Maggie Gyllenhaal
Biography: Margalit "Maggie" Ruth Gyllenhaal (born November 16, 1977) is an American actress and filmmaker. Part of the Gyllenhaal family, she is the daughter of filmmakers Stephen Gyllenhaal and Naomi Achs, and the older sister of actor Jake Gyllenhaal. Gyllenhaal began her career as a teenager with small roles in several of her father's films, and appeared with her brother in the cult favorite Donnie Darko (2001). She then appeared in Adaptation, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (both 2002), and Mona Lisa Smile (2003). Gyllenhaal received critical acclaim for her leading performances in the erotic romantic comedy drama Secretary (2002) and the drama Sherrybaby (2006), each of which earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination. After several commercially successful films in 2006, including World Trade Center, she received wider recognition for playing Rachel Dawes in the superhero film The Dark Knight (2008). For her performance as a single mother in Crazy Heart (2009), she received a nomination for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She subsequently starred in the comedies and dramas: Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010), Hysteria (2011), and Won't Back Down (2012). Her other roles include a Secret Service agent in the action-thriller White House Down (2013), a musician in Frank (2014), and the title role in the drama The Kindergarten Teacher (2018). In 2021, Gyllenhaal made her writing and directing debut with the psychological drama The Lost Daughter, for which she won the Venice International Film Festival's Best Screenplay Award and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Gyllenhaal has also appeared in five stage productions since 2000, including making her Broadway debut in a revival of The Real Thing. She has starred in several television series, including the BBC political-thriller miniseries The Honourable Woman. For her performance, she won a Golden Globe award for Best Actress, and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. She also produced and starred in the HBO period drama series The Deuce (2017–19). Gyllenhaal has been married to actor Peter Sarsgaard since 2009 and they have two children together.
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Donnie Darko
2001-01-19
Donnie Darko
Overview: After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.
Genres: Fantasy Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-19
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The Dark Knight
2008-07-16
The Dark Knight
Overview: Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.
Genres: Drama Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-07-16
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Stranger Than Fiction
2006-09-09
Stranger Than Fiction
Overview: Harold Crick is a lonely IRS agent whose mundane existence is transformed when he hears a mysterious voice narrating his life.
Genres: Comedy Drama Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-09-09
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Paris Je T'aime
2006-06-21
Paris Je T'aime
Overview: Olivier Assayas, Gus Van Sant, Wes Craven and Alfonso Cuaron are among the 20 distinguished directors who contribute to this collection of 18 stories, each exploring a different aspect of Parisian life. The colourful characters in this drama include a pair of mimes, a husband trying to chose between his wife and his lover, and a married man who turns to a prostitute for advice.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2006-06-21
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World Trade Center
2006-08-09
World Trade Center
Overview: Two police officers struggle to survive when they become trapped beneath the rubble of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
Genres: Drama History Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-08-09
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40 Days and 40 Nights
2002-03-01
40 Days and 40 Nights
Overview: Matt Sullivan's last big relationship ended in disaster and ever since his heart's been aching and his commitment's been lacking. Then came Lent, that time of year when everybody gives something up. That's when Matt decides to go where no man's gone before and make a vow: No sex. Whatsoever. For 40 straight days. At first he has everything under control. That is until the woman of his dreams, Erica, walks into his life.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-03-01
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Adaptation.
2002-12-06
Adaptation.
