Spotlight: The Velvet Revolution
Sometimes political change requires bloodshed, and sometimes it doesn't. On the anniversary of Czechoslovakia's distinctive Velvet Revolution -- or Gentle Revolution -- that led to the collapse of one-party Communist government, we explore the Czech Republic's rich film history.
My Sweet Little Village
(Vesničko má středisková)
When a corrupt politician attempts to take advantage of mentally disabled Otik, his entire village rallies together to stop him.
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- Czechoslovakia • 1985
- Director Jiří Menzel
- Cast János Bán, Marián Labuda, Rudolf Hrušínský, Petr Čepek, Libuše Šafránková, Jan Hartl
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video
The Shop on Main Street
(Obchod na korze)
An unlikely friendship develops between a pair on different sides of World War II.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Czechoslovakia • 1965
- Director Ján Kadár
- Cast Ida Kaminska, Jozef Kroner, Hana Slivková, Martin Hollý, Adam Matejka, Elena Zvaríková-Pappová
- Genre Drama, War
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max
Autumn Spring
(Babí Léto)
Fanda is an old man who refuses to grow up.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Czech Republic • 2001
- Director Vladimír Michálek
- Cast Vlastimil Brodský, Stella Zázvorková, Stanislav Zindulka, Ondřej Vetchý, Jiří Lábus, Petra Špalková
- Genre Family, Comedy, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Elementary School
(Obecná škola)
A group of undisciplined elementary schoolers living near Prague in the post-war period get a strict new teacher.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Czechoslovakia • 1991
- Director Jan Svěrák
- Cast Václav Jakoubek, Radoslav Budáč, Jan Tříska, Zdeněk Svěrák, Libuše Šafránková, Daniela Kolářová
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Apple TV
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
(Valerie a týden divů)
A pair of earrings forces a young girl into womanhood.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Czechoslovakia • 1970
- Director Jaromil Jireš
- Cast Jaroslava Schallerová, Helena Anýzová, Petr Kopriva, Jirí Prýmek, Jan Klusák, Libuše Komancová
- Genre Fantasy, Adventure, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Cultpix, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV
Marketa Lazarová
A compelling, stripped-down, and surreal account of the shift from Paganism to Christianity.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Czechoslovakia • 1967
- Director František Vláčil
- Cast Josef Kemr, Magda Vášáryová , Naďa Hejná, František Velecký, Karel Vašíček
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video
Kolya
(Kolja)
A poor cellist is forced to care for a small child after his scam backfires.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Czech Republic, United Kingdom, France • 1996
- Director Jan Svěrák
- Cast Andrei Chalimon, Zdeněk Svěrák, Libuše Šafránková, Stella Zázvorková, Ondřej Vetchý, Nela Boudová
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Music
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video
Divided We Fall
(Musíme si pomáhat)
A childless couple takes in an escapee from a concentration camp at great personal risk of discovery and execution.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Czech Republic • 2000
- Director Jan Hřebejk
- Cast Bolek Polívka, Anna Šišková, Csongor Kassai, Jaroslav Dušek, Martin Huba, Jiří Pecha
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video
All My Good Countrymen
(Všichni dobří rodáci)
A Czech village finally begins to breathe after years of Nazi occupation — but soon face a second invasion.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Czechoslovakia • 1969
- Director Vojtěch Jasný
- Cast Vlastimil Brodský, Radoslav Brzobohatý, Vladimír Menšík, Waldemar Matuška, Drahomíra Hofmanová, Pavel Pavlovský
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Criterion Channel
Czech Dream
(Český sen)
How far can one hoax go?
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Czech Republic • 2004
- Director Vít Klusák
- Cast Varhan Orchestrovič Bauer, Jaromír Kalina , Vít Klusák, Martin Přikryl, Filip Remunda, Eva Williams
- Genre Crime, Documentary
- Available on DocAlliance Films, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Closely Watched Trains
(Ostře sledované vlaky)
All it takes to make a man of a boy is a woman.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Czechoslovakia • 1966
- Director Jiří Menzel
- Cast Václav Neckář, Josef Somr, Vlastimil Brodský, Vladimír Valenta, Alois Vachek, Ferdinand Krůta
- Genre Comedy, Drama, War
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV
Fantastic Planet
(La Planète sauvage)
A history of dominance on planet Ygam is challenged by an educated underdog.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Czechoslovakia • 1973
- Director René Laloux
- Cast Jennifer Drake, Sylvie Lenoir, Jean Topart, Jean Valmont, Max Amyl, Yves Barsacq
- Genre Animation, Science Fiction
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, The Roku Channel, Plex, Plex Channel, Darkroom
Spotlight: Elections
In the words of Thomas Jefferson, “We do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.” Vote November 3rd, and if you need some motivation, check out these dramas and documentaries on elections… and their consequences.
