Hector Galan directed this documentary on Mexican conjunto music, tracing its history to the 19th century and presenting current artists as well.
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To form the title ensemble, Slovenian-American accordionist Guy Klucevsek recruited four of his most interesting and original colleagues (Maria Kalaniemi of Finland, Lars Hollmer of Sweden, Bratko Bibic of Slovenia, and Otto Lechner of Austria), each of them devoted to honoring but also transcending his or her musical roots.
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Something of a first, this is a serious movie about rape, and as such might be said to represent penance of a sort for the crude milking of antifeminist sentiments in the previous film of producers Sherry Lansing and Stanley R. Jaffe, Fatal Attraction.
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The most obnoxious case of masculine swagger since Andrew Dice Clay, with just a tad of Paul Lynde thrown in for spice, Jim Carrey defies you not to bolt for the exit while playing the title hero in this 1994 comic mystery, apparently concocted with the idea of giving the world another The Adventures of Ford Fairlane.
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The “Zanzibar filmmakers,” working in France amid the revolutionary fervor of the late 60s, renounced cinematic artifice and constructed narratives: this 1968 feature by Patrick Deval is both visually inventive and static to the point of frustration, a fascinating provocation that also feels incomplete.
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A quirky bunch of slackers and young professionals sharing an apartment find their relationships put to the test when their landlord threatens to evict them.
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Eddie Chung directed this ode to the Coen brothers' stoner-weirdo cult favorite The Big Lebowski (1998), with documentary footage and interviews from the annual touring Lebowski Fest.
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