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Freshman Year (Shithouse) (Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Cooper Raiff; Writer: Cooper Raiff; Stars: Cooper Raiff, Dylan Gelula, Amy Landecker,. Logan Miller, Olivia Scott Welch)
A lonely college freshman forges a strong connection with his resident assistant during a fraternity party.
Holler (Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Nicole Riegel; Writer: Nicole Riegel; Stars: Jessica Barden, Gus Halper, Austin Amelio, Grace Kaiser, Pamela Adlon, Becky Ann Baker)
In a forgotten pocket of Southern Ohio where American manufacturing and opportunity are drying up, a determined young woman finds a ticket out when she is accepted to college. Alongside her older brother, Ruth Avery joins a dangerous scrap metal crew in order to pay her way.
I'll Meet You There (Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Iram Parveen Bilal; Writer: Iram Parveen Bilal; Stars: Faran Tahir, Nikita Tewani, Muhammad Qavi Khan, Sheetal Sheth, Shawn Parsons, Andrea Cirie, Nitin Madan, Michael Pemberton, Samrat Chakrabarti, Rachit Trehan)
Eager for a raise, Majeed is cherry-picked to go undercover in a mosque for a special FBI co-assignment. Shortly after, Baba, Majeed’s long-estranged father, shows up unannounced from Pakistan. Majeed uses Baba as an excuse to reenter the mosque after a decade.
Lapsis (Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Noah Hutton; Writer: Noah Hutton; Stars: Dean Imperial, Madeline Wise, Babe Howard, Dora Madison, Ivory Aquino, James McDaniel, Frank Wood, Arliss Howard, Pooya Mohseni, Portia)
After a series of two-bit hustles and unsuccessful swindles, Ray takes a job in a strange new realm of the gig economy: trekking deep into the forest, pulling cable over miles of terrain to connect large, metal cubes that link together the new quantum trading market.
Pink Skies Ahead (Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Kelly Oxford; Writer: Kelly Oxford; Stars: Jessica Barden, Marcia Gay Harden, Michael McKean, Henry Winkler, Rosa Salazar, Odeya Rush, Lewis Pullman, Devon Bostick, Mary J Blige, Evan Ross)
Life unravels for a wild young woman after dropping out of college, moving in with her parents, and being diagnosed with an anxiety disorder.
Lapsis Lapsis
Lapsis and Shiva Baby
Really Love (Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Angel Kristi Williams; Writer: Felicia Pride, Angel Kristi Williams; Stars: Kofi Siriboe, Yootha Wong-Loi-Sing, Uzo Aduba, Mack Wilds, Naturi Naughton, Suzzanne Douglas, Jade Eshete, Blair Underwood, Michael Ealy)
Set in Washington DC, Isaiah, a black painter, is on the brink of giving up when he meets Stevie, an intriguing beauty with big brains. When Isaiah convinces a gallerist to take a chance on him, he pours himself into his art, which catapults his career, but doesn’t leave room for love.
Shiva Baby (Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Emma Seligman; Writer: Emma Seligman; Stars: Rachel Sennott, Polly Draper, Molly Gordon, Danny Deferrari, Dianna Agron, Fred Melamed)
A college student's day takes an unexpected turn when her sugar daddy arrives at the shiva she's attending with his accomplished wife and crying baby.
Teenage Badass (Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Grant McCord; Writer: Matthew D Dho, Grant McCord; Stars: Mcabe Gregg, Evan Ultra, Madelyn Deutch, Dillon Lane, Elsie Hewitt, Karsen Liotta, Julie Ann Emery, Kevin Corrigan, James Paxton, Jim Adkins)
The rise of a fictional indie rock band named Stylo and the Murder Dogs.
Topside (Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Celine Held, Logan George; Writer: Celine Held, Logan George; Stars: Zhaila Farmer, Celine Held, Jared Abrahamson, Fatlip)
Deep in the underbelly of New York City, a five year-old girl and her mother live among a community that has claimed the abandoned subway tunnels as their home. After a sudden police-mandated eviction, the pair are forced to flee above ground into a brutal winter night.
Violet (Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Justine Bateman; Writer: Justine Bateman; Stars: Olivia Munn, Luke Bracey, Justin Theroux, Bonnie Bedelia, Zach Gordon, Erica Ash, Rob Benedict, Dennis Boutsikaris, Todd Stashwick, Laura San Giacomo)
A 32 year-old film executive is living her life listening to a voice, resulting in fear-based decisions. She has made these decisions to avoid potential worst-case scenarios in her romantic life, her family life, and her professional life, and they have taken her away from who she really is.
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