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Finding North
rating:3.0

Finding North

1997Runtime:0 minutes
After getting fired on her 30th birthday, bank teller Rhonda encounters Travis whom she had previously seen trying to jump from the Brooklyn Bridge, and the pair set off on a life-changing journey together. The two take a road trip to Texas, and their relationship becomes complicated with sexual tension and the fact that he's mourning the loss of his boyfriend. A sweet, quirky and humorous drama.

Directed by:

  • Tanya Wexler
  • rating:3.0 3.0 Average Rating

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    Amour de Femme
    rating:3.0

    Amour de Femme

    2001Runtime:0 minutes
    Jeanne, a beautiful wife and mother, feels herself slipping further into loneliness and isolation every day. Her mainstream existence is crushing her, and her relationship with her husband becomes distant and strained. So, she begins spending quality time with the sexy and exuberant Marie, who becomes the conduit for bringing passion -- complete and with no small measure of sexual tension -- back into Jeanne's life.

    Directed by:

  • Sylvie Verheyde
  • rating:3.0 3.0 Average Rating

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    D.E.B.S.
    rating:3.0

    D.E.B.S.

    2004Runtime:0 minutes
    Encrypted within the SAT is a secret test that measures a girl's potential for espionage. Amy (Sara Foster), Janet (Jill Ritchie), Dominique (Devon Aoki) and Max (Meagan Good) score so high that they're recruited to join the elite paramilitary group known as D.E.B.S. But when their mission to capture arch villainess Lucy Diamond (Jordana Brewster) gets complicated, even their spy skills might not be able to save them.

    Directed by:

  • Angela Robinson
  • rating:3.0 3.0 Average Rating

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    Drool
    rating:3.0

    Drool

    2009Runtime:0 minutes
    After beginning an unexpected romance with her neighbor, Imogene (Jill Marie Jones), housewife Anora (Laura Harring) accidentally shoots her abusive husband, Ched (Oded Fehr), and then sets out on an outrageous road trip with her new lover and kids to dispose of the corpse. Nancy Kissam writes and directs this unpredictable romantic comedy that also stars Ashley Duggan Smith and Christopher Newhouse as Anora's children.

    Directed by:

  • Nancy Kissam
  • rating:3.0 3.0 Average Rating

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    Flag Wars
    rating:3.0

    Flag Wars

    2003Runtime:0 minutes
    A gripping look at a complex issue, this documentary explores the upheaval that occurs in a primarily African-American working-class neighborhood in Columbus, Ohio, when it becomes gentrified by an influx of white homosexuals. While longtime residents struggle to survive, the gay newcomers face their own set of issues. The economic and political clash between two historically oppressed groups brings out prejudice and insensitivity on both sides.

    Directed by:

  • Linda Goode Bryant
  • rating:3.0 3.0 Average Rating

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    Finn's Girl
    rating:3.0

    Finn's Girl

    2007Runtime:0 minutes
    Following the untimely death of her partner, Nancy (Gail Maurice), Dr. Finn Jeffries (Brooke Johnson) struggles to single-handedly care for the couple's angst-addled preteen daughter, Zelly (Maya Ritter), while taking on the responsibility of running the abortion clinic Nancy founded. Yanna McIntosh, Richard Clarkin, Nathalie Toriel and Gilles Lemaire also star in this sensitive drama from co-directors Dominique Cardona and Laurie Colbert.

    Directed by:

  • Laurie Colbert
  • Dominique Cardona
  • rating:3.0 3.0 Average Rating

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    Possible Loves
    rating:3.0

    Possible Loves

    2000Runtime:0 minutes
    Director Sandra Werneck's earnest romantic comedy -- winner of the 2001 Sundance Jury Prize for Latin American Cinema -- takes a unique approach to young love by posing multiple scenarios for main characters Carlos (Murilo Benício) and his girlfriend, Júlia (Carolina Ferraz). As Carlos waits for Júlia to arrive at a Rio de Janeiro movie theater, will one seemingly insignificant choice change his entire future?

    Directed by:

  • Sandra Werneck
  • rating:3.0 3.0 Average Rating

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    Nina's Heavenly Delights
    rating:3.0

    Nina's Heavenly Delights

    2006Runtime:0 minutes
    Born into an Indian expatriate family and raised in Glasgow, Nina (Shelley Conn) flees to London to avoid an arranged marriage. But when she returns home to run her family's struggling restaurant after her father's death, she discovers a new kind of love. Joining forces with the chef, Lisa (Laura Fraser), she works to win a cooking contest her father entered and save the restaurant. Soon, her blossoming feelings for Lisa take her by surprise.

    Directed by:

  • Pratibha Parmar
  • rating:3.0 3.0 Average Rating

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    Ballot Measure 9
    rating:3.0

    Ballot Measure 9

    1995Runtime:0 minutes
    Winner of the Sundance Film Festival Audience Award, this documentary chronicles the fight over Oregon's State Ballot Measure 9, an amendment put forth by the conservative group Oregon Citizen's Alliance in 1992. Intended to revoke current laws and prohibit the passing of future laws protecting homosexuals from discrimination, Measure 9 provoked an explosive battle between the gay community and conservative factions before its ultimate defeat.

