Sally Potter

Sally Potter

Charlotte Sally Potter OBE (born 19 September 1949) is an English film director and screenwriter. She is known for directing Orlando (1992), which won the audience prize for Best Film at the Venice Film Festival. She also directed The Tango Lesson (1997), The Man Who Cried (2000), Yes (2004), Rage (2009), Ginger & Rosa (2012), The Party (2017) and most recently The Roads Not Taken (2020).

  • Title: Sally Potter
  • Popularity: 0.3168
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1949-09-19
  • Place of Birth: London
  • Homepage: https://sallypotter.com/
  • Also Known As: 莎莉·波特
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Sally Potter Movies

  • 1997
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    The Tango Lesson

    The Tango Lesson

    6.5 1997 HD

    On a trip to Paris Sally meets Pablo, a tango dancer. He starts teaching her to dance then she returns to London to work on some "projects". She visits Buenos Aires and learns more from Pablo's friends. Sally and Pablo meet again but this time their relationship changes, she realises they want different things from each other. On a trip to Buenos Aires they cement their friendship.

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  • 1995
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    Cinefile: Reel Women

    Cinefile: Reel Women

    1 1995 HD

    Interviews with women directors working in Hollywood and Europe in the early 1990s, exploring the opportunities and obstacles that face them. A program made to accompany a Channel 4 season of films directed and produced by women.

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  • 2000
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    Filming Desire: A Journey Through Women’s Cinema

    Filming Desire: A Journey Through Women’s Cinema

    1 2000 HD

    The film consists largely of a series of interviews with female filmmakers from several different countries and filmmaking eras. Some, such as Agnès Varda and Catherine Breillat (both from France), have been making films for decades in a conscious effort to provide an alternative to the male filmmaking model; others, such as Moufida Tlatli (Tunisia) and Carine Adler (England), are relative newcomers to directing, and their approaches seem more personal and less political. The film as a whole manages to cover some important topics in the feminist debate about film -- how does one construct a female gaze, how can one film nude bodies without objectifying the actors (of either sex), what constitutes a strong female role -- while also making it clear that “women’s film” comprises as many different approaches to filmmaking as there are female filmmakers.

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  • 1972
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    Portraits

    Portraits

    1 1972 HD

    Faces pass by in quickly edited, split-screen recordings. A 'structuralist' film in which the film material itself plays an important role. Grain, scratches and flickering give the film texture. The music is by Steve Reich.

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  • 1992
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    Orlando

    Orlando

    6.9 1992 HD

    England, 1600. Queen Elizabeth I promises Orlando, a young nobleman obsessed with poetry, that she will grant him land and fortune if he agrees to satisfy a very particular request.

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  • 1992
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    Orlando

    Orlando

    6.9 1992 HD

    England, 1600. Queen Elizabeth I promises Orlando, a young nobleman obsessed with poetry, that she will grant him land and fortune if he agrees to satisfy a very particular request.

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  • 1992
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    Orlando

    Orlando

    6.9 1992 HD

    England, 1600. Queen Elizabeth I promises Orlando, a young nobleman obsessed with poetry, that she will grant him land and fortune if he agrees to satisfy a very particular request.

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  • 2005
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    Yes

    Yes

    5.652 2005 HD

    She is a scientist. He is a Lebanese doctor. They meet at a banquet and fall into a carefree, passionate relationship. But difficulties abound because of his heritage and her loveless marriage. She flies to Havana to sort things out on the beach and in the cabarets. She sends him a ticket, but harbors no illusions that He will join her in this Caribbean melting pot.

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  • 2005
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    Yes

    Yes

    5.652 2005 HD

    She is a scientist. He is a Lebanese doctor. They meet at a banquet and fall into a carefree, passionate relationship. But difficulties abound because of his heritage and her loveless marriage. She flies to Havana to sort things out on the beach and in the cabarets. She sends him a ticket, but harbors no illusions that He will join her in this Caribbean melting pot.

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  • 1997
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    The Tango Lesson

    The Tango Lesson

    6.5 1997 HD

    On a trip to Paris Sally meets Pablo, a tango dancer. He starts teaching her to dance then she returns to London to work on some "projects". She visits Buenos Aires and learns more from Pablo's friends. Sally and Pablo meet again but this time their relationship changes, she realises they want different things from each other. On a trip to Buenos Aires they cement their friendship.

