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SeptemberSeptember is a coming-of-age drama set against the turmoil and tension that resulted in a shift in Australia’s race relations of the late-1960s following the devastating changes to...
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Short Circuits“Kratki stiki”, Short Circuits’s native title, in Slovenian has several meanings: one is the usual electrical failure. A second is “brief contact,” and more metaphorically “misunde...
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Silent LightThe little known pacifist, anti-technological Mennonite community in northern Mexico is the setting for Carlos Reygadas’ latest film. After fleeing Europe in the 17th century, anti...
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Silent ResidentWith a subtle nod to 1984 and Brave New World, Christian Frosch’s psychological thriller continues the European tradition of genre films that internalize their horrors and fears. H...
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Solitary FragmentsAdela is a single mother living in the country with her father. She opts to move to Madrid for a better life, finding a roommate in Ines. Ines’ mother is Antonia, a widow and mothe...
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Son of a Lion“In the main bazaar of Darra Adam Khel the Kalashnikov and a variety of small arms are displayed in the open just as vegetables are in a conventional market. Volleys of gunfire sou...
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StagesRoos and Martin are parents to a depressed 17-year-old, Isaac, who’s breaking into houses and increasingly withdrawing into himself. Together they seek a resolution, but are hamper...
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State of the WorldShorts by directors from around the world illuminate and contextualize the world as it is today. From Wang Bing comes Brutality Factory, the story of a building site where the ghos...
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Summit CircleThe second film in a planned trilogy based on the virtues started with The Novena continues with Summit Circle. Arrested after firing a shotgun at an expensive house in Montreal, t...
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The Age of Ignorance“It’s the end of my trilogy. After The Decline of the American Empire, The Barbarian Invasions what next? The dark ages. I get the feeling we’re headed for a kind of new Middle Age...