South Korean icon Bae Du-na gives a fantastic
performance as Nozomi, the love doll
companion to a boring, sleazy but essentially harmless middle-aged man (Itsuji Itao). Within the first minutes of the movie, she inexplicably comes ... more
In director Inoue's debut feature,
following her prize-winning short, The Woman Who Is Beating the Earth, we follow Catholic nun Sister Mariko (singer and musician Shibakusa Rei), who is questioning her life as she approaches menopau... more
Tilda Swinton delivers another in a memorable string of fiercely independent-minded performances as Emma, the transplanted Russian wife of a newly anointed Italian textile magnate (Pippo Delbono). Emma throws a birthday dinner for her ... more
In an impoverished trailer park on the outskirts of Rome, a small band of social outcasts eke out an existence in the dreary Italian winter. Circus performers Patty (Patrizia Gerardi) and Walter (Walter Saabel) wait patiently for the s... more
Winner of the Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize, No One Knows About Persian Cats was co-scripted by Iranian-American
journalist Roxana Saberi, who was imprisoned in Iran last year. A CBGBs T-shirt, a Joy Div... more
Based on the true story of a young girl growing up in a Mafia family, The Sicilian Girl shines an intriguing light on what is, even in the Mediterranean, a shadowy world. After she witnesses her father gunned down in the street, Rita (... more
There's lots of reggae music in this compelling documentary, whose interviewees include such reggae performers as Sugar Minott, U Roy, and Culture's Joseph Hill. Yet the film's main subject is not the music, but its inspiration: Rastaf... more
The Other Irene is an odd event in the current landscape of Romanian cinema. Although paying tribute to the aesthetics of the Romanian New Wave, director Gruzsniczki also embraces thriller genre conventions, delivering a distilled susp... more
After her husband's death, Romany Vera Horvathova discovers that she presents a problem for most of society. After years of not paying rent, she moves into a small welfare flat where, despite the rough conditions, she tries to give her... more
A delicacy for opera devotees, the latest musical film from veteran Spanish director Carlos Saura (Blood Wedding, Carmen) goes backstage in 18th-century Vienna as "Don Giovanni" is written and rehearsed. Mozart and Salieri both feature... more
Rising tango talent Helena Ferri (Eugenia Ramirez) is abruptly rejected by her lover and spirals into despair as she begins to resemble the emotionally tortured characters in the songs she inhabits with considerable
fervor. But what ... more
In a crowded Rio de Janeiro nightclub, the mutual attraction is nearly instantaneous between handsome Roberto (Reynaldo Gianecchini) and beautiful Paula (Paola Oliveira). Grabbing a nearby hotel room, they immediately grab each other, ... more
South Korean icon Bae Du-na gives a fantastic
performance as Nozomi, the love doll
companion to a boring, sleazy but essentially harmless middle-aged man (Itsuji Itao). Within the first minutes of the movie, she inexplicably comes ... 
In director Inoue's debut feature,
following her prize-winning short, The Woman Who Is Beating the Earth, we follow Catholic nun Sister Mariko (singer and musician Shibakusa Rei), who is questioning her life as she approaches menopau... 
Tilda Swinton delivers another in a memorable string of fiercely independent-minded performances as Emma, the transplanted Russian wife of a newly anointed Italian textile magnate (Pippo Delbono). Emma throws a birthday dinner for her ... 
In an impoverished trailer park on the outskirts of Rome, a small band of social outcasts eke out an existence in the dreary Italian winter. Circus performers Patty (Patrizia Gerardi) and Walter (Walter Saabel) wait patiently for the s... 
Winner of the Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize, No One Knows About Persian Cats was co-scripted by Iranian-American
journalist Roxana Saberi, who was imprisoned in Iran last year. A CBGBs T-shirt, a Joy Div... 
Based on the true story of a young girl growing up in a Mafia family, The Sicilian Girl shines an intriguing light on what is, even in the Mediterranean, a shadowy world. After she witnesses her father gunned down in the street, Rita (... 
There's lots of reggae music in this compelling documentary, whose interviewees include such reggae performers as Sugar Minott, U Roy, and Culture's Joseph Hill. Yet the film's main subject is not the music, but its inspiration: Rastaf... 
The Other Irene is an odd event in the current landscape of Romanian cinema. Although paying tribute to the aesthetics of the Romanian New Wave, director Gruzsniczki also embraces thriller genre conventions, delivering a distilled susp... 
After her husband's death, Romany Vera Horvathova discovers that she presents a problem for most of society. After years of not paying rent, she moves into a small welfare flat where, despite the rough conditions, she tries to give her... 
A delicacy for opera devotees, the latest musical film from veteran Spanish director Carlos Saura (Blood Wedding, Carmen) goes backstage in 18th-century Vienna as "Don Giovanni" is written and rehearsed. Mozart and Salieri both feature... 
Rising tango talent Helena Ferri (Eugenia Ramirez) is abruptly rejected by her lover and spirals into despair as she begins to resemble the emotionally tortured characters in the songs she inhabits with considerable
fervor. But what ... 
In a crowded Rio de Janeiro nightclub, the mutual attraction is nearly instantaneous between handsome Roberto (Reynaldo Gianecchini) and beautiful Paula (Paola Oliveira). Grabbing a nearby hotel room, they immediately grab each other, ...