Michelle Williams
Biography: Michelle Ingrid Williams (born September 9, 1980) is an American actress. Known primarily for starring in small-scale independent films with dark or tragic themes, she has received various accolades, including two Golden Globe Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award, in addition to nominations for five Academy Awards and a Tony Award. Williams, a daughter of politician and trader Larry R. Williams, began her career with television guest appearances and made her film debut in the family film Lassie in 1994. She gained emancipation from her parents at age fifteen, and soon achieved recognition for her leading role in the teen drama television series Dawson's Creek (1998–2003). This was followed by low-profile films, before having her breakthrough with the drama film Brokeback Mountain (2005). Williams went on to receive critical acclaim for playing emotionally troubled women coping with loss or loneliness in the independent dramas Wendy and Lucy (2008), Blue Valentine (2010), and Manchester by the Sea (2016). She won two Golden Globes for portraying Marilyn Monroe in the drama My Week with Marilyn (2011) and Gwen Verdon in the miniseries Fosse/Verdon (2019), in addition to a Primetime Emmy Award for the latter. Her highest-grossing releases came with the thriller Shutter Island (2010), the fantasy film Oz the Great and Powerful (2013), the musical The Greatest Showman (2017), and the superhero films Venom (2018) and Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021). Williams has also led major studio films, such as Ridley Scott's crime thriller All the Money in the World (2017) and Steven Spielberg's drama The Fabelmans (2022). On Broadway, Williams starred in revivals of the musical Cabaret in 2014 and the drama Blackbird in 2016, for which she received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. She is an advocate for equal pay in the workplace. Consistently private about her personal life, Williams has a daughter from her relationship with actor Heath Ledger and was briefly married to musician Phil Elverum. She has two children with her second husband, theater director Thomas Kail.
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Birthday: September 09, 1980
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Brokeback Mountain
2005-10-22
Brokeback Mountain
Overview: In 1960s Wyoming, two men develop a strong emotional and sexual relationship that endures as a lifelong connection complicating their lives as they get married and start families of their own.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-10-22
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The Station Agent
2003-12-05
The Station Agent
Overview: When his only friend dies, a man born with dwarfism moves to rural New Jersey to live a life of solitude, only to meet a chatty hot dog vendor and a woman dealing with her own personal loss.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-12-05
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Land of Plenty
2004-09-10
Land of Plenty
Overview: After living abroad, Lana returns to the United States, and finds that her uncle is a reclusive vagabond with psychic wounds from the Vietnam War.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-09-10
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I'm Not There
2007-10-01
I'm Not There
Overview: Six actors portray six personas of music legend Bob Dylan in scenes depicting various stages of his life, chronicling his rise from unknown folksinger to international icon and revealing how Dylan constantly reinvented himself.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-10-01
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Synecdoche, New York
2008-10-24
Synecdoche, New York
Overview: A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-10-24
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But I'm a Cheerleader
2000-07-07
But I'm a Cheerleader
Overview: Megan is an all-American girl. A cheerleader. She has a boyfriend. But Megan doesn't like kissing her boyfriend very much. And she's pretty touchy with her cheerleader friends. Her conservative parents worry that she must be a lesbian and send her off to "sexual redirection" school, where she must, with other lesbians and gays learn how to be straight.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-07-07
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Shutter Island
2010-02-14
Shutter Island
Overview: World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by troubling visions and a mysterious doctor.
