Elstree 1976 (2015)*

Title: Elstree 1976
Rating: NR
Directed by: Jon Spira
Written by: Jon Spira
Starring: Paul Blake, Jeremy Bulloch and John Chapman
Release Date: 5/6/2016
Running Time: 90 minutes

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In 1976, during the hottest summer on record, Star Wars was shot in suburban North London. Nobody involved had any idea how big the film would become, many couldn’t even remember the title.

Yet for the bit-part actors and extras, their faces hidden in masks and helmets, this seemingly insignificant job would go on to colour their lives even four decades later.

ELSTREE 1976 is a portrait of a cross-section of these people; from the man inside the most iconic villain in film history to the guy whose character was completely cut from the final film. It tells the stories of their lives and explores the eccentric community they have formed, traveling the world, signing autographs for fans.

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Dedication: This film is dedicated to the memory of Martin Bunce

Dark Horse (2015)

Title: Dark Horse
Rating: PG
Directed by: Louise Osmond
Written by: Louise Osmond
Starring: Dream Alliance (Horse), Jan Vokes, Brian Vokes, Howard Davies, Angela Davies, Tony Kerby, Maureen Jones and Eddie Thomas
Release Date: 5/6/2016
Running Time: 85 minutes

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Dark Horse is a story of dreams, determination, and class consciousness in the world of horse racing. In the beleaguered former coal town of Cefn Fforest, South Wales, a middle-aged barmaid named Jan Vokes rallies a syndicate of friends to pool their modest resources into breeding and raising a racehorse they call Dream Alliance. Through many narrative twists and turns, Dream Alliance shows unexpected promise, and the Welsh townsfolk find themselves breaking social barriers by competing against wealthy horse owners.

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Beautiful Planet, A (2016)

Title: A Beautiful Planet
Rating: G
Directed by: Toni Myers
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence
Release Date: 4/29/2016
Running Time: 45 minutes

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A Beautiful Planet is a breathtaking portrait of Earth from space, providing a unique perspective and increased understanding of our planet and galaxy as never seen before. Made in cooperation with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the film features stunning footage of our magnificent blue planet — and the effects humanity has had on it over time — captured by the astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS). From space, Earth blazes at night with the electric intensity of human expansion — a direct visualization of our changing world. But it is within our power to protect the planet. As we continue to explore and gain knowledge of our galaxy, we also develop a deeper connection to the place we all call home.

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Plastic Paradise: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (2013)

Title: Plastic Paradise: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Rating: NR
Directed by: Angela Sun
Written by: Angela Sun
Starring: Lewis Goldsmith and Angela Sun
Release Date: 4/22/2014
Running Time: 57 minutes

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Thousands of miles away from civilization, Midway Atoll is in one of the most remote places on earth. And yet its become ground zero for The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, syphoning plastics from three distant continents. In this independent documentary film, journalist/filmmaker Angela Sun travels on a personal journey of discovery to uncover this mysterious phenomenon. Along the way she meets scientists, researchers, influencers, and volunteers who shed light on the effects of our rabid plastic consumption and learns the problem is more insidious than we could have ever imagined.

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Atari: Game Over (2014)

Title: Atari: Game Over
Rating: NR
Directed by: Zak Penn
Starring: Zak Penn, Joe Lewandowski, Robert Rentschler and Howard Scott Warshaw
Release Date: 11/20/2014
Running Time: 66 minutes

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A crew digs up all of the old Atari 2600 game cartridges of “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” that were tossed into a landfill in the 1980s.

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First Monday in May, The (2016)*

Title: The First Monday in May
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Andrew Rossi
Starring: Andrew Bolton, John Galliano and Jean-Paul Gaultier
Release Date: 4/15/2016
Running Time: 90 minutes

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An unprecedented look behind the scenes of two of New York’s premier cultural events, The First Monday in May follows the creation of “China: Through The Looking Glass,” the most attended fashion exhibition in the history of The Costume Institute at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the 2015 Met Gala, the star-studded fundraiser that celebrates the opening of the exhibition. Acclaimed filmmaker Andrew Rossi (Page One: Inside the New York Times) follows Anna Wintour, Artistic Director of Condé Nast and editor-in-chief of Vogue magazine and longtime chair of the Met Gala, and Andrew Bolton, the iconoclastic curator who conceived the groundbreaking show, for eight months as they prepare for an evening they hope will take the worlds of art and fashion by storm.

