Gala Presentation
Nobody′s HeroIs it possible to laugh a dark era in which terrorism is so rampant? This is the question Alain Guiraudie asks in his unique comedy, Nobody′s Hero. When Mederic (Jean-Charle...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Plan 75When Japan’s population of citizens over seventy-five grows to unprecedented numbers, the government implements “Plan 75,” which encourages people over age 75 to seek euthanasia. T...
World Cinema
AlcarràsAlcarras is the latest feature by Spanish film director Carla Simon, whose semi-autobiographical film, Summer 1993 (2018), won the Best First Feature Award at the B...
A Window on Asian Cinema
B for BusyB for Busy is a comedy set in Shanghai about three middle-aged divorcees and a divorce, on a journey to find love. Mr. B, an art teacher is interested in Ms. Li, who works i...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Holy SpiderAli Abbasi, whose film Border (2019) was invited to the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival, is an Iranian director who emigrated to Sweden and studied at ...
Flash Forward
La JauríaEliu and his accomplice arrive at a juvenile detention center/prison camp set deep in the jungle. The young delinquents, who acknowledge themselves as “a junkie, a conman, a thie...
World Cinema
HarkisPhilippe Faucon’s latest film Harkis deals with an issue that is taboo both in France and Algeria: the Algerians who fought in the French Army during the Algerian War. Thi...
World Cinema
Boy from HeavenIt is election season for the Grand Imam (the highest authority of Sunni Islamic jurisprudence) and the politicians in Cairo want to make sure that their chosen candidate is elec...
World Cinema
Raymond & RayRaymond & Ray follows half-brothers Raymond and Ray, who have lived in the shadow of a terrible father. Somehow, they still each have a sense of humor, and his funeral is ...
Korean Cinema Today
Open the DoorOpen the Door starts with two drunken men at night. In New Jersey, the US, Chi-hoon (Seo Youngju) drinks with his brother-in-law Moon-suk (Lee Soonwon). While recollecting...