Amy Hobby

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Amy Hobby

Amy Hobby is a co-founder of Distribution Advocates, where she oversees the Film-Ade Fund. Film-ADE provides grants for innovation in audience building for US theatrical and non-theatrical releases. Hobby previously served as the Executive Director of the nonprofit Tribeca Film Institute from 2016-2020. She is also an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning producer whose films have premie…

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SecretarySecretary · 2002
Secretary
★ 6.82002
MovieRomanceDrama
A young woman, recently released from a mental hospital, gets a job as a secretary to a demanding lawyer, where their employer-employee relationship turns into a sexual, sadomasochistic one.
Thirteen Conversations About One ThingThirteen Conversations About One Thing · 2001
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
★ 6.32001
MovieDrama
In New York City, the lives of a lawyer, an actuary, a house-cleaner, a professor, and the people around them intersect as they ponder order and happiness in the face of life's cold unpredictability.
Lucky ThemLucky Them · 2013
Lucky Them
★ 6.02013
MovieDrama
More interested in partying and flirting with young musicians than work, veteran rock journalist Ellie Klug has one last chance to prove her value to her magazine’s editor: a no-stone-unturned search to discover what really happened to long lost rock god, Matt Smith, who also happens to be her ex-boyfriend. Teaming up with an eccentric amateur documentary filmmaker, Ellie hits the road in search of answers.
ariana grande: excuse me, i love youariana grande: excuse me, i love you · 2020
ariana grande: excuse me, i love you
★ 7.92020
MovieMusicDocumentary
Ariana Grande takes the stage in London for her Sweetener World Tour and shares a behind-the-scenes look at her life in rehearsal and on the road.
Modern PersuasionModern Persuasion · 2020
Modern Persuasion
★ 5.12020
MovieRomanceComedy
A single woman focused on her career in New York is forced to deal with the aftermath of a failed relationship when an ex-boyfriend is hired by her company.
NadjaNadja · 1995
Nadja
★ 5.71995
MovieHorrorThriller
In a contemporary New York City, members of a dysfunctional family of vampires are trying to come to terms with each other, in the wake of their father's death. Meanwhile, they are being hunted by Dr. Van Helsing and his hapless nephew. As in all good vampire movies, forces of love are pitted against forces of destruction.
The Concert for New York CityThe Concert for New York City · 2001
The Concert for New York City
★ 5.12001
MovieMusicDocumentary
The Concert for New York City (2001) captures the star-studded benefit held at Madison Square Garden on October 20, 2001, honoring the city’s resilience and the heroism of first responders after 9/11. Attended by thousands of firefighters, police officers, and rescue workers, the concert features performances by Paul McCartney, The Who, Elton John, Billy Joel, and other music legends in a powerful tribute to unity, courage, and recovery.
Love, MarilynLove, Marilyn · 2013
Love, Marilyn
★ 6.52013
MovieDocumentary
Using the book 'Fragments', which collects Marilyn Monroe's poems, notes and letters, and with participation from the Arthur Miller and Truman Capote estates who have contributed more material, each of the actresses will embody the legend at various stages in her life.

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XCLD: The Story of Cancel CultureXCLD: The Story of Cancel Culture · 2024
XCLD: The Story of Cancel Culture
2024
MovieDocumentary
The notion of Cancel Culture, which grew out of a mostly progressive move to hold people accountable for bad behavior (especially racist or misogynistic language), has recently been co-opted by conservatives who–in equal measure–bemoan its “woke” goals, cast themselves as its victims, and attempt to use it themselves as a political powerplay, while seeking to deplatform opponents with similar strategies. But is Cancel Culture really new? Or really that powerful? Or really that bad? XCLD is a nuanced look at this provocative and controversial issue that explores the evolution of Cancel Culture, from its history in different forms, to its contemporary genesis on Black Twitter, to where it is today: another divisive issue for people to argue over, and one that creates some exceptionally odd bedfellows

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