The Brass Teapot (2012)
Comedy | Fantasy | Thriller
When a couple discovers that a brass teapot makes them money whenever they hurt themselves, they must come to terms with how far they are willing to go.
Starring: Michael Angarano, Juno Temple, Alexis Bledel, Billy Magnussen, Alia Shawkat, Bobby Moynihan
Director: Ramaa Mosley
Rent-a-Cat / Rentaneko (2012)
Comedy | Drama
An odd woman named Sayoko (Mikako Ichikawa) rents cats to lonely people. Some of the renters include an old woman who lost her husband and her cat, a middle-aged man who moved away from his family for work, a woman at a reception desk who questions her existence and a man who has a connection with Sayoko.
Starring: Mikako Ichikawa, Reiko Kusamura, Ken Mitsuishi, Maho Yamada, Kei Tanaka
Director: Naoko Ogigami
No (2012)
Drama | History
Military dictator Augusto Pinochet calls for a referendum to decide his permanence in power in 1988, the leaders of the opposition persuade a young daring advertising executive – René Saavedra – to head their campaign. With limited resources and under the constant scrutiny of the despot's watchmen, Saavedra and his team conceive of a bold plan to win the election and free their country from oppression.Pinochet is put to a national plebiscite.
Starring: Gael García Bernal, Alfredo Castro
Director: Pablo Larraín
The Office (TV Series 2005-2013)
Comedy
A fresh and funny mockumentary-style glimpse into the daily interactions of the eccentric workers at the Dunder Mifflin paper supply company. This fast-paced comedy parodies contemporary American water-cooler culture.
Starring: John Krasinski, Rainn Wilson, Jenna Fischer, Leslie David Baker, Brian Baumgartner, Angela Kinsey, Phyllis Smith, Kate Flannery, Creed Bratton, Oscar Nuñez, B.J. Novak, Mindy Kaling, Ed Helms, Steve Carell, Paul Lieberstein, Craig Robinson, Ellie Kemper
Creator: Greg Daniels, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant
Revenge (TV Series 2011- )
Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Emily Thorne rents a house in the Hamptons for the summer, seemingly intent on nothing more than enjoying a break in the popular resort. But it soon becomes clear that there's more to her visit. Her real name is Amanda Clarke and her father was framed for a crime he didn't commit and sent to prison for life and she has come to the Hamptons to seek revenge against the people who betrayed him and saw him sent to jail.
Starring: Madeleine Stowe, Emily VanCamp, Gabriel Mann, Henry Czerny, Ashley Madekwe, Nick Wechsler, Joshua Bowman, Connor Paolo, Christa B. Allen, Margarita Levieva, Barry Sloane, James Tupper
Creator: Mike Kelley
New Girl (TV Series 2011- )
Comedy
Jessica Day is an offbeat and adorable girl in her late 20s who, after a bad breakup, moves in with three single guys. Goofy, positive, vulnerable and honest to a fault, Jess has faith in people, even when she shouldn't. Although she's dorky and awkward, she's comfortable in her own skin. More prone to friendships with women, she's not used to hanging with the boys–especially at home.
Starring: Zooey Deschanel, Jake Johnson, Max Greenfield, Hannah Simone, Lamorne Morris, Damon Wayans Jr.
Creator: Elizabeth Meriwether
New Girl (TV Series 2011- )
Comedy
Jessica Day is an offbeat and adorable girl in her late 20s who, after a bad breakup, moves in with three single guys. Goofy, positive, vulnerable and honest to a fault, Jess has faith in people, even when she shouldn't. Although she's dorky and awkward, she's comfortable in her own skin. More prone to friendships with women, she's not used to hanging with the boys–especially at home.
Starring: Zooey Deschanel, Jake Johnson, Max Greenfield, Hannah Simone, Lamorne Morris, Damon Wayans Jr.