Beyond Elections: Redefining Democracy in the Americas
An exploration of the many incarnations of democracy across the Americas
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- Venezuela, Brazil, United States • 2008
- Director Michael Fox, Silvia Leindecker
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Google Play Movies, YouTube, Kanopy
The Conquest
(La conquête)
A look at French president Nicolas Sarkozy's rise to power.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2011
- Director Xavier Durringer
- Cast Denis Podalydès, Florence Pernel, Bernard Le Coq, Michèle Moretti, Samuel Labarthe, Emmanuel Noblet
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Amazon Video
The Square
During the Egyptian Revolution, young activists armed with determination, humor, and social media savvy fight for their country’s future.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Egypt, United States • 2013
- Director Jehane Noujaim
- Cast Khalid Abdalla, Dina Abdullah, Dina Amer, Magdy Ashour, Ramy Essam, Ahmed Hassan
- Genre Documentary, Drama, History
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy, FlixHouse
No
In 1988, Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet calls a plebiscite on his presidency under international political pressure.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Chile, France, Mexico • 2012
- Director Pablo Larraín
- Cast Gael García Bernal, Alfredo Castro, Néstor Cantillana, Luis Gnecco, Antonia Zegers, Jaime Vadell
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Suffragette
Mothers. Daughters. Rebels.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, France • 2015
- Director Sarah Gavron
- Cast Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter, Brendan Gleeson, Anne-Marie Duff, Meryl Streep, Ben Whishaw
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
This Is Our Land
(Chez nous)
A young nurse runs for mayor as a member of a far-right political party.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Belgium • 2017
- Director Lucas Belvaux
- Cast André Dussollier, Guillaume Gouix, Catherine Jacob, Anne Marivin
- Genre Drama
- Available on OVID, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Kanopy
Il Divo
Postwar Italy elects Prime Minister Guilio Andreotti to seven terms, but in 1992 he is put on trial for colluding with the Mafia.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, France • 2008
- Director Paolo Sorrentino
- Cast Toni Servillo, Anna Bonaiuto, Giulio Bosetti, Flavio Bucci, Carlo Buccirosso, Giorgio Colangeli
- Genre Drama
- Available on Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Hoopla
Secret Ballot
(رأی مخفی)
A female election agent and a gun-toting soldier try to collect votes among the local islanders with mixed success.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran, Italy, Canada • 2001
- Director Babak Payami
- Cast Nassim Abdi, Cyrus Abidi, Youssef Habashi, Farrokh Shoja, Gholbahar Janghali
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video
The Edge of Democracy
(Democracia em Vertigem)
A disturbing exploration into the complex truths behind the unraveling of two Brazilian presidencies.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Brazil • 2019
- Director Petra Costa
- Cast Dilma Rousseff, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Michel Temer, Eduardo Cunha, Jair Bolsonaro
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Frost/Nixon
Former President Nixon sits down for his first interview following his resignation from office in the wake of the Watergate scandal.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, France, United States • 2008
- Director Ron Howard
- Cast Michael Sheen, Frank Langella, Kevin Bacon, Sam Rockwell, Matthew Macfadyen, Oliver Platt
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Spotlight: Cinema of Hong Kong
In this week’s Spotlight we feature films from and about Hong Kong, a major hub for Chinese-language filmmaking. Spanning the past five decades, they include work from renowned directors such as Wong Kar-wai, John Woo, Johnnie To, and Ann Lui.
Enter the Dragon
A skilled martial artist is recruited to go undercover in a crime lord's tournament.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Hong Kong, United States • 1973
- Director Robert Clouse
- Cast Bruce Lee, John Saxon, Jim Kelly, Sek Kin, Ahna Capri, Robert Wall
- Genre Action
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
The Kid
(細路祥)
A kid orphan strays from the values taught to him by his righteous uncle and joins a local gang.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Hong Kong • 1950
- Director Fung Fung
- Cast Bruce Lee, Chau-shui Yee, Lee Hoi-Chuen, Chan Lap-Ban
- Genre Drama
- Available on Fandango At Home
The Warlords
(投名狀)
In 19th century China, an injured general must amass a new army from peasants and bandits to defend the Qing dynasty.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Hong Kong, China • 2007
- Director Raymond Yip Wai-Man
- Cast Jet Li, Andy Lau, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Xu Jinglei, Wei Zongwan, Gu Bao-Ming
- Genre Action, Drama, History
- Available on Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
Ten Years
(十年)
Five Hong Kong stories, one uncertain future.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Hong Kong • 2015
- Director Ng Ka-Leung
- Cast Leung Kin-Ping, Catherine Chau, Ng Siu-Hin, Yau Hok-Sau, Liu Kai-Chi
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Dragon Inn
(龍門客棧)
A eunuch's murderous plans are confounded by rebels who are intent on protecting the innocent.
