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Stars and Stripes Forever

Marine bandmaster John Philip Sousa (Clifton Webb) becomes famous for his marches and inspires the sousaphone.

1952 Drama 90 min Play

Tony Parker: The Final Shot

The background and career of Tony Parker, whose determination led him to become arguably the greatest French basketball player.

2021 Documentary 98 min Play

Brian Banks

An All-American football player's dreams to play in the NFL are halted when he is falsely accused of rape and sent to prison.

2015 Documentary 73 min Play

2019 Drama 99 min Play

5.8

White Rage

About Lauri, and through him the story of other victims of both school bullying and a separate childhood trauma: victims full of white rage, which may lead to school shootings and other extreme acts of violence. The film is also about our society: a society without sufficient understanding or desire to address the emergence of school violence.

5.8

7.7

If I Leave Here Tomorrow: A Film About Lynyrd Skynyrd

The story of Lynyrd Skynyrd; The Greatest American Rock Band Ever. We fly beyond Free Bird to celebrate the life & times of leader Ronnie Van Zant, from boogie-woogie beginnings in Jacksonville’s Shantytown to a tragic end in a Mississippi swamp.

7.7

2018 Documentary 94 min Play

The Great Debaters

The true story of a brilliant but politically radical debate team coach who uses the power of words to transform a group of underdog African-American college students into a historical powerhouse that took on the Harvard elite.

2018 Documentary 102 min Play

2007 Drama 126 min Play

7.1

The Great Buster: A Celebration

A celebration of the life and career of one of America's most influential and celebrated filmmakers and comedians—Buster Keaton—whose singular style and fertile output during the silent era created his legacy as a true cinematic visionary.

7.1

RUTH – Justice Ginsburg in her own Words

How does some one with three strikes against her, rise to the highest court in the land, the U. S. Supreme Court?

2019 Documentary 89 min Play

5.5

Whitney

Chronicles Whitney Houston's rise to fame and turbulent relationship with husband Bobby Brown.

5.5

2015 Drama 90 min Play

The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair

A reconstruction of the bankruptcy of the Banco Ambrosiano bank and its liaisons with the Vatican and the Masonry through its president Roberto Calvi, notoriously found dead under the Blackfriars Bridge in London in June 1982.

2002 Drama 125 min Play

Raging Boll

Widely recognized as the planet's worst film director, Uwe Boll embarks on a quest to conquer Hollywood and take vengeance upon the film fanatics striving to destroy him. Filmed over three years on and off the set, 'Raging Boll' is a walk in the shoes of a man people love to hate.

2010 Documentary 89 min Play

Cocaine Godmother

At the age of 17, Griselda Blanco, made her way to the U.S. with a fake passport with her first husband Carlos. Living in Queens with her three sons, Griselda became enticed by the money the drug world offered, and quickly became embroiled with local drug runners. Griselda masterminded the use of beautiful women, the elderly and children as the mules and created false-bottom suitcases to smuggle cocaine from Colombia.

2017 Drama 100 min Play

Whitney

Filmmaker Kevin Macdonald examines the life and career of singer Whitney Houston. Features never-before-seen archival footage, exclusive recordings, rare performances and interviews with the people who knew her best.

2018 Documentary 120 min Play

Vita & Virginia

Socialite Vita Sackville-West and literary icon Virginia Woolf run in different circles in 1920s London. Despite the odds, the magnetic Vita and the beguiling Virginia forge an unconventional affair, set against the backdrop of their own strikingly contemporary marriages; which inspired one of Woolf's most iconic novels, 'Orlando'.

2019 Drama 110 min Play

The Resurrection of Jake The Snake

A fallen professional wrestling superstar battles his past demons in a struggle to reclaim his life and the family that has given up on him.

2015 Documentary 93 min Play

6.8

Steve Jobs

Set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac, Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint an intimate portrait of the brilliant man at its epicenter.

6.8

2015 Drama 122 min Play

7.8

Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

The remarkable life story of the pre-war Polish artist Stanislav Szukalski, documented by the American friends he made late in life.

7.8

2018 Documentary 104 min Play

Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

A confessional, cautionary, and occasionally humorous tale of Robbie Robertson's young life and the creation of one of the most enduring groups in the history of popular music, The Band.

2020 Documentary 100 min Play

The Program

An Irish sports journalist becomes convinced that Lance Armstrong's performances during the Tour de France victories are fueled by banned substances. With this conviction, he starts hunting for evidence that will expose Armstrong.

2015 Drama 103 min Play

The Dance of Reality

“Having broken away from my illusory self, I was desperately seeking a path and a meaning to life.” This phrase perfectly sums up Alejandro Jodorowsky’s biographical project: reconstituting the incredible adventure of his life. Alejandro Jodorowsky was born in 1929 in Tocopilla, a coastal town on edge of the Chilean desert, where this film was shot. It was there where he discovered the fundamentals of reality, as he underwent an unhappy and alienated childhood as part of an uprooted family.