Creator: Elizabeth Meriwether
The Garden of Words / Koto no ha no niwa (2013)
Animation | Romance
When Takao, a young high school student who dreams of becoming a shoe designer, decides to skip school one day in favor of sketching in a rainy garden, he has no idea how much his life will change when he encounters Yukino. Older, but perhaps not as much wiser, she seems adrift in the world. Despite the difference in their ages, they strike up an unusual relationship that unexpectedly continues and evolves, without planning, with random meetings that always occur in the same garden on each rainy day. But the rainy season is coming to a close, and there are so many things still left unsaid and undone between them.
Starring: Miyu Irino, Kana Hanazawa
Director: Makoto Shinkai
Kamikaze Girls / Shimotsuma monogatari (2004)
Comedy
Momoko is a rococo Lolita whose idyllic dreams of Versailles clash sharply with her isolated existence in the Ibaraki hinterlands. When a chance encounter brings Momoko together with head-butting biker chick Ichigo, the quest for a mysterious embroiderer sets the unlikely friends, played by J-Pop stars Kyoko Fukada and Anna Tsuchiya, off on an explosive, pachinko-studded adventure.
Starring: Kyôko Fukada, Anna Tsuchiya, Hiroyuki Miyasako, Sadao Abe, Kirin Kiki, YosiYosi Arakawa
Director: Tetsuya Nakashima
Sommore: Chandelier Status (2012)
Comedy
In her luminous, new stand up special, Sommore, the undisputed "Queen of Comedy", brings her sexy brand of humor to Miami. No topic is off limits and Sommore cuts no corners in her hilarious descriptions of the fast moving world of celebrity life, body alterations and gift giving. It's a show that will definitely leave you wanting "Sommore!"
Starring: Sommore
Director: Kevin Layne
The Frames in the Deep Shade (2013)
Documentary | Music
In The Deep Shade is a series of vignettes and interviews with the Irish band The Frames. It explores their status as musicians and artists who have been creating music together for over 20 years. Their relationships are observed as they interact onstage as musicians and off stage as a tight knit family. Their approach to playing music is discussed and inter-cut with live concert footage showing this legendary Irish band close up and personal. Beautifully filmed by photographer Conor Masterson using ultra fast prime lenses ideal for low light, the live performance and fly on the wall documentary footage captures every detail. The film is a poetic and visceral experience of a dynamic live band led by Glen Hansard.
Starring: Rob Bochnik, Joseph Doyle, Glen Hansard, Graham Hopkins, Colm MacConiomare
Director: Conor Masterson
Adventures of Serial Buddies (2011)
Comedy
Gregory is a devout Catholic who wants to kill evil people in order to grant them safe passage to heaven, Gary is an assembly worker at a trophy shop who wants to kill potential trophy winners, Graham is Gary's intern who will do anything to become a trophy maker and Vinny Van Go drives a road emergency van just to make friends. A coincidental encounter forces these four dim witted rejects to join forces and embark upon an idiotic and altogether hilarious road trip adventure – encountering the likes of skinheads, fraternity jocks, sorority babes, missing children, bikers, porn-stars, clowns, and Kathie Lee Gifford! If the boys aren't careful they might just become human, in what is "the very first serial killer buddy movie of all time."
Starring: Henry Winkler, Christopher Lloyd, Beth Behrs, Christopher McDonald, Maria Menounos, Kathie Lee Gifford, Artie Lange
Director: Keven Undergaro
A Life Less Ordinary (1997)
Comedy | Crime | Fantasy | Romance
Ewan McGregor stars as a cleaning man in L.A. who takes his boss' daughter hostage after being fired and replaced by a robot. Two "angels" who are in charge of human relationships on earth, offer some unsolicited help to bring this unlikely couple together.
