"We were somewhere around Barstow when the drugs began to take hold." It is 1971, and journalist Raoul Duke barrels towards Las Vegas to cover a motorcycle race, accompanied by a trunkful of contraband and his slightly unhinged Samoan attorney, Dr. Gonzo. But what is ostensibly a cut - and - dried journalistic endeavor quickly descends into a feverish psychedelic ...

In the hilarious tradition of This Is Spinal Tap, urban- comedy hit Fear of A Black Hat is a slyly subversive satire that smashes stereotypes as it skewers Gangsta Rap. Chronicling the controversial career of bad boys N.W.H. (Niggaz Wit Hats), this uproarious mockumentary lampoons all of hardcore rap's hot-button issues, violence, censorship, white rappers, ruthless record industry types, and ...

A cop relies on a young car thief to take down four gangsters, who plan to rob a rich merchant for a large amount of money.

Set in Imperial China, Stephen Chiau plays Fat, a guard in the Forbidden City. But unlike his colleagues he doesn't know anything about Kung Fu or other martial-arts, because he uses his time to make futuristic inventions. So when the emperor is kidnapped and the world most beautiful geisha comes to town Fat has to use his brain to get ...

A medical school dropout loses his fiancée in a tragic lawnmower incident, and decides to bring her back. Unfortunately, he was only able to save her head, so he goes to the red light district in the city and lures prostitutes into a hotel room so he can get parts for his girlfriend.

Nineteenth - century Paris comes vibrantly alive in Jean Renoir's exhilarating tale of the opening of the world - renowned Moulin Rouge. Jean Gabin plays the wily impresario Danglard, who makes the cancan all the rage while juggling the love of two beautiful women - an Egyptian belly - dancer and a naive working girl turned cancan star. This celebration ...

A drama that examines the shifting relationships between four women who have been friends all of their adult lives. Now as they settle into their early middle age, their friendship is increasingly challenged by the ever-growing disparity in their individual degrees of financial comfort. It is a poignant snapshot of the way we live today, where the safe divisions that ...

After a giant dinosaur skull is stolen, the head of the Chinese secret police decides to assign the case to the force's most incompetent reject: a rural butcher who stands around all day drinking martinis (shaken, not stirred). With a trunkload of insanely useless gadgets and a contact who constantly tries to kill him, the young agent must locate the ...

A return to the rugged aesthetics of 1970s independent cinema, Frownland plumbs the life and neuroses of Keith (Dore Mann), a young New Yorker, and his failures to communicate. Devoid of plot, and relying largely on Mann's array of tics, stutters, and mumbles, the grainy, do-it-yourself film is sure to divide audiences with a portrait of life that ...

Shot in 16mm, Funny Ha Ha examines life after college in an understated and moving way. Focusing more on character than on plot, the film revolves loosely around Marnie (Dollenmayer), an attractive and intelligent young woman searching clumsily for some sense of purpose in what seems at times like an aimless life.

Anti Hero Andrew Largeman returns to his New Jersey hometown to visit from his Hollywood existence where he is an employed, but not famous actor. He decides to stop taking the psychopharmacological drugs his psychiatrist father has long insisted he take. As his mood changes, and his feelings of sadness and regret deepen he is also open for the first ...

Based on the well-known comic, GHOST WORLD tells the story of neo-cool Enid (Thora Birch) and Rebecca (Scarlett Johansson) who, faced with graduation take a hard look at the world they wryly observe and decide what they really want. When Enid takes an interest in the offbeat Seymour (Steve Buscemi) and Rebecca focuses her attention on their mutual romantic fixation ...

The God of Cookery, a brilliant chef who sits in judgement of those who would challenge his title, loses his title when a jealous chef reveals him to be a con-man and humiliates him publicly. As this new chef takes on the God of Cookery's role, the former God tries to pull himself back on top again, to challenge his ...

It's not the nasty divorce or the demotion at his job that sends a man over the edge, but his missing cat. The events of Goliath unfold without mercy or relief for a man who clings to his search for 'the sweetest most wonderful cat in the whole world.

A group of young men and women are admitted to one of France's "grandes écoles" where the administrative and political leaders of tomorrow are trained. They are the country's best students and will be the nation's elite if all goes as planned. But life is always more imaginative than they are. Grandes Ecoles, yes, grand romance, too, sometimes difficult. The ...

When a young woman rejects her current overweight suitor in a restaurant, he unexpectedly places a curse on her. The film then moves on to her sisters. One is a happily married woman with a psychiatrist husband and three kids. Unfortunately the husband develops an unnatural fascination for his 11 year old son's male classmates, fantasizes about mass killing in ...

Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay marks the triumphant return of these two hilarious, slacker anti-heroes. The movie stars John Cho as Harold and Kal Penn as Kumar, two stoners who can't seem to get a break.

A classic cult film that features one of the screen's most unlikely pairs. It will defy everything you've ever seen or known about screen lovers. Bud Cort is Harold, a young man bored with wealth but interested in death. And Ruth Gordon is Maude, a wonderful old rascal who can see nothing but good intention in the world. Hal Ashby ...

A man at the end of his emotional rope finally explodes, but not in a way anyone would have expected in this offbeat independent drama. Bob Maconel (Christian Slater) is a middle-aged nebbish working in an office building where few people know who he is and fewer still care. Bob has developed a seething hatred and resentment of those around ...

A small village relies on a glass factory for it's employment and when the owner dies taking the formula for Ruby glass (given to him by a wandering apocalyptic visionary) to his grave, the factory falls into decline and bankruptcy.  The cast was put into a hypnotic trance each day to try and re-create a feeling of mass hysteria.