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Now showing — Intersection · 5 works

  • A man reveals he's never had sex and his coworkers mount an intervention. Apatow's breakout comedy with more heart than its premise suggests.

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  • Le Samourai Film · 1960s

    Le Samouraï is a 1967 neo-noir crime thriller film written and directed by Jean-Pierre Melville and starring Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon, and Cathy Rosier. A Franco-Italian production, it depicts the intersecting paths of a professional hitman (Delon) trying to find out who hired him for a job and t...

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  • It's early 2000 on New York City's Upper East Side, and the alienation of Moshfegh's unnamed young protagonist from others is nearly complete when she initiates her yearlong siesta, during which time she experiences limited personal interactions. Her parents have died; her relationships with her bulimic best friend...

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  • Divine Intervention Film · 2000s

    Absurdist vignettes about life under occupation. Palestinian Tati.

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  • Newton's Cradle Television

    2021 Emirati-American television series

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