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Zanzibar's Majestic, the last cinema standing (feat. Nick Broomfield)

"Only in Theaters" concludes with the cautionary tale of the Majestic. Africa's island region of Zanzibar used to be movie crazy — but today just one cinema remains: The Majestic, a 1950s-era building with roots that go back even further.Host Rico Gagliano speaks to folks around the world about the wild glory days of Zanzibar's cinema culture, why it's now on the brink of extinction...and then takes hope from an itinerant film programmer 6000 miles away in Amsterdam. Featuring celebrated docu...

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  BABE: PIG IN THE CITY — George Miller makes one for the grownups

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  SORCERER — William Friedkin’s heart of darkness

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  SKINAMARINK — The Internet’s own haunted house

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  HOUSE — The Japanese psychedelic masterpiece

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  THE AMITYVILLE HORROR — America’s most haunted home

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  THE DEVIL’S BACKBONE — Guillermo del Toro’s creative resurrection

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  POLTERGEIST — The first suburban haunted house

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  THE SUBSTANCE — Coralie Fargeat rips beauty standards to gory shreds

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  Riz Ahmed channels Yann Mounir Demange in DAMMI

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  The Flipsides of Cannes — Featuring Wim Wenders and more

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  PERFECT DAYS — Wim Wenders cures his post-pandemic blues

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  HIGH & LOW - JOHN GALLIANO — Kevin Macdonald tackles fashion and forgivene…

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  Sofia Coppola — PRISCILLA, from source to soundtrack

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  Sofia Coppola — from VIRGIN SUICIDES to PRISCILLA

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  DO THE RIGHT THING — Spike Lee and Ruth E. Carter find color in the dark

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  QUADROPHENIA — The mod, mod world of ’64, ’79 and beyond