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Oscilloscope Laboratories is an independent film distribution company started by Beastie Boys member Adam Yauch and former THINKFilm executive David Fenkel. It also has a recording studio and film production facilities. Fenkel returned to the company on May 4, 2012 following Yauch's death. As of August 2012 Fenkel has left the company, which is now headed by Dan Berger.

Best films

The Messenger
The Messenger
(2010) Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country
Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country
(2008) If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
(2011)
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Filmography of Oscilloscope Laboratories (40 films)

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Production

A Teacher
A Teacher (2013)
, 1h15
Directed by Hannah Fidell
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Lindsay Burdge, Will Brittain, Jennifer Prediger

The film starts with Diana Watts (Lindsay Burdge) jogging, and driving to school, where she teaches English, to a class full of students. After school, Watts goes to the bar with her roommate and best friend Sophia (Jennifer Prediger). At the bar, Sophia finds out Diana is texting someone named Eric, she asks who he is and how she met him, and Diana replies she met him at school. Later, Watts is seen waiting in her car, a car pulls up, it is revealed to be Eric (Will Brittain), He goes in Diana's car, where they have sex.
We Need to Talk About Kevin
We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
, 1h52
Directed by Lynne Ramsay
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Films about families, Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about school violence
Actors John C. Reilly, Tilda Swinton, Ezra Miller, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, James Chen, Erin Darke

The story is told out of order, in flashbacks and mostly short scenes. Kevin Khatchadourian (Ezra Miller) is in prison after committing a massacre at his high school. His mother, Eva (Swinton), a once-successful travel writer, lives alone in a run-down house and works in a mall travel agency in a town near the prison, where she visits Kevin. She looks back at her memories of him growing up as she tries to cope with the anger and hostility of her neighbors, who know she is Kevin's mother. Her memories are shown in flashbacks.
A Film Unfinished
A Film Unfinished (2010)
, 1h29
Origin Israel
Genres Documentary, Historical
Themes Films about films, Films about racism, Films about religion, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about racism, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism, Documentary films about World War II, Documentary films about films
Actors Alexander Beyer, Rüdiger Vogler

Ce sont des séries de bobines de films de 35 mm allemandes, anonymes, sans générique, portant la seule inscription : Das Ghetto, retrouvées dans les années 1950 qui sont à l'origine du film de Yahel Hersonski. Ces bobines constituent un « documentaire » allemand sur le ghetto de Varsovie durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Dans les années 1990, la découverte d'une bobine manquante viendra éclairer la propagande qui se cachait dans les premières images retrouvées et le véritable but des Allemands qui réalisèrent ces images.

Distribution

Low Down
Low Down (2014)
, 2h
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Musical films
Actors John Hawkes, Elle Fanning, Lena Headey, Glenn Close, Michael Peter Balzary, Taryn Manning

Joe Albany was a well accomplished jazz pianist during the 1960s and 1970s performing with the likes of Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, and Charles Mingus before his descent into heroin addiction. The film tells the story of Albany's life from the perspective of his then 11-year-old daughter Amy Albany through her own personal memoirs, as she watches him contend with his drug addiction during the 1960s and '70s jazz scene.
Buzzard
Buzzard (2014)
, 1h37
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Horror, Crime
Actors Joe Anderson

A black comedy and paranoia nightmare, the film follows angry mortgage temp Marty as he cooks up small scams against the hated corporate world he's stuck in. Frustrated by the boring nature of his work and the low pay, Marty uses his low level crime as an outlet to rebel. Among his regular scams are going to banks and repeatedly opening new checking accounts to get free deposits, as well as taking items from his job and taking them to a local office supplies store for fraudulent refunds. One day on the job at First National Bank, Marty swipes a stack of refund checks from the company, then forges the payees' signatures to sign several of the checks over to himself. Later Marty's boss, Carol, tells him that the company receives images of the checks when they are cashed and can see who is cashing them. Fearing his scheme will be discovered, Marty goes into hiding at his co-worker Derek's basement.
It's a Disaster
It's a Disaster (2013)
, 1h28
Directed by Todd Berger
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Rachel Boston, David Cross, America Ferrera, Julia Stiles, Erinn Hayes, Todd Berger