Genres: Drama Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-02-14
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Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
1998-08-05
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Overview: Two decades after surviving a massacre on October 31, 1978, former baby sitter Laurie Strode finds herself hunted by persistent knife-wielder Michael Myers. Laurie now lives in Northern California under an assumed name, where she works as the headmistress of a private school. But it's not far enough to escape Myers, who soon discovers her whereabouts. As Halloween descends upon Laurie's peaceful community, a feeling of dread weighs upon her -- with good reason.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-08-05
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Imaginary Heroes
2004-09-14
Imaginary Heroes
Overview: Matt Travis is good-looking, popular, and his school's best competitive swimmer, so everyone is shocked when he inexplicably commits suicide. As the following year unfolds, each member of his family struggles to recover from the tragedy with mixed results.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-09-14
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Wendy and Lucy
2008-12-10
Wendy and Lucy
Overview: A near-penniless drifter's journey to Alaska in search of work is interrupted when she loses her dog while attempting to shoplift food for it.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-12-10
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Me Without You
2001-11-01
Me Without You
Overview: During a long, hot summer in seventies London, young neighbors Holly and Marina make a childhood pact to be friends forever. For Marina, troubled, fiercely independent, determined to try everything, Holly stays the only constant in a life of divorcing parents, experimental drugs and fashionable self-destruction. But for Holly, a friendship that has never been equal gradually starts to feel like a trap.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-11-01
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Deception
2008-04-24
Deception
Overview: As a corporate auditor who works in a number of different offices, Jonathan McQuarry wanders without an anchor among New York's power brokers. A chance meeting with charismatic lawyer Wyatt Bose leads to Jonathan's introduction to The List, an underground sex club. Jonathan begins an affair with a woman known only as S, who introduces Jonathan to a world of treachery and murder.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-04-24
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Species
1995-07-07
Species
Overview: In 1993, the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence Project receives a transmission detailing an alien DNA structure, along with instructions on how to splice it with human DNA. The result is Sil, a sensual but deadly creature who can change from a beautiful woman to an armour-plated killing machine in the blink of an eye.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-07-07
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Mammoth
2009-01-19
Mammoth
Overview: While on a trip to Thailand, a successful American businessman tries to radically change his life. Back in New York, his wife and daughter find their relationship with their live-in Filipino maid changing around them. At the same time, in the Philippines, the maid's family struggles to deal with her absence.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-19
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The Baxter
2005-08-26
The Baxter
Overview: A man with a "doormat" personality tries standing up for himself for a change in this comedy. Mild mannered tax accountant Elliot Sherman is what he calls a "Baxter": the kind of calm, unexciting fellow who "wears sock garters" and "enjoys raking leaves." Loved by bosses and parents, Elliot is a perfectly nice guy. And that's his problem.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-08-26
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If These Walls Could Talk 2
2000-03-05
If These Walls Could Talk 2
Overview: The stories of three lesbian couples -- who live in the same house at different periods of time -- who are at a crossroads in their lives. In 1961, Edith loses her lover, Abby, to a stroke. Linda and Amy struggle with feminist issues in 1972. And, in 2000, Kal and Fran try to have a baby with the help of sperm donor.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-03-05
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The United States of Leland
2003-05-15
The United States of Leland
Overview: A withdrawn young man, Leland Fitzgerald is imprisoned for the murder of a mentally disabled boy, who also happened to be the brother of his girlfriend, Becky. As the community struggles to deal with the killing, Pearl Madison, a teacher at the prison, decides to write about Leland's case. Meanwhile, others affected by the murder, including Becky and her sister, Julie, must contend with their own problems.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-05-15
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Timemaster
1995-01-01
Timemaster
Overview: Young Jesse is traveling through time in order to stop some evil virtual reality fight managers from a parallel universe trying to destroy Earth.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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Lassie
1994-07-22
Lassie
Overview: On their way to start a new life at a sheep farm in rural Virginia, the Turner family are halted by a wreck on the highway that has claimed the life of a truck driver. Spotting the trucker's now-abandoned collie on the side of the road, they take pity on the dog and adopt her. As the city family copes with the change to rural life, including a feud with a neighboring farm family who resent the city interlopers, the ever-loyal Lassie helps them adjust to their new surroundings.
Genres: Family Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-07-22
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Perfume
2001-04-08
Perfume
Overview: A week in the lives of a group of models, photographers, agents, reporters, publicists and other characters during a wild modeling show in New York City.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-04-08
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Incendiary
2008-01-20
Incendiary
Overview: A woman's life is torn apart when her husband and infant son are killed in a suicide bombing at a soccer match.
Genres: Drama Thriller Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-01-20
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The Hawk Is Dying
2007-03-30
The Hawk Is Dying
Overview: A Gainesville Florida auto upholsterer attempts to subvert his mundane life by training a wild, red-tailed hawk.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-03-30
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Killing Mr. Griffin
1997-04-07
Killing Mr. Griffin
Overview: After being humiliated in English class by his teacher Mr. Griffin, High School student Mark Kinney and his friends plot their revenge. The prank goes wrong when Mr. Griffin dies from heart failure. Now, Mark and his friends must cover their tracks before they are accused of murder.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-04-07
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Prozac Nation
2001-09-08
Prozac Nation
Overview: When talented young writer Elizabeth Wurtzel earns a scholarship to Harvard, she sees it as her chance to escape the pressures of her working-class background and concentrate on her true talent. But what starts out so promising leads to self-destructive behavior and paralyzing depression that reflects an entire generation's struggle to navigate the effects of divorce, drugs, sex, and high expectations.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-09-08
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Dick
1999-08-04
Dick
Overview: Two high school girls wander off during a class trip to the White House and meet President Richard Nixon. They become the official dog walkers for Nixon's dog Checkers, and become his secret advisors during the Watergate scandal.
