Mark Duplass
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"The multitalented writers, directors, producers, and actors (The League, Transparent, Togetherness, and The Mindy Project) share the secrets of their lifelong partnership in this unique personal memoir"--
Whether producing, writing, directing, or acting, the Duplass brothers have made their mark in the world of independent film and television on the strength of their quirky and empathetic approach to storytelling. Here they take readers on a tour...
3) Mars
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The discovery of life on Mars places a robotic expedition and a manned mission in a race to the Red Planet. En route we discover that love - biological, spiritual, and even mechanical - can flourish in all kinds of ways.
5) Creep
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Looking for work, Aaron a videographer, who is low on cash and full of naivete, answers a Craigslist ad. He drives to a cabin in a remote mountain town where he meets Josef, his cinematic subject for the day. Josef is sincere and the project seems heartfelt, so Aaron begins to film. But as the day goes on, it becomes clear that Josef is not who he says, and his intentions are not at all pure.
6) Blue jay
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After 22 years, two former high school sweethearts reunite during a visit to their hometown.
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A year after the death of his brother Tom, Seattleite Jack is having trouble coming to terms with his loss and has hit a wall. An intervention in the guise of his best friend Iris results in a planned week of solitude at her family's remote cabin in the San Juan Islands. Iris' sister Hannah had the same idea and she and Jack inadvertently have a night of drunken confessions and shared experiences.
8) Cyrus
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A quirky, hilarious story about love, family and cutting the cord. Not-so-recently divorced John thinks he's finally found the perfect woman when he meets the sweet and sexy Molly. There's just one problem, Molly's son Cyrus clings to his mom like lint on a T-shirt, and he's not about to let another man come between them. It's one hysterically awkward moment after another as John and Cyrus fight for the right to be Molly's #1 man.
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After finding a vintage Lazy Boy recliner online, just like the one that used to grace his childhood living room, Josh decides to buy the chair and deliver it to his father as a surprise birthday gift. He brings along his moody girlfriend Emily and stops along the way to visit his brother Rhett.
11) Young hearts
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Harper enters high school and sparks a relationship with her brother's best friend, Tilly. While Harper deals with social blowback, the older Tilly is congratulated, setting up a very modern love story in the age of Time's Up and Me Too.
12) Bad Milo!
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Duncan's mounting stress starts to trigger an insufferable gastrointestinal reaction. He seeks the help of a hypnotherapist, who helps him discover the root of his unusual stomach pain: a pintsized demon living in his intestine that, triggered by excessive anxiety, forces its way out and slaughters the people who have angered him. Out of fear that his intestinal gremlin may target its wrath on the wrong person, Duncan attempts to befriend it, naming...
13) Humpday
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Ben and Andrew are best friends since college. After a wild night of partying, they decide to enter an amateur porn film festival by filming themselves having sex with each other. The only things stopping them is that one of them is married, and neither of them is homosexual.
14) Duck butter
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"Two women, who are dissatisfied with the dishonesty they see in dating and relationships, decide to make a pact to spend 24 hours together hoping to find a new way to create intimacy"--Www.imdb.com
16) Creep 2
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"Sara, a video artist primarily focused on creating intimacy with lonely men, thinks she may have found the subject of her dreams after coming across a stranger's online post. Unable to resist the chance to create a truly shocking piece of art, she agrees to drive to a remote house in the forest to spend the day with the man claiming to be a serial killer. As the day goes on, however, she discovers she may have dug herself into a hole from which she...
18) The one I love
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Ethan and Sophie are a married couple on the brink of separation. At the urging of their therapist, they escape to a beautiful vacation house for a weekend getaway in an attempt to salvage what is left of their relationship, only to discover an unusual dilemma that awaits them.
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The film follows a group of medical students who discover a way to bring dead patients back to life. After a successful, yet unsanctioned, trial on a newly deceased animal, the team is ready to unveil their breakthrough to the world. When the dean of their university learns of their underground experiments, their project is unexpectedly shut down and their materials confiscated.