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- Taiwan, Hong Kong • 1967
- Director King Hu
- Cast Shih Chun, Pai Ying, Polly Shang-Kuan Ling-Feng, Miao Tien, Cho Kin, Hsieh Han
- Genre Action, Adventure
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Chungking Express
(重慶森林)
Two tales of love and loss told in sequence.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Hong Kong • 1994
- Director Wong Kar-wai
- Cast Brigitte Lin, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Faye Wong, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Valerie Chow, Piggy Chan
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
The Killer
(喋血雙雄)
After accidentally blinding a woman, a Hong Kong hitman must complete one last hit to pay for her surgery.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Hong Kong • 1989
- Director John Woo
- Cast Chow Yun-Fat, Danny Lee Sau-Yin, Sally Yeh, Paul Chu Kong, Kenneth Tsang, Shing Fui-On
- Genre Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Iron Monkey
(少年黃飛鴻之鐵馬騮)
Unmask the legend.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Hong Kong • 1993
- Director Yuen Woo-ping
- Cast Yu Rongguang, Donnie Yen, Jean Wang, Angie Tsang Sze-Man, Yen Shi-Kwan, James Wong Jim
- Genre Action, Crime, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Pluto TV
From Beijing with Love
(國產凌凌漆)
A James Bond spoof featuring a bumbling spy on the hunt for a stolen dinosaur skull.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Hong Kong • 1994
- Director Stephen Chow, Lee Lik-Chi
- Cast Stephen Chow, Anita Yuen, Law Kar-Ying, Pauline Chan Bo-Lin, Joe Cheng Cho, Wong Kam-Kong
- Genre Action, Comedy
- Available on Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store
Kung Fu Hustle
(功夫)
Sing and his friend Bone pretend to be members of the Axe Gang in order to gain respect.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Hong Kong, China • 2004
- Director Stephen Chow
- Cast Stephen Chow, Yuen Wah, Yuen Qiu, Lam Tze-chung, Bruce Leung Siu-Lung, Eva Huang
- Genre Action, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Infernal Affairs
(無間道)
Two moles tasked with infiltration struggle to expose one another.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Hong Kong • 2002
- Director Alan Mak, Andrew Lau
- Cast Andy Lau, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Anthony Wong, Eric Tsang Chi-Wai, Kelly Chen, Sammi Cheng
- Genre Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
A Simple Life
(桃姐)
Companionship is imperishable.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Hong Kong • 2011
- Director Ann Hui
- Cast Andy Lau, Deannie Yip, Fuli Wang, Paul Chun Pui, Leung Tin, Hui Siu-ying
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Grandmaster
(一代宗師)
Once upon a time in kung fu...
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Hong Kong, China • 2013
- Director Wong Kar-wai
- Cast Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Zhang Ziyi, Chang Chen, Song Hye-kyo, Zhao Benshan, Xiao Shenyang
- Genre Action, Drama, History
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Plex, Plex Channel
Election
(黑社會)
Rival gang leaders come to a head during the election for a new chairman of Hong Kong’s triad society.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Hong Kong • 2005
- Director Johnnie To
- Cast Simon Yam, Tony Leung Ka-Fai, Louis Koo, Nick Cheung, Eddie Cheung, Lam Suet
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Tubi TV, Kanopy
In the Mood for Love
(花樣年華)
Longing and loneliness collide in this understated romance.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Hong Kong, China • 2000
- Director Wong Kar-wai
- Cast Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Maggie Cheung, Rebecca Pan, Kelly Lai Chen, Siu Ping-Lam, Mama Hung
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Spotlight: Cinema of Argentina
For the final installment of our Hispanic Heritage Month series, Telescope presents our Argentinian Film Spotlight! Following the politically charged New Argentine Cinema Wave in the nineties, the contemporary film scene (including female directors such as Lucrecia Martel and Lucía Puenzo) embraces social taboos and dynamics with a daring flair.
La Ciénaga
The self-pitying lives of a bored bourgeois family set during the summer in a small provincial town in Argentina.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Argentina, France, Spain • 2001
- Director Lucrecia Martel
- Cast Mercedes Morán, Graciela Borges, Martín Adjemián, Leonora Balcarce, Silvia Baylé, Sofia Bertolotto
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Amazon Video
Zama
An officer must find a way to escape from South America in this film based on the 1956 novel.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Argentina, Brazil, Spain • 2017
- Director Lucrecia Martel
- Cast Daniel Giménez Cacho, Lola Dueñas, Matheus Nachtergaele, Juan Minujín, Nahuel Cano, Mariana Nunes
- Genre Drama
- Available on Metrograph, Strand Releasing Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
The Secret in Their Eyes
(El secreto de sus ojos)
A retired legal counsellor uses an unresolved case from his career as inspiration for his novel, but revisiting the past can be dangerous.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Argentina, Spain • 2009
- Director Juan José Campanella
- Cast Ricardo Darín, Soledad Villamil, Pablo Rago, Javier Godino, Guillermo Francella, Carla Quevedo
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Fandango At Home
The Clan
(El clan)
The true story of Argentina's most notorious crime family
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Argentina, Spain • 2015
- Director Pablo Trapero
- Cast Guillermo Francella, Liliana Popovich, Gastón Cocchiarale, Giselle Motta
- Genre Drama, History, Crime, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Spectrum On Demand
Eva Doesn't Sleep
(Eva no duerme)
The incredible true story of Argentinian First Lady Eva Perón’s body, and its 25-year journey home.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Argentina, Spain, France • 2015
- Director Pablo Agüero
- Cast Gael García Bernal, Denis Lavant, Imanol Arias, Ailín Salas, Daniel Fanego
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, The Roku Channel, VIX , Freevee, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
XXY
Sex makes us men and women. Or both things.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Argentina, Spain, France • 2007
- Director Lucía Puenzo
- Cast Inés Efron, Martín Piroyansky, Ricardo Darín, Valeria Bertuccelli, Germán Palacios, Guillermo Angelelli
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, Tubi TV, VIX , Freevee, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Esteros
Childhood friends Matias and Jeronimo unexpectedly reunite as adults, and their unresolved childhood feelings and sexual tensions reawaken.
