James Schamus Movies

  • 1970
    The Wedding Banquet

    The Wedding Banquet

    The Wedding Banquet

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    After his boyfriend rejects his marriage proposal, Min convinces his best friend Angela to marry him for his green card and offers to pay for her...

    The Wedding Banquet
  • 2016
    Junction 48

    Junction 48

    Junction 48

    5.82016HD

    Set against a backdrop of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Palestinian rapper Kareem and his singer girlfriend Manar struggle, love and make music...

    Junction 48
  • 2013
    Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery

    Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery

    Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery

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    A documentary about the influential independent film production company The Shooting Gallery.

    Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery
  • 1992
    Surviving Desire

    Surviving Desire

    Surviving Desire

    71992HD

    Jude, a college professor, is obsessed with Sophie, his student. She, in turn, is intrigued by his scholarly charm. Flirtation turns to lust and the...

    Surviving Desire
  • 1993
    MOTV (My Own TV)

    MOTV (My Own TV)

    MOTV (My Own TV)

    01993HD

    A love story between a Jamaican immigrant and his wife that turns bittersweet when the search for the American dream goes awry.

    MOTV (My Own TV)
  • 2019
    30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing

    30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing

    30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing

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    Over 30 filmmakers and friends of Strand Releasing have come together to honor the company’s indelible contribution to independent cinema over...

    30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
  • 2017
    Dayveon

    Dayveon

    Dayveon

    6.72017HD

    In the wake of his big brother’s violent death, 13-year-old Dayveon struggles to find his way in an economically depressed Arkansas town. With...

    Dayveon
  • 1992
    Ambition

    Ambition

    Ambition

    5.51992HD

    Follows a day in the life of a young artist who longs for professional success and the attention of beautiful women, but who encounters only...

    Ambition
  • 1999
    Love God

    Love God

    Love God

    7.61999HD

    Manhattan, 1996. All mental hospitals must cut their patient load by a third, and LaRue (Will Keenan) is sent out onto the streets with "chronic...

    Love God
  • 1991
    Keep It for Yourself

    Keep It for Yourself

    Keep It for Yourself

    5.71991HD

    Sophie comes to New York from France with the intention of joining a man she met a few months before. She finds herself alone in the apartment of the...

    Keep It for Yourself
  • 1997
    Arresting Gena

    Arresting Gena

    Arresting Gena

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    A directionless teenager (Aesha Waks) becomes involved with a headstrong runaway (Summer Phoenix) and her drug-dealing brother (Sam Rockwell).

    Arresting Gena
  • 1970
    College Republicans

    College Republicans

    College Republicans

    01970HD

    A young Karl Rove vies for the position of chief campus conservative under the guidance of Lee Atwater.

    College Republicans
  • 2014
    That Film About Money

    That Film About Money

    That Film About Money

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    What is the real value of a dollar? You think that a dollar bill is money and that banks are where your cash is stored and safeguarded. Well,...

    That Film About Money
  • 1995
    Roy Cohn/Jack Smith

    Roy Cohn/Jack Smith

    Roy Cohn/Jack Smith

    01995HD

    When Jill Godmilow’s documentary Roy Cohn/Jack Smith premiered at the 1994 Toronto International Film Festival, the number of AIDS-related...

    Roy Cohn/Jack Smith
  • 1991
    I Was on Mars

    I Was on Mars

    I Was on Mars

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    Silva fulfills herself a dream: from Poland she flies to USA. With only a few hundred dollars she arrives in New York, incapable of the language. Not...

    I Was on Mars
  • 2024
    McVeigh

    McVeigh

    McVeigh

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    After the Waco siege, an unthinkable plan brews in the mind of army veteran Timothy McVeigh. A psychological thriller based on the harrowing real...

    McVeigh
  • 1997
    Wonderland

    Wonderland

    Wonderland

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    Welcome to Levittown, New York - America's first cookie-cutter community. From wife-swapping to bomb shelters, to flag burning, Wonderland takes a...

    Wonderland
  • 1993
    A Psychic Mom

    A Psychic Mom

    A Psychic Mom

    01993HD

    A psychic suburban mother--with an affinity for Doris Day films--begins a spiritual journey beyond the confines of her neighborhood and failed...

    A Psychic Mom
  • 2011
    Lost Forever: The Art of Film Preservation

    Lost Forever: The Art of Film Preservation

    Lost Forever: The Art of Film Preservation

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    This documentary short takes you inside the fascinating world of film preservation and restoration.

    Lost Forever: The Art of Film Preservation
  • 1992
    Thank You and Good Night

    Thank You and Good Night

    Thank You and Good Night

    01992HD

    Director Jan Oxenberg's docu-fantasy narrative about aging and death, and how it affects her family.

    Thank You and Good Night