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  • 1997
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    The Tango Lesson

    The Tango Lesson

    6.5 1997 HD

    On a trip to Paris Sally meets Pablo, a tango dancer. He starts teaching her to dance then she returns to London to work on some "projects". She visits Buenos Aires and learns more from Pablo's friends. Sally and Pablo meet again but this time their relationship changes, she realises they want different things from each other. On a trip to Buenos Aires they cement their friendship.

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  • 2009
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    Rage

    Rage

    3.469 2009 HD

    A schoolboy uses his cellphone camera to shoot intimate interviews with people working at a New York fashion house and secretly posts them on the internet. Result: a bitterly funny expose of an industry in crisis, during a week in which an accident on the runway becomes a murder investigation, and denial leads to devastation.

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  • 2009
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    Rage

    Rage

    3.469 2009 HD

    A schoolboy uses his cellphone camera to shoot intimate interviews with people working at a New York fashion house and secretly posts them on the internet. Result: a bitterly funny expose of an industry in crisis, during a week in which an accident on the runway becomes a murder investigation, and denial leads to devastation.

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  • 2009
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    Rage

    Rage

    3.469 2009 HD

    A schoolboy uses his cellphone camera to shoot intimate interviews with people working at a New York fashion house and secretly posts them on the internet. Result: a bitterly funny expose of an industry in crisis, during a week in which an accident on the runway becomes a murder investigation, and denial leads to devastation.

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  • 2009
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    Rage

    Rage

    3.469 2009 HD

    A schoolboy uses his cellphone camera to shoot intimate interviews with people working at a New York fashion house and secretly posts them on the internet. Result: a bitterly funny expose of an industry in crisis, during a week in which an accident on the runway becomes a murder investigation, and denial leads to devastation.

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  • 2000
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    The Man Who Cried

    The Man Who Cried

    6.1 2000 HD

    A young refugee travels from Russia to America in search of her lost father and falls in love with a gypsy horseman.

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  • 2000
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    The Man Who Cried

    The Man Who Cried

    6.1 2000 HD

    A young refugee travels from Russia to America in search of her lost father and falls in love with a gypsy horseman.

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  • 1983
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    The Gold Diggers

    The Gold Diggers

    5.306 1983 HD

    An avant-garde examination of the relationship between women and money in society. Mixing musical, silent melodrama, and philosophical treatise into a post-punk, heady brew.

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  • 1986
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    The London Story

    The London Story

    5.2 1986 HD

    A mysterious woman recruits a Cabinet doorman and an ex-civil servant for a plot to bring down the British government.

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  • 1986
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    The London Story

    The London Story

    5.2 1986 HD

    A mysterious woman recruits a Cabinet doorman and an ex-civil servant for a plot to bring down the British government.

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  • 2012
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    Ginger & Rosa

    Ginger & Rosa

    6 2012 HD

    A look at the lives of two teenage girls - inseparable friends Ginger and Rosa -- growing up in 1960s London as the Cuban Missile Crisis looms, and the pivotal event the comes to redefine their relationship.

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  • 2012
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    Ginger & Rosa

    Ginger & Rosa

    6 2012 HD

    A look at the lives of two teenage girls - inseparable friends Ginger and Rosa -- growing up in 1960s London as the Cuban Missile Crisis looms, and the pivotal event the comes to redefine their relationship.

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  • 1970
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    Play

    Play

    5.2 1970 HD

    Children playing on the street.

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  • 1971
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    Hors d'oeuvres

    Hors d'oeuvres

    4.5 1971 HD

    Silent footage of dancers is visually manipulated in a variety of ways.

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  • 1979
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    Thriller

    Thriller

    6 1979 HD

    What happens after the curtain falls on the death of Mimi, tragic heroine of Puccini's La boheme. In Thriller, Mimi teams up with the opera's comic heroine Musetta to investigate her own death.

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  • 1969
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    Jerk

    Jerk

    4.5 1969 HD

    Film shot one frame at a time, of three faces, including a brother and sister, which merge to become one, followed by a short sequence of minimalist gesture.

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  • 2005
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    Yes

    Yes

    5.652 2005 HD

    She is a scientist. He is a Lebanese doctor. They meet at a banquet and fall into a carefree, passionate relationship. But difficulties abound because of his heritage and her loveless marriage. She flies to Havana to sort things out on the beach and in the cabarets. She sends him a ticket, but harbors no illusions that He will join her in this Caribbean melting pot.

