Stoked follows the lives of a group of teenage surfers as they live, work, and surf together on a summer program in a beach resort. Along the way, they form new friendships, navigate teenage relationships, and encounter various challenges and adventures.
Birdboy: The Forgotten Children is a dark and disturbing animated film that tells the story of a group of forgotten children who are struggling to survive in a post-apocalyptic world. The film explores themes of addiction, loss, and redemption as the children search for hope and a way to escape their grim reality.
Luz: The Flower of Evil tells the story of a community in a remote village where witchcraft and darkness lurk beneath the surface. As the village pastor and his followers attempt to suppress the evil, a young girl named Luz becomes entangled in the web of witchcraft and must confront the duality within herself. This haunting and poetic tale takes us on a journey into the twisted depths of the human psyche.
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.
Cremaster 3 is a surreal and abstract art film set in New York City. It delves into themes of freemasonry, undead, and torture. The movie showcases the Cremaster Cycle, with references to the Guggenheim Foundation and contemporary art. A hidden gem known for its unique aesthetic and video installations.
A strange story from Somerset, England about a filmmaking farmer and the inspiring legacy of his long-lost home movies.
When forest animals invade our cities, the world is in disarray. Office vixen Fiona struggles with her banana phone addiction. Will she succumb to it? Temperamental bunny Barbara only gives her stag sugar daddy Nestor his special massage, after he dines her and plays the big spender. This obscure short film pinpoints postmodern tropes of consumerism, eroticism, and art with an homage to the theater stage and references to literature. This work uses a fantasy language and needs no subtitles.
In Bethie's Really Silly Clubhouse, Bethie and her puppet friends explore baking, songs, and the joys of being a kid in a silly and educational way. With catchy kids' songs, funny puppets, and lots of fun activities, this 1990s classic is an obscure gem that will bring back nostalgia for adults and entertain children with its unique charm.
This is a story about a man who believes that he has two “selves” - external and internal. That is, an organism is a certain conglomerate of cells, each of which is a separate individual. This hybrid creature has a certain common personal “I” that uses the entire organism, and is the organism itself, which has its own will. According to the character, one can communicate with him, which is what he is trying to do. He wants to reach him and comes up with different ways of communication: injecting substances under the skin or intravenously, tattooing texts on the body, swallowing objects. The answer would come in the form of a rash or other physical manifestation that had to be interpreted. As a result, communication is carried out and the second “I” agrees to die.
A documentary about Jim "Dandy" Mangrum and his band Black Oak Arkansas.
A boy enjoys his day off by watching his favorite movie. But one event, causes him to realized that there would be no day off for him.
Julie, a Montréal teenager who lives alone in a vacant swimming pool spends her days following strangers. Abandoned by her father, she searches for the meaning of courage, love and desire in her observation of others. A longing for her father leads her to Hank, a lost guy from Alberta, who is seeking Véronique, an ex lover he ditched one night in Mexico. Intrigued by Hank’s obsession and the possibility of finding her father; Julie helps Hank in his quest.
A documentary by husband and wife filmmakers, Mario Balibrera and Dana Evans, of the art colonies of Taos, New Mexico in the early part of the 20th century.
A compendium of invented words written that aims to fill holes in the language to give a name to emotions we all feel but don't have a word for.
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