The World's Greatest Sinner
A bored insurance salesman quits his job to go into politics. He first starts preaching about how man is greater than he thinks and that man can live forever. He ends up forming his own political party, "The Eternal Man" party. He begins to be referred to as "God". Then he starts having doubts about the eternalness of man.
Once Again
Repetition is an illusion. Everything is always new. Legendary street dancer DeRay and spoken-word poet and battle rapper Naima explore a powerful love built on recognition and trauma that contains both the potential for inspiration and destruction. Take an electrifying journey through the vibrant and impressionistic experience of their relationship to each other and through their own creative personal voyages in this hip-hop fantasia that opens a door into the choices we all make in our lives.
The Telephone Book
A sexually voracious young woman receives a dirty phone call from a stranger; so satisfied by the experience, she sets out to find him somewhere in New York City.
Freak Orlando
FREAK ORLANDO is divided into five more-or-less distinct sections, all featuring "Freak" Orlando, a woman, played by the late Magdalena Montezuma, who appears in various guises, and deformities, throughout.
Boys Go to Jupiter
A teenager in suburban Florida desperately hustles to make $5,000 in this dreamy and surreal animated coming-of-age story.
Takeshis'
Beat Takeshi lives the busy and sometimes surreal life of a showbiz celebrity. One day he meets his blond lookalike named Kitano, a shy convenience store cashier, who, still an unknown actor, is waiting for his big break. After their paths cross, Kitano seems to begin hallucinating about becoming Beat.
Paradox
A loud poem. A whimsical western tale of music and love.
The Reflecting Skin
In 1950s rural Idaho, a young boy watches helplessly as his friends and brother fall under the spell of a mysterious widow living up the road and becomes convinced that she is a vampire.
Alice
A quiet young English girl named Alice finds herself in an alternate version of her own reality after chasing a white rabbit. She becomes surrounded by living inanimate objects and stuffed dead animals, and must find a way out of this nightmare - no matter how twisted or odd that way must be. A memorably bizarre screen version of Lewis Carroll’s novel "Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland".
VHYes
This bizarre retro comedy, shot entirely on VHS and Beta, takes us back to when 12-year-old Ralph, over one formative week, mistakenly records home videos and his favorite late night shows over his parents’ wedding tape.
Carrion
A young woman shows up on her cousin's doorstep after a ten year absence. As dark events from the past resurface, someone in the woods follows their every move.
Dead or Alive: Final
In post-apocalyptic Yokohama, a hard-boiled cop and a mellowed out drifter hook up with a gang of rebels. When the gang kidnap the cop's son, the wheels are set in motion for an inevitable showdown.
Knives and Skin
In the wake of a high school student's mysterious disappearance, a collective awakening seems to overcome the town's teenage girls, gathering in force until it can no longer be contained.
Greener Grass
Suburban soccer moms find themselves constantly competing against each other in their personal lives as their kids settle their differences on the field.
The Taste of Tea
A spell of time in the life of a family in rural Tochigi prefecture. Yoshiko is not an ordinary housewife, instead working on an animated film project. Uncle Ayano, a successful music producer, is looking to get his head together after living in Tokyo. Meanwhile, Sachiko is concerned with why she seems to be followed by a giant version of herself. As the lazy days pass by, each member of the family is followed in a series of episodic vignettes.
Johnny 316
A preacher without resources spends his days reciting Bible verses. One day he meets a young jobless girl who wanders on Hollywood Boulevard. An impossible love story begins.
200 Motels
"Touring makes you crazy," Frank Zappa says, explaining that the idea for this film came to him while the Mothers of Invention were touring. The story, interspersed with performances by the Mothers and the Royal Symphony Orchestra, is a tale of life on the road. The band members' main concerns are the search for groupies and the desire to get paid.
Halley
Alberto is dead and can no longer hide it. Make-up and perfume can no longer conceal his quickly decomposing body. Dismayed, he decides to withdraw from the world, whilst forming an unusual friendship with Luly, the manager of the 24-hour gym where he works as a night guard.
Electroma
Two robots embark on a quest to become human.
Allegro non troppo
The film is a parody of Disney's Fantasia, though possibly more of a challenge to Fantasia than parody status would imply. In the context of this film, "Allegro non Troppo" means Not So Fast!, an interjection meaning "slow down" or "think before you act" and refers to the film's pessimistic view of Western progress (as opposed to the optimism of Disney's original).
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Timothy Carey
Director
Gil Barreto
as
Alonzo
Jackie Raynal
as
Siamesischr Zwiling Leni un Bunny
Dan van Husen
as
Zwolf Lederboys
Takeshi Kitano
Director
Kanji Tsuda
as
Film Director
Yoshiyuki Morishita
as
Light Man in film crew / Audition Juror / Client at bank
Susumu Terajima
as
Takeshi's Friend / Kitano's Yakuza Neighbor
Taichi Saotome
as
Unnamed young man
Daryl Hannah
Director
Hilary Shepard
as
Lady
Neil Young
as
The Man in the Black Hat
Viggo Mortensen
as
Cameron Dove
Lindsay Duncan
as
Dolphin Blue
Sheila Moore
as
Ruth Dove
Roy Abramsohn
as
Gavin Johnson
Rahm Braslaw
as
Josh
Madeline Zima
as
Maiden #2
Susan Sarandon
as
Tracy Beth
Takashi Miike
Director
Hiro Hayama
as
(as Hiroyoshi Komuro)
Ken Lo
as
Gangster
Tony Ho
as
Ping
Shô Aikawa
as
Ryô
James Vincent Meredith
as
Doug Darlington
Marilyn Dodds Frank
as
Gramma Miriam Kitzmiller
Dot-Marie Jones
as
Little Helen
D'Arcy Carden
as
Miss Human
Beck Bennett
as
Nick
Josh Ruben
as
Swim Coach
Hideaki Anno
as
Kasugabe
Tomokazu Miura
as
Nobuo Haruno - father
Ryô Kase
as
Rokutaro Hamadayama - Cosplayer
Rinko Kikuchi
as
Waitress At Noodle Shop
Seymour Cassel
as
Louise Fletcher
as
Vincent Gallo
as
Johnny
Gregory Sierra
as
Kareem
Frank Zappa
Director
George Duke
as
Member of Mothers of Invention
Theodore Bikel
as
Rance Muhammitz / Dave
Maurizio Nichetti
as
The Animator
Néstor Garay
as
The Orchestra Master
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Jan Svankmajer