Wild Innocence (2001)

The documentary follows one woman's quest to overcome anxiety, depression, and opioid addiction through the use of psychedelic medicines.

Um músico de rua em dificuldades encontra-se alvo de uma investigação sobre o bem-estar do seu animal e corre o risco de lhe retirarem o seu amado gato no Natal.

Uma jornada selvagem ao obscuro submundo das drogas de Edimburgo, onde Mark Renton tenta largar a heroína. Ele e os seus amigos mergulham no vício para fugir das banalidades da existência mas logo começam a sentir as consequências do seu vício e a descobrir que não existem soluções fáceis para a solidão e a dor da vida. Sem moralismos e falsas mensagens, o filme acompanha a rotina alucinante dos jovens e traça um retrato da geração desesperançada dos anos 90.

Mostra a famosa cantora de jazz Billie Holiday (Andra Day) durante o auge de sua carreira. Então ela se torna alvo do Departamento Federal de Narcóticos em uma operação secreta liderada pelo Agente Federal negro Jimmy Fletcher (Trevante Rhodes), com quem ela teve um caso tumultuado no passado.

A haunting, visceral exploration of addiction and one contemporary man's fearless and determined quest for healing and redemption through the ancient wisdom of the Bwiti and their 'magical' plant, Iboga. For those seeking a path out of darkness, this film is not to be missed.

Repeaters acompanha três pacientes de uma clínica de reabilitação que recebem um dia livre para visitar suas famílias e tentar reestabelecer laços. Kyle (Dustin Milligan) tenta se redimir com sua irmã; Sonia (Amanda Crew)tenta evitar seu pai doente, que acaba por falecer; e Weeks (Richard de Klerk) parte para visitar seu violento pai na prisão. As consequências desse dia não são nada agradáveis e mudam suas vidas para sempre.

Michael is a basically decent guy with a pregnant girlfriend, great friends - and one massive drug problem. Because he missed his own Las Vegas bachelor party being too stoned, his four besties decide to kidnap him for a weekend of roughing it in the California wilderness. Caught off guard by this surprise camping trip and his nose candy supply dwindling, Michael is shocked when his buddies start being ritually murdered one by one. Suspecting it’s the vicious drug dealer he cheated getting bloody revenge, Michael’s life swirls out of all control as the real truth is revealed.

O saxofonista Charlie Parker chega a Nova York em 1940. Ele é rapidamente notado por sua maneira notável de tocar. Ele se torna viciado em drogas, mas sua amada esposa Chan tenta ajudá-lo. (e 14 - Estimado 14 Anos)

O dedicado jornalista Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher (Chevy Chase) assina as matérias de sua coluna como "Jane Doe". Ele já causou problemas a diversas pessoas devido as suas bombásticas revelações divulgadas. Certa vez, ele se disfarça de mendigo a fim de recolher informações para uma matéria sobre tráfico de drogas. Assim, ele é abordado por um milionário que lhe oferece US$ 50 mil para matar um homem.

Após três anos presa, Sherry Swanson (Maggie Gyllenhaal) volta para casa. Ela busca um emprego e tenta se reaproximar da filha, mas logo percebe que encontrar seu lugar na sociedade será mais difícil que o esperado.

Ashley Smith é uma mãe solteira, enfrentando sérios problemas financeiros e tentando se livrar da dependência de drogas. Logo após perder a guarda de sua filha, ela é mantida refém em sua própria casa por Brian Nichols, um prisioneiro com matou o juiz de seu processo e fugiu. Enquanto ele tenta se esconder da polícia, ela busca uma maneira de rever a filha. Aos poucos, nasce uma amizade entre os dois, ajudada por um livro cristão que prega a fé e o arrependimento.

Viciada em heroína e moradora de rua, Harley (Arielle Holmes) tenta, mas não consegue se livrar do vício e do namorado abusivo Ilya (Caleb Landry Jones). Entre euforias químicas, brigas e surtos violentos, ela busca grandes momentos, aquela arrebatadora beleza econtrada em lugares inesperados.

After she ends up in prison and loses custody of her son, a woman struggles to assimilate outside her former life and remain clean long enough to regain custody of her son.

No filme online American Pop, O diretor colocou quatro gerações de músicos (cada período no seu contexto histórico e social) enquanto cada um procura a fama com a mudança das eras musicais. Começando no começo do século, depois os movimentos do jazz, a música-popular, os anos 60 e o punk, através dos arranjos de Lee Holdridge, numa produção de Martin Rondshoff – um dos mais famosos produtores independentes de Hollywood.

A young man turns from drug addiction and petty crime to a life redeemed by a discovery of compassion.

INNER DEMONS follows an 'Intervention'-style reality show crew that films an episode about a sixteen-year old girl, a former A-student, who is fighting addiction but may in fact be suffering from something even more destructive: demonic possession. The movie is an inquiry into the truth about her - with symptoms that straddle the disturbing and scary intersection between insanity, addiction and true possession.

