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| 1992 | A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME | documentary |
| dir.: Errol Morris | starring: Stephen Hawking, et al. | | VHS | VHS-LTR | DVD |
| sparkling study of the world-famous cosmologist and the creation of the universe |
| 1980 | ALTERED STATES | science fiction |
| dir.: Ken Russell | starring: William Hurt, Blair Brown, Bob Balaban, et al. | | VHS | VHS-LTR | DVD |
| a dissatisfied scientist involved with primal research uses himself as guinea pig with mind-bending results; a failed search for God |
| 1998 | AMERICAN HISTORY X | drama |
| dir.: Tony Kaye | starring: Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Avery Brooks, et al. | | VHS | VHS-LTR | DVD |
| a brilliantly acted and intimate tale of a white supremicist who learns some very hard lessons on his way to abandoning his unreasoning hatred |
| 1994 | ... AND GOD SPOKE | comedy |
| dir.: Arthur Borman | starring: Michael Riley, Stephen Rappaport, et al. | | VHS | VHS-LTR | DVD |
| the trials and tribulations of casting and producing of a numbingly awful multi-million-dollar biblical epic |
| 1998 | ANTZ | comedy/animated |
| dir.: E. Darnell | starring: Woody Allen, Gene Hackman, Sylvester Stallone, Jennifer Lopez, et al. | | VHS | VHS-LTR | DVD |
| a black sheep of the ant colony named Z strikes a blow for individuality in this delightful adventure for children and adults |
| 1998 | AYN RAND: A SENSE OF LIFE | documentary/biography |
| dir.: Michael Paxton | starring: Sharon Gless, et al. | | VHS | VHS-LTR | DVD |
| a comprehensive look at perhaps the most widely read philosopher of the 20th century |
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| 1993 | BARAKA | documentary |
| dir.: Ron Fricke | starring: humanity, in all its shapes and colors | | VHS | VHS-LTR | DVD |
| a cinematic poem and visual feast shot on location in 24 different countries; gorgeous and surprisingly compelling |
| 1992 | BOB ROBERTS | comedy/satire |
| dir.: Tim Robbins | starring: Tim Robbins, Giancarlo Esposito, Alan Rickman, et al. | | VHS | VHS-LTR | DVD |
| hilarious and eerily believable "mockumentary" of a folk-singing republican congressional candidate with a faustian smile and a gift for media manipulation |
| 1992 | BRAIN DROPPINGS | comedy |
| starring: George Carlin | | A-CS | A-CD |
| everyone's favorite sarcastic semanticist serves up a heaping helping of social satire |
| 1998 | BULWORTH | comedy/drama |
| dir.: Warren Beatty | starring: Warren Beatty, Halle Berry, et al. | | A-CD | VHS | VHS-LTR | DVD |
| a suicidally disillusioned politician puts a contract out on himself and takes the opportunity to be bluntly honest with his voters... brilliant satire! |
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| 2000 | CHOCOLAT | comedy |
| dir.: Lasse Hallstrom | starring: Alfred Molina, Juliette Binoche, Johnny Depp, Judi Dench, et al. | | VHS | VHS-LTR | DVD |
| scrumptious chocolatier Juliette Binoche eschews church and teaches a small french village of the delights of sensuality in this visual feast. |
| 1996 | CITIZEN RUTH | comedy |
| dir.: Alexander Payne | starring: Laura Dern, Swoosie Kurtz, Kurtwood Smith, et al. | | VHS | VHS-LTR | DVD |
| social satire in America's heartland, the film focuses on a pregnant woman charged with abusing her fetus by constantly inhaling anything in an aerosol can |
| 1974 | CLARENCE DARROW | biographical |
| dir.: John Houseman | starring: Henry Fonda, et al. | | VHS | VHS-LTR | DVD |
| rare taping of Henry Fonda's Tony-nominated 1974 one-man Broadway show |
| 1997 | CONTACT | science fiction |
| dir.: Robert Zemeckis | starring: Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, et al. | | VHS | VHS-LTR | DVD |
| Based on Carl Sagan's novel, science and religion collide during humanity's search for galactic contact. |
| 2000 | THE CONTENDER | political thriller |
| dir.: Rod Lurie | starring: Joan Allen, Gary Oldman, Jeff Bridges, Sam Elliott, William Petersen, et al. | | VHS | VHS-LTR | DVD |
| Taut, engrossing political drama about an idea whose time has come, with strong performances right down the line |
| 1980 | COSMOS | science/documentary |
| dir.: | starring: Carl Sagan (host) | | VHS | VHS-LTR | DVD |
| All 13 episodes of Carl Sagan's masterwork, spanning its own galaxy of topics; remains vibrant and topical, brilliant and beautiful |
| 1996 | THE CRUCIBLE | historical/drama |
| dir.: | starring: Winona Ryder, Daniel Day-Lewis, et al. | | VHS | VHS-LTR | DVD |
