OCTOBER 27, 2023
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Priscilla
Directed By: Sofia Coppola
Studio: A24
When teenage Priscilla Beaulieu meets Elvis Presley at a party, the man who is already a meteoric rock-and-roll superstar becomes someone entirely unexpected in private moments: a thrilling crush, an ally in loneliness, a vulnerable best friend. Through Priscilla’s eyes, Sofia Coppola tells the unseen side of a great American myth in Elvis and Priscilla’s long courtship and turbulent marriage, from a German army base to his dream-world estate at Graceland, in this deeply felt and ravishingly detailed portrait of love, fantasy, and fame.
Starring: Cailee Spaeny, Jacob Elordi, Ari Cohen, Dagmara Dominczyk, Tim Post, and Lynne Griffin
Genre: Biography | Drama | Music
Rating: R (for drug use and some language)
Country: USA | Italy (English)
Runtime: 113 minutes
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What Happens Later
Directed By: Meg Ryan
Studio: Bleecker Street
Two ex lovers, Bill (David Duchovny) and Willa (Meg Ryan) get snowed in at a regional airport overnight. Indefinitely delayed, Willa, a magical thinker, and Bill, a catastrophic one, find themselves just as attracted to and annoyed by one another as they did decades earlier. But as they unpack the riddle of their mutual past and compare their lives to the dreams they once shared, they begin to wonder if their reunion is mere coincidence, or something more enchanted.
Starring: Meg Ryan and David Duchovny
Genre: Comedy | Romance
Rating: R (for language, some sexual references and brief drug use)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 105 minutes
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The Marsh King’s Daughter
Directed By: Neil Burger
Studio: Lionsgate + Roadside Attractions
In the tense thriller The Marsh King’s Daughter, a woman with a secret past will venture into the wilderness she left behind to confront the most dangerous man she’s ever met: her father. In the film, Helena’s (Daisy Ridley) seemingly ordinary life hides a dark and dangerous truth: her estranged father is the infamous Marsh King (Ben Mendelsohn), the man who kept her and her mother captive in the wilderness for years. When her father escapes from prison, Helena will need to confront her past. Knowing that he will hunt for her and her family, Helena must find the strength to face her demons and outmaneuver the man who taught her everything she knows about surviving in the wild.
Starring: Daisy Ridley, Ben Mendelsohn, Garrett Hedlund, Caren Pistorius, Brooklynn Prince, and Gil Birmingham
Genre: Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Rating: R (for violence)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 108 minutes
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All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
Directed By: Raven Jackson
Studio: A24
A lyrical, decades-spanning exploration across a woman’s life in Mississippi, the feature debut from award-winning poet, photographer and filmmaker Raven Jackson is a haunting and richly layered portrait, a beautiful ode to the generations of people and places that shape us.
Starring: Charleen McClure, Moses Ingram, Reginald Helms Jr., Zainab Jah, Sheila Atim and Chris Chalk. Barry Jenkins
Genre: Drama
Rating: PG (for thematic content and brief sensuality)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 92 minutes
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Rustin
Directed By: George C. Wolfe
Studio: Netflix
The architect of 1963’s momentous March on Washington, Bayard Rustin was one of the greatest activists and organizers the world has ever known. He challenged authority, never apologized for who he was, what he believed, or who he desired. And he did not back down. He made history, and in turn, he was forgotten. Directed by DGA Award and five-time Tony Award winner George C. Wolfe and starring Emmy Award winner Colman Domingo, Rustin shines a long overdue spotlight on the extraordinary man who, alongside giants like the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr., Adam Clayton Powell Jr., and Ella Baker, dared to imagine a different world, and inspired a movement in a march toward freedom.
Starring: Colman Domingo, Chris Rock, Glynn Turman, Aml Ameen, CCH Pounder, Michael Potts, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, and Jeffrey Wright
Genre: Biography | Drama | History
Rating: PG-13 (for thematic material, some violence, sexual material, language including racial slurs, brief drug use, and smoking)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 106 minutes
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Quiz Lady
Directed By: Jessica Yu
Studio: Hulu + 20th Century Studios
In Quiz Lady, a brilliant but tightly wound, gameshow-obsessed young woman, Anne (Awkwafina), and her estranged, train-wreck of a sister Jenny (Sandra Oh), must work together to help cover their mother’s gambling debts. When Anne’s beloved dog is kidnapped, they set out on a wild, cross-country trek to get the cash the only way they know how: by turning Anne into a bona-fide gameshow champion.