Ambientado ao longo de um único dia, Oslo, 31 de Agosto acompanha Anders, um toxicodependente em recuperação. Ele recebe um dia de licença do centro de reabilitação para se candidatar a um emprego e tentar se reaproximar de seus velhos amigos e familiares pela cidade de Oslo, onde nasceu.

Once again, David Graham Scott examines how some addicts use the plant medicine iboga to detox rapidly—and how, sometimes, the conditions in which they detox put them at risk.

On October 12th, 1978, New York Police discovered the lifeless body of a young woman, slumped under the bathroom sink in a hotel room. She was Nancy Spungen, an ex-prostitute, sometimes stripper, heroin addict, and girlfriend of Sex Pistols' bassist Sid Vicious.

Quando o melhor amigo e (secreto) primeiro amor de Antonin (Hubert Benhamdine) morre de repente, uma enorme dor entra imprudentemente em seu coração. A partir daí Antonin percorre o lado obscuro da vida noturna parisiense, se transformando-se num garoto de programa. Seu caminho passa a ser repleto de desvios para a auto-destruição.

Having lost her place among the social elite, a widow remarries and starts a family.

The mistress of a wealthy man, alone in her huge apartment and terribly lonely, phones strangers in the middle of the night. One night she phones a young writer, and as the days pass and the conversations continue a relationship forms between two people who've never seen each other.

Steve Tuttle, the titular lazybones, takes on the responsibility of raising a fatherless girl, causing a scandal in his small town. Many years later, having returned from World War I, he discovers that he loves the grown-up girl.

A short piece in which Agnes Varda revisits actress Marthe Jarnias, who plays the old aunt in her 1985 film "Vagabond".

Two thugs from the Perth suburb of Midland catch the last train to Fremantle. When a young woman boards the train a few stops later, they begin talking and find out not everyone on the train is not who they seem to be.

The film follows Gabriel Angel (Rakie Ayola), a young Caribbean aviator who falls in love with the forger Duncan Stewart (Jonathan Pryce) on her journey to England. Stewart is pursued by his nemesis Rex Goodyear (John Hurt), and the group are supported by Dr Angela Bead (Vanessa Redgrave) and Miss Gwendolyn Quim (Dorothy Tutin), retired missionaries who become lovers during the voyage.

Spark of Being, a close adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Gothic novel Frankenstein, explores the thematic interchangeability of three of the novel’s characters: the Captain, the Doctor, and the Creature. Spark of Being, which, as with all of Morrison's films, is dialogue-free, features Frank Hurley's original footage of Ernest Shackleton’s fated Antarctic expedition, along with a range of footage from other sources.

An early Bill Morrison short, in this work he traverses an urban landscape utilizing high contrast black and white footage. The bustling nature of the setting is complimented by the energetic music by Michael Gordon.

Black militants building up an arsenal of weapons in preparation for a race war are betrayed by one of their own.

Four stories including: "My Robot Baby," in which a couple must care for a robot baby before adopting a human child; "The Robot Fixer," in which a mother tries to connect with her dying son; "Machine Love," in which an office worker android learns that he, too, needs love; and "Clay," in which an old sculptor must choose between natural death and digital immortality.

For a whole summer, 17-year-old Florencia has to look after her brother, who is trapped in a persistent vegetative state. From time to time she reads to him from a comic about plant souls that take control of human bodies at full moon.

An aging doctor's resentment of his young assistant could lead to tragedy.

A middle-aged magician is in love with his beautiful young assistant. She, on the other hand, is in love with the magician's young protege, who turns out to be a bum and a thief.

Lindsay Anderson's first feature, a documentary about the origin and processes of the Richard Sutcliffe Limited underground-conveyor company.

The director films the street where he lives in St. Petersburg, for a whole year, documenting the changes caused by the celebration of its 300th anniversary.

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Solar System is a film about disappearance. It is a portrait of daily life in the indigenous community of the Kollas in Tinkunaku in the mountains of northern Argentina.

Documentary short by Humphrey Jennings

Looking for extras and locations, a filmmaker settles on Chiloé, the second largest island off the coast of Chile. He does auditions, but mainly listens patiently to the stories of young and old people. As an outsider, he cautiously searches for the soul of the community and its underlying tensions.

Shot in four days during the 1968 National Rodeo Finals in Oklahoma City, this lyrical documentary takes you inside the arena atop a 2800 lb bull. Watch Freckles Brown, a legendary cowboy, conferring with a young Larry Mahan, the previous year's champion and see crowd favorite Myrtis Dightman trying to hold his own in a dramatic ride. "Rodeo" shows the classic struggle of man against beast, a matter of life and death. Dick Rosmini's hypnotizing folk-fusion soundtrack and an intricate sound mix add to the climatic result.