| Arthur Miller's McCarthyist allegory set during the Salem Witch Trials about zealotry and the danger of freedoms ignored for a "greater good" |
| 1995 | CRUSADES | documentary |
| dir.: | starring: Terry Jones | | VHS | VHS-LTR | DVD |
| Of all the wars waged in the name of God, none has ever matched the arrogance and conceit of the Christian Crusades; (Narrated by Monty Python's Terry Jones) |
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| 1998 | DANGEROUS BEAUTY | drama/historical |
| dir.: Marshall Herskovitz | starring: Catherine McCormack, Rufus Sewell, Oliver Platt, et al. | | VHS | VHS-LTR | DVD |
| Sumptuous if not entirely accurate look at 16th century Venice and a clever courtesan who defies church and convention for the sake of her individuality |
| 1991 | DEFENDING YOUR LIFE | comedy |
| dir.: Albert Brooks | starring: Albert Brooks, Rip Torn, Meryl Streep, et al. | | VHS | VHS-LTR | DVD |
| intelligent and hilarious, this secular vision of karmic life after death is truly a gem |
| 1971 | THE DEVILS | drama/historical |
| dir.: Ken Russell | starring: Oliver Reed, Vanessa Redgrave, et al. | | VHS | VHS-LTR | DVD |
| from Aldous Huxley's novel and set amid the Reformation wars, the story of a liberal priest whose womanizing brings him into conflict with the clergy. |
| 1995 | DOOM GENERATION | drama/independent |
| dir.: Gregg Araki | starring: James Duval, Rose McGowan, Johnathon Schaech, et al. | | VHS | VHS-LTR | DVD |
| explicit, audacious, and snarling satire/allegory following three teenagers unfettered by "normal" repressions |
| 1999 | DOGMA | comedy |
| dir.: Kevin Smith | starring: Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Chris Rock, Linda Fiorentino, et al. | | VHS | VHS-LTR | DVD |
| two banished angels discover a loophole to get back into heaven, and destroy the universe in the process... mmm... sacrilicious... |
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| 1960 | ELMER GANTRY | drama |
| dir.: Richard Brooks | starring: Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, et al. | | VHS | VHS-LTR | DVD |
| taut tale of wide-smiling, glad-handing, soul-saving charlatan Elmer Gantry, a salesman who turns his gift for selling into a career at the pulpit |
| 2001 | EVOLUTION (Boxed Set) | documentary |
| dir.: | narrator: Liam Neeson | | VHS | VHS-LTR | DVD |
| a remarkably intelligent 8-hour series covering "Darwin's Dangerous Idea", major transformations of species, the intellectual development of humans, the phenomenon of animal extinction, and the organized opposition to evolutionary theory by religious fundamentalists |
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| 1966 | FAHRENHEIT 451 | science fiction |
| dir.: François Truffaut | starring: Oskar Werner, Julie Christie, et al. | | A-CD | VHS | VHS-LTR | DVD |
| firemen don't put out fires, they start them, in this distopian vision of a world waging war on individuality |
| 2000 | FOUNDING FATHERS | documentary |
| dir.: Melissa Jo Peltier, Mark Hufnail | | VHS | VHS-LTR | DVD |
| The History Channel's boxed set thoroughly profiles a "mismatched group of quarrelsome aristocrats, merchants, and lawyers." |
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| 1992 | GEORGE CARLIN: CLASSIC GOLD | comedy |
| starring: George Carlin | | A-CS | A-CD |
| combining three early-1970s cornerstone comedy records, (FM & AM, Class Clown, and Occupation: Foole), featuring some absolutely classic Carlin bits |
| 2005 | THE GOD WHO WASN'T THERE | documentary |
| director: Brian Flemming | | DVD | A-CD |
| A documentary examining the historical Jesus |
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| 1990 | HANDMAID'S TALE | distopian/sci-fi |
| dir.: Volker Schlöndorff | starring: Natasha Richardson, Faye Dunaway, Elizabeth McGovern, et al. | | VHS | VHS-LTR | DVD |
| Harold Pinter's adaptation of Margaret Atwood's brilliant novel of a dark 1984-esque future run by a state religion |
| 1986 | HANNAH AND HER SISTERS | comedy/drama |
| dir.: Woody Allen | starring: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Diane Wiest, et al. | | VHS | VHS-LTR | DVD |
| This American classic features a deep and subtle set of intertwining tales, including Woody who is in the middle of a crisis of faith |
| 1999 | HOLY SMOKE | drama/comedy |
| dir.: Jane Campion | starring: Kate Winslet, Harvey Keitel, et al. | | VHS | VHS-LTR | DVD |
| confronting full-on the issue of power and sexuality from a female perspective, this is an incredible tale of religious repression and emotional control |
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| 1960 | INHERIT THE WIND | drama |
