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Palace of Gold (Year: 2026; Director: Halavah Sofsky, Abhay Sofsky)
The story of New Vrindaban, a Hare Krishna commune in West Virginia that grew into one of America’s largest cults, has long been sensationalized for its lurid details of crime and internal corruption.
The Pervert’s Guide to Utopias (Year: 2026; Director: Sophie Fiennes) , Trailer
The collaboration between filmmaker Sophie Fiennes and academic philosopher Slavoj Žižek celebrates its twentieth anniversary and third installment with The Pervert’s Guide to Utopias, following in the footsteps of The…
Pretenders (Country: UK; Year: 2026; Director: Joss Crowley; Writer: Joss Crowley; Stars: Chrissie Hynde, Martin Chambers)
A documentary profiling Pretenders singer Chrissie Hynde.
Primetime Preacher$ (Year: 2026; Director: Joe Berlinger)
In the 1980s, Jerry Falwell, Jim Bakker, and Jimmy Swaggart each cultivate vast viewerships of particular constituencies of Christian fundamentalism.
The Slightest Touch (Country: UK, Ireland, US; Year: 2026; Director: Rachel Fleit; Stars: Emma Fogarty, Colin Farrell)
Emma lives with epidermolysis bullosa (EB), the slightest touch causing her skin to blister and tear. To celebrate her 40th, she runs a marathon with longtime friend.
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