Coming this summer to DVD...
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TALES OF THE RAT FINK - (19.95) - Buy it now!
Also available: "RAT FINK" movie posters, mouse pads, t-shirts and pen sets!
TALES OF THE RAT FINK- A film by Ron Mann
Buy it now! ($19.95)

Ron Mann's wildly inventive bio about Renaissance man Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, who engineered a shift in mid-twentieth century culture with his customized cars, "monster" T-shirts and America's alternative rodent - "Rat Fink".
Mann's largely animated documentary features the voice talents of John Goodman, Ann-Margret, Jay Leno, Brian Wilson, Tom Wolfe, Matt Groening, Robert Williams, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Paul LeMat, Billy F Gibbons, Theo Rosnick and The Smothers Brothers.
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Films of RON MANN
Ron's entire collection of of docs are available here at a special discounted rate. Discovery why he's been called "Canada's formost documentary filmmaker!"
Blue Rodeo: In Stereovision / Brakhage / Comic Book Confidential / Dream Tower / Go Further / Grass / Imagine the Sound / Poetry in Motion / Tales of the Rat Fink / Twist
Films of EMILE DE ANTONIO
Emile de Antonio began making documentaries in the mid 1960s. His rather radical criticism of American institutions and government officials angered many officials who would send the FBI out to harass him.
Emile de Antonio: Films of a Radical Saint/ America is Hard to See / In the King of Prussia / In the Year of the Pig / Mr. Hoover and I
FEATURED DVDS!
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KNOW YOUR MUSHROOMS
T-Shirt
$30.00

RAT FINK
Mousepads
12.00

BRAND UPON THE BRAIN! - A film by Guy Maddin
Buy it now! ($29.99)

“One of the years 10 best films.” - The New York Times

While father performed mysterious experiments in the lighthouse basement, Gu and his sister lived upstairs within the family run orphanage under the all-seeing, protective gaze of mother. Years later, upon returning to his childhood home, Guy plunges into repressed memories of a bizarre series of events involving strange marks on the orphans' heads, and the brother and sister detective team sent to uncover the mystery. Narrated by Isabella Rossellini, this homage to silent cinema is a ninety-minute plunge into the vast cinematic fever dream of Winnipeg native Guy Maddin.
MY DINNER WITH JIMI- A film by Bill Fishman, Written by Howard Kaylan
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This is the story of Howard Kaylan and his band, The Turtles, as they explore the worlds of sex, drugs and rock and roll in the 1960's. Along the way, Howard meets Jim Morrison, Frank Zappa, Brian Jones, Mama Cass and a host of other pop luminaries; finds new and hilarious ways to avoid the Draft Board and, ultimately, ventures to swinging London to take on The Beatles and site through an amazing late-night repast with the legendary Jimi Hendrix himself. The colorful conclusion will never be erased from your memory. This film embodies the true spirit of sixties rock and the Summer of Love.
EMILE DE ANTONIO: FILMS OF A RADICAL SAINT
Buy it now! ($59.98) - 4 Disc DVD Set

A radical leftist and legendary bon vivant, documentary filmmaker Emile de Antonio made some of the most important and powerful films of the past century. In addition to innovative works such as Millhouse: A White Comedy, Underground and 1990 Sundance Grand Jury Prize nominee Mr. Hoover and I, Films of the Radical Saint includes the Oscar®-nominated* Vietnam War chronicle In the Year of the Pig, arguably his most controversial and de Antonio's personal favorite. This long-overdue collection of celebrated films amply shows why de Antonio is considered a revolutionary and inspirational figure in the development of post-war American cinema.
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PATTI SMITH
DREAM OF LIFE
Movie Poster
$20.00

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BRAND UPON
THE BRAIN!
Movie Poster
$20.00

EXAMINED LIFE
Movie Poster
$20.00

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EXAMINED LIFE
Tote Bags
$10.00

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filmswelike
T-Shirt
$20.00

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Rat Fink Soundtrack
$14.99

ABEL RAISES CAIN - A film by Jenny Abel & Jeff Hockett
Buy it now! ($19.95)

"Before Stephen Colbert, there was Alan Abel" - Toronto Star

For more than 4 decades, Alan Abel has operated under a wide variety of names, championing a motley stew of causes such as clothing nude animals, the consumption of human hair, laws against public breast-feeding, euthanasia cruises, a school for Manhattan panhandlers. Every one of these was a hoax intended to fleece a gullible media and public that feasts on outrageous stories. "A loving portrait of an eccentric father.
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NEW ARRIVALS!
KENNY - A Jacobson Bros. film
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"the most laughs I've had watching a movie so far this year " - Toronto Sun

From the biggest festival to the smallest church social, Kenny Smyth delivers porta-loos to them all. Ignored and unappreciated, he is one of the cogs in society's machinery; a knight in shining overalls taking care of business with his faithful 'Splashdown' crew.
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KNOW YOUR
MUSHROOMS
Movie Poster
$20.00

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IN THE MOMENT - A film by Sandra Chwialkowska
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IN THE MOMENT follows six high school improv teams on their journey to compete for the gold at the Canadian Improv Games.

Told from the candid perspectives of the kids themselves, at practices and team sleepovers, the film captures what it's like to be a teenager today. Though the focus of the film is improv, the National Tournament becomes a dramatic backdrop for the bigger story about modern kids and their families.
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DIED YOUNG STAYED PRETTY - A film by Eileen Yaghoobian
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DIED YOUNG, STAYED PRETTY peels back the paper curtain and looks behind the scenes of the underground poster movement. These graphic banditos roam the streets, plastering their work to every available surface. Under the guise of advertising rock shows, these unheralded masters of the silkscreen and xerox machine carry on public discourses on the merits and pitfalls of fried cheese and gritty porn.
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OF TIME AND THE CITY - A film by Terence Davies
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OF TIME AND THE CITY is both a love song and a eulogy to the director's birthplace of Liverpool. It is also a response to memory, reflection and the experience of losing a sense of place as the skyline changes and time takes it's toll.

Terence Davies returnes to his native liverpool and to his film making roots to caputure a sense of the City today and its influences on him growning up in the late 40's and early 50's.

LIVERPOOL's phoenix-like rise is portrayed like it's never been seen before; how a city can change itself and the people under its influence...
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