a funeral home. He becomes entangled in a series of absurd and bizarre situations involving pet cemeteries, crematoriums, and an eccentric cast of characters. The film is a provocative social satire that explores themes of death, art, and the exploitation of the dead by the entertainment industry.
In 'Slasher Party,' a group of college friends decides to attend a house party in the luxurious Hollywood Hills. Little do they know that they will soon become trapped inside and face a terrifying ordeal as they are hunted down by a masked killer. As the night progresses, the party turns into a murder spree as the masked killer targets each guest one by one. With no escape and limited resources, the friends must rely on their wits and courage to survive the night.
When a young woman house sits for a wealthy Hollywood Hills couple, she stumbles upon a hidden stash of money and becomes entangled in a dangerous game of deception and murder.
A Los Angeles luxury real estate agent finds herself in crisis after making a strange discovery during a routine showing. PARFUM explores the absurd dichotomy between California’s ever-increasing obsession with luxury real estate and lifestyle culture (as depicted in Netflix’s hit reality show “Selling Sunset”) and California’s simultaneous increase in wildfires, mudslides, and other climate disasters.
In Los Angeles, a man with a face like Humphrey Bogart's gets plastic surgery to look like the actor and becomes a private detective. He is hired to find a missing person, but gets involved in a criminal case and a treasure hunt, leading to car chases, shootouts, and a search for a gem. Along the way, he encounters a Nazi war criminal, a belly dancer, and deals with blackmail and obscene photographs.
The Strip is a film noir that follows the story of a musician who becomes entangled with a powerful mobster in 1950s Las Vegas. As he tries to navigate the dangerous underworld, he must confront deception, violence, and his own ambitions. The movie portrays the struggles of the protagonist and features jazz music, nightclubs, and murder.
An out-of-work method actor is hired by a male model, an ecdysiast, and a car salesman who live together to save money. They want the actor to listen to their problems and go see a psychiatrist, so they can get counseling for cheap. The psychiatrist is intrigued by the split personalities indicated by the three separate sets of problems presented by the actor, and soon producers are climbing out of the woodwork trying to buy the rights to the film, while the actor is having trouble keeping his act together.
A detective matches wits with the female leader of a crime ring.
Mother takes her teenage son to a party, to make sure he will not be at home when father leaves the family for good.
A revealing "behind the scenes" feature about glamour girls in Hollywood in startling scenes of EXCITEMENT
A teen girl is thrown into reform school for refusing to squeal on her delinquent boyfriend where she ends up meeting his ex-girlfriend and the jealous tempers fly.
Two detectives investigate the murder of a local businessman by a mysterious woman.
A nurse is hired to take care of a mean, cantankerous woman. It turns out that the nurse and her boyfriend are after the woman's fortune. When the woman turns up dead in a bathtub full of blood the couple begin to search for the money, but they soon begin to suspect that the woman isn't really dead - or her ghost has come back to avenge her.
In a crime-ridden Los Angeles, an anxious young man is put up to a menacing test by his girlfriend on a weekend retreat.
A short packed with more stars and gags than most features of its day, this film delivered a gaggle of guffaws!