Overview: Charlie Kaufman is a confused L.A. screenwriter overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy, sexual frustration, self-loathing, and by the screenwriting ambitions of his freeloading twin brother Donald. While struggling to adapt "The Orchid Thief," by Susan Orlean, Kaufman's life spins from pathetic to bizarre. The lives of Kaufman, Orlean's book, become strangely intertwined as each one's search for passion collides with the others'.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-12-06
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Secretary
2002-09-20
Secretary
Overview: A young woman, recently released from a mental hospital, gets a job as a secretary to a demanding lawyer, where their employer-employee relationship turns into a sexual, sadomasochistic one.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-09-20
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Mona Lisa Smile
2003-12-19
Mona Lisa Smile
Overview: Katherine Watson is a recent UCLA graduate hired to teach art history at the prestigious all-female Wellesley College, in 1953. Determined to confront the outdated mores of society and the institution that embraces them, Katherine inspires her traditional students, including Betty and Joan, to challenge the lives they are expected to lead.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-12-19
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The Great New Wonderful
2005-04-22
The Great New Wonderful
Overview: The Great New Wonderful weaves five stories against the backdrop of an anxious and uncertain post-9-11 New York City.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-04-22
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Crazy Heart
2009-12-16
Crazy Heart
Overview: When reporter Jean Craddock interviews Bad Blake—an alcoholic, seen-better-days country music legend—they connect, and the hard-living crooner sees a possible saving grace in a life with Jean and her young son.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-12-16
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Monster House
2006-06-30
Monster House
Overview: Monsters under the bed are scary enough, but what happens when an entire house is out to get you? Three teens aim to find out when they go up against a decrepit neighboring home and unlock its frightening secrets.
Genres: Animation Comedy Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-06-30
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Sherrybaby
2006-09-08
Sherrybaby
Overview: After serving time in prison, former drug addict Sherry Swanson returns home to reclaim her young daughter from family members who have been raising the child. Sherry's family, especially her sister-in-law, doubt Sherry's ability to be a good mother, and Sherry finds her resolve to stay clean slowly weakening.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-09-08
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Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
2010-03-26
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
Overview: Nanny McPhee appears at the door of a harried young mother who is trying to run the family farm while her husband is away at war. But once she’s arrived, Nanny discovers that the children are fighting a war of their own against two spoiled city cousins who have just moved in. Relying on everything from a flying motorcycle and a statue that comes to life to a tree-climbing piglet and a baby elephant, Nanny uses her magic to teach her mischievous charges five new lessons.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-03-26
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Cecil B. Demented
2000-08-02
Cecil B. Demented
Overview: A young lunatic director and his devoted cult of cinema terrorists kidnap a Hollywood movie goddess and force her to star in their radical underground movie.
Genres: Crime Comedy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-08-02
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Criminal
2004-09-10
Criminal
Overview: Needing a new partner capable of intricate cons, Richard Gaddis, recruits Rodrigo, a crook with a perfect poker face. The two plan a big-time scam: selling a fake Silver Certificate to currency collector William Hannigan. Rodrigo distrusts his new associate, but needs money to help out his ill father. The situation becomes more complicated when Rodrigo falls for Gaddis' sister, Valerie, drawing another player into the game.
Genres: Action Comedy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-09-10
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Trust the Man
2005-09-01
Trust the Man
Overview: Overachieving actress Rebecca must come to grips with her failing marriage to stay-at-home dad Tom. While Rebecca's slacker brother Tobey can't seem to commit to his aspiring-novelist girlfriend, Elaine. As both relationships spin out of control, the two couples embark on a quest to rediscover the magic and romance of falling in love in New York.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-09-01
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Strip Search
2004-04-27
Strip Search
Overview: Strip Search follows several parallel stories examining personal freedoms vs. national security in the aftermath of 9/11; two main subplots involve an American woman detained in China and an Arab man detained in New York City.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-04-27
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Happy Endings
2005-01-20
Happy Endings
Overview: Filmmaker Nicky offers to track down the son that Mamie gave up for adoption nearly two decades before. Meanwhile, Mamie's stepbrother (and the father of her child), Charley, along with his boyfriend, Gil, try to find out what became of the sperm Gil donated to a lesbian couple. Finally, singer Jude becomes entangled in a love triangle with androgynous drummer Otis and his conservative father.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-01-20
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Casa de los Babys
2003-09-19
Casa de los Babys