- Argentina, Brazil, France • 2016
- Director Papu Curotto
- Cast Ignacio Rogers, Esteban Masturini, Joaquín Parada, Blas Finardi Niz, Renata Calmon, María Merlino
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, VUDU Free, Freevee, Cineverse, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel, Darkroom
Wild Tales
(Relatos salvajes)
We can all lose control...
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Argentina, Spain • 2014
- Director Damián Szifrón
- Cast Ricardo Darín, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Darío Grandinetti, Érica Rivas, Nancy Dupláa
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Truman
When Julián receives an unexpected visit in Madrid from his lifelong friend, Tomás, the encounter is bittersweet because Julian has cancer.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Spain, Argentina • 2015
- Director Cesc Gay
- Cast Ricardo Darín, Javier Cámara, Dolores Fonzi, Àlex Brendemühl, Troilo
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Amazon Video, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube, Crackle, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, VIX , Freevee, Kanopy
The Tenth Man
(El rey del Once)
Affable economist Ariel returns to his bustling childhood neighborhood in Buenos Aires to reconnect with his father and his Jewish roots.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Argentina • 2016
- Director Daniel Burman
- Cast Alan Sabbagh, Julieta Zylberberg, Elvira Onetto, Adrián Stoppelman
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Chai Flicks, Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Spotlight: Cinema of Chile
To continue our celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, Telescope presents a Spotlight on Chilean cinema! As its filmmakers embrace diverse characters and bold visual storytelling, Chile’s national cinema is flourishing. Here are twelve award-winning, must-see Chilean films of the 21st century.
The Motorcycle Diaries
(Diarios de motocicleta)
Before he changed the world, the world changed him.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Argentina, United States, Chile • 2004
- Director Walter Salles
- Cast Gael García Bernal, Rodrigo de la Serna, Mercedes Morán, Mía Maestro, Jean Pierre Noher
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
The Maid
(La nana)
A live-in housekeeper for a wealthy family is fed up with her repetitive responsibilities, and must rediscover passion in her life.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Chile, Mexico • 2009
- Director Sebastián Silva
- Cast Catalina Saavedra, Claudia Celedón, Andrea García-Huidobro, Mariana Loyola, Alejandro Goic, Delfina Guzmán
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on MUBI, Fandor Amazon Channel, MUBI Amazon Channel, fuboTV, OVID, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, VIX , Kanopy, Plex, myfilmfriend, Plex Channel
Nostalgia for the Light
(Nostalgia de la luz)
Where do we come from?
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Germany, Chile • 2010
- Director Patricio Guzmán
- Cast Gaspar Galaz, Lautaro Núñez, Luís Henríquez, Miguel, Victor Gonzalez, Vicky Saaveda
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kanopy, Hoopla
The Guest
(La visita)
A traditional Chilean family is shaken when one of their relatives returns home a trans woman.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Chile, Argentina • 2014
- Director Mauricio López Fernández
- Cast Daniela Vega, Rosa Ramírez, Claudia Cantero, Carmen Barros, Paulo Brunetti
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video, Spectrum On Demand, Tubi TV, Pluto TV
Neruda
A renowned poet. An unknown inspector. A legendary manhunt.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Chile, Argentina, France • 2016
- Director Pablo Larraín
- Cast Gael García Bernal, Luis Gnecco, Mercedes Morán, Emilio Gutiérrez Caba, Diego Muñoz, Alejandro Goic
- Genre Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
The Club
(El Club)
Some sins can't be purged.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Chile • 2015
- Director Pablo Larraín
- Cast Roberto Farías, Antonia Zegers, Alfredo Castro, Alejandro Goic, Alejandro Sieveking
- Genre Drama
- Available on fuboTV, OVID, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Crackle, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel, JustWatchTV
Thursday Till Sunday
(De jueves a domingo)
A Chilean teenager realizes her parents might be separating on a short family vacation.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Chile, Netherlands • 2012
- Director Dominga Sotomayor
- Cast Santi Ahumada, Emiliano Freifeld, Francisco Pérez-Bannen, Paola Giannini, Axel Dupré, Jorge Becker
- Genre Drama
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, OVID, Hoopla
Much Ado About Nothing
(Aquí no ha pasado nada)
Vicente must fight for his freedom after his friend, the son of a powerful politician, falsely accuses him of a hit-and-run.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Chile, United States, France • 2016
- Director Alejandro Fernández Almendras
- Cast Agustín Silva, Paulina García, Luis Gnecco, Alejandro Goic, Daniel Alcaíno, Geraldine Neary
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Hoopla
Machuca
Two schoolboys observe a political coup in their native Chile.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Chile, Spain, United Kingdom • 2004
- Director Andrés Wood
- Cast Matías Quer, Ariel Mateluna, Aline Küppenheim, Ernesto Malbran, Federico Luppi, Manuela Martelli
- Genre Drama
- Available on Fandor, Kanopy
Gloria
Gloria is a 58-year-old divorcée, but she has no desire to spend her days and nights alone, and is determined to defy old age and loneliness.
