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Series
Primas of power volume 1
Language
English
Description
"After a messy public breakup leaves her face splashed across the tabloids, soap opera darling Jasmine Lin Rodriguez returns to New York City to film the starring role in a bilingual romantic comedy for the number one streaming service in the country. A casting shake-up pairs her with telenovela hunk Ashton Suárez, who is worried about his career after his last telenovela character was killed off. A disastrous first impression smothers the embers...
Series
Publisher
Gunpowder & Sky
Language
English
Formats
Description
A subversive, hilarious comedy, THE LITTLE HOURS introduces three bored and volatile nuns Alessandra (Alison Brie), Fernanda (Aubrey Plaza), and Ginevra (Kate Micucci) who live under the watchful eye of Father Tommasso (John C. Reilly). The arrival of a handsome new groundskeeper (Dave Franco) - introduced to the sisters as a deaf mute to discourage temptation - soon leads to a frenzy of hormones, substance abuse, and wicked revelry.
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Language
English
Formats
Description
A whimsical romantic comedy that's raunchy and yet gentle, IT HAD TO BE YOU explores the choices women face today while satirizing cultural expectations of gender and romance. Sonia is a neurotic jingle writer who's always dreamt of a big and exciting life. Surprised by a sudden proposal and subsequent ultimatum from her easy-going boyfriend, Chris, Sonia has to decide whether she'll join the ranks of her married friends or take a leap and pursue...
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Français
Description
Writer-director Yvan Attal (My wife is an actress) takes a "funny, observant, evanescent approach to the mysteries of human desire" (Jami Bernard, NY Daily News) in Happily ever after, a bittersweet comedy about the battle of the married sexes. Starring Attal and real-life amour Charlotte Gainsbourg (21 Grams), Happily ever after uncovers a web of marital deceit and sexual combustion connecting a handful of Parisian friends, spouses and lovers.
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Arabic
Description
Bursting with mordant wit and alive with urgent real-life dramatic energy, Rashid Masharawi's Laila's birthday is a "fleet, dark urban comedy," (New York Times) that "moves at a brisk clip, ticking incidents like a meter on overtime" (Time Out New York).
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In the delightful farce Meeting Spencer, one of the great character actors of our time, Jeffrey Tambor (Arrested development), steps into a hilariously funny leading role. During one fateful night at Frankie and Johnnie's steakhouse in Manhattan, famed (but fading) director Harris Chappell (Tambor) plans to re-launch his Broadway career after suffering a humiliating series of flops in Hollywood.
7) Alps
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Greek
Description
Yorgos Lanthimos's follow-up to his Academy Award nominee (and cult sensation) Dogtooth is another darkly comic, absurdist vision of (in)human relationships, focusing on a mysterious underground organization that helps mourners get over their losses by impersonating the deceased.
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Best friends forever is a post-apocalyptic Thelma and Louise, where the bond of two badass girlfriends can survive anything, even the end of the world. Harriet (writer/director Brea Grant) is a perpetually perky comic-book artist who has hit a dead-end in Los Angeles. She drags her party-girl BFF Reba (co-writer Vera Miao) along for a road trip to Austin, Texas. Just as they pull out of town, a series of atomic bombs explode across the U.S., and the...
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A movie that "packs a lot of laughs and action into a beautifully shot 105 minutes" (Variety), Chinese odyssey 2002 follows royal heirs Princess Wushuang (Asian pop diva and Chungking Express heroine Faye Wong) and future Emperor Zheng De (Crouching tiger, hidden dragon's Chen Chang) as they escape the Forbidden City to taste life among Ming Dynasty China's have-nots. Combining swordfights, slapstick, satire, songs, and genuine sentiment into a lightning-paced...
11) The nude bomb
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Join Don Adams as Maxwell Smart (aka Agent 86) of the original Get Smart TV series ... [as] Agent 86 is assigned to battle an evil villain who is threatening to drop a "nude bomb" capable of destroying all the fabric in the world"--Container.
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Seven comedies, including four restored from turn of the century Italy and France, a recently-discovered nitrate negative of Charlie Chaplin's first appearance in his tramp attire, a frenetic Mack Sennett gag fest replete with tin lizzies, and The pest (1922), starring a pre-Hardy Stan Laurel.
13) Between us
Series
Publisher
Monterey Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
In this darkly comedic drama, two couples reunite over two incendiary evenings where anything can happen. Grace and Carlo are a newly married New York couple who visit their old friends Sharyl and Joel in their huge Midwestern home. Despite their wealth, the hosts are in a bitterly destructive marriage. A few years later, the couples reunite in New York, only to find tables turned.
14) Look both ways
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A lonely artist who literally envisions disasters around every corner and an emotionally distant photojournalist meet in the aftermath of a train accident and soon their lives are transformed. This romantic comedy about love, life and death marks the live action feature debut of Australian animator Sarah Watt. Winner of Best Film and Director at the Australian Film Institute awards.
Series
Publisher
Oscilloscope Pictures
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
An affair with a 19-year old actor (Christopher Abbott) helps reinvigorate life for thirty-something Amy (Melanie Lynskey) after she moves back home to her parents' house following her divorce, in this humorous take on modern relationships.
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Flicker Alley is proud to present this edition of The late Mathias Pascal. It is remarkably cast with some of the great actors of that era: Ivan Mosjoukine, (as Mathias Pascal), Michel Simon, Lois Moran, Pierre Batcheff and Marcelle Pradot. The film also boasts famous stylized sets designed by Alberto Cavalcanti and Lazare Meerson, seen here to best advantage in a stunning tinted and toned print restored by the Cinèmatheque Française, and accompanied...
17) Almost adults
Series
Publisher
Gravitas
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
This comedy feature follows two best friends in their final year of college while they transition into adulthood. One embraces her sexuality and tries to catch up on everything she has missed during her teenage years, while the other ends a long term relationship with her boyfriend and discovers her life isn't going as planned. Both struggle to keep their friendship together as they begin growing apart.
18) Casanova '70
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Italiano
Description
Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay, Casanova '70 is a raucously funny sex romp starring Marcello Mastroianni at his charismatic peak. Packed with bed-hopping hijinks, a parade of gorgeous actresses, and Mastroianni's hilariously dry wit, Casanova '70 is a colorfully ribald gem from the Golden Age of Italian comedy.
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The new gentlemen, directed by Jacques Feyder, is one of the wittiest, most sophisticated comedies ever to come out of France, describes a tug-of-war over a pretty young actress between an aging aristocrat and a young left-wing union organizer.
20) The general
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Consistently ranked among the greatest films ever made, Buster Keaton's The general is so brilliantly conceived and executed that it continues to inspire awe and laughter with every viewing.
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