Genres: Comedy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-08-04
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Blue Valentine
2010-12-26
Blue Valentine
Overview: Dean and Cindy live a quiet life in a modest neighborhood. They appear to have the world at their feet at the outset of the relationship. However, his lack of ambition and her retreat into self-absorption cause potentially irreversible cracks in their marriage.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-12-26
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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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A Thousand Acres
1997-09-19
A Thousand Acres
Overview: The lives of an Iowa farmer's three daughters are shattered when he suddenly decides to bequeath them the family's fertile farm.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-09-19
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Oz the Great and Powerful
2013-03-07
Oz the Great and Powerful
Overview: Oscar Diggs, a small-time circus illusionist and con-artist, is whisked from Kansas to the Land of Oz where the inhabitants assume he's the great wizard of prophecy, there to save Oz from the clutches of evil.
Genres: Fantasy Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-03-07
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My Week with Marilyn
2011-11-23
My Week with Marilyn
Overview: London, 1956. Genius actor and film director Laurence Olivier is about to begin the shooting of his upcoming movie, premiered in 1957 as The Prince and the Showgirl, starring Marilyn Monroe. Young Colin Clark, who dreams on having a career in movie business, manages to get a job on the set as third assistant director.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-11-23
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Meek's Cutoff
2011-04-08
Meek's Cutoff
Overview: A group of settlers traveling through the Oregon High Desert in 1845 find themselves stranded in harsh conditions.
Genres: Western Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-04-08
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Take This Waltz
2011-11-25
Take This Waltz
Overview: Twenty-eight-year-old Margot is happily married to Lou, a good-natured cookbook author. But when Margot meets Daniel, a handsome artist who lives across the street, their mutual attraction is undeniable.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-11-25
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Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
2013-06-19
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
Overview: Revisits President John F. Kennedy's presidential legacy through 21 of the more than 800,000 condolence letters written to Jackie Kennedy after JFK's assassination. Based on a book by Ellen Fitzpatrick
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-06-19
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Dawson's Creek - The Series Finale (Extended Cut)
2003-09-30
Dawson's Creek - The Series Finale (Extended Cut)
Overview: With its series-finale episode, Dawson's Creek summed up its six-year run on the WB Network with a sweet and sad tale of reunion and farewell for old friends, soul mates, and lovers. The friends are now 25 and living new lives: Dawson (James Van Der Beek) is in Hollywood executive-producing The Creek, obviously based on his own life and considered "the new hit teen soap at the WB"; Joey (Katie Holmes) is a book editor in New York with a serious beau; Jen (Michelle Williams) is a single mother; Pacey (Joshua Jackson) is the relatively respectable owner of the reborn Icehouse Restaurant; and Jack (Kerr Smith) is teaching at the high school and struggling with his relationship. A wedding brings everyone together in Capeside, but tragedy strikes, and the remaining friends are left to consider their lives and what they want to do with them. Whether or not you agree with the final choices, of course, probably depends on who you've been rooting for.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-09-30
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Deep Sky
2023-12-12
Deep Sky
Overview: Explores the $10 billion JWST's engineering and construction process, historic Dec. 25, 2021 launch, and the release of its first full-color, galaxy-sprinkled images on July 12, 2022 witnessed by the entire planet.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-12-12
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Suite Française
2015-03-12
Suite Française
Overview: France, 1940. In the first days of occupation, beautiful Lucile Angellier is trapped in a stifled existence with her controlling mother-in-law as they both await news of her husband: a prisoner of war. Parisian refugees start to pour into their small town, soon followed by a regiment of German soldiers who take up residence in the villagers' own homes. Lucile initially tries to ignore Bruno von Falk, the handsome and refined German officer staying with them. But soon, a powerful love draws them together and leads them into the tragedy of war.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-03-12
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The Fabelmans: A Family in Film
2023-02-14
The Fabelmans: A Family in Film
Overview: A fascinating behind-the-scenes special about Steven Spielberg's "The Fabelmans."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-02-14
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A Hole in One
2004-05-02
A Hole in One
Overview: A gangster makes an employee pose as a doctor to prevent his troubled girlfriend from getting a lobotomy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-05-02
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Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
2012-11-06
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
Overview: Charming, intelligent and iconoclastic, Ben Lee is an Australian singer-songwriter whose creative growth since his early adolescence has undergone almost relentless media scrutiny. This is a playful yet deeply intimate portrait of Lee, exploring his meteoric rise to pop stardom and the issues of celebrity and spirituality that arise when launched into the spotlight.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-11-06
