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Don’t miss the theatrical premiere of @RootsOfFire at Laemmle Royal in Los Angeles tomorrow night! Also playing all week at Laemmle Royal, and as part of Laemmle’s Culture Vulture series. Tickets: laemmle.com/film/roots-fire
LOS ANGELES! Tonight is the night. #UNDERDOG premieres at Laemmle's Royal in Santa Monica. Don't miss a Q&A with director Tommy Hyde and unforgettable subject Doug Butler! Tickets: laemmle.com/film/underdog
LA: Don't miss the theatrical premiere of #UNDERDOG at Laemmle Royal this Thursday, August 10th. Tickets here: laemmle.com/film/underdog
LOS ANGELES: Don't miss the U.S. premiere of #GLOW, opening tomorrow night at the Laemmle Royale, and then playing for a weeklong run at Laemmle's Monica Film Center. Get tickets at laemmle.com/film/glow ✨
Celebrate spring and National Walking Day with this week's #FRFWeeklyPick: Central Park: The People's Place. This loving portrait of New York's collective backyard is available on iTunes or on DVD through our website.
As #WomensHistoryMonty wraps up, this week's #FRFWeeklyPick is inside look at FEMEN- the topless female activists who fight corrupt, patriarchal political systems in Kiev and all across Europe- as well as a portrait of the group's creative backbone, the bewitching Oksana Shachko.
As #WomensHistoryMonth continues, this week's #FRFWeeklyPic is Shusenjo: Comfort Women and Japan's War on History. This crucial film illuminates the Japanese Imperial Army's sexual enslavement of an estimated tens of 1000s of Korean women in military brothels during World War II
Happy Women's History Month! Live Nude Girls Unite follows the first ever exotic dancers' union, forged by the filmmaker Julia Query and her coworkers at the Lusty Lady in San Francisco. This #FRFWeeklyPick spotlights a game-changing fight in the world of sex work.
Happy #MardiGras! Our #FRFWeeklyPick is The Sons of Tennessee Williams. Mardi Gras, drag royalty and a glittering civil rights revolution - where else could these elements come together but in New Orleans? Available on iTunes, Amazon, Vimeo, or DVD on firstrunfeatures.com.
February blues got you down? This #FRFWeeklyPick is a dose of family-friendly escapism. Set on the last day of summer in a small seaside resort town, French animated feature #LouiseByTheShore is "endearing and original" (The Hollywood Reporter). Available on iTunes and DVD.
with #ValentinesDay just around the corner, things are getting steamy in this week's #FRFWeeklyPick: #SweetEcstasy. this steamy beach romance filmed on the exotic French Riviera, will be sure to add a little old-school romance to your week!
Today, on the first day of #BlackHistoryMonth, check out How They Got Over! This week's #FRFWeeklyPick tells the story of how Black gospel quartet music paved the way for rock and roll, and helped to break down racial walls in 1950s America. Available on iTunes, Amazon, or DVD.
With equal parts historical overview, critique, and homage, #TheCelluloidBordello lets real-life dommes, escorts, porn stars & hustlers take the stage and discuss how sex work is portrayed in media. Now available on iTunes, Amazon, or DVD at firstrunfeatures.com.
In the midst of Hanukah, today's #FRFWeeklyPick is When Jews Were Funny. This insightful and hilarious doc surveys the history of Jewish comedy, exploring ethnicity in the entertainment industry and the unruly question of what it means to be Jewish. Available on DVD and Vimeo.
What better way to get into the holiday spirit than the fairytales of Hans Christian Andersen, animated by the legendary Michael Sporn! This week, our #FRFWeeklyPic is a quadruple feature: The Red Shoes and The Little Match Girl, and The Emperor's New Clothes and Nightingale.
Billy Elliot meets First Position in #BalletBoys, this week's #FRFWeeklyPick: a documentary that follows, over four years, the struggles, set-backs and accomplishments of three friends and hopeful future dance stars: Lukas, Syvert, and Torgeir. Available on DVD and Vimeo.
Screen Rant presents an exclusive clip from #FreePuppies, a new documentary about the rescue efforts to re-home and spay-and-neuter the sweetest dogs you've ever seen: buff.ly/3unxugo
If you can't stop watching the World Cup, you'll love Coach Jake, the story of a legendary NYC soccer coach whose greatest victories lie in helping others. Available on Amazon, iTunes, and DVD through our website. #FRFWeeklyPic #CoachJake #Soccer #WorldCup ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️
Tickets for the weeklong run of #TheQuietEpidemic at @IFCCenter are now ON SALE! Screenings 3x daily (11:05AM, 5:10PM, 7:35PM) Friday, Dec. 2 thru Thursday, Dec. 8. Live Q&As following Friday 12/2 (5:10PM, 7:35PM) & Sunday 12/4 (5:10PM)! GET TICKETS: ifccenter.com/films/the-quie…
As we find ourselves knee deep in pie crust and pumpkin purée, it’s only fitting that today’s #FRFWeeklyPick is #KingsOfPastry, an edge-of-your-seat drama about the Meilleurs Ouvriers de France, #France’s top pastry prize. You’re in for a treat! #thanksgiving #documentary
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