Korean Cinema Today
Chun Tae-ilChun Taeil was an assistant who once bought bread for hungry girls working in factories; a tailor who could not turn a blind eye to the poor working conditions in Pyeonghwa Market;...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Huda′s SalonThis latest film by Hany Abu-Assad, a Palestinian auteur famous for Paradise Now (2005) and Omar (2013), depicts the struggle for survival of women who have been used...
Korean Cinema Today
The Cursed: Dead Man′s PreyPolice are baffled by a case in which it seems that a corpse has committed a murder, but reporter Im Jinhee (Uhm Jiwon) gets a call from a person who confesses to being the real cu...
A Window on Asian Cinema
On The Job: The Missing 8Justice is nowhere to be found when the world is overwhelmed by corruption and violence. The talented director from the Philippines, Erik Matti, has created a chronicle of the expe...
New Currents
MemorylandThe film opens with the death of a mother. Although her heartbeat stops, her consciousness continues worrying about her son and blessing him. Her neighbour digs a grave near the ho...
World Cinema
Cop SecretBussi is a tough supercop who could use some anger management skills, while his new partner, Horđur, is smooth as butter, never losing his cool in tailor-made suits. The mismatched...
World Cinema
Dusk StoneJust one year ago, Greta and Bruno′s son mysteriously disappears from the waterfront. The grieving parents are visited by a friend, the news issue warnings of environmental crisis,...
Flash Forward
FeathersOmar El Zohairy established his unique approach to cinema in his first short film, which was inspired by silent films. His debut feature, Feathers, represents a kind of culm...
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DeceptionDeception, director Arnaud Desplechin’s adaptation of Phiip Ross’s 1990 novel of the same name, centers on the character of Philip (Denis Podalydes), a married writer in his...
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VortexWith his latest feature, Vortex, Gaspar Noe returns to the unusual subject material that marked his earlier works. An elderly couple struggles to go about their daily lives ...