- ✭
- Chile, Spain • 2013
- Director Sebastián Lelio
- Cast Paulina García, Sergio Hernández, Coca Guazzini, Antonia Santa María, Diego Fontecilla, Fabiola Zamora
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Pluto TV, Kanopy
No
In 1988, Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet calls a plebiscite on his presidency under international political pressure.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Chile, France, Mexico • 2012
- Director Pablo Larraín
- Cast Gael García Bernal, Alfredo Castro, Néstor Cantillana, Luis Gnecco, Antonia Zegers, Jaime Vadell
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
A Fantastic Woman
(Una mujer fantástica)
My name is Marina Vidal. Do you have any problem with that?
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- Chile, Germany, Spain • 2017
- Director Sebastián Lelio
- Cast Daniela Vega, Francisco Reyes, Luis Gnecco, Aline Küppenheim, Nicolás Saavedra, Amparo Noguera
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Spotlight: Back to School
As summer turns, undeniably, to fall, we celebrate back-to-school days around the world with a selection of movies about teenage drama, first love, academic struggle, and political awakening.
The Falling
A mysterious fainting epidemic takes over an English girls' school just as the girls are starting to explore their sexualities.
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- United Kingdom • 2015
- Director Carol Morley
- Cast Maisie Williams, Maxine Peake, Monica Dolan, Greta Scacchi, Mathew Baynton, Florence Pugh
- Genre Drama, Mystery
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Fandor Amazon Channel, fuboTV, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Midnight Pulp, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Crackle, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, Freevee, Cineverse, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
An Education
An education isn't always by the book.
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- United Kingdom, United States • 2009
- Director Lone Scherfig
- Cast Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Dominic Cooper, Rosamund Pike, Olivia Williams, Alfred Molina
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Sing Street
Boy meets girl. Girl unimpressed. Boy starts band.
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- Ireland, United Kingdom, United States • 2016
- Director John Carney
- Cast Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Lucy Boynton, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Aidan Gillen, Jack Reynor, Kelly Thornton
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
- Available on Netflix, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
The Class
(Entre les murs)
Based on his real life, a teacher must deal with the challenging dynamics of his multicultural classroom.
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- France • 2008
- Director Laurent Cantet
- Cast François Bégaudeau, Franck Keïta, Louise Grinberg, Rabah Nait Oufella, Esmeralda Ouertani, Rachel Regulier
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Monsieur Lazhar
An elementary school class is left reeling after their teacher dies by suicide—until the substitute arrives…
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- Canada (Quebec) • 2011
- Director Philippe Falardeau
- Cast Mohamed Fellag, Émilien Néron, Danielle Proulx, Sophie Nélisse, Marie-Ève Beauregard, Denise Lamontagne
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Fandor Amazon Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Crackle, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel, Darkroom
A Paris Education
(Mes provinciales)
An impressionable film student tries to find his own voice in the vibrant, but sometimes suffocating, Sorbonne environment.
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- France • 2018
- Director Jean-Paul Civeyrac
- Cast Andranic Manet, Corentin Fila, Gonzague Van Bervesseles, Diane Rouxel, Jenna Thiam, Nicolas Bouchaud
- Genre Drama
- Available on Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
To Be and to Have
(Être et avoir)
A passionate school teacher forges a warm and unique classroom community in rural France.
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- France • 2002
- Director Nicolas Philibert
- Cast Georges Lopez
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Kino Film Collection, Kanopy, Hoopla
A Brighter Summer Day
(牯嶺街少年殺人事件)
A colorful coming of age odyssey set against the backdrop of 1960s Taiwan.
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- Taiwan • 1991
- Director Edward Yang
- Cast Chang Chen, Lisa Yang, Elaine Jin, Chen Shiang-Chyi
- Genre Crime, Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Like Stars on Earth
(Taare Zameen Par)
Thoughtful, but unable to fit in, Ishaan's life changes when he meets Ram Shankar Nikumbh, his new art teacher.
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- India • 2007
- Director Aamir Khan
- Cast Darsheel Safary, Aamir Khan, Tisca Chopra, Vipin Sharma, Tanay Chheda, Sachet Engineer
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
My Golden Days
(Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse)
Life is a puzzle. Love is all of the prettiest pieces. Memory is trying to figure it all out.
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- France • 2015
- Director Arnaud Desplechin
- Cast Mathieu Amalric, Lou Roy-Lecollinet, Quentin Dolmaire, Léonard Matton, Dinara Drukarova
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, Freevee, DistroTV, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
The Dreamers
Together nothing is impossible. Together nothing is forbidden.
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- United Kingdom, France, Italy • 2003
- Director Bernardo Bertolucci
- Cast Michael Pitt, Eva Green, Louis Garrel, Anna Chancellor, Robin Renucci, Jean-Pierre Kalfon
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Machuca
Two schoolboys observe a political coup in their native Chile.
