There’s a moment in American culture when the people left out of the story start telling it themselves — through music, theater, humor, and defiance. AMERICAN PACHUCO: THE LEGEND OF LUIS VALDEZ begins that story on a flatbed truck, in the fields, with El...
French cinema has always invited us to look a little closer—not only at the world around us, but at ourselves. This Bastille Day, we’re celebrating that tradition with a special selection of clips drawn from the INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE library of filmmaker...
A very stupid idea taken very seriously. That’s the engine behind Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass, the new film from David Wain — and the premise is exactly as ridiculous as the title promises. Gail, a Midwestern bride-to-be, has a “free celebrity...
This Fourth of July, while so much of the industry turns to reboots, sequels, franchises, and superheroes, we’re turning our attention to a different kind of American story. American independents. Films driven by voice, risk, authenticity, and the courage to see the...
There is a particular kind of grief that comes not only from losing someone, but from never fully knowing them. In ROMERÍA, a young woman travels home in search of the story of the parents she barely knew. What begins as a practical journey into family history becomes...
From the directors of HALLELUJAH: LEONARD COHEN, A JOURNEY, A SONG comes a new portrait of a man who was somehow at the center of everything — and never quite in the frame.In PETER ASHER: EVERYWHERE MAN, directors Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine trace the extraordinary...
