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It takes two to make a relationship crazy. A lonely, obsessive and unsuccessful filmmaker meets an aimless drifter and before he knows it, she's living in his tiny LA apartment. He's an eco-freak with a love of post-it notes, keeping his recyclables separate from his trash, and unconventional romances on Netflix. She's an unscrupulous young woman who would rather have an IV of tequila straight into her liver than deal with adult responsibilities. Unable to stand each other and yet not able to leave, both of them vow to make the other's life a living hell.
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Pleasure is her greatest obsession. Sex and alienation play out marvelously in this intense, hypnotizing, and offbeat drama set in New York. Karen, a strong-willed businesswoman, lives alone and rarely gets in touch with her college-age son. She harbors very peculiar tastes in sex, which involve strangers only: Karen picks up men in the street, pretends to be a prostitute, and seeks out masochistic experiences through online dating sites. At one point, she pushes her obsession too far...
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Winner of the 2015 Kaiser Thrive Award at Cinequest, Crescendo! The Power of Music inspires and transforms the heart. Since its inception in Venezuela in 1976, the El Sistema youth orchestra program has transformed the lives of disadvantaged children worldwide by putting musical instruments in their hands and encouraging them through the mysterious power of music.
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He thought she was created for his pleasure... He was wrong. In the late 21st century, Jack is a painter recovering from the mysterious loss of his fiancee - he is depressed, creatively blocked, and reclusive. In hopes to reignite his life, Jack arranges to purchase a Muse: a genetically engineered human form designed to be his perfect partner and fulfill his every whim. But soon after the beautiful and alluring Evelyn arrives, things become more and more unhinged and Jack realizes nothing is as he had hoped it would be...
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A powerful look at the lives and dreams of boxings heaviest hitters, including Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, and Bernard Hopkins. Director Bert Marcus brilliantly examines what it means to pursue the American Dream through boxing. Long considered "the poor man's sport," boxing has a long-standing tradition of giving kids in the roughest neighborhoods opportunities to re-channel their aggression and give them a place to go, other than the streets. But in the ring come new struggles, for which many are ill-equipped to handle, and many succumb to the pressure.
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Songs, dance numbers and a road to stardom. A quirky musical where no one thinks twice before breaking out in a song, Booze Boys & Brownies is an exuberant and endearingly frank portrait of a heroine with whom you can't help but fall in love. Ambitious, sassy, and a die-hard sentimental creature, young actress Vivian (writer-director Veronica Mannion) has no qualms admitting she would prefer a musical comedy to life.
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For 25 years, Cinequest has chosen visions that spark fire and greatly inspire. Cinequest 25 opens with spectacular energy, spotlighting a story that not only touched the entire Bay Area, but also one that inspired millions. Who would have thought a 5-year-old boy who fought leukemia would transform a city and a nation for a day? No one. Not his family. Not his friends. Not the thousands of volunteers who came from near and far to help make his wish come true.
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Demons, meet the socially awkward.
With the awkward teen sensibility of Superbad, three high school friends, hoping to rid themselves of their uncool social status, set out to make a horror film starring the dreamy, popular girl at school. Things go wrong when the process leaves their lead actress possessed by a demon instead.
Sean Roney, Alex Knapp, Julian Master, Claire Berger, Suzanna Akins, Suzanne Owens-Duval
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After the plague, an empty world where you make your own rules. Astraea, a quickly maturing teenager with clairvoyant visions, and her adult brother Matthew are traversing a lifeless continent after a plague has wiped out humanity. Car-by-abandoned- car, house-by-empty-house, they inch towards Nova Scotia in search of their family, who Astraea believes have survived. Their progress is interrupted by the discovery of fellow survivors James and Callie. Should the siblings push on, trusting Astraea's visions, or stay to make a new life with the flesh and blood before their eyes?