Documenting one of the most exclusive parties in the world side-by-side with an exhibition that drew more than three-quarters of a million visitors during its four-month run, The First Monday in May is a captivating portrait of the private side of a pair of high-profile public events. The blockbuster exploration of Chinese-inspired Western fashions provides inspiration for the Met Gala’s annual collision of haute couture and celebrity, where Hollywood stars including Kate Hudson, George Clooney, Julianne Moore, Jennifer Lawrence, Gong Li, and Lady Gaga rub shoulders with Alicia Keyes, Kim Kardashian, Kanye West, Justin Bieber, Michael Bloomberg and contemporary pop icon Rihanna, who brings down the house with a stunning live performance.

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Special thanks to Frank S. for this submission

Our Last Tango (2015)?

Title: Our Last Tango (aka. Un tango más)
Rating: NR
Directed by: German Kral
Written by: German Kral
Starring: María Nieves Rego, Juan Carlos Copes and Johana Copes
Release Date: 4/15/2016
Running Time: 85 minutes

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María Nieves Rego (80) and Juan Carlos Copes (83) met when they were 14 and 17, and they danced together for nearly fifty years. In all those years they loved and hated each other and went through several painful separations but always got back together. No other man danced like Juan and no other woman danced like María! Eventually, he left her for good for a woman 20 years younger with whom he fathered two children. Now, at the end of their lives, Juan and María are willing to open up about their love, their hatred, and their passion. In „Our Last Tango“ Juan and María tell their story to a group of young tango dancers and choreographers from Buenos Aires, who transform the most beautiful, moving and dramatic moments of Juan and Maria’s lives into incredible tango-choreographies. These beautifully-shot choreographies compliment the soul-searching interviews and documentary moments of the film to make this an unforgettable journey into the heart of the tango.

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Dying of the Light, The (2015)?

Title: The Dying of the Light
Rating: NR
Directed by: Peter Flynn
Written by: Peter Flynn
Starring: Bernie Anderson, Paul Bader and Jon Berberian
Release Date: 11/18/2015
Running Time: 95 minutes

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Largely unchanged for more than a century, the projection of photochemical film faces an uncertain future in the digital age. The practice of handing and projecting film is in danger of being lost; and the role of film projectionist is nearing extinction.

THE DYING OF THE LIGHT explores at the history and craft of motion picture presentation through the lives and stories of the last generation of career projectionists. By turns humorous and melancholic, their candid reflections on life in the booth reveal a world that has largely gone unnoticed and is now at an end. The result is a loving tribute to the art and romance of the movies—and to the unseen people who brought the light to our screens.

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Space Program, A (2015)?

Title: A Space Program
Rating: NR
Directed by: Van Neistat
Written by: Hailey Gates, Van Neistat and Tom Sachs
Based on the book by: Tom Sachs
Starring: Hailey Gates
Release Date: 3/18/2015
Running Time: 72 minutes

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In A Space Program, internationally acclaimed artist Tom Sachs takes us on an intricately handmade journey to the red planet, providing audiences with an intimate, first person look into his studio and methods. The film is both a piece of art in its own right and a recording of Sachs’ historic piece, Space Program 2.0: MARS, which opened at New York’s Park Avenue Armory in 2012.

For Space Program 2.0: MARS, Tom and his team built an entire space program from scratch. They were guided by the philosophy of bricolage: creating and constructing from available yet limited resources. They ultimately sent two female astronauts to Mars in search of the answer to humankind’s ultimate question… are we alone?

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City of Gold (2015)*

Title: City of Gold
Rating: R
Directed by: Laura Gabbert
Written by: Laura Gabbert
Starring: Jonathan Gold and Allen Salkin
Release Date: 3/11/2016
Running Time: 96 minutes

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A documentary portrait that takes us into Jonathan Gold’s universe to tell the improbable story of a revolution inspired by the pen, but driven by the palate.

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Tag: Documentary

Elstree 1976 (2015)*

Dark Horse (2015)

Beautiful Planet, A (2016)

Plastic Paradise: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (2013)

Atari: Game Over (2014)

First Monday in May, The (2016)*

Our Last Tango (2015)?

Dying of the Light, The (2015)?

Space Program, A (2015)?

City of Gold (2015)*

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