Directed by Richard Linklater • 2006 • United States
Starring Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Woody Harrelson
In a not-too-distant future where America has lost its “war” on drugs, Fred (Keanu Reeves), an undercover cop obsessed with taking down a notorious drug dealer, is one of many people hooked on the popular drug Substance D, which causes its users to develop split personalities. Filmed in live-action and then animated using the same groundbreaking process he employed in WAKING LIFE, Richard Linklater’s innovative adaptation of the novel by legendary sci-fi writer Philip K. Dick is a journey into the absurd, a place where identities and loyalties are impossible to decode, and where no one can be trusted—not even oneself.
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Modern Times
Directed by Charles Chaplin • 1936 • United States
Starring Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Henry BergmanMODERN TIMES, Charlie Chaplin’s last outing as the Little Tramp, puts the iconic character to work as a giddily inept factory employee who becomes smitten with a gorgeous gamine (Paulette...
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Camera Buff
Directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski • 1979 • Poland
A reflexive meditation on art and documentary and a key film in Krzysztof Kieślowski’s career, CAMERA BUFF follows a factory worker's growing obsession with filmmaking after he captures the birth of his daughter on his new 8 mm camera.
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Death Watch
Directed by Bertrand Tavernier • 1980 • France, West Germany
Starring Romy Schneider, Harvey Keitel, Harry Dean StantonPart human drama, part sci-fi cautionary tale, Bertrand Tavernier’s DEATH WATCH unfolds in a future where death by disease has become extremely rare. When it is discovered that...