Four couples gather for a regular brunch which, over the years, has devolved into a gathering fraught with tension and awkwardness. One guest is meeting the others for the first time, on his third date with the host's sister. As they settle into the afternoon (awaiting an "always late" fifth couple), they get to know the new member of the group and catch up on old times. When the men excuse themselves to watch football, they discover the TV, Internet and landline phones are down. When the host accuses his wife of not paying the bills, their upcoming divorce is revealed to the guests.
Mother of George
Mother of George (2013)
, 1h46
Directed by Andrew Dosunmu
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Isaac de Bankolé, Danai Gurira, Tony Okungbowa, Yaya DaCosta, Da'Vine Joy Randolph

The film opens with the wedding of a Nigerian couple, Ayodele (Issach de Bankolé) and Adenike (Danai Gurira) Balogen. Adenike is given fertility beads by her mother-in-law, Ma Ayo (Bukky Ajayi) and although the couple make love on their first night of marriage, Adenike struggles to become pregnant. Despite drinking a tea that is supposed to help with fertility, Adenike is still unable to conceive and faces growing pressure from Ma Ayo. A visit to the doctor reveals that Adenike can receive help on the issue, but Ayodele refuses to cooperate.
A Teacher
A Teacher (2013)
, 1h15
Directed by Hannah Fidell
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Lindsay Burdge, Will Brittain, Jennifer Prediger

The film starts with Diana Watts (Lindsay Burdge) jogging, and driving to school, where she teaches English, to a class full of students. After school, Watts goes to the bar with her roommate and best friend Sophia (Jennifer Prediger). At the bar, Sophia finds out Diana is texting someone named Eric, she asks who he is and how she met him, and Diana replies she met him at school. Later, Watts is seen waiting in her car, a car pulls up, it is revealed to be Eric (Will Brittain), He goes in Diana's car, where they have sex.
Breakup at a Wedding
Breakup at a Wedding (2013)
, 1h25
Origin USA
Genres Comedy

The night before they are to be married, Phil’s (Philip Quinaz) fiancé Alison (Alison Fyhrie) gets cold feet and decides to call off their wedding. But, after breaking his heart, she manages to convince him to go through a sham ceremony, in order to save face in front of their friends and loved ones. Phil readily agrees, secretly hoping that the surprise wedding gift he has lined up for her will help her to reconsider her decision. Neither of them could have prepared themselves for the multitude of random complications that follow once the guests arrived to witness their breakup at a wedding.
These Birds Walk
These Birds Walk (2013)
, 1h11
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Documentary

In Karachi, Pakistan, a runaway boy's life hangs on one critical question: where is home? The streets, an orphanage, or with the family he fled in the first place? Simultaneously heart-wrenching and life-affirming, These Birds Walk documents the struggles of these wayward street children and the samaritans looking out for them in this ethereal and inspirational story of resilience.
Coherence
Coherence (2013)
, 1h28
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller
Actors Maury Sterling, Nicholas Brendon, Emily Baldoni, Elizabeth Gracen, Lorene Scafaria, Aqueela Zoll

Three couples—Emily and Kevin, Hugh and Beth, Amir and Laurie—attend a dinner party at the house of their friends Mike and Lee. On the way to the party, Em's phone loses reception and the screen spontaneously shatters. She blames this on a passing comet which she had heard about on the news. She tells the other dinner guests how a previous comet a century earlier had caused people to experience strange phenomena. Her idea is ridiculed until the other guests discover that none of their phones have power and that Hugh's phone has also shattered. Hugh wants to contact his brother, a physicist who had warned him about possible odd effects from the comet. Just then, the house loses power. The group lights candles and opens a package of blue glow sticks to provide light. Going outside they see that the whole neighborhood has lost power except for a house a few blocks away. Hugh and Amir decide to walk to that house to see if they have a working telephone. While they are gone, Mike manages to turn on his house's generator, restoring power. Hugh and Amir return, with Hugh bleeding slightly from the forehead and Amir carrying a box which they had found at the other house. Hugh explains that he became startled when he looked inside the other house and saw a dinner table set exactly like theirs. Opening the box they discover a ping pong paddle and photos of all of them, with random numbers written on the back. Amir notes that the photo of him was taken that night, inside the house, and Em realizes that the numbers are written in her handwriting.