The Lost Okoroshi
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In The Lost Okoroshi, Abba T. Makama plays with different influences, from Nollywood to North American music videos, and the result is a surreal, visually eclectic film unlike any being produced by his contemporaries.
But style never trumps substance, as beneath the formal play, Makama is probing pressing questions about modernity and masculinity that, when the laughter subsides, aren’t easily answered.
There's Nothing Out There
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Made by then 19 year old cinematic wunderkind Rolfe Kanefsky, There’s Nothing Out There is a gag and gore filled horror comedy which lovingly riffs on some of the genre's most used tropes. Mike's obsession with horror movies and their rules dictates that no matter where he goes, he can't help but expect to find a monster lurking around every corner. But this time, his paranoia might be justified! After being invited to a remote lodge with some friends, Mike immediately begins to sense that something isn't right. Turns out, a slimy alien frog monster has indeed landed in the nearby woods and set out to fulfill it's mission of killing all human males and mating with females.
OBEX
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NIGHT FLIGHT PLUS STREAMING PREMIERE: In pre-internet 1987, Conor and his dog Sandy live a life of seclusion, lost in the slow-rendering graphics of early Macs and televisions aglow with late night horror movie marathons. But when he begins playing OBEX, a new and mysterious, state-of-the-art computer game, he finds himself trapped in a low-tech, but high-stakes analog hellscape as the line between reality and game blurs. Audacious and uncanny, writer-director Albert Birney's OBEX is a delightfully skewed lo-fi fantasy. Shot in striking black and white, this surreally nostalgic nightmare revisits the dawn of personal computing to reflect on the loneliness of our always-online present day.
Ghosts of the Chelsea Hotel
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"Ghosts of the Chelsea Hotel (and Other Rock & Roll Stories)" explores the rich history, cultural significance and otherworldly occurrences of the famous Hotel Chelsea in New York City. The hotel gets its due in this smart and creative film as a place where anything could happen, where creativity thrived and where people from all walks of life came together in a chaotic and vibrant community. Thanks to its dedicated owners, the late Stanley Bard and his son David, the creative spirit of the Chelsea was fostered making it the unique creative haven that it became. The film features interviews with past and present residents, including artists, musicians, writers, and other creative individuals. Some famous faces tell tales of their time in the hotel along with the riveting stories from the eclectic folks who still reside in this legendary and haunted building.
Clockwatchers
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Clockwatchers is the "sharp-edged black comedy" (Roger Ebert) about four office temps trying to maintain both their upward mobility and their sanity. The four women—shy Iris (Toni Collette, Hereditary), brash Margaret (Parker Posey, Party Girl), wannabe starlet Paula (Lisa Kudrow, Friends), and pampered Jane (Alanna Ubach, Bombshell)—become fast friends while temping at a big company where looking busy is a full-time occupation.
Dinosaur Dinner Theatre - Nonsense Vol. 3
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The dinos are back with Nonsense: Volume 3, and this time we pulled out all the stops! It’s got everything you could possibly want from a Dinosaur Dinner Theatre compilation: clips about washing machines, bicycles, bowling… SHOES, even! Sometimes there is talking, and there is nearly always something on the screen to look at! If you’ve got a short attention span and are generous about what you consider to be comedy, this is the collection for you.
Beyond Trainspotting: The World of Irvine Welsh
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After his seminal novel Trainspotting was published in 1993, the debut work of Irvine Welsh quickly became a cultural phenomenon, spawning theatre productions, the iconic film by Danny Boyle, sequels, and soon a stage musical. In Beyond Trainspotting, Welsh himself looks back on his beginnings - and glances off some personal tragedies he experienced along the way from his birth in a tenement building in Leith in 1958 to global success as an author. Guest appearances include producer Andrew Macdonald, Creation Records' Alan McGee and Iggy Pop alongside Ewan McGregor (Trainspotting, Moulin Rouge, Star Wars' Obi-Wan Kenobi) and Brit-pop names such as Lisa Moorish, Kirsty Allison and members of the band Primal Scream.
NFTV 3
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