Drama

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A passenger filled highway coach traveling from Eastern Nepal to Kathmandu hits one delay after another, the first of those delays due to a bandh. After a lengthy stop, they are able to bypass the bandh as they masquerade as a wedding party, as bandhs unofficially allow wedding vehicles through their protests. The passengers are able fortuitously to come up with this masquerade as the one acting as the bride is indeed going to Kathmandu to get engaged. The stories of those on board, some whose the delay help, some whose it hurts, are told. The “bride”, medical student Pooja, is torn between marrying her intended fiancé Abiral, just returned from the United States and who she’s known since they were children, and her lover Ronit. Read More »

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One spring Hiromi, who is the mother of an 11-year-old girl Tomo, left home for the umpteenth time. Tomo is accustomed to such a mother and as always went to Makio’s place. He is a brother of Hiromi and has lived with Rinko, a pretty girlfriend. Actually, Rinko is a transwoman. She works as a caregiver in a nursing home where Makio’s mother Sayuri who suffers from dementia is living. Rinko makes a delicious meal and sometimes cuddles Tomo. She is a little confused, but Tomo, Rinko and Makio start to live a life together. One day Rinko teaches Tomo to knit to control her temper. Rinko was also taught by her mother at the age of puberty when she struggled with her sexuality. A daughter neglected by her mother. A gentle uncle and his transgender lover. An angsty boy who recognizes a sense of himself as a gay – A warm “knitting” reorganizes unconventional family.Read More »

Un clan de vieilles copines (qui vont aborder la cinquantaine avec beaucoup d’enfance encore) se prend les pieds dans un tapis d’un fait divers : deux d’entre elles, qui vivent ensemble, sont victimes d’un cambriolage dans leur maison de campagne. Le scénario suit l’investigation et les commentaires des différents protagonistes, conduit comme une enquête sauvage, avec le suspense de rigueur pour n’aboutir qu’à un vertige : où est la vérité, et surtout quelle est la juste cause ? Puisque chaque conduite, chaque point de vue, pavé de bonnes intentions , a son enfer de cohérence. L’événement fait exploser des sensibilités déjà exacerbées par des options de vie et des choix politiques différents, des jalousies peut-être, l’usure du temps…Read More »

A hidden gem of Yugoslav and Croatian cinema. A masterpiece melodrama and a love story about two handicapped people, both victims of WWII. Directed by Branko Bauer.

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Shortly after the WWII, an one-legged chief engineer at the construction of hydroelectric power plant, and a war veteran, meets a blind girl in a mountain sanatorium of Ophthalmology, during winter. She’s waiting for a surgery that can restore her eyesight. Soon, the two fall in love with each other, but he feels unpleasant because of his handicap she’s not yet aware of…Read More »

Ten strangers are invited to an isolated island. But as the mismatched group waits for the arrival of the hosts the weather sours and they find themselves cut off from civilization. Very soon, the guests will start to die one by one.Read More »

Tel-Aviv 2020. A 2nd Covid lockdown is impending. After writing yet another article against prime minister Netanyahu, a journalist is flooded with hateful messages from right wing extremists. Meanwhile he tries in vain to get to his autistic son who lives in a hostel, while his daughter, who is at a protest turned violent, won’t answer the phone, sending him and his wife to Jerusalem to find her.Read More »

A group of scientists transform a type of strange animal into a very beautiful woman programmed to behave in silence. The conditioning that the consumer society imposes on the individual, the slavery of bodies and spirits, and the ruthless lack of sensitivity of humans are condensed in this film shot in natural scenarios.Read More »

After the untimely death of his mother, a teenager befriends his charismatic but troubled next-door neighbor and becomes embroiled in a world of addiction and violence just as the opioid epidemic takes hold of their small town.Read More »

Synopsis
Valerie (Susan Traylor) is still reeling from the death of her husband, though her family thinks she ought to be over it by now. Once a painter with an academic position, she’s started working in an LA grocery store, where she declines a promotion. After driving her husband’s old VW bus to Palm Springs, she meets Tim (Jay Underwood), who’s desperate to become more than a one-night stand. This darkly comic, exceptionally moving character study has drama, revelation, and expertly drawn secondary characters, but its power comes from Traylor’s fearless, idiosyncratic performance and a deeply expressionist production design that makes nearly every object as evocative as the desert landscape where Valerie tries to paint again. John Putch directed a screenplay by Robert Tilem; with songs by Kathleen Wilhoite.
Lisa Alspector, Chicago ReaderRead More »