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Cameron Diaz, Holly Hunter, Delroy Lindo, Dan Hedaya, Ian McNeice, Ian Holm
Director: Danny Boyle
Angus (1995)
Comedy | Drama
Angus is fat, dorky and smart, a kid with an uncool pal and a crush on a cheerleader. Angus is funny, rowdy and triumphant, a totally cool movie with a dead-on eye and ear for the hilarious, heartbreaking rite of passage called high school. A great cast (including Academy Award winners George C. Scott and Kathy Bates as Angus’s oddball family) sparks this story about what happens when Angus is named King of the Winter Ball as a prank – and how he turns humiliation into victory. Angus, Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times, "delivers a rousing 'up yours' to all the snotty high school golden boys [and] a climax that I, for one, found wholly the equal of anything in Rocky."
Starring: Kathy Bates, Kevin Connolly, Robert Curtis Brown, James Keane, Irvin Kershner, Chris Owen, George C. Scott
Director: Patrick Read Johnson
She-Devil (1989)
Comedy
Ruth is a wife and mother who tries to please her husband, even though she is fat. But when her husband falls into an affair with a certain romance novelist, Ruth goes bezerk and demands revenge. First she embarresses her husband when his parents come over to dinner. Then when he leaves her for good, Ruth comes up with a list of everything that belongs to her husband then the revenge is to destroy all of it. Because, she's a She Devil!
Starring: Meryl Streep, Roseanne Barr, Ed Begley Jr., Linda Hunt, Sylvia Miles, Elisebeth Peters, Mary Louise Wilson
Director: Susan Seidelman
Stoker (2013)
Drama | Mystery | Thriller
After India's father dies, her Uncle Charlie, who she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her unstable mother. She comes to suspect this mysterious, charming man has ulterior motives and becomes increasingly infatuated with him.
Starring: Mia Wasikowska, Matthew Goode, Nicole Kidman, Dermot Mulroney, Lucas Till, Alden Ehrenreich
Director: Park Chan-wook
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Detour (2013)
Thriller
Trapped inside his car by a mudslide, smooth talking Jackson Alder suddenly finds himself in a situation he can't talk his way out of. With no hope of rescue, he must defy the odds; battling Mother Nature for his survival.
Starring: Neil Hopkins, Brea Grant, John Forest, Ptolemy Slocum, Deb Snyder
Director: William Dickerson
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The Battery (2012)
Drama | Horror
Two former baseball players, Ben (Jeremy Gardner) and Mickey (Adam Cronheim), cut an aimless path across a desolate New England. They stick to the back roads and forests to steer clear of the shambling corpses that patrol the once bustling cities and towns. In order to survive, they must overcome the stark differences in each other's personalities. Ben embraces an increasingly feral, lawless, and nomadic lifestyle while Mickey is unable to accept the harsh realities of the new world and longs for the creature comforts he once took for granted. A bed, a girl, and a safe place to live. When the men intercept a radio transmission from a seemingly thriving, protected community, Mickey will stop at nothing to find it, even though it is made perfectly clear that he is not welcome.
Starring: Jeremy Gardner, Adam Cronheim, Niels Bolle, Alana O'Brien, Jamie Pantanella, Larry Fessenden, Kelly McQuade
Director: Jeremy Gardner
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2+2 / Dos más dos (2012)
Comedy
When the fun of double dating begins to grow old, Richard and Bettina share a dirty little secret with their friends Diego and Emilia: They live a double life as swingers, and would love to share this practice with them.
Starring: Adrián Suar, Carla Peterson, Julieta Díaz, Juan Minujín
Director: Diego Kaplan
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The Captured Bird (2012)
Fantasy | Horror | Short
A darkly poetic fable that begins with a little girl drawing figures of people with chalk on the cement of a playground. She takes notice of an unusual crack in the pavement that is seeping a mysterious black fluid, which she follows to an ominous building. Inside, she encounters several bizarre phenomena, including walls that bleed black and tentacles that emerge from the ceiling to touch her. She then witnesses the birth of five terrifying supernatural beings that threaten the existence of her world.
Starring: Skyler Wexler
Director: Jovanka Vuckovic
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