Overview: A group of women, including Skipper, the wealthy young Jennifer and the domineering Nan, journey from the United States to South America in hopes of easily adopting children. Unfortunately, their plans are complicated by local laws that require the women to live in the foreign nation for an extended period before they can take in orphaned kids. While stuck in another country, the women bond as they share their aspirations and anxieties.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-09-19
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Heath Ledger: A Tribute
2009-06-01
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
Overview: On January 22, 2008, the entertainment world was rocked by news that one of its brightest young stars had unexpectedly died. This film is a commemorative special dedicated to the life and works of this complex and unique talent who died before his time.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-06-01
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Away We Go
2009-06-05
Away We Go
Overview: Verona and Burt have moved to Colorado to be close to Burt's parents but, with Verona expecting their first child, Burt's parents inexplicably decide to move to Belgium, now leaving them in a place they hate and without a support structure in place. They set off on a whirlwind tour of of disparate locations where they have friends or relatives, sampling not only different cities and climates but also different families. Along the way they realize that the journey is less about discovering where they want to live and more about figuring out what type of parents they want to be.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-06-05
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Voyage to the Bunny Planet
2008-01-01
Voyage to the Bunny Planet
Overview: The three original beloved Bunny Planet stories are now available in a single-volume gift edition with magnetic closure and ribbon place marker. Featuring full-color illustrations and a new poem introducing Janet the Bunny Queen, it's a must-have for anyone who occasionally needs to be transported from mundane reality to "the day that should have been" on a happy planet where life is exactly as you want it to be.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-01-01
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Won't Back Down
2012-09-28
Won't Back Down
Overview: Jamie Fitzpatrick and Nona Alberts are two women from opposites sides of the social and economic track, but they have one thing in common: a mission to fix their community's broken school and ensure a bright future for their children. The two women refuse to let any obstacles stand in their way as they battle a bureaucracy that's hopelessly mired in traditional thinking, and they seek to re-energize a faculty that has lost its passion for teaching.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-09-28
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The Patron Saint of Liars
1998-04-05
The Patron Saint of Liars
Overview: Unhappy in her marriage, expectant mother Rose (Dana Delany) flees to a home for unwed mothers in rural Tennessee in this adaptation of Ann Patchett's novel. When she stays on after her baby is born, Rose becomes friends with an elderly nun (Sada Thompson) and begins a relationship with the local handyman, Son (Clancy Brown). Everything seems fine until Rose's first husband tracks her down and she's forced to relive her troubled past.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-04-05
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Hysteria
2011-06-06
Hysteria
Overview: Two doctors in Victorian England use manual stimulation of female genitalia to cure their patients' ills, leading to the invention of the vibrator.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-06-06
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A Dangerous Woman
1993-09-10
A Dangerous Woman
Overview: Martha Horgan is a withdrawn, mentally disabled woman who lives with her aunt, Frances. One of Martha's unusual traits is that she doesn't lie, a quality that leads to her getting fired from a dry-cleaning shop thanks to the actions of the shifty Getso. Conflict seems to follow Martha, since she also becomes romantically involved with local fix-it man, Mackey, who is sleeping with Frances as well.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-09-10
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White House Down
2013-06-27
White House Down
Overview: Capitol Policeman John Cale has just been denied his dream job with the Secret Service protecting President James Sawyer. Not wanting to let down his little girl with the news, he takes her on a tour of the White House, when the complex is overtaken by a heavily armed paramilitary group. Now, with the nation's government falling into chaos and time running out, it's up to Cale to save the president, his daughter, and the country.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-06-27
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The Photographer
2000-04-15
The Photographer
Overview: A year after becoming the toast of New York City's art scene, photographer Max Martin has lost his ability to take a decent picture. On the night before his make-or-break gallery opening, surrounded by the trappings of success but devoid of inspiration, Max embarks on a bizarre trek through the city in search of ten mysterious photographs that could save his career. Shot in brilliant color and dramatic black and white, first-time director Jeremy Stein's industrial New York City is a wonderland, roamed by witches and magical creatures, where survival hinges on the completion of a simple quest. Accompanied by an unlikely crew of strangers he meets along the way, Max trips through a modern-day Oz and rediscovers the easily forgotten value of seeing magic reflected in everyday life.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-04-15
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Frank
2014-05-09
Frank
Overview: A young wannabe musician discovers he has bitten off more than he can chew when he joins an eccentric pop band led by the mysterious and enigmatic Frank.
