A mysterious man journeys from village to village to hear peoples’ sorrows and collect their tears. But to what end? A beautiful and otherworldly film that proves to be “a continual source of surprise and wonder” – Variety The otherworldly…
As Hollywood welcomes the emergence of talkies, a silent movie star faces the twilight of his career and the dawn of a new romance. Starring Jean Dujardin (Best Actor at Cannes), Berenice Bejo and featuring John Goodman, this audience favorite is…
Another charmingly eccentric exercise in meta-fiction from Portugal’s offbeat new directing star Miguel Gomes, Tabu chooses to explore its characters without following narrative rules, or rather, by reshuffling hackneyed tropes from film and novels to turn them into strange, modern entertainment. Gomes’s…
Emily Browning gives a daring performance as a young university student who lets the flip of a coin decide the outcome of random sexual encounters. In a spellbinding interpretation of the familiar fairy tale, Leigh’s directorial debut brings the viewer…
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes, Ceylan’s latest is a strange and hypnotic, slow-paced treatment of a frustrating murder investigation conducted in the dark emptiness of the Anatolian night. This bleakly comic, superbly crafted film marks Turkey’s finest…
Swapping noble samurai for kid ninjas, Japan’s cult phenomenon director, Takashi Miike (13 Assassins) brings this popular Japanese kid’s show to the big screen. Grand entertainment for the whole family. “a raucous comedy with a talented cast of child actors that’s…
The US Premiere! Blending the sometimes complex relationships between teachers and students in a delicate character study- the screenplay was expanded from a one-character play by Evelyne de la Cheneliere- reveals an almost fable-like tale of loss and light seen…
This Dickensian documentary portrait of corruption, political scandal, and exploitation follows Budhia, a four-year-old boy rescued from the desolate slums of India and groomed by his surrogate father to become a national hero as a long distance runner. Ripe for…
The FIPRESCI Critics’ prize-winner at Cannes tells the tale of a young African refugee thrown by fate into the path of Marcel Marx, a well-read bohemian who works as a shoe-shiner. With innate optimism and unwavering community support, Marcel stands…
This 12 Angry Men-style story dramatically peels back the layers of the true circumstances surrounding a firing only to reveal deeper more troubling concerns festering in the petrie dish of workplace dynamics. “…Face to Face is that rare film which…
Set in a small Calabrian seaside town, this extraordinary directorial debut chronicles 13-year old Marta’s private duel with the Church as she wrestles with puberty and her personal coming of age. The subtle, affecting “Corpo Celeste” is the story of…
A war hero is exiled by his people compelling him to ally himself with his sworn enemy to exact revenge in Ralph Fiennes’ directorial debut of William Shakespeare’s Coriolanus. This modern day retelling is a spellbinding story of action, betrayal…