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- Chile, Spain, United Kingdom • 2004
- Director Andrés Wood
- Cast Matías Quer, Ariel Mateluna, Aline Küppenheim, Ernesto Malbran, Federico Luppi, Manuela Martelli
- Genre Drama
- Available on Fandor, Kanopy
Spotlight: ¡Viva Mexico!
To kick off National Hispanic Heritage Month, we are celebrating one of the most vibrant film producers in Latin America: Mexico! In recognition of Mexico’s Independence Day, Telescope presents a list of classic and contemporary masterpieces that showcase the diversity of Mexican cinema.
Duck Season
(Temporada de patos)
Adulthood is a moving target.
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- Mexico, United States • 2004
- Director Fernando Eimbcke
- Cast Daniel Miranda, Diego Cataño, Danny Perea, Enrique Arreola
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Even the Rain
(También la lluvia)
As a director shoots a film about Christopher Columbus in Bolivia, locals rise up against plans to privatize the water supply.
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- Spain, Mexico, France • 2010
- Director Icíar Bollaín
- Cast Gael García Bernal, Luis Tosar, Raúl Arévalo, Najwa Nimri, Karra Elejalde, Cassandra Ciangherotti
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Like Water for Chocolate
(Como agua para chocolate)
In Tita's kitchen, ordinary spices become a recipe for passion.
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- Mexico • 1992
- Director Alfonso Aráu
- Cast Marco Leonardi, Lumi Cavazos, Regina Torné, Ada Carrasco, Mario Iván Martínez, Claudette Maillé
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on MGM Plus, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Hoopla
After Lucia
(Después de Lucía)
After a video of her having sex goes viral, Alejandra becomes the target of bullying from her schoolmates.
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- Mexico, France • 2012
- Director Michel Franco
- Cast Tessa Ía, Hernán Mendoza, Gonzalo Vega Sisto, Tamara Yazbek Bernal, Paco Rueda, Paloma Cervantes
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Pluto TV
Cesar Chavez
History is made one step at a time.
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- United States, Mexico • 2014
- Director Diego Luna
- Cast Michael Peña, Rosario Dawson, America Ferrera, Jacob Vargas, Gabriel Mann, Lisa Brenner
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Freevee, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
I Dream in Another Language
(Sueño en otro idioma)
If a linguist wants to record a conversation in a now defunct millenary language, he must make two seniors reconcile.
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- Mexico, Netherlands • 2017
- Director Ernesto Contreras
- Cast Fernando Álvarez Rebeil, Eligio Meléndez, José Manuel Poncelis, Fátima Molina
- Genre Drama, Fantasy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, The Roku Channel, VUDU Free, Kanopy
Roma
A meditative portrait of a domestic worker's journey through adversity in turbulent 1970s Mexico City.
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- Mexico, United States • 2018
- Director Alfonso Cuarón
- Cast Yalitza Aparicio, Marina de Tavira, Diego Cortina Autrey, Carlos Peralta, Marco Graf, Daniela Demesa
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Alamar
Before his five-year-old son moves to Italy, Jorge takes him to a Mexican coral reef to teach him about his Mayan origins.
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- Mexico • 2010
- Director Pedro González-Rubio
- Cast Jorge Machado, Roberta Palombini, Natan Machado Palombini, Nestor Marin
- Genre Documentary, Drama, Family
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video, FlixFling, Tubi TV, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Elvira, I'd Give You My Life But I'm Using It
(Elvira, te daría mi vida pero la estoy usando)
After her husband disappears, the wife he left behind begins a desperate search to find him.
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- Mexico • 2014
- Director Manolo Caro
- Cast Cecilia Suárez, Vanessa Bauche, Angie Cepeda, Mariana Treviño, Luis Gerardo Méndez, Carlos Bardem
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on YouTube
Midaq Alley
(El Callejón de los Milagros)
Three diverse perspectives from a group of men and women who cross paths in Mexico City.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Mexico • 1995
- Director Jorge Fons
- Cast Ernesto Gómez Cruz, María Rojo, Salma Hayek, Bruno Bichir, Delia Casanova, Margarita Sanz
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Spectrum On Demand, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, VIX , Freevee, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Heli
Heli must protect his young family when his 12-year-old sister inadvertently involves them in the brutal drug world.
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- Mexico, Netherlands, Germany • 2013
- Director Amat Escalante
- Cast Armando Espitia, Andrea Vergara, Linda Gonzalez, Juan Eduardo Palacios, Kenny Johnston, Reina Julieta Torres
- Genre Crime, Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Amores Perros
(Amores perros)
Love. Betrayal. Death.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Mexico • 2000
- Director Alejandro González Iñárritu
- Cast Gael García Bernal, Vanessa Bauche, Goya Toledo, Alvaro Guerrero, Emilio Echevarría, Jorge Salinas
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Tubi TV, Freevee, Hoopla
Desierto
A group of emigrants attempt to cross the US-Mexico border, but the journey becomes bloody when a psychotic vigilante appears.