Genres: Comedy Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-05-09
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River of Fundament
2014-02-12
River of Fundament
Overview: Visionary artist Matthew Barney returns to cinema with this 3-part epic, a radical reinvention of Norman Mailer’s novel Ancient Evenings. In collaboration with composer Jonathan Bepler, Barney combines traditional modes of narrative cinema with filmed elements of performance, sculpture, and opera, reconstructing Mailer’s hypersexual story of Egyptian gods and the seven stages of reincarnation, alongside the rise and fall of the American car industry.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-02-12
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Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
2002-12-31
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Overview: Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. Television producer by day, CIA assassin by night, Chuck Barris was recruited by the CIA at the height of his TV career and trained to become a covert operative. Or so Barris said.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-12-31
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BAM150
2012-04-27
BAM150
Overview: A captivating history of the nation's oldest performing arts center - which largely mirrors the evolution of experimental and progressive performing arts in 20th century America - BAM150 chronicles the vibrant past, present and future of the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Through footage of recent performances, intimate interviews, and an astonishing treasure trove of 150 years' worth of archival materials, BAM150 is a testament to the power and stamina of the institution that established Brooklyn as a cultural mecca-serving as a home to such greats as Enrico Caruso, Sarah Bernhardt, Edwin Booth, Merce Cunningham, Robert Wilson, Mark Morris, Laurie Anderson, and Pina Bausch.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-04-27
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The Misbehavers
2004-12-04
The Misbehavers
Overview: The Misbehavers documents a small army of guerrilla filmmakers as they converge at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival for a mission dubbed Operation: Altitude. The objective: book a venue, market a film, attract acquisitions representatives and pack the screenings beyond capacity. Essentially, they set out to create their own film festival from the ground up in less than two weeks and all no financial backing of any kind. The film chronicles the amazing heights of passion, humility and unity met with the unbelievable lows of self-sacrifice, ego and division that exists even in the lowest levels of the independent film world.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-12-04
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Shattered Mind
1996-05-27
Shattered Mind
Overview: Heather Locklear stars in this psychological thriller as a woman who is racked by multiple personalities and confronts a horrifying past of dark secrets buried a long time ago. When her father dies she descends into a bizarre emotional world where she lashes out at her husband and two young daughters.
Genres: Thriller Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-05-27
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Quartier des Enfants-Rouges
2006-06-21
Quartier des Enfants-Rouges
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2006-06-21
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Riding in Cars with Boys
2001-10-19
Riding in Cars with Boys
Overview: In 1965, a young woman with dreams of becoming a writer has a son at the age of 15 and struggles to make things work with the drug-addicted father.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-10-19
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Home
2016-08-01
Home
Overview: A homeless woman contemplates her next move after her home at the beach is destroyed.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-08-01
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The New Empress
2016-08-01
The New Empress
Overview: So your boyfriend's broken up with your and your broke and hungry? Just stage a bunch of fake proposals and chow down.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-08-01
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High Falls
2007-01-19
High Falls
Overview: During a weekend at a country home, a man and his pregnant wife tell their secrets to their best friend, jeopardizing their relationship.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-01-19
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Homegrown
1998-04-17
Homegrown
Overview: Three laborers on a Northern California marijuana plantation become increasingly paranoid when they learn that their boss has been murdered. They know enough to run, taking with them enough of the crop to pay them for services rendered. Hooking up with go-between Lucy in the next town, they plot their next move.
