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The Adjuster
Collection: Avant-Garde
Genre: Drama
Theatrical Release Date: Jun 05, 1992
Synopsis: A black insurance adjuster and his family are forced out of their home and into the same motel where he puts his homeless clients.
The Adventures Of Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert
Collection: Avant-Garde
Genre: Comedy
Theatrical Release Date: Aug 10, 1994
Synopsis: It's not easy being a drag queen in the outback! Resplendent in flamboyant ball gowns, looking down over the vast red Australian desert: for three showgirls, Tick (Weaving), Adam (Pearce) and Ralph (Stamp),it was the dream of a lifetime, a four week cabaret engagement in Alice Springs. The problem is simply getting there intact, along with their bus Priscilla.
Always
Collection: Avant-Garde
Genre: Comedy
Theatrical Release Date: Jul 01, 1985
Synopsis: Henry Jaglom's Woody Allen-ish tale of a trio of couples--one about to get divorced, one about to get married, one solidly married--who spend a July 4th weekend together.
American Buffalo (1996)
Collection: Avant-Garde
Genre: Drama
Theatrical Release Date: Sep 13, 1996
Synopsis: A pair of crooks and their young intern plot the theft of a valuable Buffalo-head nickel. Most of the story takes place within the junky confines of Don Dubrow's second-hand store. And most of the story focuses on the machinations of these well-drawn characters who pro- vide fascinating insight into the criminal mind as they ingeniously devise new ways to manipulate and aggravate each other. Based on a 1975 play by David Mamet.
Angels & Insects
Collection: Avant-Garde
Genre: Historical
Theatrical Release Date: Jan 26, 1996
Synopsis: Victorian England... An impoverished naturalist is taken in by an aristocratic family and falls for their daughter. While the man of science studies the social order of the insect world, the humans around him appear increasingly eccentric.
Alice's Restaurant
Collection: Avant-Garde
Genre: Comedy
Theatrical Release Date: Aug 19, 1969
Synopsis: This fact-based, insightful story of Arlo Guthrie's brush with the Vietnam draft during the '60s anti-war movement. Featuring the the music of Arlo and Woody Guthrie and Joni Mitchell.
Bagdad Cafe
Collection: Avant-Garde
Genre: Comedy
Theatrical Release Date: Apr 22, 1988
Synopsis: Set in Mojave Desert, this bittersweet delightful comedy brings together a German tourist and a black motel owner. Initially wary of each other, the two become close friends and transform the rundown cafe/motel into the hottest magical nightspot this side of Las Vegas.
Bar Girls
Collection: Avant-Garde
Genre: Romance
Theatrical Release Date: Apr 07, 1995
Synopsis: A funny and fresh romantic comedy featuring a group of women whose lives and loves intertwine against the backdrop of a Los Angeles lesbian bar. The film centers around Loretta, a clever yet insecure cartoon writer, and Rachel, a lovely, commitment-shy actress. Toether they face their gear of past loves and pain and start anew. But their hangout, local lesbian establishment girl bar, soon becomes a catalyst for conflist as old girlfriends resureface and new hurts are inevitably unleashed. BAR GIRLS is an honest, witty and passionate gender variation on one of the most maddening rituals of all time...the dating game.
The Belly Of An Architect
Collection: Avant-Garde
Genre: Drama
Theatrical Release Date: Sep 12, 1987
Synopsis: A distinguished American architect is invited to Rome with his young, attractive wife to set up an architecture exhibit. His health issues and obsession with work weigh heavily on his wife, who finds amusement and affection with a young Italian, until the ultimately both the architect's marriage and his life collapse.
BOXING HELENA
Collection: Avant-Garde
Genre: Drama
Theatrical Release Date: Sep 03, 1993
Synopsis: Fantasy and desire are unleashed in this haunting, erotic tale of love, lust and obsession. Nick Cavanaugh is a brilliant surgeon who seems to have it all -- money, prestige, looks -- everything except Helena, a voluptuous, cold-hearted seductress. After a one-night stnad with Nick, she refuses his advances, but he continues to pursue her. WHen Helena is in a tragic accident in front of Nick's mansion, he takes her into his tome, imprisons her and transforms her into his own version of the mythic Venus. Gradually, they are both forced to confront their inner demons in torrid scenes filled with passion, voyeurism and psycho-sexual torment...all building to a shocking, not-to-be-missed conclusion.
