Proving that a little neurosis can go a long way, Mary/Mary tells the captivating story of Manny, a paranoid hypochondriac with a pair of Dick Tracy-style gangsters living in his head. Manny's mixed-…
2003
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Proving that a little neurosis can go a long way, Mary/Mary tells the captivating story of Manny, a paranoid hypochondriac with a pair of Dick Tracy-style gangsters living in his head. Manny's mixed-up world is populated by colorful characters like Mary, his best friend and sometimes-lover, Brian, a wannabe prizefighter, and Q&A, the aforementioned imaginary thugs that question Manny's every action.
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One dozen red roses: $30. One corsage: $18. Giving an annoying customer the oldest flowers in the shop: Priceless. Weddings, funerals, birthdays, and the school prom: all momentous events that require the talent and patience of your local florist. A brilliant floral designer, under the right circumstances, can make an event both breathtaking and memorable. On the other hand, when two weddings, a convention, and an unexpected funeral collide on the same weekend, your "boutonnieres" are really on the line.
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US Premiere Love is perfect only in movies and books, and perfect love is something Iiris wants to discover. She is a 30-year-old bookstore assistant who just can't find her ideal man. All she is looking for is someone who is intelligent, handsome, kind, funny, and most importantly, loves movies. Just when she is about to give up her quest, she meets Marko, a promising young filmmaker, who can quote dialogue from Taxi Driver as well as she. Iiris believes she has found the kind of love that exists in her favorite films.
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World Premiere Emily (Meredith Bishop) is a bored young temp, smoothly neurotic, who likes to spend her free time browsing through department stores. The problem is that she can't help sampling products like watches, CDs, and clothes without paying, just to see if she can get away with it. She meets her match in Nick (Jsu Garcia, Traffic, When We Were Soldiers), a surveillance expert with shady appetites of his own. Knee-deep in financial trouble with his ex-wife and under constant threat from a powerful drug kingpin, he hatches an audacious plan to rob his company's safe.
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Featuring an all-star cast, Vanessa Parise's wonderful Kiss the Bride is an insightful and humorous look into the lives of a passionate but disparate Italian-American family and their individual struggles for love and validation. Danni is about to marry her true love, and the last thing her three sisters thought they'd be doing is returning home to Westerly, Rhode Island for Danni's wedding. Niki, the golden child, now lives in L.A., where her dreams of becoming a star have instead landed her a role on a Baywatch-type television show, much to her parents' chagrin.
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US Premiere Witty, stylish, weird, sexy, and disturbing, It All Happens Incredibly Fast blends comedy with psychological horror in an intense study of people drinking, talking, and coming face to face with their darkest demons. It is a strange, dark journey after hours; where the air is thick with cigarette smoke, the liquor flows free, and the lies are exposed as the walls close in. Just another friendly bar on a night that ends like so many, with a brawl. Seven regulars trapped one of them beaten half to death waiting for help to arrive.
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World Premiere Director Holly Mosher chronicles the workings of the Women's Life Collective, a Brazilian community organization aimed at helping women of all ages battle the cycles of mental and physical violence. These women have their moment in the sun as they convene to explore how to stand up for themselves, defend themselves, and show inner strength. By sorting through the painful realities of domestic violence and sexual exploitation, they discover that the first step to finding a way out of their troubles is to simply talk to each other.
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Marco is leading the good life, climbing the ladder of success, and doing plenty of heavy partying. He just can't seem to find the time for his patient wife, Melanie, and their 6-year-old son, Benny. Unable to wait for Marco to be a part of the family, Melanie decides she wants out, and takes Benny with her. Frustrated by the lack of time he gets to spend with his son-a concern that never fazed him when they were together-Marco becomes more and more agitated, finally taking matters into his own hands.
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World Premiere - A man paces nervously around a police station. The rain pounds outside. Finally, he sits down, lights a cigarette, and talks to the officer. "This all started 15 years agowhen my brother, Simon, first learned to kill." And so Pete recalls the events leading up to the fateful night that brought together his volatile brother with his former pal, Omar, now a vicious loan shark. Brought up on rifles and hunting, Simon has developed a taste for guns to go along with his short temper.
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Director Gyorgy Palfy's debut film is a masterpiece of intricacies that is part murder mystery, part nature documentary, and part experimental film. The theme may be difficult to define, but it is exactly the unconventional nature of the narrative that makes this film so spellbinding. Perhaps the most peculiar, yet fascinating, aspect of Hukkle is that it is dialogue free, but it is far from a silent film.