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The Rum Diary

Thu, 13 Oct 2011

Tired of the noise and madness of New York and the crushing conventions of late Eisenhower-era America, itinerant journalist Paul Kemp travels to the pristine island of Puerto Rico to write for a local San Juan newspaper run by the downtrodden editor Lotterman. Adopting the rum-soaked lifestyle of the late ‘50s version of Hemingway’s 'The Lost Generation', Paul soon becomes entangled with a very attractive American woman and her fiancée, a businessman involved in shady property development deals.  It is within this world that Kemp ultimately discovers his true voice as a writer and integrity as a man.

Gramps Is in the Resistance

Wed, 26 Oct 1983

It is 1943 in Paris. Like so many others, the Bourbelle family's home has been taken over by the Germans and they now live in their cellar. Little do they know that the son, Guy-Hubert Bourdelle, is far from being the cowardly hairdresser he pretends. He is in truth the Germans’ most feared opponent: le super-résistant!

The Talk of the Town

Thu, 20 Aug 1942

Hilarity ensues when a falsely accused fugitive from justice hides at the house of his childhood friend, which she has recently rented to a high-principled law teacher.

Léon Morin, Priest

Fri, 22 Sep 1961

Barny, although a Marxist, is intrigued by the mysteries of religion. In confession, she teases a priest, Léon Morin, but he is a young and intelligent man and ready to discuss anything.

Abraham Lincoln

Sat, 08 Nov 1930

A biopic dramatizing Abraham Lincoln's life through a series of vignettes depicting its defining chapters: his romance with Ann Rutledge; his early years as a country lawyer; his marriage to Mary Todd; his debates with Stephen A. Douglas; the election of 1860; his presidency during the Civil War; and his assassination in Ford’s Theater in 1865.

God on Trial

Wed, 03 Sep 2008

In the Jewish tradition of arguing with God, Jewish prisoners in Auschwitz decide to put God on Trial.

Discipline

Thu, 13 Nov 2014

In a moment of anger in a grocery store in Lausanne, a father loses patience and disciplines his disobedient child. A shocked customer immediately intervenes to express her concern. Other customers join the conversation and the discussion soon turns into a debate that gradually gets out of hand.

The Hinge

Thu, 28 May 2026

The movie follows an unnamed internet hitman who, after one of his previous victims comes back to life, locks himself in his bathroom with a gun with one bullet to get away from the corpse that is outside his bathroom door that is banging on the door trying to get in! As time goes by he slowly starts going insane and starts talking to himself in one sided conversation while having weird dreams that seem to predict the future, he receives dog food and phone calls from a strange man with unexplained knowledge about everything named Mr. E, who discusses topics of morality, philosophy, and mysterious, all-powerful them, while asking to be let into the house!

The Secret Life of Brian

Mon, 01 Jan 2007

A documentary about the making of the controversial Life of Brian and the surrounding accusations of blasphemy.

Best of Enemies

Fri, 31 Jul 2015

A documentary about the legendary series of nationally televised debates in 1968 between two great public intellectuals, the liberal Gore Vidal and the conservative William F. Buckley Jr. Intended as commentary on the issues of their day, these vitriolic and explosive encounters came to define the modern era of public discourse in the media, marking the big bang moment of our contemporary media landscape when spectacle trumped content and argument replaced substance. Best of Enemies delves into the entangled biographies of these two great thinkers, and luxuriates in the language and the theater of their debates, begging the question, "What has television done to the way we discuss politics in our democracy today?"

Debating Robert Lee

Fri, 17 Sep 2004

A group of jaded high school students sign up for a debate class taught by a tough, combative teacher from the Georgia Military Academy who teaches them that life is debate and DEBATE IS WAR.

Thumbsucker - Behind the Scenes

Tue, 24 Jan 2006

Town Bloody Hall

Tue, 03 Apr 1979

Norman Mailer and a panel of feminists — Jacqueline Ceballos, Germaine Greer, Jill Johnston, and Diana Trilling — debate the issue of Women's Liberation.

Orizaba's Peak

Sun, 21 May 2017

In a cozy bistro, an increasingly heated discussion between two good buddies reveals their latent sexual prejudices, as one admits to feeling finally set free by a book he has just read.

1944: Should We Bomb Auschwitz?

Thu, 19 Sep 2019

In 1944, two prisoners miraculously escaped from Auschwitz. They told the world of the horror of the Holocaust and raised one of the greatest moral questions of the 20th century.

The Last Days of Anne Boleyn

Thu, 23 May 2013

Writers and historians including Hilary Mantel and Philippa Gregory revisit the last days of Anne Boleyn, who in 1536 became the first queen in British history to be executed.

Punyalan Private Limited

Fri, 17 Nov 2017

A budding entrepreneur fights social injustice in his bid to establish his new business.

Spin

Thu, 05 Oct 1995

Pirated satellite feeds revealing U.S. media personalities’ contempt for their viewers come full circle in Spin. TV out-takes appropriated from network satellite feeds unravel the tightly-spun fabric of television—a system that silences public debate and enforces the exclusion of anyone outside the pack of journalists, politicians, spin doctors, and televangelists who manufacture the news. Spin moves through the L.A. riots and the floating TV talk-show called the 1992 U.S. presidential election.

Mission Control Texas

Tue, 12 May 2015

"The Atheist Experience," produced in Austin, Texas, is the only atheist TV show in the United States. Every Sunday afternoon, two atheists debate callers for one hour, on camera. "Mission Control Texas" portrays the show, its protagonists, and the discussions between the hosts and callers. The debates between believers and skeptics are funny, touching, and shocking in turn, and they're interspersed with footage of the very public religious displays common in the state of Texas. The film is an intimate, concentrated, and entertaining insight into the culture wars, and is sure to provoke inspiration as well as frustration, no matter which side of the divide you fall on.

Has Capitalism Killed the American Dream?

Fri, 10 Jun 2022

"Jacobin founding editor, Socialist Manifesto author, and former co-chair of the Democratic Socialists for America Bhaskar Sunkara squares off with Libertarian Nick Gillespie, editor at large of Reason and host of the podcast, The Reason Interview, to determine whether capitalism is the best economic system for the country, or are we in dire need of revamp. Michael Moynihan Moderates" (Vice News).