Fairuza Balk
Fairuza Balk (born Fairuza Alejandra Feldthouse; May 21, 1974) is an American actress and musician. She made her theatrical film debut as Dorothy Gale in Disney's 1985 film Return to Oz. Balk also appeared in Valmont, The Craft, The Island of Dr. Moreau, American History X,... Read full bio →
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The Craft: Legacy
An eclectic foursome of aspiring teenage witches get more than they bargained for as they lean into their newfound powers.
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
A behind the scenes chronicle of how clash of vision, bad creative decisions, lack of interest and really bad weather plagued the disastrous production of the infamous The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996).
The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
Terence McDonagh is a drug- and gambling-addled detective in post-Katrina New Orleans investigating the killing of five Senegalese immigrants.
Humboldt County
A disillusioned medical student is stranded for a summer in a remote community of counterculture pot farmers, the last place in the world he imagined he would discover himself.
Wild Tigers I Have Known
A lyrical telling of the coming of age of a 13-year-old boy who learns to cope with his new found sexuality and his unrequited love for the cool kid in school.
Pick Me Up
In the middle of nowhere, with only a two-lane highway to connect to anywhere, recently divorced Stacia, a passenger on a broken-down bus, gets caught in a bizarre and violent turf war between serial killers.
Don't Come Knocking
An aging cowboy movie star deserts a film set and tries to reconnect with his mother, whom he hasn't seen in thirty years, only to learn that he has a child he never knew about.
Personal Velocity: Three Portraits
In a series of three vignettes, three women in turn struggle to free themselves from the men who restrict their personal freedom.
Deuces Wild
In 1950s New York City, a bad and bloody gang war is about to erupt on the dysfunctional streets of Brooklyn between the Deuces and the vicious Vipers.
Almost Famous
Almost Famous is an autobiographical inspired film about a 15-year-old who is hired by Rolling Stone magazine to follow and interview a rock band during their tour. A film about growing up, first love, disappointment, and the life of a rock star.
The Waterboy
A football team water boy discovers he has a unique tackling ability and becomes a member of the team.
American History X
With its explicit depiction of violence, American History X is a controversial drama about a convicted Neo-Nazi and his struggle with his friends, family, and with the identity he has created for himself. The film touches on nationalism and racism in the US.
American Perfekt
Sandra meets a shrink on the way to picking up her sister at a desert town to continue to their mom. He decides by flipping a coin. The coin flipping gets psycho.
The Island of Dr. Moreau
A plane crash surviving attorney stumbles upon a mysterious island and is shocked to discover that a brilliant scientist and his lab assistant have found a way to combine human and animal DNA—with horrific results.
The Craft
A newcomer to a Catholic prep high school falls in with a trio of outcast teenage girls who practice witchcraft and they all soon conjure up various spells and curses against those who even slightly anger them.
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
A mafia film in Tarantino style with a star-studded cast. Jimmy’s “The Saint” gangster career has finally ended. Yet now he finds him self doing favors for a wise godfather known as “The Man with the Plan.”
Gas Food Lodging
Nora, a single mother raising two teenage daughters, Shade and Trudi, waits tables at a truck-stop diner in a small New Mexico town. The beautiful and rebellious Trudi drops out of school and gets a job alongside Nora, while the younger Shade whittles away her time at Spanish movie matinees.
Valmont
Set in Baroque France, a scheming widow and her lover make a bet regarding the corruption of a recently married woman. The lover, Valmont, bets that he can seduce her, even though she is an honorable woman. If he wins, he can have his lover to do as he will. However, in the process of seducing the married woman, Valmont falls in love.
Return to Oz
Dorothy, saved from a psychiatric experiment by a mysterious girl, is somehow called back to Oz when a vain witch and the Nome King destroy everything that makes the magical land beautiful.