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Documentary that captures Tom Petty and the band in 1982-1983 as they finish, promote, and tour around the “Long After Dark” album (their final with legendary producer Jimmy Iovine). It aired only once on MTV in 1983. After the long lost 16mm reels were finally found, a restored version with 19 minutes of extra footage was released in ...

Runtime

1h 4m

Cast

Tom Petty, Cameron Crowe, Mike Campbell

Presents a series of clips, love scenes taken from softcore films made in the 60s and 70s, and articulates the history and evolution of lesbian portrayals as they contrast to gay and straight cultures of the times.

Runtime

1h 29m

Cast

Elga Andersen, Doris Arden, Estella Blain

An exposed Cumbrian village by the sea surrounded by windmills, fields and factories provides a striking setting for this fairy tale of young love and the loss of childhood innocence. Over one year, the film follows the 9 year-old Laura Anne and her 11 year-old cousin, Steven as they move towards the end of their childhoods. The narrat...

Runtime

50m

Director

Marc Isaacs

The murder of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh by an Islamic extremist in 2004, followed by the publishing of twelve satirical cartoons depicting the prophet Mohammed that was commissioned for the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, provides the incendiary framework for Daniel Leconte's provocative documentary, It's Hard Being Loved by Jerks.

Runtime

1h 58m

Director

Daniel LeConte

Cast

Philippe Val, Cabu, Charb

Investigating the infamous Abu Ghraib scandal, Errol Morris interviews American guards and Iraqi prisoners who were at the military jail before images of prisoner torture emerged in 2004. One female guard, who posed alongside fallen Iraqis in notorious images, tells Morris that her crimes were inspired by her love for another soldier, ...

Runtime

1h 57m

Director

Errol Morris

Cast

Javal Davis, Ken Davis, Tony Diaz