Skin

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When moonlighting medical students harvesting skin from a corpse for temporary use accidentally take it from the wrong d... (more)

When moonlighting medical students harvesting skin from a corpse for temporary use accidentally take it from the wrong donor, the results are catastrophic: a New York City hospital ward is destroyed in a bloodbath, and an elderly professor, admitted for a routine skin graft, is suddenly the city's most wanted fugitive.Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully are the only ones to suspect something more ominous than a medical procedure gone awry. As the FBI agents investigating the "X-Files" strange and inexplicable cases the bureau wants to keep hidden ; Mulder and Scully are determined to track down the forces they suspect are behind the murders. While the police hunt the fleeing professor, Mulder and Scully track the skin that was grafted onto him, a trail that leads from the morgue to the headquarters of a cutting-edge biotech company to the jungles of Thailand. Together they begin to uncover an unholy and undeniable alliance between a battle-trained plastic surgeon, international politicians, and a legendary Thai monster known as the Skin Eater. (less)

A definitive documentary on the history of nudity in the movies, beginning with the silent movie era through present day... (more)

A definitive documentary on the history of nudity in the movies, beginning with the silent movie era through present day, examining the changes in morality that led to the use of nudity in films while emphasizing the political, sociological and artistic changes that shaped this rich history. (less)

Based on a true story, SKIN follows Sandra Laing, a distinctly mixed-race South African woman born to white parents duri... (more)

Based on a true story, SKIN follows Sandra Laing, a distinctly mixed-race South African woman born to white parents during the apartheid era. (less)

Despite being born to Afrikaner parents, Sandra faces prejudice from her community due to her dark skin and African feat... (more)

Despite being born to Afrikaner parents, Sandra faces prejudice from her community due to her dark skin and African features. Torn between her family and the man she loves, Sandra must overcome the racial intolerance of her society in this uplifting true story. (less)

A man makes the dangerous choice to leave the neo-Nazi gang he joined as a teenager. He is determined to start a new lif... (more)

A man makes the dangerous choice to leave the neo-Nazi gang he joined as a teenager. He is determined to start a new life-if he can make it out alive. Winner of the FIPRESCI Prize at the **Toronto International Film Festival**. Nominated for a C.I.C.A.E. Award at the **Berlin International Film Festival**. *"Skin is the amazing story of a man who went to extreme measures to change, on the outside and within his heart." - Richard Roeper, **Chicago Sun-Times*** (less)

Based on an incredible true story, SKIN follows Sandra Laing (Sophie Okonedo), a distinctly mixed-race South African wom... (more)

Based on an incredible true story, SKIN follows Sandra Laing (Sophie Okonedo), a distinctly mixed-race South African woman born to white parents (Sam Neill and Alice Krige) during the apartheid era. Despite her upbringing as a white girl, Sandra is eventually classified as 'Coloured' by the government and stripped of the rights with which the rest of her family is privileged. And when she begins a love affair with a local vegetable dealer, Sandra finds herself cut off from her past and living the hard life of a truly black woman in a society that seeks to ostracize her. Official Selection at the **British Independent Film Awards**. *"Powerful apartheid drama with a strong script, intriguingly complex characters and terrific performances from Sophie Okonedo, Sam Neill and Alice Krige." - Matthew Turner, **ViewLondon*** (less)