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In its first 25 years only 10 people have finished The Barkley Marathons. Based on a historic prison escape, this cult like race tempts people from around the world to test their limits of physical and mental endurance in this documentary that contemplates the value of pain. (imdb)

A single mother finds that things in her family's life go very wrong after her two young children visit their grandparents. (imdb)

In New York City, a psycho killer is stalking and randomly slashing and killing strippers working in various nightclubs... (imdb)

Set in England, rather than California, the story follows Raymond Chandler's book fairly closely otherwise. Philip Marlowe is asked by the elderly (and near death) General Sternwood to investigate an attempt at blackmail on one of his daughters. He soon finds that the attempt is half hearted at best and seems to be more connected with the disappearance of the other daughter's husband, Rusty Regan... (imdb)

Down on his luck and facing financial hardship, Gerry teams up with younger charismatic poker player, Curtis, in an attempt to change his luck. The two set off on a road trip through the South with visions of winning back what's been lost. (imdb)

In the year 2022, thousands of people get trapped in a new virtual MMORPG and the lone wolf player, Kirito, works to escape. (imdb)

49 UP is the seventh film in a series of landmark documentaries that began 42 years ago when UK-based Granada's World in Action team, inspired by the Jesuit maxim "Give me the child until he is seven and I will give you the man," interviewed a diverse group of seven-year-old children from all over England, asking them about their lives and their dreams for the future. Michael Apted, a researcher for the original film, has returned to interview the "children" every seven years since, at ages 14, 21, 28, 35, 42 and now again at age 49. (First Run Features)

Theo, Marite, and Franz cannot make any money selling magazines door to door, so they try a little robbery. (imdb)

A female journalist, researching an article for the French magazine "Elle" on young prostitutes, is immediately drawn to two young woman. One is Polish and the other French, and while they seem normal, well-adjusted women, the stories they share with her expose the sexual fantasies of their male clients, and force the middle-aged writer to examine her own life and family. (tiff.net)

In The Beekeeper, one man's brutal campaign for vengeance takes on national stakes after he is revealed to be a former operative of a powerful and clandestine organization known as "Beekeepers". (imdb)