Genres: Drama Action Comedy Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-04-17
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Beauty Mark
2016-07-30
Beauty Mark
Overview: A door-to door cosmetics saleswoman in 1986 finds a new customer.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-07-30
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Resurrection
1999-03-15
Resurrection
Overview: After a woman is crippled in an auto accident which killed her husband, she suddenly develops the powers to heal. First she uses the power to heal herself and then turns to others. However, her powers are beyond healing psychic scars that exist between her and her mother. Meanwhile, her best friend and her doctor struggle to understand her newfound abilities.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-03-15
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The Kindergarten Teacher
2018-09-23
The Kindergarten Teacher
Overview: Lisa Spinelli is a Staten Island teacher who is unusually devoted to her students. When she discovers one of her five-year-olds is a prodigy, she becomes fascinated with the boy, ultimately risking her family and freedom to nurture his talent.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-09-23
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The Pornographer: A Love Story
2004-05-02
The Pornographer: A Love Story
Overview: The relationship between a director and an actress takes a turn when the lines between art and life are crossed.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-05-02
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Starring Austin Pendleton
2016-04-01
Starring Austin Pendleton
Overview: A quirky and inspirational documentary film on the philosophical approach to the life and work of character actor, Austin Pendleton.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-04-01
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Sylvia Plath: Inside The Bell Jar
2018-08-11
Sylvia Plath: Inside The Bell Jar
Overview: The story of the making of The Bell Jar, the unique, semi-autobiographical novel written by American writer Sylvia Plath (1932-63), published in February 1963, shortly before her death.
Genres: Documentary History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-08-11
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Waterland
1992-08-21
Waterland
Overview: The story of a mentally anguished high school history teacher going through a complete reassessment of his life. His method for reassessing his life is to narrate it to his class and interweave in it three generations of his family's history.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-08-21
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Best Summer Ever
2020-10-10
Best Summer Ever
Overview: A high school football player is shocked to discover that the new girl in school is the same girl he fell in love with at a summer dance camp.
Genres: Music Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-10-10
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The Sturgeon Queens
2014-01-20
The Sturgeon Queens
Overview: Four generations of a Jewish immigrant family create Russ and Daughters, a Lower East Side lox and herring emporium that survives and thrives. Produced to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the store, this documentary features an extensive interview with two of the original daughters for whom the store was named, now 100 and 92 years old, and interviews with prominent enthusiasts of the store including Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, actress Maggie Gyllenhaal, chef Mario Batali, New Yorker writer Calvin Trillin, and 60 Minutes correspondent Morley Safer. Rather than a conventional narrator, the filmmakers bring together six colorful longtime fans of the store, in their 80s and 90s, who sit around a table of fish reading the script in the style of a passover Seder. - Written by Julie Cohen
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-01-20
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Donnie Darko: Production Diary
2004-10-04
Donnie Darko: Production Diary
Overview: Behind the scenes look at the making of cult classic Donnie Darko
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-04
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The Ben Cobb Show
2020-01-15
The Ben Cobb Show
Overview: A fictional chat show made as part of Love magazine’s #MOVINGLOVE, the publication’s ‘moving image’ channel on YouTube. The film, shot by Call This Number with creative direction by Love’s founding editor-in-chief Katie Grand, also stars Rami Malek as “notorious and egomaniacal” director Harry Bardo, interviewed by Cobb, who plays himself, as the suave host of the eponymous show (it also marks Malek’s first film since Bohemian Rhapsody for which he won Best Actor at this year’s Oscars). Interspersed throughout the interview – which is set somewhere in the “recent past”, though has a distinctly 1970s aesthetic – are turns from a slew of models and actresses, including Emily Ratajkowski, Felicity Jones, Fran Summers, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Karen Elson (among others), who each perform clips from the fictional director’s oeuvre.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-01-15
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Joker: Put on a Happy Face
2020-08-18
Joker: Put on a Happy Face
Overview: Featuring interviews with filmmakers and industry legends, discover the origins and evolution of The Joker, and learn why The Clown Prince of Crime is universally hailed as the greatest comic-book supervillain of all time.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-08-18
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The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy
2013-09-24
The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy
Overview: This feature-length documentary delves into the trilogy, opening with the inspiration and vision for the new Batman films and inching its way toward the Rises finale and the culmination of nearly a decade of creative blood, sweat and tears. Candid, thoughtful and extensive, and comprised of revealing behind-the-scenes footage, countless interviews, audition tapes (with Christian Bale and Cillian Murphy doning the cape and cowl), and a narrative grip and momentum all its own, it leaves no stone unturned.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-09-24
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