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A portrait of animator and independent filmmaker Bill Plympton, who after working as an illustrator in publications such as the New Yorker, Hustler, Penthouse and Playboy, turned to independent film. In 1988, he was nominated for an Academy Award for his short film, 'Your Face' and has since received critical acclaim for numerous short and feature films.
9) Guard dog
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This Oscar-nominated animated short asks the eternal question: Why do dogs bark at such innocent creatures as pigeons and squirrels? What are they afraid of?.
11) Shuteye Hotel
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A film noir murder mystery that takes place in a sleazy hotel. As cops investigate the gruesome murders, they become the victims of this evil force. What Jaws did to swimming, SHUTEYE HOTEL will do for sleeping.... Winner of Best Short Film at Málaga International Week of Fantastic Cinema and nominated for Best Narrative Short at the Tribeca Film Festival.
12) The Tune
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A quirky animated comedy by legendary cult cartoonist Bill Plympton. Del is a young songwriter, working for the bossy Mr. Mega, who must come up with a hit or face losing his job. Hoping to stay employed and close to the object of his affections, Didi, who happens to be Mega's assistant, Del sets out in search of musical inspiration and ends up in the strange town of Flooby Nooby. Will the odd denizens of the strange hamlet help him to create his...
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Animator Bill Plympton offers a moral fable with his own surreal touch in this dark comedy. Tough guy Angel wakes up one morning to discover his body has begun to match his name -- a pair of wings has sprouted from his back. Angel doesn't care to have wings and is annoyed by the ridicule they inspire among his drinking buddies, so he cuts them off, only to find they quickly grow back. Even worse, Angel learns the wings have their own moral compass,...
14) Cheatin'
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In a fateful bumper car collision, Jake and Ella meet and become the most loving couple in the long history of romance. But when a scheming "other" woman drives a wedge of jealousy into their perfect courtship, insecurity and hatred spell out an untimely fate. With only the help of a disgraced magician and his forbidden "soul machine", Ella takes the form of Jake's numerous lovers, desperately fighting through malfunction and deceit as they try to...
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"In this award-winning new documentary, director Jen Senko seeks to discover why her WWII veteran father’ s personality radically transformed from that of a non-political Kennedy Democrat to an angry right-wing fanatic after his discovery of Talk Radio and Fox News. In trying to understand how this happened, Senko not only finds this to be a phenomenon, but also comes to a startling conclusion about the course of the media over the last 30-40 years....
