Directed by Chantal Akerman • 2015 • France, Belgium
Starring Natalia Akerman, Chantal Akerman, Sylvaine Akerman
The final film from groundbreaking auteur Chantal Akerman is a deeply personal, heart-woundingly intimate portrait of her relationship with her mother, Natalia, a Holocaust survivor and familiar presence in many of her daughter’s films. Filmed in the months leading up to Natalia’s death, NO HOME MOVIE achieves a shattering emotional resonance as it meditates on loss and mortality while offering profound insight into Akerman’s inner world.
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Rat Pack Rat
Directed by Todd Rohal • 2014 • United States
Starring Eddie Rouse, Steve Little, Margie BeegleA Sammy Davis Jr. impersonator, hired to visit with a loyal Rat Pack fan, finds himself delivering last rites at the boy’s bedside.
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Carne seca
Directed by Jazmin Diaz • 2015 • United States
Starring Joseph T. Campos, Karina Dominguez, Cristian MirandaTwo brothers in rural Mexico have until sunset to sell a cooler of beef—or face their father’s anger.
