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Amazon Prime Video
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3.9
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100
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The Decline of Western Civilization (1981)
The Los Angeles punk music scene circa 1980 is the focus of this film. With Alice Bag Band, Black Flag, Catholic Discipline, Circle Jerks, Fear, Germs, and X.
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Amazon Prime Video
74
7.2
/314/
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/19/
66
/14/
3.6
/788/
100
/21/
60
/7/
76
/5/

Half the Picture (2018)
At a pivotal moment for gender equality in Hollywood, successful women directors talk about their art, lives and careers.
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78
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7.5
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75
/117/
70
/81/
3.7
/3701/
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84
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Corman's World (2011)
A chronicle of the long career of American filmmaker Roger Corman, the most tenacious and ingenious low-budget producer and director in the US film industry, a pioneer of independent filmmaking and discoverer of new talent.
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Amazon Prime Video
80
66
7.6
/1902/
72
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71
/39/
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100
/13/
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85
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Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004)
A documentary on the Z Channel, one of the first pay cable stations in the US, and its programming chief, Jerry Harvey. Debuting in 1974, the LA-based channel's eclectic slate of movies became a prime example of the untapped power of cable television.
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Fandor
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/79/
3.7
/11157/
76
/17/
76
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The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years (1988)
An exploration of the heavy metal scene in Los Angeles, with particular emphasis on glam metal. It features concert footage and interviews of legendary heavy metal and hard rock bands and artists such as Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Kiss, Megadeth, Motörhead, Ozzy Osbourne and W.A.S.P..
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Kanopy
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6.3
/1197/
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/54/
60
/31/
3.3
/4493/
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/52/
89
/14/
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Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power (2022)
Investigates the politics of cinematic shot design, and how this meta-level of filmmaking intersects with the twin epidemics of sexual abuse/assault and employment discrimination against women, with over 80 movie clips from 1896 - 2020.
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The Kid & I (2005)
Aaron Roman is a teenager with cerebral palsy who dreams of starring in a big-time action movie. When his father grants Aaron his wish for his eighteenth birthday, he experiences the reality a bit hard to manage.
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6.3
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50
/10/
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/15/
3.1
/819/
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For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism (2009)
The story of American film criticism.
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At the Video Store (2019)
Equal parts personal essay, intense rumination, and playful satire, this movie laments the death of the American Video Store while it searches for the missing human element in today's digital landscape.
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MGM Plus
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4.6
/798/
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The Second Coming of Suzanne (1974)
Jared Martin plays an aspiring film maker obsessed with the idea of Christ as a woman, and tries to film his vision with Sondra Locke as his subject. 'Based' on a song by Leonard Cohen.
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5.3
/60/
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Thunder and Mud (1990)
An entertaining combination of heavy-metal rockers and female mud wrestlers hosted by Jessica Hahn.
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3.3
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Wedding Band (1990)
A couple who both work at wedding receptions encounter complications when they decide to marry.
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6.9
/21/
10
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Calling the Shots (1988)
Documentary about women in the film industry. Numerous notable actresses and female directors share their thoughts.
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7.0
/61/
40
/1/
50
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Direct Your Own Damn Movie! (2009)
Legendary director Lloyd Kaufman, President of Troma Entertainment and Creator of the Toxic Avenger, reveals 40 years worth of maverick cinematic know-how in Direct Your Own Damn Movie! Lloyd offers you the magic key to operating outside the film studio system as well as providing you with the roadmap to script writing, pre-production, casting, managing your set, post-production and the secrets of selling you movie!
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4.7
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25
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48
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The Ski Bum (1971)
A ski instructor tries to teach a bunch of insanely eccentric people how to ski while dealing with everyone wanting his attention.
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5.7
/58/
40
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Decade (1989)
Interviews with personalities including John Mellencamp, Spike Lee, Lou Reed, Roseanne Barr, David Byrne, George Michael and more, as they reflect on the 1980s.
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Superman's Loneliness
UCLA Student Film, Preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. A man and his wife suffer under the monotony of everyday life with work at an insurance company and unhappy marriage.


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