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  • 2022
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    Look at Me

    Look at Me

    4.5 2022 HD

    Rehearsals for a fundraising gala become the arena for a struggle between two men; one, the gala director and the other, a richly talented but unstable rock drummer. As their battle for expression and control escalates against a relentless rhythmic backdrop, their public and private selves explosively collide.

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  • 1988
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    I Am an Ox, I Am a Horse, I Am a Man, I Am a Woman

    I Am an Ox, I Am a Horse, I Am a Man, I Am a Woman

    5.7 1988 HD

    This glasnost-era documentary, which incorporates footage from films from the 1920s through the 1980s, looks at the history of women in Russian cinema through the eyes of Russian women directors, actors, and scriptwriters. The film’s title refers to a WWII slogan about women doing the work of absent men in the fields and at home. Featuring Kira Muratova, Natalia Ryazantseva, Inna Churikova, Nonna Mordyukova, and others.

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  • 1979
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    Thriller

    Thriller

    6 1979 HD

    What happens after the curtain falls on the death of Mimi, tragic heroine of Puccini's La boheme. In Thriller, Mimi teams up with the opera's comic heroine Musetta to investigate her own death.

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  • 1979
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    Thriller

    Thriller

    6 1979 HD

    What happens after the curtain falls on the death of Mimi, tragic heroine of Puccini's La boheme. In Thriller, Mimi teams up with the opera's comic heroine Musetta to investigate her own death.

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  • 1979
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    Thriller

    Thriller

    6 1979 HD

    What happens after the curtain falls on the death of Mimi, tragic heroine of Puccini's La boheme. In Thriller, Mimi teams up with the opera's comic heroine Musetta to investigate her own death.

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  • 2022
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    Look at Me

    Look at Me

    4.5 2022 HD

    Rehearsals for a fundraising gala become the arena for a struggle between two men; one, the gala director and the other, a richly talented but unstable rock drummer. As their battle for expression and control escalates against a relentless rhythmic backdrop, their public and private selves explosively collide.

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  • 1986
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    Tears

    Tears

    1 1986 HD

    Why do we cry? Can men cry too? When are tears acceptable and when are they not?

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  • 1986
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    Fear

    Fear

    1 1986 HD

    People who have experienced fear - those involved in the peace movement, a child, a politian and a film director - discuss the psychological and physical aspects of this emotion.

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  • 1986
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    Laughter

    Laughter

    1 1986 HD

    Examines laughter, its representation in film and its day to day function. Well known people from various backgrounds discuss the issue and what it means to them.

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  • 1986
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    Rage

    Rage

    1 1986 HD

    Explores rage, its function and its representation in film. Why does rage occur, how does it differ between people and how do children feel about it? Also questions if rage can ever be a constructive emotion.

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  • 1984
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    Imagining October

    Imagining October

    3 1984 HD

    Imagining October explores art and politics in the final years of the Cold War, drawing connections between pre-Perestroika Russia and Thatcherite Britain. The title refers to the 1917 Bolshevik revolution and Sergei Eisenstein’s propaganda film October: Ten Days That Shook the World 1928. The project began during a trip to the Soviet Union sponsored by the British Film Institute in October 1984. Jarman was invited to present The Tempest in Moscow and Baku with fellow filmmaker Sally Potter and film theorist Peter Wollen and asked in return to make a short film for the London Film Festival in November.

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  • 1970
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    Alma

    Alma

    1 1970 HD

    A family embarks on an expedition to scatter the ashes of an archaeologist. As they pitch camp at one of the archaeologist's sites, sibling rivalries and buried tensions arise.

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  • 1972
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    Combines

    Combines

    1 1972 HD

    One of the earliest events to combine dance on film projected in juxtaposition with live performances by the same dancers. The films included rehearsals of the sequences being danced in their final form on stage; portraits of individual dancers, and different interpretations of the same segment of choreography by different dancers intercut with images of them preparing to come on stage. Also included blown-up Polaroid close-up portraits of dancers.

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  • 1972
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    Combines

    Combines

    1 1972 HD

    One of the earliest events to combine dance on film projected in juxtaposition with live performances by the same dancers. The films included rehearsals of the sequences being danced in their final form on stage; portraits of individual dancers, and different interpretations of the same segment of choreography by different dancers intercut with images of them preparing to come on stage. Also included blown-up Polaroid close-up portraits of dancers.