Starring: Sandra Oh, Awkwafina, Jason Schwartzman, Tony Hale, Holland Taylor, Will Ferrell, and Paul Reubens
Genre: Comedy
Rating: R (for some drug use and language)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 99 minutes
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Subject
Directed By: Camilla Hall & Jennifer Tiexiera
Studio: Greenwich Entertainment
In the golden age of documentaries, who benefits? SUBJECT reveals the unintended consequences — good, bad, and complicated — of having your life shared on screen. Featuring the protagonists of acclaimed documentaries The Staircase, Hoop Dreams, The Wolfpack, Capturing the Friedmans, and The Square, as well as the filmmakers of Minding the Gap, Cameraperson, An Inconvenient Truth, and more.
Starring: Evgeny Afineevsky, Arthur Agee, Mukunda Angulo, Patricia Aufderheide, Assia Boundaoui, Joe Brewster, and Bing Liu
Genre: Documentary
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 97 minutes
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Radical
Directed By: Christopher Zalla
Studio: Miercoles Entertainment
In a Mexican border town plagued by neglect, corruption, and violence, a frustrated teacher tries a radical new method to break through his students’ apathy and unlock their curiosity, their potential… and maybe even their genius. Based on a true story.
Starring: Eugenio Derbez, Daniel Haddad, Jennifer Trejo, Mia Fernanda Solis, Danilo Guardiola, and Gilberto Barraza
Genre: Drama | International
Rating: PG-13 (for some strong violent content, thematic material and strong language)
Country: Mexico (Spanish)
Runtime: 125 minutes
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Sly
Directed By: Thom Zimny
Studio: Netflix
For nearly 50 years Sylvester Stallone has entertained millions with iconic characters and blockbuster franchises, from Rocky to Rambo to The Expendables. This retrospective documentary offers an intimate look at the Oscar-nominated actor-writer-director-producer, paralleling his inspirational underdog-story with the indelible characters he has brought to life.
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Quentin Tarantino, Frank Stallone, Talia Shire, Henry Winkler, Scarlet Rose Stallone, Sistine Rose Stallone, and Sophia Rose Stallone
Genre: Documentary | Biography
Rating: R (for some language)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 95 minutes
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The Lady Bird Diaries
Directed By: Dawn Porter
Studio: Hulu
“The Lady Bird Diaries” is a groundbreaking documentary that looks at one of the most influential and least-understood first ladies, featuring audio from the 123 hours of personal and revealing diaries Lady Bird Johnson began recording after JFK’s assassination and continued throughout her husband’s administration.
Starring: Lady Bird Johnson
Genre: Documentary
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 100 minutes
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Rumble Through the Dark
Directed By: Graham & Parker Phillips
Studio: Lionsgate
In the dark landscape of the Mississippi Delta, a bare knuckle cage fighter seeks to repay his debts in a final, desperate attempt to salvage the family home of his dying foster mother.
Starring: Bella Thorne, Aaron Eckhart, Ritchie Coster, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Derek Russo, and Liz Fenning
Genre: Action | Mystery
Rating: R (for violence, language and some sexual material)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 116 minutes
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The Christmas Classic
Directed By: Shane Dax Taylor
Studio: Quiver Distribution
The Christmas Classic follows Elizabeth Bird (Malin Akerman) home for the holidays where she has been sent by her boss to buy the small, rundown local ski resort, Ski Alto. She hopes to close the deal and leave the same day, avoiding her oddball family, but she accidentally bumps into her sister, Lynn Flynn (Amy Smart) and is forced to stay through Christmas. She meets Randy Collins (Ryan Hansen) and is charmed by him and the small town she thought she hated. She finds herself in a dilemma. Should she marry her rich, trust fund, controlling fiancé? Or find something happy and healthier back home, surrounded by love and family?
Starring: Amy Smart, Malin Akerman, Ryan Hansen, Austin Nichols, Carlos Alazraqui, and Chris Mullinax
Genre: Comedy | Romance
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 80 minutes
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Death On The Border
Directed By: Wendy Wilkins
Studio: VMI Worldwide
Two determined women vie to escape their abusive relationships with a dirty Detective at rock bottom, determined to move sex trafficked girls over the Mexican border.
