Ticket of No Return
Leaving Soon
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1h 48m
Leaving January 1
Directed by Ulrike Ottinger | 108 mins | 1979
Ottinger’s collision of Hollywood flamboyancy and a particularly dour documentary aesthetic suits this Janus-faced tale of two female lushes from two very different walks of life, alike in many ways, but incapable of recognizing their bond. One is a known bag lady barfly; the other a socialite oddball who stays aloof from her surroundings, quietly but intently suiciding with booze. Their paired stories play out in a Berlin peopled by punks and New German Cinema icons, including Nina Hagen, Tabea Blumenschein, Magdalena Montezuma, and Eddie Constantine.
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Totally F***ed Up
Leaving January 1
Directed by Gregg Araki | 79 mins | 1993
The first film of Araki’s “Teenage Apocalypse” trilogy, which the director once described as a “cross between avant-garde experimental cinema and a queer John Hughes flick,” "Totally F***ed Up" focuses on six gay adolescents who, rejecte... -
Warm Reception in L.A.
Leaving January 1
Directed by Candy Kugel and Vincent Cafarelli | 5 mins | 1987
A story of an author's struggle for success - the glamor and dreams of Hollywood and the check that's on the way.