| dir.: Stanley Kramer | starring: Spencer Tracey, Fredrich March | | VHS | VHS-LTR | DVD |
| engrossing if slightly fictionalized account of the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925 |
| 1999 | INSTINCT | drama/thriller |
| dir.: Jon Turtletaub | starring: Anthony Hopkins, Cuba Gooding Jr., et al. | | VHS | VHS-LTR | DVD |
| truly unique among Hollywood's tepid onslaught, a philosophical thriller which points straight to the heart of humanism and evolution |
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| 1988 | THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST | drama |
| dir.: Martin Scorcese | starring: Willem Dafoe, Harvey Keitel, et al. | | VHS | VHS-LTR | DVD |
| controversial and fascinating tale of Jesus, the man; the ending is straight out of the book, but getting there is the fun part |
| 1976 | LOGAN'S RUN | science fiction |
| dir.: Michael Anderson | starring: Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Peter Ustinov, et al. | | VHS | VHS-LTR | DVD |
| cautionary extravaganza about a future built on hedonism and youth, and two people who search for something different... profoundly humanistic |
| 1999 | LOSS OF SEXUAL INNOCENCE | drama |
| dir.: Mike Figgis | starring: Julian Sands, Saffron Burrows, et al. | | VHS | VHS-LTR | DVD |
| sex, sexual repression, guilt, shame, rage and jealousy highlight this incredible retelling of the Genesis myth |
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| 1967 | MARK TWAIN TONIGHT | theatre/biography |
| dir.: Paul Bogart | starring: Hal Holbrook | | VHS | VHS-LTR | DVD |
| spectacular one-man show features rambling, intelligent, and humorous commentary on topics from politics, and patriotism to religion |
| 1975 | MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL | comedy |
| dir.: T. Jones, T. Gilliam | starring: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, et al. | | VHS | VHS-LTR | DVD |
| this Arthurian romp features a glimpse of medieval science, hilarious witch-hunting, and a cameo by god |
| 1979 | MONTY PYTHON'S LIFE OF BRIAN | comedy |
| dir.: Terry Jones | starring: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, et al. | | VHS | VHS-LTR | DVD |
| a religious satire that does not target specific religions but pokes fun at the mindless and fanatical zealots and their hypocrisy |
| 1983 | MONTY PYTHON'S MEANING OF LIFE | comedy |
| dir.: T. Jones, T. Gilliam | starring: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, et al. | | VHS | VHS-LTR | DVD |
| from the mysteries of Catholic doctrine, to the miracle of reproduction, to why one should avoid the salmon mousse; Python answers the age old question |
| 1988 | MR. NORTH | comedy/drama |
| dir.: Danny Huston | starring: Anthony Edwards, Robert Mitchum, Lauren Bacall, Angelica Huston, et al. | | VHS | VHS-LTR | DVD |
| based on Thornton Wilder's novel; a heartwarming tale of secular humanist themes as Theophilous North |
| 1987 | MYTHOS VOLUME ONE | documentary |
| starring: Susan Sarandon, Joseph Cambell, et al. | | VHS | VHS-LTR | DVD |
| an exceptional production of lectures delivered by Campbell to groups of students on the source and prevalence of myth in human culture (boxed set) |
| 1998 | MYTHOS VOLUME TWO | documentary |
| starring: Susan Sarandon, Joseph Cambell, et al. | | VHS | VHS-LTR | DVD |
| Joseph Campbell's final lecture tour |
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| 1986 | NAME OF THE ROSE | historical thriller |
| dir.: Jean-Jacques Annaud | starring: Sean Connery, F. Murray Abraham, Christian Slater, et al. | | VHS | VHS-LTR | DVD |
| set in Italy in 1327, a freethinking Jesuit must solve a series of bizarre murders at a medieval monastery; worth getting! |
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| 2000 | OH BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? | political thriller |
| dir.: Joel & Ethan Coen | starring: George Clooney, John Turturro, Holly Hunter, et al. | | VHS | VHS-LTR | DVD |
| Homer's Odyssey meets depression era convicts-on-the-run caper in this delightfully stylish and insightful epic tale... If that isn't enough, check out the wandering hero, Ulysses Everett McGill, a manic and charming skeptic who endures many trials to get home to wife and family. |
| 1998 | ORGAZMO | comedy |
| dir.: Trey Parker, Matt Stone | starring: Matt Stone, Trey Parker, Dian Buchar, et al. | | VHS | VHS-LTR | DVD |
| with the help of Jesus, a young Mormon finds happiness via the porn industry... goofy, gross, and very funny |
