John Waters
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Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea
(2006)Fabulously offbeat and refreshingly upbeat, this lovable film gets friendly with the natives of the Salton Sea an inland ocean of massive fish kills, rotting resorts, and 120 degree nights located just minutes from urban Southern California. This award-winning film from directors Chris Metzler and Jeff Springer details the rise and fall of the Salton Sea, from its heyday as the "California Riviera" where boaters and Beach Boys mingled in paradise to its present state of decaying, forgotten ecological disaster. From wonderland to wasteland, PLAGUES & PLEASURES ON THE SALTON SEA captures a place far more interesting than the shopping malls and parking lots of suburban America, a wacky world where a beer-swilling Hungarian Revolutionary, a geriatric nudist, and a religious zealot building a monument to God all find solace and community. Crisply and hilariously narrated by oddball auteur John Waters, and featuring music by desert lounge rockers Friends of Deans Martinez, PLAGUES & PLEASURES ON THE SALTON SEA melds high camp with stark realism, offering both a sobering message about the consequences of tampering with nature and a heart-warming tale of individualism.

The Mystery of a Hansom Cab
(2012)Late one night in Victorian-era Melbourne, two gentlemen board a hansom cab, but only one emerges alive in this classic whodunnit adapted from the bestselling book.

Wall Writers
(2016)This documentary, narrated by John Waters, looks into graffiti in its innocence in the late 1960s and early 1970s and the legendary writers behind it.

I Am Divine
(2014)The complex life of Divine, the gleefully brash muse of director John Waters, who became one of the first drag superstars of the big screen.

Sarah Squirm: Live + in the Flesh
(2025)Sarah Sherman's unholy alter ego, Sarah Squirm, slithers onto your screen in her first HBO stand-up special. After four seasons (and counting) on Saturday Night Live, the comedian rips off the straitjacket, unleashing a festering and hilarious hour of bodily fluids, open-wound confessionals, and jokes that will leave scars on your soul.

Grievous Bodily Harm
(1988)What happened to Claudine? That's what her husband, Morris Martin, is asking. He can see her there, on the videotape, in the sex scenes. But she's not home and friends say she's dead. Now Morris is killing people, trying to get to Claudine's world.

Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
(2020)From Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Office Space to Monty Python and Showgirls, hear from the cast and crew who made these films cult classics.

Breaker Morant
(1980)During the Boer War, an English-Australian lieutenant is tried for war crimes after executing captured Boers and a German missionary.

Lynch/Oz
(2023)Is David Lynch trapped in the land of Oz? Six distinct perspectives—narrated by some of contemporary cinema’s most exciting voices—will take us down the proverbial rabbit hole, helping us re-experience and re-interpret Victor Fleming’s THE WIZARD OF OZ by way of David Lynch, to deliver a whole new appreciation for Lynch’s symbolism through the lens of his greatest influence.

The Rooster
(2024)Police Officer Dan is haunted by guilt following an incident involving his old friend Steve. After a chance encounter with an eccentric hermit living in the woods, Dan suspects that this man may have been the last person to see Steve alive.

Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
(2020)From Night of the Living Dead and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre to A Clockwork Orange, hear from the cast and crew who made these films cult classics.

TURA!
(2024)TURA! tells the shocking true story of Asian American cinema icon Tura Satana, star of Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! Narrated by Margaret Cho, with interviews from John Waters, Dita Von Teese, and more, it's a thrilling, heartfelt look at a burlesque legend and cult film star whose legacy of female empowerment lives on.

Tab Hunter Confidential
(2015)In the 1950s, Tab Hunter is number one at the box office and number one on the music charts. He is Hollywood's most sought-after star and America's boy next door. Natalie Wood, Debbie Reynolds and Sophia Loren are just a few of the actresses he is romantically linked to. Nothing, it seems, can damage Tab Hunter's career. Nothing, that is, except for the fact that Tab Hunter is secretly gay.

Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn
(2019)This film explores infamous attorney Roy Cohn's rise to power and how his influence continues to rule today.

Centre Place
(2010)After losing the "perfect" guy, a career-oriented woman reassesses her life and finds new passion when a former lover unexpectedly returns.

Sweet and Lowdown
(1999)A gifted but mercurial jazz guitarist in the 1930s finds his struggles with envy and mobsters changed by his love for a mute woman.

Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
(2007)This documentary chronicles the life and career of William Castle, known for his horror films with outrageous audience participation gimmicks.

Excision
(2012)Dreaming of a career in medicine, a teen girl with a chronically-ill sister becomes darkly obsessed with scabs, surgery, and losing her virginity.

Suburban Gothic
(2014)Raymond has a prestigious MBA, but he can't find work. Kicked out of his big city apartment, Raymond returns home to his overbearing mother, ex-jock father, and beer-bellied classmates. But when a vengeful ghost terrorises the small town, the city-boy recruits Becca, a badass local bartender, to solve the mystery of the spirit threatening everyone's lives.

Seed of Chucky
(2004)When everyone's favourite killer doll and his homicidal honey are brought back to life by their orphaned offspring, they take Tinseltown by storm in a wild new rampage of murderous mayhem.