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Goodbye Gauley Mountain: An Ecosexual Love Story
What happens when we change our relationship from Earth as Mother to Earth as Lover? This is the story of how two ecosexuals, Beth Stephens and Annie Sprinkle, came to marry the Appalachian Mountains and join the fight to abolish mountain top removal (MTR). Documenting a trip back to Beth's hometown of Gauley Bridge, West Virginia, the film examines how small communities face destruction for short-term corporate gain and the brave activists who put their own bodies on the line to try to stop it. Featuring extreme tree hugging, rock kissing, and skinny-dipping, it shows how the fight against environmental injustice can be a little more sexy, fun, hopeful, and diverse.
- 2014
Rag Tag
Raymond and Tagbo met when they were eight. Although from radically different worlds - Raymond/Rag is from a single parent West Indian home, while Tagbo/Tag is the only son of middle class Nigerian parents - they remain inseparable until the cusp of their teens, Social Services take Rag from London. Ten years later, Rag returns to find Tag. They still want to be together. But now twenty-three, their need has shifted into something more urgent and consuming. Other things have changed too. Tag is just finishing law school and discovering how hard it is to find a position. Tag also has a white girlfriend, and since her impressive credentials aren't even good enough for Tag's father, Rag doesn't stand a chance. Rag sees even less room for himself in Tag's life when Tag's friend Olisa flies into London. Young, rich and shady, Rag knows Olisa is trouble. When Rag and Tag are invited to Nigeria for Olisa's Chieftaincy ceremony, Rag is determined to save Tag from his machinations. In this tale of family, friendship and love, everyone has to discover a definition of what these things mean to them. Then stake their future on it.

- 2006
Resonance
Charlotte and James Proulx, a newly married couple in 1941, deal with James's approaching departure to fight in World War II. After leaving her his father's watch, and a promise that he will return to hear her sing, James goes to join the front lines. While he is away, Charlotte becomes an overnight sensation, singing in front of hundreds of people. James surprises her with a quick return before one of her concerts, but after Charlotte finishes the number, James just looks on sadly. The home life of the newlyweds becomes tense, and comes to a head in a one-sided argument. Leaving the heated discussion to answer the door, Charlotte discovers from Mayor Cook and British officer Ian Wood that James was discharged from battle with a Purple Heart. A flashback reveals that James was deafened by an explosion, leaving him unable to ever hear his wife sing again. They tearfully embrace, knowing things will never be the same.
- 2011
High-Rise
Dr. Robert Laing feels like he’s made it - he’s moved into a luxury high-rise, seeking soulless anonymity. However, the building’s residents have no intention of leaving him alone and it isn’t long before the veneer of civilisation begins to collapse, and darker human urges begin to surface, and Laing’s good manners and sanity disintegrate along with the building.

- Metascore65
- 2015
The Light of Freedom
It is the year 1861 and President Lincoln has called for 75,000 men to join the Union Army. As the Civil War begins, another battle has been raging for decades. It is the fight for freedom waged by the Underground Railroad. Your family will be inspired by the life of William Hanby and his family. You will be moved by the stories of runaway slaves longing to be re-united with their families, and those risking their lives to save them. You will be captivated as you follow the Union Army 14th OVI in their fight against the Confederate Army in Virginia. This inspirational family film by KICKS Flicks will both educate and entertain as it encourages you to stand for the freedom of every person.

- 2013
After Sex
After Sex is a background to examine intimacy and vulnerability. Looks at the complexity of modern day relationships told through eight separate couples. Through dialogue and compromising situations, the film takes us from the beginning of a relationship to the aftermath of one, and examines every stage in between seeing humor within the drama, heartache and confusion of it all.

- 2007
I'll Be Around
(Russian with English subtitles) Inna is a typical 30-something yuppy, who also happens to be a single mother. One day discovering that she has an Incurable illness, Inna sets on finding the right adoptive parents for her son.

- 2012
Christmas, Again
A heartbroken Christmas tree salesman (Kentucker Audley) returns to New York hoping to put the past year behind him. He spends the season living in a trailer and working the night shift until a mysterious woman (Hannah Gross) and some colorful customers rescue him from self-destruction.

- Metascore77
- 2014
Wild Camp
Camille, 17, is caravan camping with her family at a lake in Gironde, where she's bored, pouty, and, toward her parents, foul-mouthed and rebellious. Her summer boyfriend, Fred, seems too young for her, so she starts hanging around Blaise, the camp's new sailing instructor, in part to make Fred jealous. Blaise is twice as old as Camille, is married to the camp manager's sister, and has a child. He's also homely and down and out. Blaise and Camille both seem to have a point to prove, but where can this flirtation go?

- 2005
Department Q: The Absent One
Rugged and irritable Carl Morck (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) and his colleague, the Syria-born Assad, run the cold-case division of the Copenhagen police. After a desperate appeal to Morck about the unsolved killing of his own teenage children, an ex-cop commits suicide. This leads the detective pair on a twisted mission to discover what really happened in the 1990s at one of the country's poshest boarding schools. Director Mikkel Norgaard reunites with lead stars Kaas and Fares to portray this taut fiction which again alternates deftly between the past and present.