Starring: Eric Roberts, Shannon Elizabeth, Danny Trejo, Frank Whaley, and Kika Magalhães
Genre: Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 95 minutes
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Squealer
Directed By: Andy Armstrong
Studio: Lionsgate
Tyrese Gibson (The Fast and the Furious franchise) and Theo Rossi (“Sons of Anarchy”) star in this terrifying thriller inspired by real events. When young women start disappearing in a small town, a police officer and a street-smart social worker follow clues to a remote pig farm, where they discover the local butcher has been bringing his work home. Enter the world of a serial killer and experience for yourself the bloodcurdling horror of a film that’s bound to take your breath away.
Starring: Wes Chatham, Katherine Moennig, Theo Rossi, Ronnie Gene Blevins, and Tyrese Gibson
Genre: Action | Horror | Thriller
Rating: R (for strong violence and gore, drug use, graphic nudity, some sexual material and language throughout)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 100 minutes
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Hands That Bind
Directed By: Kyle Armstrong
Studio: Dark Sky Films
Hands that Bind is a slow burn prairie gothic drama set in the 1980s in small town Alberta. Andy, a hired farmhand, is dreaming of a better way of life. Andy devotes himself to working another man’s land, trying to establish new roots with his wife Susan and their children, with the hope that this land might one day be his. Those hopes are dashed when his boss’s prodigal son unexpectedly returns. As Andy struggles with his family’s future in a world that is increasingly uncertain, a darkness settles over the community and mysterious, unsettling events begin to happen around him. As tensions grow in his relationships, desperation takes hold and Andy’s world begins to spiral beyond his control. He watches as his way of life begins slipping through his fingers, and as Andy confronts a changing culture, he’s forced to make decisions that will have lasting consequences.
Starring: Bruce Dern, Paul Sparks, Nicholas Campbell, Landon Liboiron, Susan Kent, and Robert Nogier
Genre: Drama | International
Rating: Not Rated
Country: Canada (English)
Runtime: 116 minutes
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At The Gates
Directed By: Augustus Meleo Bernstein
Studio: Picturehouse
When immigration officers arrive at an affluent family’s home searching for its housekeeper and her son, their employers convince them to go into hiding in the family’s basement closet. What unfolds is a riveting thriller about two families who begin to question each other’s true intentions as the days go by and the threat looms ever nearer.
Starring: Ezekiel Pacheco, Sadie Stanley, Christopher Alvarenga, and Vanessa Benavente
Genre: Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Rating: R (for language and some drug use)
Country: USA (English & Spanish)
Runtime: 97 minutes
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Twice Colonized
Directed By: Lin Alluna
Studio: Film Movement
Renowned Inuit lawyer Aaju Peter has led a lifelong fight for the rights of her people. When her son suddenly dies, Aaju embarks on a journey to reclaim her language and culture after a lifetime of whitewashing and forced assimilation. But is it possible to change the world and mend your own wounds at the same time?
Starring: Aleqa Hammond, Paninnguaq Heilmann, Asta Helms, Anne Kirstine Hermann, and Rasmus Holm
Genre: Documentary | Drama | International
Rating: Not Rated
Country: Denmark | Greenland | Canada (Danish, Greenlandic, English, & Inuktitut)
Runtime: 91 minutes
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Touch the Water
Directed By: Travis Holt Hamilton
Studio: Holt Hamilton Films
A young man inspires an elderly Native American woman to embark on a life-changing journey to swim in the ocean for the first time.
Starring: Pershlie Ami, Emeka Ukaga, Jan Sandwich, Roz Monahan, and Dan Weisgerber
Genre: Drama
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 94 minutes
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Helen’s Dead
Directed By: K. Asher Levin
Studio: Screen Media Films
After a terrible breakup with her boyfriend, Addie goes to confront her best friend about cheating allegations and accidentally steps into a murder scene.
Starring: Annabelle Dexter-Jones, Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz, Emile Hirsch, Tyrese Gibson, Beth Dover, Dylan Gelula, Oliver Cooper, and Brian Huskey
Genre: Comedy | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 84 minutes
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Deadland
Directed By: Lance Larson
Studio: Vertical
Deadland is an elevated thriller where a US border patrol agent tries to apprehend the ghost of his father, a grave decision that will haunt him forever.
