Spotlight Mood
Sometimes you know how you want to feel before you know what you want to watch. These five films were chosen because they move people — deeply, reliably, every time. Whether you need to be lifted, challenged, or shaken awake, start here.
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Genesis 2.0
On the remote New Siberian Islands in the Arctic Ocean, a mammoth discovery becomes the first manifestation of the next great technological revolution — genetics. Winner of the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Cinematography at the Sundance Film Festival. Werner Herzog meets Jurass...
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Heaven: A Film By Diane Keaton
Diane Keaton's directorial debut mixes clips of how Hollywood has depicted Heaven with interviews of celebrities, crazy people and normal people, all of whom have strange and fascinating ideas of what Heaven is really like, how you get there, and what you do when you are there. Recently remastere...
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Little Glory
Bad boy Shawn, 20, tries to raise his little sister Julie on his own, but taking care of a 9-year-old proves harder than he imagined. Cameron Bright (Twilight) stars in this touching story of just how much it takes to be a big brother, when your little sister is all you've got. Hannah Murray (Gam...
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Pershing's Paths of Glory
General John J. 'Black Jack' Pershing earned his nickname serving alongside the Buffalo Soldiers — and wore it with pride. From the frontier to San Juan Hill to the trenches of World War I, Pershing's career spanned decades of American conflict and transformation. In this documentary, a diverse g...
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Pizza, A Love Story
In a six-block radius of New Haven's Wooster Square sit three legendary pizza restaurants — Pepe's, Sally's, and Modern — that have been the heart of the city's Italian-American community for nearly a century. From Frank Pepe's bread cart in 1925 to the lines that still wrap around the block toda...
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Out Loud
Omar, Muhammad, and Yazan are three 12-year-old Muslim boys from the crime-ridden city of Lod, navigating the final year of elementary school and the challenges of growing up: Omar faces his father's illness, Yazan must confront the fallout of his violent behavior, and Muhammad prepares to leave ...
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I'll Never Forget You
At the height of its fame in 1977, the popular southern rock band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, was struck with tragedy--a plane crash that killed the band's founder and lead singer Ronnie Van Zant along with Steve Gaines, backup singer Cassie Gaines, assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick, pilot Walter McCre...
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Nobody Famous
Set against the backdrop of the socially and politically volatile 1960s, Nobody Famous traces the quick rise and steady fall of the 60s folk/pop trio, The Pozo Seco Singers. It is the award-winning story of the threesome and their lead singer Susan Taylor (Pie). The Pozo-Seco Singers were an Amer...
