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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Arabic
Description
Bursting with mordant wit and alive with urgent real-life dramatic energy, Rashid Masharawi's Laila's birthday is a "fleet, dark urban comedy," (New York Times) that "moves at a brisk clip, ticking incidents like a meter on overtime" (Time Out New York).
4) Between us
Publisher
Monterey Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
In this darkly comedic drama, two couples reunite over two incendiary evenings where anything can happen. Grace and Carlo are a newly married New York couple who visit their old friends Sharyl and Joel in their huge Midwestern home. Despite their wealth, the hosts are in a bitterly destructive marriage. A few years later, the couples reunite in New York, only to find tables turned.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Seven comedies, including four restored from turn of the century Italy and France, a recently-discovered nitrate negative of Charlie Chaplin's first appearance in his tramp attire, a frenetic Mack Sennett gag fest replete with tin lizzies, and The pest (1922), starring a pre-Hardy Stan Laurel.
6) The general
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Consistently ranked among the greatest films ever made, Buster Keaton's The general is so brilliantly conceived and executed that it continues to inspire awe and laughter with every viewing.
Publisher
The Orchard
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
David Warwik (Wyatt Cenac) is a struggling writer who has been toiling away at the same novel for years. His wife Jennifer (Greta Lee) is a hot young literary figure, who has just released a new masterpiece. When her publisher invites the couple to an artists' salon at his home in Connecticut, the pair embark on a twisted journey, and David must face his demons and try to "not be weird" among the waspy salon guests and competitive artists in attendance....
8) Operator
Publisher
The Orchard
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Joe (Martin Starr, Silicon Valley) is a programmer with a crippling anxiety problem who is unable to deal with uncertainty. At work he is tasked with creating an interactive call center answering machine that can convey empathy. Joe recruits his wife Emily (Mae Whitman, Arrested Development) who has the perfect voice for the system.
10) The love bug
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003?]
Language
English
Description
Adventures of Herbie, the magical, almost-human Volkswagen that has a mind of its own.
11) Alps
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Greek
Description
Yorgos Lanthimos's follow-up to his Academy Award nominee (and cult sensation) Dogtooth is another darkly comic, absurdist vision of (in)human relationships, focusing on a mysterious underground organization that helps mourners get over their losses by impersonating the deceased.
Publisher
Under the Milky Way
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Français
Description
his record-breaking comedy smashed the box office in France, where it was nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the Cesar Awards. Although living a comfortable life in a charming town in the South of France, Julie has been feeling depressed for a while. To please her, her husband Philippe tries to obtain a transfer to a seaside town on the French Riviera, at any cost. When Philippe is caught red-handed while trying to scam an inspector he is immediately...
13) Lost In Paris
Publisher
Oscilloscope Pictures
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Français
Description
Filmed in Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon's signature whimsical style, LOST IN PARIS stars the filmmakers as a small-town Canadian librarian and a strangely seductive, oddly egotistical vagabond.
16) Casanova '70
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Italiano
Description
Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay, Casanova '70 is a raucously funny sex romp starring Marcello Mastroianni at his charismatic peak. Packed with bed-hopping hijinks, a parade of gorgeous actresses, and Mastroianni's hilariously dry wit, Casanova '70 is a colorfully ribald gem from the Golden Age of Italian comedy.
17) Look both ways
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A lonely artist who literally envisions disasters around every corner and an emotionally distant photojournalist meet in the aftermath of a train accident and soon their lives are transformed. This romantic comedy about love, life and death marks the live action feature debut of Australian animator Sarah Watt. Winner of Best Film and Director at the Australian Film Institute awards.
Publisher
Oscilloscope Pictures
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
An affair with a 19-year old actor (Christopher Abbott) helps reinvigorate life for thirty-something Amy (Melanie Lynskey) after she moves back home to her parents' house following her divorce, in this humorous take on modern relationships.
Publisher
Embassy Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1984
Language
English
Description
Once upon a time, Spinal Tap had a big hit song. Now, nearly two decades later, Spinal Tap still clings to some glint of their lost glory as they embark on an accident-plagued tour across America. In Cleveland, the group gets lost underneath the stage. In Washington, they're accidently booked at an Air Force formal dance. And in a Chicago record store, no one shows up to get their autographs.
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