Starring: Chris Mulkey, Julio Cesar Cedillo, Luis Chávez, Julieth Restrepo, Roberto Urbina, and Kendal Rae
Genre: Thriller | Western
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA | Venezuela (English)
Runtime: 92 minutes
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Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
Directed By: Joe Brewster & Michele Stephenson
Studio: HBO Documentary Films
GOING TO MARS: THE NIKKI GIOVANNI PROJECT travels through time and space to reveal the enduring influence of Nikki Giovanni, one of America’s greatest living artists and social commentators. Giovanni reckons with the inevitable passing of time in intimate vérité and revealing archival footage. The film is a collision of memories, moments in American history, live readings, and visually innovative treatments of her poetry.
Starring: Nikki Giovanni, Taraji P. Henson, Virginia Fowler, and Kai Giovanni
Genre: Documentary
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 102 minutes
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The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes
Directed By: Tomohisa Taguchi & Kanji Miyake
Studio: IFC FIlms
The Urashima Tunnel can grant any wish… for a price. High school boy Kaoru, plagued by a troubled past, teams up with Anzu, a girl who struggles to place obligations before her dreams, to investigate the Tunnel. But the cost of their hearts’ desires may be too high to pay. This is an unforgettable summer story of nostalgia, young love and bending time itself.
Starring: Oji Suzuka, Marie Iitoyo, Rikiya Koyama, Seiran Kobayashi, and Shelley Calene-Black
Genre: Animation | Drama | Fantasy | International | Mystery | Romance | Sci-Fi
Rating: Not Rated
Country: Japan (Japanese)
Runtime: 83 minutes
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Open
Directed By: Miles Doleac
Studio: Virgil Films
OPEN tells the story of Kristina, a woman in a troubled marriage, who falls for a former TV star and teen heartthrob, whose previously promising career has collapsed. All the while, Kristina experiences music video-like hallucinations wherein she fronts an 80’s new wave band.
Starring: William Forsythe, Jeremy London, Elena Sanchez, Miles Doleac, Amber Reign Smith, and Lindsay Anne Williams
Genre: Comedy | Musical | Thriller
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 119 minutes
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Allswell in New York
Directed By: Ben Snyder
Studio: S&R Films
Three sets of Taiwanese transplants connect and inspire one another in New York City: a lonely Mandarin-English interpreter, two young hip-hop dance enthusiasts, and a middle-aged couple.
Starring: Elizabeth Rodriguez, Liza Colón-Zayas, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Felix Solis, Max Casella, Michael Rispoli, Shyrley Rodriguez, Mackenzie Lansing, J. Cameron Barnett, and Bobby Cannavale
Genre: Comedy | Drama
Rating: R (for language)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 95 minutes
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Landfill
Directed By: Yesser Laham
Studio: Indican Pictures
When a little girl begins to see the ghost of another girl her age shortly after finding a necklace at a landfill, she embarks on a journey to help the ghost discover the mystery behind her death.
Starring: Linda Blair, Christine Elise, Michael Dudikoff, Adrienne Wilkinson, David Lee Smith, and Angela Jones
Genre: Crime | Family | Fantasy | Thriller
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 116 minutes
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Shot In The Arm
Directed By: Scott Hamilton Kennedy
Studio: Black Valley Films
Before anyone had heard of COVID-19, filmmaker Scott Hamilton Kennedy (THE GARDEN, FOOD EVOLUTION) began investigating the global measles epidemic. Filming with top public health officials–including Tony Fauci–as well as rare interviews with anti-vaccine activists who were persuading parents by the millions to refuse vaccines for their children. Then COVID-19 happened. Acting quickly, Kennedy shifted his directorial eye to this once-in-a-century tragedy. Both skeptical and hopeful, SHOT IN THE ARM explores vaccine hesitancy historically and in the context of our modern pandemic. Can we replace cynicism with healthy curiosity and bridge the political divides that make us sick?