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- Mexico, France • 2015
- Director Jonás Cuarón
- Cast Gael García Bernal, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Diego Cataño, Marco Pérez, Alondra Hidalgo, Oscar Flores
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Hulu, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, Pluto TV
Biutiful
You don't choose your family. We all belong to somebody, but to belong to Uxbal and Marambra, is both a blessing and a curse.
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- Mexico, Spain • 2010
- Director Alejandro González Iñárritu
- Cast Javier Bardem, Maricel Álvarez, Hanaa Bouchaib, Guillermo Estrella, Eduard Fernández, Cheikh Ndiaye
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
Y Tu Mamá También
(Y tu mamá también)
Two teenage boys and an older woman embark on a road trip and learn about life — and each other.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Mexico • 2001
- Director Alfonso Cuarón
- Cast Maribel Verdú, Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna, Diana Bracho, Verónica Langer, María Aura
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Hulu
No One Will Ever Know
(Nadie Sabrá Nunca)
A mother and son escape their mundane lives through the world of fiction in 1970s rural Mexico.
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- Mexico • 2018
- Director Jesús Torres Torres
- Cast Adriana Paz, Jorge A. Jimenez, David Medel, Arcelia Ramírez, Manuel Ojeda
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV
Spotlight: TIFF 2019
To celebrate the opening of the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival this week, we have compiled a list of past international winners of the TIFF People’s Choice Award — an uncanny predictor of awards season success. Best of luck to this year’s films!
Eastern Promises
A midwife investigates the rape of a teenager, but her investigation leads her into the world of the Russian mafia.
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- United Kingdom, Canada, United States • 2007
- Director David Cronenberg
- Cast Naomi Watts, Viggo Mortensen, Vincent Cassel, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Sinéad Cusack, Donald Sumpter
- Genre Thriller, Crime, Mystery
- Available on fuboTV, Paramount Plus, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Roma
A meditative portrait of a domestic worker's journey through adversity in turbulent 1970s Mexico City.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Mexico, United States • 2018
- Director Alfonso Cuarón
- Cast Yalitza Aparicio, Marina de Tavira, Diego Cortina Autrey, Carlos Peralta, Marco Graf, Daniela Demesa
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Hotel Rwanda
When the world closed its eyes, he opened his arms.
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- United Kingdom, South Africa, Italy • 2004
- Director Terry George
- Cast Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Nick Nolte, Fana Mokoena, Joaquin Phoenix, Jean Reno
- Genre Drama, History, War
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Plex, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Hoopla
A Separation
(جدایی نادر از سیمین)
Simin wants to leave Iran to give her daughter, Termeh, a different kind of life outside the country. But Nader, Termeh’s father, refuses to leave his ailing father behind.
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- Iran, France • 2011
- Director Asghar Farhadi
- Cast Leila Hatami, Payman Maadi, Shahab Hosseini, Sareh Bayat, Sarina Farhadi, Babak Karimi
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Ida
A young novitiate discovers a family secret dating back to World War II and must follow her history — wherever it takes her.
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- Poland, Denmark, France • 2013
- Director Paweł Pawlikowski
- Cast Agata Trzebuchowska, Agata Kulesza, Dawid Ogrodnik, Joanna Kulig, Adam Szyszkowski, Jerzy Trela
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Fandor Amazon Channel, fuboTV, OVID, Chai Flicks, Klassiki, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube, Crackle, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Reveel, Plex Channel
Philomena
These two unlikely companions are on a journey to find her long lost son.
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- United Kingdom, United States, France • 2013
- Director Stephen Frears
- Cast Judi Dench, Steve Coogan, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Mare Winningham, Barbara Jefford, Ruth McCabe
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Hoopla
Slumdog Millionaire
What does it take to find a lost love? A. Money, B. Luck, C. Smarts, or D. Destiny?
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- United Kingdom, United States, France • 2008
- Director Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan
- Cast Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Anil Kapoor, Mia Drake Inderbitzin, Saurabh Shukla, Rajendranath Zutshi
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Fandango At Home, Microsoft Store
Call Me by Your Name
Is it better to speak or die?
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- Italy, France, Brazil • 2017
- Director Luca Guadagnino
- Cast Timothée Chalamet, Armie Hammer, Michael Stuhlbarg, Amira Casar, Esther Garrel, Victoire Du Bois
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Netflix, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Lion
A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Australia, United States • 2016
- Director Garth Davis
- Cast Sunny Pawar, Dev Patel, Rooney Mara, David Wenham, Nicole Kidman, Abhishek Bharate
- Genre Drama
- Available on fuboTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Hoopla, Plex Channel
The Square
During the Egyptian Revolution, young activists armed with determination, humor, and social media savvy fight for their country’s future.
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- United Kingdom, Egypt, United States • 2013
- Director Jehane Noujaim
- Cast Khalid Abdalla, Dina Abdullah, Dina Amer, Magdy Ashour, Ramy Essam, Ahmed Hassan
- Genre Documentary, Drama, History
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy, FlixHouse
Tsotsi
In this world... Redemption comes just once.
