Summer at Sea
Leaving January 1
Sand and surf provide a sun-kissed setting for characters to lose their worries, inhibitions, and sometimes minds in this summertime series of beach-related films. The collection spans tortured romances to campy beach romps to Brighton Beach memories, showing the tidal pull of the ocean for filmmakers and sun worshippers alike.
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Psycho Beach Party
Leaving January 1
Directed by Robert Lee King | 96 mins | 2000
The wholesome genre of 1950s beach movies gets a demented camp makeover in the parodic, perky-paletted story of Chicklet (Lauren Ambrose), a teenager who becomes a suspect in a serial killer investigation because of her multiple pers... -
Futuro Beach
Leaving January 1
Directed by Karim Aïnouz | 107 mins | 2014
In this reflective romance from Brazilian auteur Aïnouz, a lifeguard (Wagner Moura) throws himself into a torrid affair with a motorcycling war veteran whose friend disappears in the ocean, but then struggles to find himself after trav... -
Little Fugitive
Leaving January 1
Directed by Morris Engel | 81 mins | 1953
A pioneering influence on the French New Wave, this New York independent classic follows a seven-year-old boy through the hustle and bustle of Coney Island after he runs away from home, spooked by a cruel prank. It’s filmed with close-u... -
Night Tide
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Directed by Curtis Harrington | 86 mins | 1961
After time in the early experimental film scene in LA and Hollywood studio lots, Harrington made his narrative feature debut with the gloomy, atmospheric "Night Tide", a loose reworking of Tourneur’s "Cat People" featuring a young ... -
Suntan
Leaving January 1
Directed by Argyris Papadimitropoulos | 100 mins | 2016
A frumpy doctor on a sun-kissed Greek isle falls for a nubile young beachgoer whom he treats, then descends down the rabbit hole of his seemingly hopeless crush. An unpredictable tragicomic look at the demands and disaster...
