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The astonishing, extended director's cut of the 2013 Academy Award® Nominee for Best Documentary! Werner Herzog on The Act of Killing’s director’s cut: "Director's…
Alamo Drafthouse's most favorite son and the unofficial mascot for Fantastic Fest, Nacho Vigalondo blew the indie world away in 2008 with his astonishing debut feature,…
Official Selection - Cannes Film Festival 2013 A dark suburban fable exploring the nature of evil in unexpected places, BORGMAN follows an enigmatic vagrant who…
An intimate portrait of the vivacious John Wojtowicz, the inspiration behind Al Pacino's character in Sidney Lumet's Oscar®-Nominated DOG DAY AFTERNOON. Coming…
More than two decades after catapulting to stardom with The Princess Bride, an aging actress (Robin Wright, playing a version of herself) decides to take her final…
Paris has the Louvre. London has the Tate Modern, and New York the Metropolitan Museum. But Husavik, Iceland—a diminutive village on the fringe of the Arctic Circle—boasts…
Cheap Thrills follows Craig (Pat Healy, Compliance), a struggling family man who loses his low-wage job and is threatened with eviction. In an effort to delay facing…
During the Civil War in 17th-Century England, a small group of deserters flee from a raging battle through an overgrown field. They are captured by an alchemist…
American independent film icon Abel Ferrara’s (Bad Lieutenant, King Of New York) 1981 revenge thriller classic Ms. 45 follows a mute garment-district seamstress…
The sci-fi/horror epic that 1979 couldn't handle! In this unforgettable assault on reality--restored and presented uncut theatrically for the first time ever…
Academy Award® Nominee – Best Documentary Feature "A MASTERPIECE...& A MAJOR ACHIEVEMENT." –The Village Voice In this chilling and inventive documentary, executive…
AUDIENCE AWARD WINNER: 2012 Fantastic Fest, OFFICIAL SELECTION: Toronto International Film Festival Armed with nothing more than twigs, their imaginations and…
Before Bad Brains, the Sex Pistols or even the Ramones, there was a band called Death. Punk before punk existed, three teenage brothers in the early '70s formed…
Winner of the Golden Lion at the 2012 Venice Film Festival, Pieta is the acclaimed film from the celebrated and controversial Korean director Kim Ki-Duk (Bad Guy;…
In this unpredictable and tightly-paced thriller, family man Marlon Villar—a longtime chauffeur to corrupt Filipino politician Manuel Chango—is faced with an unthinkable…
Dolph Springer ("Reno 911"’s Jack Plotnick) awakens one morning to find he has lost the sole love of his life – his dog, Paul. Desperate to reunite with his best…
The 40th Anniversary of a lost classic from the Outback. Alongside MAD MAX and WALKABOUT, WAKE IN FRIGHT is widely acknowledged as one of the seminal films in…
The year is 1987. Motorcycle ninjas tighten their grip on Florida’s narcotics trade, viciously annihilating anyone who dares move in on their turf. Multi-national…
This darkly comic, genre-bending piece of gonzo journalism from international provocateur Mads Brügger (filmmaker of Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner Red Chapel)…
You may want to have a cornea donor standing by... THIS IS GOING TO BURN! Unleashed from the vaults of the Alamo Drafthouse, a meticulous selection of the best,…
Every child needs a role model. In what critics are hailing as “the funniest movie of the year!” (IFC), KLOWN follows two wildly inappropriate friends — played…
Perhaps the year’s most stunning international debut, Michael R. Roskam’s Academy Award® Nominated BULLHEAD is a harrowing tale of revenge, redemption and fate.…
In a dystopian future, a relentless turf war rages. Two rival gangs feud for control of rural wasteland Frazier Park ('The FP') in the deadly arena of competitive…