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SnagFilms.com offers the broadest collection of great independent movies you can watch right now, on demand, for free, and share with others – films that entertain and inform, engage and inspire, satisfy every taste, encourage discovery and create...

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“Star quality is if you’re on stage and a cat walks on and they still watch you.” (Jack Nicholson)

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"Each year, we now throw away fifty-eight billion disposable cups, billions of plastic bags, 200 billion litres of water bottles, billions of tons of household waste, toxic waste and e-waste."

Jeremy Irons shares one easy thing you can do for ‪#‎EarthDay‬. WATCH: http://bit.ly/1SAK7OH

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She was a cult muse, Elvis’s girlfriend and the ultimate badass. RIP, Tura Satana. 

Watch her in this Ted V. Mikels’ classic!

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“Black actors didn’t begin with Sidney Poitier anymore than Black filmmaking began with Spike Lee” 

Kick off Black History Month with A Century of Black Cinema!

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The Most Recent Supreme Court Decision Is HUGE for This Doc

On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that its 2012 decision to ban mandatory life without parole sentences would be applied retroactively for inmates currently serving time. This decision could have life-changing effects for the inmates featured in the award-winning prison documentary, Lost For Life, who can now petition for parole. 

The film takes an unsettling look at these young men, portraying them as victims to this unjust sentence without shying away from the brutal crimes they created. The most haunting story follows Torey and Brian, two young men currently serving time for murdering their classmate Cassie Jo. Inspired by the Columbine murders and by the movie Scream, the two high school aged boys filmed themselves plotting and rejoicing in the immediate adrenaline charged aftermath of their crime. Years later, Torey still denies any responsibility of the crime. Brian's remorse is painful, but the cruelty of the crime makes it difficult to discern the most just solution. 

Watch the heart-wrenching doc in it’s entirety here: Lost For Life

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7 overlooked David Lynch films you need to see to believe.

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The 6 Most Influential Horror Films Ever Made

1. Nosferatu This film is the seminal text for horror film fans. Released in 1922, the German expressionist film might not be scary in the modern sense, but its sense of style and pacing set the tone for the horror film genre.  

2. Carnival of Souls This low budget horror film has achieved cult reverence since its release in 1962. Iconic directors David Lynch, George A. Romero and David Cronenberg have all referenced Carnival of Souls as a significant influence in their filmmaking.

3. Psycho This classic broke just as many horror conventions as it made. Hitchcock blends his legendary restraint with some truly shocking images forging a path for many slasher films to follow. Dive into the mind of the master of suspense with Telescope: A Talk with Hitchcock

4. Night of the Living Dead The “obscene” gore in this film was a prominent force in the creation of the MPAA rating system. Despite, or perhaps because of, this criticism, George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead is the most influential film in further defining the niche of true horror fans.  

5. Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Ebert called it the first true horror film! The film is also German expressionism at its best.

6. House of Seven Corpses Like Rob Zombie’s House of 1000 Corpses but with 993 less dead bodies! The story revolves around a director who films a horror film in a real haunted house.

Watch them all for free at SnagFilms!

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The 25 best horror movies since 2000

5. 28 Days Later

Danny Boyle shot fast and furious with digital video to capture beautiful lo-fi visions of a post-apocalyptic London and beyond. Horror overtones echo throughout Boyle’s career, from Shallow Grave andTrainspotting to Sunshine and 127 Hours; in 28 Days Later, his talent for intensity boiling over into insanity comes through as loud and clear as it ever has.

4. The House Of The Devil

It’s a deliberate throwback to the low-budget, deliberately paced horror movies of the late 1970s and early 1980s. The House Of The Devil illustrates Ti West’s devotion to getting the details perfectly right, both in the film itself and in the way it was marketed. He doesn’t just honor his oft-disreputable inspirations. In many ways, he tops them.

3. The Babadook

The scares kick in early, when Sam has his mom read a prescient pop-up book about a looming creature that they then “can’t get rid of.” Really, though, Amelia’s been dealing with demons since before the opening credits: haunted by guilt over surviving her husband, and sick with worry that their weird child will be a burden to someone for the rest of his life. This is a deeply unsettling film about what happens to horror movie victims when they don’t die, but can’t escape.

2. It Follows

Is it too soon to call It Follows one of the great horror movies of the new millennium? Though it crept into theaters just a few months ago, David Robert Mitchell’s fledgling fright flick already feels like a classic of the genre, something we’ll be watching between fingers for years to come.

Read on to see our full list of the century’s best horror movies thus far at avclub.com

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Paul McCartney Really Is Dead and has been replaced by an imposter. Here’s the proof! 

WATCH THIS DOC NOW!  

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5 Most WTF Moments in Beware of Mr. Baker

Described by some as the world’s greatest drummer, Ginger Baker is also considered the devil incarnate or in the very least a terribly grumpy old man.  He is best known as the founder of the rock band Cream and is revered throughout the world for his genius and feared for his violent rage. The combination of his talent, temper and truly wild sex life makes for a terrifying human being and badass documentary subject. Here are the 5 Most WTF Moments in Beware of Mr. Baker. 

1. WHEN GINGER BAKER PUNCHES DIRECTOR JAY BULGER IN THE FACE WITH HIS CANE, THEN WALKS OFF LIKE NOTHING HAPPENED... 

2. WHEN HE DESCRIBES HIS WILD GROUPIES...

“One would knock on the door and climb into bed...”

3. WHEN HE VOWS TO STRIP IN COURT TO PROVE THAT A WOMAN CLAIMING TO BE HIS LOVER HAS NEVER SEEN HIS C*#K BEFORE...

4. WHEN HE EXPLAINS HOW HE LEFT HIS FIRST WIFE FOR HIS DAUGHTER’S BOYFRIENDS SISTER. SHE WAS 17 AT THE TIME.

5. AND LASTLY, WHEN HE THROWS MAJOR SHADE AT MICK JAGGER.

“He’s effeminate looking. He went up on stage and sung one number and I said, ‘Jack, who is this stupid, little, c*nt’”

Watch the full documentary for free on SnagFilms!

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A pair of new Mondo posters for David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive by Kevin Tong.

Pre-order the Criterion Blu-ray on sale.

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The best Hitchcock kissing supercut we’ve ever seen. 

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Happy Birthday to new wave darling, Anna Karina! 

Here's another French actress who shares the same "je ne sais quoi" charm.

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Happy Birthday to Sophia Loren!

At 81, she’s just as gorgeous as when she made this Oscar winning classic!

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A new video essay explores the perspectives and perceptions in David Fincher’s Zodiac and Bong Joon-ho’s Memories of Murder.

Watch here.

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Long live our Queen Beyonce! 

This doc proves she's flawless at any age. 

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Bombshell alert! Tura Satana was a cult muse, Elvis's girlfriend, modern ninja and the ULTIMATE BADASS. 

She's stunning in this Ted V. Mikels’ classic!