    Directed by:

  • Heather MacDonald
  • rating:3.0 3.0 Average Rating

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    Who's Afraid of Kathy Acker?
    rating:3.0

    Who's Afraid of Kathy Acker?

    2008Runtime:0 minutes
    Trace the extreme life of outlaw writer, performance artist and punk icon Kathy Acker through this vibrant documentary portrait, which chronicles her controversial career challenging society's assumptions about gender and sexuality. Through animation, archival footage, interviews and dramatic reenactments, director Barbara Caspar explores Acker's colorful history, from her well-heeled upbringing to her role as the scribe of society's fringe.

    Directed by:

  • Barbara Caspar
  • rating:3.0 3.0 Average Rating

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    Fiona's Script
    rating:3.0

    Fiona's Script

    2008Runtime:0 minutes
    On the heels of her breakup with her long-term boyfriend, Sebastian (Allan Lazo), struggling screenwriter Fiona (Sonia Montejano) finds herself overwhelmed by a case of writer's block and an unexpected crush on an enigmatic young woman. Written and directed by first-time filmmaker Florencia Manovil, this refreshingly frank dramedy explores the complexity of discovering one's individuality in a world of conformity.

    Directed by:

  • Florencia Manovil
  • rating:3.0 3.0 Average Rating

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    Dry Cleaning
    rating:3.0

    Dry Cleaning

    1997Runtime:0 minutes
    After a fateful encounter in a nightclub, middle-class married couple Nicole (Miou Miou) and Jean-Marie (Charles Berling) take in a young bisexual named Loïc (Stanislas Merhar), who throws their blandly contented lives into disarray in this nuanced drama. Setting the story in a provincial French town, director Anne Fontaine keeps the atmosphere low-key and compelling as the characters' ambiguous relationships play out to a startling conclusion.

    Directed by:

  • Anne Fontaine
  • rating:3.0 3.0 Average Rating

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    Keillers Park
    rating:3.0

    Keillers Park

    2006Runtime:0 minutes
    Shortly before his wedding, Peter (Mårten Klingberg) meets the intriguing Nassim (Pjotr Giro) and falls in love. Abandoning his familiar life in a quest to express his sexuality, Peter finds his newfound freedom jeopardized when he becomes a prime suspect in Nassim's murder. Inspired by true-life events, Swedish director Susanna Edwards's bittersweet film co-stars Karin Bergquist and Roberto Jelinek.

    Directed by:

  • Susanna Edwards
  • rating:3.0 3.0 Average Rating

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    Puccini for Beginners
    rating:3.0

    Puccini for Beginners

    2006Runtime:0 minutes
    Allegra is recovering from a breakup with her girlfriend when she starts to fall for a member of the opposite sex. Philip is the tidy professor who's romancing the ambivalent Allegra while she pursues a straight woman who's recently become single.

    Directed by:

  • Maria Maggenti
  • rating:3.0 3.0 Average Rating

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    Days
    rating:3.0

    Days

    2001Runtime:0 minutes
    Claudio (Thomas Trabacchi), an HIV-positive gay man, lives a regimented life filled with medications and lulled by a relationship with a long-term boyfriend (Davide Bechini). When Claudio meets HIV-negative Andrea (Riccardo Salerno), the two men embark on a love affair that knows no bounds. Laura Muscardin directs this poignant drama that explores Claudio's journey as he's torn between desire and obligation.

    Directed by:

  • Laura Muscardin
  • rating:3.0 3.0 Average Rating

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    Gray Matters
    rating:3.0

    Gray Matters

    2006Runtime:0 minutes
    Sam (Thomas Cavanagh) and Gray (Heather Graham) are a devoted brother and sister who share a dwelling and a love of many things -- ballroom dancing, 1940s movie musicals and, much to their surprise, strong feelings for an attractive woman (Bridget Moynahan). But Gray, who's historically heterosexual, is confused by her strange new feelings. Sibling rivalry, love and destiny go topsy-turvy in first-time writer-director Sue Kramer's romantic romp.

    Directed by:

  • Sue Kramer
  • rating:3.0 3.0 Average Rating

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    Now and Then
    rating:3.8

    Now and Then

    1995Runtime:0 minutes
    Waxing nostalgic about the bittersweet passage from childhood to puberty in this tender coming-of-age tale, four childhood girlfriends -- Teeny, Chrissy, Samantha and Roberta -- recall the magical summer of 1970. During their walk down memory lane, they reconcile experiences with boys, secrets, bullies and more. Lesli Linka Glatter directs; Gaby Hoffmann, Ashleigh Aston Moore, Cloris Leachman, Thora Birch and Christina Ricci co-star.

    Directed by:

  • Lesli Linka Glatter
  • rating:3.8 3.8 Average Rating

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    Now and Then (1995)
    A heartwarming movie about four childhood girlfriends who, in adulthood reunion, relive their experience of the life-changing summer of 1970, including a mystery death, divorce, standing up to the boys, first kiss, and the meaning of true friendship. Each explores her unique identity amidst family and friends. Beautifully directed by Lesli Linka Glatter.
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