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Manchester by the Sea
2016-11-18
Manchester by the Sea
Overview: After his older brother passes away, Lee Chandler is forced to return home to care for his 16-year-old nephew. There he is compelled to deal with a tragic past that separated him from his family and the community where he was born and raised.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-11-18
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Always at The Carlyle
2018-05-11
Always at The Carlyle
Overview: The iconic Carlyle hotel has been an international destination for a particular jet set as well as a favorite haunt of the most discernible New Yorkers.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-05-11
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Certain Women
2016-09-25
Certain Women
Overview: Three strong-willed women strive to forge their own paths amidst the wide-open plains of the American Northwest: a lawyer forced to subdue a troubled client; a wife and mother whose plans to construct her dream home reveal fissures in her marriage; and a lonely ranch hand who forms an ambiguous bond with a young law student.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-09-25
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My Son Is Innocent
1996-05-06
My Son Is Innocent
Overview: After a brutal nighttime attack on a woman alone in her suburban home, police investigators zero in on teenager Eric Sutter. When the victim identifies Sutter as her attacker, the legal system closes in on the boy as friends, neighbors and the media turn against him. Only through the dogged determination of his mother, and her loyal boyfriend does Eric and the victim have a chance for justice to be served.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-05-06
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The Greatest Showman
2017-12-20
The Greatest Showman
Overview: The story of American showman P.T. Barnum, founder of the circus that became the famous traveling Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-12-20
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Wonderstruck
2017-10-13
Wonderstruck
Overview: The story of a young boy in the Midwest is told simultaneously with a tale about a young girl in New York from fifty years ago as they both seek the same mysterious connection.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-10-13
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Project X
2016-11-18
Project X
Overview: A top-secret handbook takes viewers on an undercover journey to Titanpointe, the site of a hidden partnership. Narrated by Rami Malek and Michelle Williams, and based on classified NSA documents, PROJECT X reveals the inner workings of a windowless skyscraper in downtown Manhattan.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-11-18
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I Feel Pretty
2018-04-19
I Feel Pretty
Overview: A head injury causes a woman to develop an extraordinary amount of confidence and believe she's drop dead gorgeous.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-04-19
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All the Money in the World
2017-12-21
All the Money in the World
Overview: The story of the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother to convince his billionaire grandfather Jean Paul Getty to pay the ransom.
Genres: Crime History Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-12-21
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Venom
2018-09-28
Venom
Overview: Investigative journalist Eddie Brock attempts a comeback following a scandal, but accidentally becomes the host of Venom, a violent, super powerful alien symbiote. Soon, he must rely on his newfound powers to protect the world from a shadowy organization looking for a symbiote of their own.
Genres: Science Fiction Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-09-28
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After the Wedding
2019-08-09
After the Wedding
Overview: Seeking funds for her orphanage in India, Isabelle travels to New York to meet Theresa, a wealthy benefactor. An invitation to attend a wedding ignites a series of events in which the past collides with the present while mysteries unravel.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-08-09
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Venom: Let There Be Carnage
2021-09-30
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Overview: After finding a host body in investigative reporter Eddie Brock, the alien symbiote must face a new enemy, Carnage, the alter ego of serial killer Cletus Kasady.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-09-30
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That Click
2020-06-17
That Click
Overview: A man at the cutting edge of fashion, photojournalism and portraiture, photographer to the stars Douglas Kirkland has portrayed over sixty years of pop culture. This fascinating feature takes a closer look into the career of one of the most important photographers of the last century. His subjects, who are some of the biggest stars of Hollywood and the fashion world, provide testimonials.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-06-17
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Showing Up
2023-04-07
Showing Up
Overview: In the days leading up to a possibly career-changing exhibition, a sculptor navigates her relationships with family, friends, and colleagues.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-04-07
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The Fabelmans
2022-11-11
The Fabelmans
Overview: Growing up in post-World War II era Arizona, young Sammy Fabelman aspires to become a filmmaker as he reaches adolescence, but soon discovers a shattering family secret and explores how the power of films can help him see the truth.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-11-11
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The Hottest State
2007-06-27
The Hottest State
Overview: A young actor from Texas tries to make it in New York while struggling in his relationship with a beautiful singer/songwriter.
Genres: Music Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-06-27
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