- Metascore61
- 2014
Felix and Meira
Félix and Meira is a story of an unconventional romance between two people living vastly different realities mere blocks away from one another. Each lost in their everyday lives, Meira (Hadas Yaron), a Hasidic Jewish wife and mother and Félix (Martin Dubreuil), a Secular loner mourning the recent death of his estranged father, unexpectedly meet in a local bakery in Montreal's Mile End district. What starts as an innocent friendship becomes more serious as the two wayward strangers find comfort in one another. As Félix opens Meira's eyes to the world outside of her tight-knit Orthodox community, her desire for change becomes harder for her to ignore, ultimately forcing her to choose: remain in the life that she knows or give it all up to be with Félix. Giroux's film is a poignant and touching tale of self-discovery set against the backdrops of Montreal, Brooklyn, and Venice, Italy.

- Metascore66
- 2014
Learning to Drive
A literary agent (Patricia Clarkson) whose husband left her and a Sikh driving instructor (Ben Kingsley) on the verge of an arranged marriage find that each has something to learn from the other about starting life anew.

- Metascore59
- 2014
Top Five
A comedian tries to make it as a serious actor when his reality-TV star fiancée talks him into broadcasting their wedding on her TV show.

- Metascore81
- 2014
Helicopter Mom
Maggie Cooper thinks it would be so cool if her son Lloyd were gay--so cool, in fact, that she actually signs him up for a college scholarship for gay students, sets him up on dates, and then for good measure she outs him to the entire school. Then Lloyd meets a girl.

- 2014
A Christmas Kiss II
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- 2014
Two-Bit Waltz
In the wonderfully dysfunctional tradition of The Royal Tenenbaums, teenage years are always messy... but for Maude, things couldn't seem more tragic. Within one week just prior to her 18th birthday, she is suspended from school, stranded by her best friend, dumped by the boy she "loves", and Granny just died leaving her an enormous amount of money under one condition: Maude must go to college which she does not want to do and her wildly eccentric family is no help at all. Of course... It's a comedy!

- 2014
I'm Crazy About Iris Blond
Romeo, a lovelorn Roman musician in his 40s with 20 years since his only hit, consults a fortuneteller who predicts he'll find love and money with a foreign singer named for a flower. In Brussels he meets Marguerite, an older chanteuse who interprets Jacques Brel and loves her yappy dog. Then, late one night, he's bingeing on burgers when he meets Iris, a 25-year-old waitress, free spirit, poet, and singer who sleeps with a new man every night. Romeo puts her poems to music and they form an act; he moves in with her and pays all the bills. She insists it's business, but he's really falling for her. What will happen when an important producer hears them perform?

- 1996
When Harry Tries to Marry
Harry is a New York bachelor cynical about "true love" ever since his parents divorce. Determined to live happily-ever-after, and not end up as another divorce statistic, he asks for help from his match-making uncle. This traditional arranged marriage to a lovely girl from India baffles and surprises his parents and friends. Just as Harry thinks he's found the perfect Indian bride he begins to wonder if his friendship with Theresa, a fun and sexy American, could be something more. Harry and Theresa become closer as she helps him prepare for the big day. The plans are under way and Harry is running out of time to choose between a love that's arranged and one that he's found himself.

- Metascore35
- 2011
Egoist
When Kôsuke was 14 years old, his mother died. He spent his adolescence in a rural village and suppressed his feelings as a gay male. Now, Kôsuke (Ryohei Suzuki) has grown up and works as a fashion magazine editor in Tokyo. He meets Ryûta (Hio Miyazawa), who works as a personal trainer. Ryûta's mother raised him alone and he is close to his mom. Kôsuke and Ryûta become attracted to each other and they sometimes spend time with Ryûta's mother. Kôsuke is happy to share time with Ryûta and his mother, which makes him remember his late mother. Kôsuke and Ryûta make an appointment to go for a drive together, but, on that day, Ryûta does not show up.

- 2022
Christian Brothers
Christy (Mohan Lal) is framed for killing the kidnapper of the home minister's daughter while trying to save her and now he has to prove his innocence to his father.

- 2011
Les Misérables
Jean Valjean, a Frenchman of good character and great strength, is convicted of stealing a loaf of bread, an act that sets in motion a lifetime of misery, as he is pursued by the uncompromising and brutal lawman Javert. Starring Fredric March as Valjean and Charles Laughton as Javert.

- 1935
Melancholia
On the night of her wedding, Justine (Kirsten Dunst) is struggling to be happy even though it should be the happiest day of her life. It was an extravagant wedding paid for by her sister and brother-in-law who are trying to keep the bride and all the guests in line. Meanwhile, Melancholia, a blue planet, is hurtling towards the Earth. Claire (Charlotte Gainsbourg), Justine's sister, is struggling to maintain composure with fear of the impending disaster.

- Metascore81
- 2011
Turtle Hill, Brooklyn
TURTLE HILL, BROOKLYN is a funny, sincere, slice of life about a couple just trying to figure it out.

- 2013
Resistance
In 1944, the D-Day for the invasion of Normandy by the Allies has failed and Europe has not been released from the German forces. The men of an isolated Welsh village disappear. Their wives believe that they have joined the resistance and soon German soldiers arrive at the village. The farmer Sarah Lewis and the German Commander Albrecht befriend each other along the year.

- 2011