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- United Kingdom, South Africa • 2005
- Director Gavin Hood
- Cast Presley Chweneyagae, Jerry Mofokeng, Terry Pheto, Kenneth Nkosi, Zenzo Ngqobe, Zola
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Hoopla
The First Grader
The true story of an 84 year-old Kenyan villager who fights for his right to go to school for the first time.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States, Kenya • 2010
- Director Justin Chadwick
- Cast Naomie Harris, Tony Kgoroge, Nick Reding, Oliver Litondo, Alfred Munyua, Kamau Mbaya
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
May Allah Bless France
(Qu’Allah bénisse la France)
Regis dreams of becoming a rap artist, but must overcome the underprivileged, drug-ridden French suburbs where he lives.
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- France • 2014
- Director Abd Al Malik
- Cast Gianni Giardinelli, Marc Zinga, Sabrina Ouazani, Larouci Didi, Mickaël Nagenraft
- Genre Drama
- Available on Strand Releasing Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
The King's Speech
Find your voice.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States, Australia • 2010
- Director Tom Hooper
- Cast Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, Guy Pearce
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Zaytoun
Captive Isreali pilot Yoni and twelve-year-old Palestinian refugee Fahed embark on a harrowing journey back to Palestine.
- ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Israel, France • 2012
- Director Eran Riklis
- Cast Stephen Dorff, Ashraf Barhom, Alice Taglioni, Абдалла Эль-Акал
- Genre Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War
- Available on Chai Flicks, Strand Releasing Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV
Where Do We Go Now?
(Et maintenant on va où ?)
The women of a Middle Eastern village must quell rising tensions between their Christian and Muslim men.
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- France, Lebanon, Egypt • 2011
- Director Nadine Labaki
- Cast Claude Msawbaa, Leyla Hakim, Nadine Labaki, Yvonne Maalouf, Antoinette Noufaily, Julian Farhat
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Spotlight: Women in Venice
This week, La Biennale di Venezia will kick off the 2019 Venice International Film Festival. In support of the ongoing calls for increased female representation at the festival, Telescope presents a list of films by women directors that have shown — and won awards — at Venice.
Zama
An officer must find a way to escape from South America in this film based on the 1956 novel.
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- Argentina, Brazil, Spain • 2017
- Director Lucrecia Martel
- Cast Daniel Giménez Cacho, Lola Dueñas, Matheus Nachtergaele, Juan Minujín, Nahuel Cano, Mariana Nunes
- Genre Drama
- Available on Metrograph, Strand Releasing Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Women Without Men
(Zanan-e bedun-e mardan)
The destinies of four women converge against the backdrop of the 1953 CIA-backed coup in Iran.
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- Germany, Austria, France • 2009
- Director Shoja Azari, Shirin Neshat
- Cast Shabnam Toloui, Pegah Ferydoni, Orsolya Tóth, Arita Shahrzad, Ahmad Hamed, Bijan Daneshmand
- Genre Drama
- Available on Kanopy, Hoopla, Darkroom
Mississippi Masala
After being forced to move from Uganda when Idi Amin took power, an Indian family moves to Mississippi to live their lives.
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- United States, United Kingdom • 1991
- Director Mira Nair
- Cast Denzel Washington, Sarita Choudhury, Roshan Seth, Sharmila Tagore, Charles S. Dutton, Joe Seneca
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Sugar Cane Alley
(Rue cases nègres)
An intimate portrait of life on Martinique under French colonial rule in the 1930s through the eyes of the young José.
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- France, France • 1983
- Director Euzhan Palcy
- Cast Garry Cadenat, Darling Légitimus, Douta Seck, Joby Barnabé, Francisco Charles, Marie-Ange Farot
- Genre Drama, Family
- Available on No streaming locations found.
An Angel at My Table
Divided into three sections, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood, and based on the biography of famed New Zealand author, Janet Frame.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- New Zealand, Australia, United Kingdom • 1990
- Director Jane Campion
- Cast Kerry Fox, Alexia Keogh, Karen Fergusson, Iris Churn, Jessie Mune, Kevin J. Wilson
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Amazon Video
Sami Blood
(Sameblod)
Elle Marja, 14, is a reindeer-breeding Sami girl dreaming of another life.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Norway, Denmark, Sweden • 2016
- Director Amanda Kernell
- Cast Lene Cecilia Sparrok, Mia Sparrok, Maj-Doris Rimpi, Julius Fleischanderl, Olle Sarri
- Genre Drama
- Available on Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, VUDU Free, Kanopy, Hoopla, Darkroom
Deep Crimson
(Profundo carmesí)
A nomadic couple commits a series of gruesome murders in this drama based on the “Lonely Hearts Killers.”
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Mexico • 1996
- Director Arturo Ripstein
- Cast Regina Orozco, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Marisa Paredes, Julieta Egurrola, Sherlyn
- Genre Crime, Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Amazon Video
Planetarium
One girl with a beautiful face, one girl with a supernatural talent, and the whole world ahead of them.
- ✭ ✭
- France, Belgium • 2016
- Director Rebecca Zlotowski
- Cast Natalie Portman, Lily-Rose Depp, Emmanuel Salinger, Amira Casar, Pierre Salvadori, Louis Garrel
- Genre Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
- Available on Starz, Chai Flicks, Starz Amazon Channel, Starz Apple TV Channel, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Hoopla, Plex Channel