Starring: Del Bigtree, Catherine Borek, Paul Offit, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Oprah Winfrey
Genre: Documentary
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 89 minutes
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What Happened At 625 River Road
Directed By: Devon Jovi Johnson
Studio: Freestyle Digital Media
A psychological thriller, based on true events that occurred, following two female students to New York. As they arrive at their rental home, 625 River Road, a chain of mysterious events take place that are still unsolved to this day.
Starring: Francheska Pujols, Summer Foley, Silvana Jakich, Pete Alex Marzecki, and Matrell Smith
Genre: Horror | Thriller
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 72 minutes
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Lucy and Whitney
Directed By: Parker Gehring
Studio: Indican Pictures
Sisters Lucy and Whitney embark on an emotional journey together after Whitney’s marriage changes their lives. Home from college for the summer and not having Whitney available as before, Lucy accepts a job offer from her local church leader, Bishop Reed. While working there, she discovers a new passion for her faith when she meets newly returned Mormon missionary, Evan. Whitney, elated by her new marriage to Jacob, suddenly is confronted by the fact that married life is not quite the dream she’d imagined.
Starring: Naomi Winders, Sadie Veach, Susan Walker Gehring, McKay Fritz, Caleb Hafen, and Chad Gehring
Genre: Comedy | Drama
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 115 minutes
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Courtney Gets Possessed
Directed By: Jono Mitchell & Madison Hatfield
Studio: TriCoast Worldwide
A bumbling wedding party must battle the forces of hell when a bride becomes possessed by the Devil (her ex-boyfriend) the night before her wedding.
Starring: Lauren Buglioli, Madison Hatfield, Jonathon Pawlowski, Najah Bradley, Zae Jordan, Aditi George, Steven Reddington, and Byron Wigfall
Genre: Comedy | Horror
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: — minutes
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The Taste of Rice Flower
Directed By: Peng Fei Song
Studio: Cheng Cheng Films
Ye Nan, a mother belonging to the Dai minority, comes back to her village after living in the city. She wants to take care of the 13-year-old daughter she’d left behind, but the road to rebuilding their relationship is full of obstacles.
Starring: Ze Ying, Bule Ye, Men Ye, Pin Ye, and Ainan Cha
Genre: Drama | International
Rating: Not Rated
Country: China (Mandarin)
Runtime: 102 minutes
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Project Z
Directed By: Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken
Studio: Dark Star Pictures
A group of film students bring along three unemployed actors to make a zombie movie at a closed motel in the Norwegian mountainside. Suddenly their fiction is turned into reality, when an unknown creature starts to terrorize the group.
Starring: Eili Harboe, Regina Tucker, Vebjørn Enger, Jonis Josef, Iben Akerlie, Arthur Berning, Dennis Storhøi, and Alexandra Gjerpen
Genre: Comedy | Horror | International
Rating: Not Rated
Country: Norway (Norwegian & English)
Runtime: 89 minutes
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Lonesome Soldier
Directed By: Nino Aldi
Studio: Military Movies
Based on a True American Story, Lonesome Soldier follows the life of Jackson Harlow, from young dreamer to haunted war veteran in this harrowing portrayal of PTS(D) and the effects it has, not only on Soldiers, but also their loved ones.
Starring: John Ashton, Allison McAtee, Alexander Randazzo, Jamie Bernadette, Steve Monroe, and Leah Grosjean
Genre: Biography | Drama | Thriller | War
Rating: R (for pervasive language, drug use, some violent content and sexual references)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 109 minutes
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In the Court of the Crimson King: King Crimson at 50
Directed By: Toby Amies
Studio: Monoduo Films
King Crimson is a band that people literally are dying to be in. In the Court of the Crimson King is a dark, comic film for anyone who wonders whether it is worth sacrificing everything for just a single moment of transcendence. For over 50 years Robert Fripp, also famous for his work with David Bowie and Brian Eno, has overseen a unique creative environment in which freedom and responsibility conspire to place extraordinary demands on the band’s members — only alleviated by the applause of an audience whose adoration threatens to make their lives even harder. It’s a rewarding and perilous space in which the extraordinary is possible, nothing is certain, and not everyone survives intact.
Starring: Toby Amies, Adrian Belew, Biff Blumfumgagnge, Bill Bruford, Mel Collins, and Robert Fripp
Genre: Documentary | Comedy | Horror | International | Music
Rating: Not Rated
Country: UK (English)
Runtime: 86 minutes
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