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Cheech & Chong's Last Movie (Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: David Bushell; Stars: Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong)
A documentary exploring the legacy of pioneering comics Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong with a mix of archival madness and cinematic road trip.
Dickweed (Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Jonathan Ignatius Green; Stars: Dick Kriek)
Two people got kidnapped. One man lost his dick. No one got any money. This heist-gone-horribly-wrong led one Newport Beach detective on an international manhunt for the most twisted criminal he’s ever hunted.
How To Build A Truth Engine (Country: Austria; Year: 2024; Director: Friedrich Moser; Writer: Friedrich Moser; Stars: Michael Nikbakhsh, Christoph Koettl, Zahra Aghajan)
A documentary about how our neurological development makes us susceptible to misinformation, and what we can do about it.
Lions Of Mesopotamia (Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Lucian Read)
A documentary about the Iraqi national football team’s journey to become Asian Cup champions in 2007 during the bloodiest days of their country’s civil war.
MoviePass, MovieCrash (Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Muta'Ali Muhammad)
The origin story, meteoric rise and stranger-than-fiction implosion of the cinema subscription app, MoviePass.
Plastic People (Country: Canada; Year: 2024; Director: Ben Addelman, Ziya Tong; Writer: Ben Addelman)
A documentary that chronicles humanity’s fraught relationship with plastic and one woman’s mission to expose shocking new revelations about the impact of microplastics on human health.
Preconceived (Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Sabrine Keane, Kate Dumke)
A documentary about the pervasive, but overlooked presence of Crisis Pregnancy Centers, which explores the complex role of deception, finances, faith, and privacy amid a shifting legal landscape.
Secret Mall Apartment (Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Jeremy Workman)
In 2003, eight young Rhode Islanders created a secret apartment hidden inside the Providence Place Mall and lived in it for four years, filming everything along the way. The secret apartment became a deeply meaningful place for all its inhabitants.
Shaking It Up: The Life And Times Of Liz Carpenter (Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Abby Ginzberg, Christy Carpenter; Stars: Gloria Steinem, Dan Rather, Luci Baines Johnson, Eleanor Smeal)
The story of a trailblazing journalist, White House official, feminist leader, political activist, and humorist whose legacy is a vital part of Texas and US history and highly relevant today.
She Looks Like Me (Country: UK; Year: 2024; Director: Torquil Jones; Writer: Torquil Jones; Stars: Jen Bricker, Simone Biles, Dominique Moceanu, Tasha Schwikert, Jennifer Sey, Sharon Bricker)
Born without legs, Jen Bricker is abandoned by her biological parents. She idolises America’s superstar gymnast, Dominique Moceanu - only to discover that they share a shocking secret.
Whatever It Takes (Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Jenny Carchman)
In 2019, a middle-aged couple are subjected to cyberstalking and bizarre deliveries, including a bloody pig mask and funeral wreath. As the harassment intensifies, the police and FBI close in on a Silicon Valley giant and some very unlikely suspects.
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