Theory of Achievement (1991)
This short film was packaged on video with Hartley’s featurette “Surviving Desire.” It affectionately examines the lives of a group of “young, middle-class, white, college-educated, unskilled, broke, drunk” Brookylnites who would love to make something of their lives — assuming they can pay the rent first.
Director: Hal Hartley
Actors: Bill Sage, Bob Gosse, Elina Löwensohn, Ingrid Rudefors, Jeffrey Howard, Jessica Sager, Mark Chandler Bailey, Naledi Tshazibane, Nick Gomez
The Naughty Nine (2023)
Fifth-grader Andy finds himself without a present from Santa on Christmas morning. Realizing he must have landed on the “naughty list” and feeling unfairly maligned, Andy pulls together a team…
Blume In Love (1973)
Lawyer Stephen Blume, specialized in divorces, lives a paradoxical situation when, having his own marriage break up, is still in love with his ex-wife.
Holiday Joy (2016)
A shy high school student’s Christmas wish comes true only it isn’t exactly as wonderful as she’d hoped.
Applesauce (2015)
Every Tuesday night, radio talk show host Stevie Bricks invites his listeners to call in and share their stories. When one night he asks people to share the worst thing…
The Carnivores (2020)
Alice and Bret’s dog Harvie is dying, and he’s ruining everything. What had been a bright little family is quickly getting consumed by clouds of self-doubt, suspicion and a disturbing…
Bloodsucking Freaks (1976)
Sardu, master of the Theatre of the Macabre, and his assistant Ralphus run a show in which, under the guise of ‘magic’, they torture and murder people in front of…
Wait Wait Don’t Kill Me (2020)
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