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  • 1972
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    Combines

    Combines

    1 1972 HD

    One of the earliest events to combine dance on film projected in juxtaposition with live performances by the same dancers. The films included rehearsals of the sequences being danced in their final form on stage; portraits of individual dancers, and different interpretations of the same segment of choreography by different dancers intercut with images of them preparing to come on stage. Also included blown-up Polaroid close-up portraits of dancers.

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  • 2017
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    The Party

    The Party

    6.345 2017 HD

    Various individuals think they’re coming together for a party in a private home, but a series of revelations results in a huge crisis that throws their belief systems – and their values – into total disarray.

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  • 1979
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    Thriller

    Thriller

    6 1979 HD

    What happens after the curtain falls on the death of Mimi, tragic heroine of Puccini's La boheme. In Thriller, Mimi teams up with the opera's comic heroine Musetta to investigate her own death.

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  • 1997
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    The Tango Lesson

    The Tango Lesson

    6.5 1997 HD

    On a trip to Paris Sally meets Pablo, a tango dancer. He starts teaching her to dance then she returns to London to work on some "projects". She visits Buenos Aires and learns more from Pablo's friends. Sally and Pablo meet again but this time their relationship changes, she realises they want different things from each other. On a trip to Buenos Aires they cement their friendship.

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  • 2017
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    The Party

    The Party

    6.345 2017 HD

    Various individuals think they’re coming together for a party in a private home, but a series of revelations results in a huge crisis that throws their belief systems – and their values – into total disarray.

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  • 1970
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    Orlando, Now

    Orlando, Now

    1 1970 HD

    A re-framing both of Virginia Woolf’s 1928 novel Orlando, and of Potter’s film of the same name. Through song and dance, the new film will explore Orlando’s 400 year journey, with questions of class, race, sex, Britain’s imperialist history and what it means to be British now. In a departure from the original novel and film, a Black narrator and chorus will operate as a guide for the audience, bringing to light stories that were not told in the book and its adaptation.

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  • 1983
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    The Gold Diggers

    The Gold Diggers

    5.306 1983 HD

    An avant-garde examination of the relationship between women and money in society. Mixing musical, silent melodrama, and philosophical treatise into a post-punk, heady brew.

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  • 1983
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    The Gold Diggers

    The Gold Diggers

    5.306 1983 HD

    An avant-garde examination of the relationship between women and money in society. Mixing musical, silent melodrama, and philosophical treatise into a post-punk, heady brew.

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  • 2020
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    The Roads Not Taken

    The Roads Not Taken

    5.5 2020 HD

    The film follows 24 hours in the life of father and daughter Leo and Molly, as they weave their way around New York City, until their ordinary but stressful day takes on a hallucinatory and epic quality.

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  • 2020
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    The Roads Not Taken

    The Roads Not Taken

    5.5 2020 HD

    The film follows 24 hours in the life of father and daughter Leo and Molly, as they weave their way around New York City, until their ordinary but stressful day takes on a hallucinatory and epic quality.

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  • 2020
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    The Roads Not Taken

    The Roads Not Taken

    5.5 2020 HD

    The film follows 24 hours in the life of father and daughter Leo and Molly, as they weave their way around New York City, until their ordinary but stressful day takes on a hallucinatory and epic quality.

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  • 2020
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    The Roads Not Taken

    The Roads Not Taken

    5.5 2020 HD

    The film follows 24 hours in the life of father and daughter Leo and Molly, as they weave their way around New York City, until their ordinary but stressful day takes on a hallucinatory and epic quality.

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  • 1983
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    The Gold Diggers

    The Gold Diggers

    5.306 1983 HD

    An avant-garde examination of the relationship between women and money in society. Mixing musical, silent melodrama, and philosophical treatise into a post-punk, heady brew.

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  • 1970
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    Alma

    Alma

    1 1970 HD

    A family embarks on an expedition to scatter the ashes of an archaeologist. As they pitch camp at one of the archaeologist's sites, sibling rivalries and buried tensions arise.

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  • 2022
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    Reel Britannia

    Reel Britannia

    8.7 2022 HD

    Comedian Nick Helm narrates this bold new documentary series exploring the dramatic history of British cinema. Discover how cinema held a mirror up to society from 1960 through to the 00s.

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