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Brooklyn parents Alex (Claire Danes) and Greg (Jim Parsons) are lucky to have a kid like Jake. Their four-year-old is bright, precocious, creative—and just happens to prefer Disney princesses to toy cars, and skirts to jeans. Jake's "gender expansive" behavior—as local preschool director Judy (Octavia Spencer) dubs it—is no big deal to Alex and Greg. Or so it seems, until the process of navigating New York City's hyper-competitive private school system opens up a parental quagmire: could Jake's gender nonconformity be just the thing that gives their child an edge in the admissions game? How young is too young to put a label on a child's identity? Is this just a phase, or is Jake truly transgender? Split in their opinions on how to handle the situation, Alex and Greg find themselves navigating an emotional and ethical minefield with one patch of common ground between them: their fierce desire to do what's right for Jake. Transparent director Silas Howard helms this timely, honest, emotionally rich look at 21st-century parenting.

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Two grifters join forces and learn the true meaning of "poise under pressure" in an anti-authoritarian tale of friendship, trust and redemption. 25th Anniversary 4K Restoration Release! Groundbreaking when it was made and still fiercely innovative today, By Hook or By Crook is a trans and butch buddy film that chronicles three weeks in the life of Shy, a handsome, gender-bending, small town dreamer with a nagging messiah complex. Emotionally defeated after the death of his father, Shy heads to the big city to sink himself into a "life of crime." He is quickly distracted by Valentine, a deliriously expressive, wise-acre adoptee on a misguided search for her birth mother. The two freaky grifters join forces and learn the true meaning of "poise under pressure" in this visually stunning and wonderfully acted, anti-authoritarian tale of friendship, trust and redemption. Bonus Materials New Commentary Track with Filmmakers Harry Dodge, Silas Howard, and Steak House By Any Means Necessary, A Video Essay by Caden Mark Gardner Director & Producer Notes & Letters Archival Ephemera & Photos Short Films from the Filmmakers: The Fudgesicle by Harry Dodge & Blink by Silas Howard Deleted Scenes, Outtakes, Crew Pics & Wrap Party Archival Interviews A Booklet Containing Writings by Consulting Producer and Film Historian Jenni Olson and an Archival Interview with the Filmmakers New Theatrical Trailer Other Trailers English Language 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio English SDH, French, & Spanish Subtitles Region-Free Cast & Crew Actors: Silas Howard Harry Dodge Stanya Kahn Carina Gia Director: Harry Dodge Director: Silas Howard Producer: Steak House