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| 1996 | PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT | drama |
| dir.: Milos Forman | starring: Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love, Ed Norton, et al. | | VHS | VHS-LTR | DVD |
| wonderful tale of smut-peddlar Flynt and his fight for freedom of speech which took him all the way to the Supreme Court |
| 1999 | THE PLANETS | documentary |
| starring: the universe | | VHS | VHS-LTR | DVD |
| A&E's entertaining, comprehensive, and informative series that sets out to answer many of life's most physically existential questions. |
| 1988 | THE POWER OF MYTH | documentary |
| starring: Joseph Cambell | | VHS | VHS-LTR | DVD |
| fascinating documentary series, author/teacher/master storyteller Joseph Campbell discusses mythology and its relevance to today's world |
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| 1991 | THE RAPTURE | drama/independent |
| dir.: Michael Tolkin | starring: Mimi Rogers, David Duchovny, et al. | | VHS | VHS-LTR | DVD |
| curious and compelling, a bored hedonistic woman finds god then has trouble dealing with the nature of the supposedly benevolent diety |
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| 1974 | SECRETS OF THE PSYCHICS (NOVA) | documentary |
| starring: James Randi, Carl Charlson, et al. | | VHS | VHS-LTR | DVD |
| The Amazing Randi uncovers the secrets about psychics, and takes a penetrating look at the uncanny workings of the human mind |
| 1992 | SHADOWS AND FOG | comedy/drama |
| dir.: Woody Allen | starring: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, John Malkovich, Madonna, Lily Tomlin, et al. | | VHS | VHS-LTR | DVD |
| a metaphysical film noir about the vagaries of life and community, and the nature of evil |
| 1994 | SIRENS | comedy |
| dir.: John Duigan | starring: Hugh Grant, Sam Neill, Tara Fitzgerald, Elle MacPherson, et al. | | VHS | VHS-LTR | DVD |
| a repressed new minister butts heads and philosophies with an bohemian agnostic painter with gorgeous and provocative results |
| 1999 | SOUTH PARK: BIGGER, LONGER, AND UNCUT | comedy/animated/musical |
| dir.: Trey Parker | starring the voices of: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Brent Spiner, Eric Idle, Dave Foley, Minnie Driver, et al. | | VHS | VHS-LTR | DVD |
| not for kids, it's subversive and silly, this is one of the most clever and sacrilicious indictments of censorship ever made... and it's a musical! |
| 1997 | STEPHEN HAWKING'S UNIVERSE | documentary |
| starring: Stephen Hawking, et al. | | VHS | VHS-LTR | DVD |
| this 3 DVD set presents highlights renowned researchers and strikingly artistic cinematography in a tour through the mysteries of our universe. |
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| 1988 | THEY LIVE | science fiction |
| dir.: John Carpenter | starring: Rowdy Roddy Piper, et al. | | VHS | VHS-LTR | DVD |
| political and social satire collide with professional wrestling in this cult classic... a humanist film (and a Reagan-era parable) set in a distopian future. Not particularly deep, but surpisingly deft and entertaining |
| 1999 | THE THIN RED LINE | war/drama |
| dir.: Terrence Malick | starring: James Caviezel, et al. | | VHS | VHS-LTR | DVD |
| profoundly agnostic story set at Guadal Canal weaves a surprisingly subtle story of the mortal soul in a godless universe |
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| 2000 | WALKING WITH DINOSAURS | documentary |
| dir.: | starring: Kenneth Brannagh (host) | | VHS | VHS-LTR | DVD |
| gorgeous BBC documentary on prehistoric life; compelling stories and visuals that dwarf even Jurassic Park |
| 1988 | WINGS OF DESIRE | drama/romance |
| dir.: Wim Wenders | starring: Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin et al. | | VHS | VHS-LTR | DVD |
| german with english subtitles; There are angels over the streets of Berlin, and one of them forsakes heaven for mortal love... avoid at all costs the ghastly Hollywood remake "City of Angels" |
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| 1999 | YOU ARE ALL DISEASED | comedy |
| starring: George Carlin | | A-CS | A-CD |
| everyone's favorite sarcastic semanticist serves up a heaping helping of social satire |
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| 1968 | 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY | science fiction |
| dir.: Stanley Kubrick | starring: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, et al. | | VHS | VHS-LTR | DVD |
| Stanley Kubrick's stunning vision of man's evolution from ape to star man |
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