Explore our collection of films from 2021 to 2030. New additions weekly. Arthouse, cult, erotic, and independent cinema.
The Misfortunes of Luis Buñuel” shows the ravages of time on the rushes of the film “The Golden Age” that Luis Buñuel shot in 1930. By isolating and slowing down the most damaged parts of the rushes of the Spanish master’s film, I managed to create an object with abstract shapes and, insidiously, to give another life to a first-class artistic work.
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In the relentless heat of the gruelling summer, temperatures soar to blistering levels as cicadas emerge to sing their ear-shattering song. Months of continued exposure is enough to make anyone start to feel a little off. Anyone, that is, except that oddity the locals call ‘the Cicada Man’. Who is that strange man and why is he always walking around with boxes full of live cicadas? More important, what does he do with them? As the heat starts to get to our heroine, and her sanity depletes, real life and delusion begin to mix. Her darkest nightmares seep into our world and she fears the Cicada Man has planted his swarm of insects inside her. She must get them out – at all costs. Thus begins her downward spiral into extreme paranoia and self-mutilation. She just needs to make it through the summer.Read More »
A 21-minute journey through space that repeats creation and expansion.
For 21 minutes, it’s a trip movie where you keep warping through a different dimension tunnel and your existence continues to split!Read More »
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With the strange disappearance of Laura, two colleagues, her older boyfriend, Rafael, and Ezequiel, learn of their recent discoveries, which may help them locate her. However, the story is bigger and stranger than they could imagine.Read More »
Pietro Marcello, one of contemporary cinema’s most versatile talents, follows up his dramatic breakthrough Martin Eden with this enchanting period fable. Shortly after World War I, veteran Raphaël (Raphaël Thiery) returns home from the frontlines a widower and father to an infant daughter. Raised in rural Normandy, the child Juliette (Juliette Jouan) grows into a headstrong young woman who dreams of greater possibilities. She seeks refuge in the nearby woods, where she meets a witch who promises scarlet sails will one day take her away from her village. Reckoning with her future and swept away by a rakish young pilot (Louis Garrel) who literally falls from the sky, Juliette never stops believing in the witch’s prophecy. Tracing Juliette’s journey throughout the 20 years of great invention between the world wars, Scarlet delicately weaves together music and fantasy, history and folklore, realist drama and ethereal romance, to craft a timeless story of a young woman’s emancipation.Read More »
Rachel is 40 years old, single and has no children. She is working as a teacher at a middle school, and has a large circle of friends and also keeps in touch with her ex-husbands. She also takes guitar lessons and is happy with her life. Then one day, she falls in love with Ali and his four-year-old daughter Leila also enters her life. Rachel takes care of the toddler, cares for and soon loves it like her own. But she must recognize that the close bond with Leila also harbors a possible risk, especially in relation to her birth mother Alice. Rachel doesn’t want to put up with just being an “extra” in Leila’s life. Time is also working against her, should she still fulfill her wish to have a child of her own at this age.Read More »
A fantasy romantic comedy that highlights the charm of the city of Onomichi.
A fantasy romantic comedy based on the popular comic by the manga artist, YAMAMOTO Chugaku, supported by the younger generation. The story follows Yohei, a heartbroken young man who gets dumped by his girlfriend. Suddenly, a girl ghost appears in Yohei’s room. As she had never experienced love during her lifetime, she becomes curious about romantic relationships between men and women. She bombards Yohei with questions every day, initially annoying him, and he tries to find a way to exorcise her. However, as he spends more time with her, he begins to feel comfortable with her, realizing she is just like a normal human girl. The film is an all-Onomichi locating, and Cinema Onomichi, which appears in the film as well, highly recommends it, praising the beautiful scenery of Onomichi. They commend the film’s direction and cinematography for showcasing the city’s hidden charms that even the locals might not have noticed, making it an excellent piece of work.Read More »
The town Domingo lives in is being threatened by thugs hired by a developer to expel its inhabitants and pave the way for the construction of a highway. But his land hides a secret-the ghost of his wife who visits him within the mist.
1 win, 11 nominations.Read More »
As demonic forces descend on Argentina, the world’s best hope is confined to an insane asylum, powerless to avert a dark resurrection. The once legendary warlock Antonio Poyju (Germán De Silva) is haunted by the mistakes of his past, and is now reduced to rebelling against orderlies in an institution.
When a malevolent demonic force reveals itself, Poyju must rally a ragtag ensemble of certifiable inmates to spring him from his confinement, so that he can reconcile with his estranged daughter Helena (Lorena Vega) and reunite their magical bloodline to stave off the evil. But the confines of modern life and an unnatural influence has stripped Helena of her belief and cheated the world of her magic. Will Poyju be able to remind his long-lost daughter of her cultural heritage and reignite the magic that has been smothered by corporate life?Read More »