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1) Dragonslayer
Language
English
Formats
Description
Back in the days when everyone believed in magic, a horrifying fire-breathing dragon terrorized the sixth-century British countryside. The only hope for the beleaguered citizens is an aging sorcerer (Sir Ralph Richardson). But when he is killed before he can save the people, the task falls on his young apprentice, Galen (Peter MacNicol). Galen's mission is complicated by resistance from the king - and by falling in love - but his biggest challenge...
Language
English
Formats
Description
Watch the classic story by James Thurber, about a daydreamer who escapes his anonymous life by disappearing into a world of fantasies filled with heroism, romance, and action. When his job along with that of his co-worker are threatened, Walter takes action in the real world embarking on a global journey that turns into an adventure more extraordinary than anything he could have ever imagined.
Publisher
GKIDS Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Take another trip to A Town Called Panic, with two award-winning new specials from the directors of the zany feature film and the Academy Award®-nominated Ernest & Celestine! With disarming wit and hilarious visuals, A TOWN CALLED PANIC: DOUBLE FUN revels in the simple setup of three plasticine toys sent on increasingly surreal and freewheeling adventures. Cowboy and Indian are always up to some harebrained scheme, with Horse left to clean up...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Playfully exploring the outer reaches of cult film fandom, Sex Madness Revealed is both an ingenious twist on the audio commentary and a satire of the wisecrack track (featuring the voice of MST3K regular Patton Oswalt). Using as it foundation a low-budget sex hygiene picture from 1938 (Sex Madness, aka Human Wreckage), we listen in as Jimmy Morris (Oswalt), of the popular “Film Dick” podcast, hosts an irreverent conversation with the filmmaker’s...
Publisher
Gunpowder & Sky
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Against the backdrop of crumbling middle-class America, two men and one woman devote their lives to Dungeons and Dragons, the storied role-playing game, re-imagining the tropes of classic heroic cinema, creating an intimate portrait of minor struggles and triumphs writ large. Original music by Blonde Redhead.
Publisher
National Film Board of Canada
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
SKIN FOR SKIN is a dark allegory of greed and spiritual reckoning set during the early days of the fur trade. In 1823, the Governor of the largest fur-trading company in the world travels across his Dominion, extracting ever-greater riches from the winter bounty of animal furs. In his brutal world of profit and loss, animals are slaughtered to the brink of extinction until the balance of power shifts, and the forces of nature exact their own terrible...
10) The Gate
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
During a boring, routine weekend in the suburbs, young Glen (Stephen Dorff) and his best buddy, Terry (Louis Tripp), come across a strange hole in the ground which yields all manner of sinister prizes. Consulting one of his heavy-metal record albums, Glen comes to the correct conclusion that the hole is actually a gate to Hell. Offering a sacrifice in the form of a dead dog, Glen opens the portal further, releasing some of the most hideous demons...
11) MirrorMask
Publisher
The Jim Henson Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In this fantasy adventure story, a young girl from Brighton, England journeys into a magical world of her own imagination, where she must search for the fabled MIRRORMASK.
12) Carmilla
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Isolated from the outside world, fifteen-year-old Lara (Hannah Rae) lives in seclusion on a vast country estate with her father and strict governess Miss Fontaine (Jessica Raine). Late one evening, a mysterious carriage crash brings a young girl into their home to recuperate. Lara immediately becomes enchanted by this strange visitor who arouses her curiosity and awakens her burgeoning desires. Inspired by the 1872 Gothic vampire novella by Joseph...
13) Arizona Dream
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
Description
Academy Award-nominee Johnny Depp ("Pirates of the Caribbean," "Blow"), Academy Award-winner Faye Dunaway ("Network," "Chinatown"), and the legendary Jerry Lewis ("The King of Comedy," "Cinderfella"), headline this offbeat psychodrama about a group of people drawn together in a desert town. Fleeing personal problems to pursue their dreams, they come to learn something about themselves and their relationships with the others around them. The New York...
Publisher
National Film Board of Canada
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
After witnessing the accidental death of a stranger, Ruby seeks affirmation in the city around her, and finds it in surprising places. With deft humour and finely rendered detail, WHEN THE DAY BREAKS illuminates the links which connect our urban lives, while evoking the promise and fragility of a new day. Co-directors Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis use pencil and paint on photocopies to achieve a textured look suggestive of a lithograph or a flickering...
16) Roi et l'oiseau
Publisher
StudioCanal
Pub. Date
1980.
Language
Français
Description
King Charles rules Takicardie with an iron fist. He's infatuated with a beautiful shepherdess, and wants to force her to marry him, but she loves a chimneysweep. They befriend a mockingbird who lives in the palace and decide to run away together. The King's police pick up the fugitives' trail and are led on a wild chase through the futuristic palace. The shepherdess and the chimneysweep flee, pursued by the wicked policemen on their flying machines,...
17) Cliffhanger
Publisher
SND Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A sheriff’s shootout turns into an adventure through the wondrous world of film.
18) Upside Down
Publisher
FilmRise
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Adam (Jim Sturgess, "Cloud Atlas") and Eden (Kirsten Dunst), a pair of star-crossed lovers separated onto twin worlds with opposite gravity, risk everything to reconnect.
Publisher
Cinema Guild
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
Portuguese
Description
Late one night, Isaac is summoned by a wealthy family to take the last photograph of a young bride, Angelica, who mysteriously passed away. Arriving at their estate, Isaac is struck by Angelica's beauty. But when he looks through his lens, the young woman appears to come to life. From that moment, Isaac will be haunted by Angelica day and night. Nominated for the Un Certain Regard Award at the **Cannes Film Festival**. "*The Strange Case of Angelica"...
Publisher
Neon
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Français
Description
A young man is sent to a prison in the middle of the Ivorian forest ruled by its inmates. As tradition goes with the rising of the red moon, he is designated by the Boss to be the new "Roman" and must tell a story to the other prisoners. Learning what fate awaits him, he begins to narrate the mystical life of a legendary outlaw named and has no choice but to make his story last until dawn. Winner of the Amplify Voices Award at the Toronto International...
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