Drama

In 1933, retired detective Hercule Poirot starts to receive threatening letters signed “ABC”. When he informs Scotland Yard, they ignore his fears, and soon enough, a series of killings begins.Read More »

Gliding through a somnolent suburbia, Tyler Taormina’s hypnotic follow-up to Ham on Rye captures the unexpected magic and surprise interactions of the witching hour. In this Long Island lullaby, filmed during lockdown, skaters soar and lovers slink into the dark, keyed in to the rhythm of the night.Read More »

On a tramway that connects several of Jerusalem’s neighborhoods from East to West, a mosaic of people from different religious and ethnic backgrounds are brought together.Read More »

A bloodcurdling drama by Argentinian director Diego Yaker starring Spanish actor Carmelo Gómez. An independent film that achieves maximum brilliance, PECADOS is the story of two young lovers who are unaware of a family secret that could destroy them.

Bepo and Lourdes are madly in love, but they have to confront the deep-rooted traditions of their small town and of their families, who share a horrible secret that could tear them apart. The scene: a remote Argentinian town whose devastating beauty makes it a key element of the film. A true Western carried by larger than life characters.Read More »

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Living in Manchuria on the eve of the Second World War, Nunami and Sugaku accept an arranged marriage despite their different expectations and aspirations. Nunami misses intellectual conversations and Sugaku feels more at home in her bar. When Nunami tells her that he observed her with her lover they decide to move to Tokyo to make a new start. There Nunami meets Shimura, an office colleague with whom he enjoys the long desired conversations. Sugaku takes a decision with grave consequences. WHIRLPOOL OF FLESH is one of four experimental and existentialist black-and-white films NAKAHIRA made in 1964.Read More »

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Young journalist Yael visits a small community of outcasts, Jews and Arabs, who live together in a forgotten enclave at the “border” between Jaffa and Bat Yam, in Israel. She discovers a range of characters far removed from the usual clichés. Their relation to time is different than that of the city around them. In this dilapidated and fragile place, there is a possibility of coexistence.Read More »

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An attractive and successful doctor places a personal ad in a newspaper to try to meet (and eventually marry) Mr. Right. A succession of blind dates ensues, featuring men who are lonely, desperate, dangerous and perverted.Read More »

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A mining town in Kyushu. Zenzo (Tennoyama Yasuji) is unemployed after the mountain collapses. If Dad becomes a coward, Mom will become a strong man. Fumiko (Otowa Nobuko) takes her daughter Kimiko (Yamagishi Eiko) to Kyoto and becomes a hostess at the “Salon Heian Mothership”. The two use various tactics to get money. Their target is Yamamoto Gonbei (Kanze Hideo), a large landowner in Rakusai with a 200-year tradition. Gonbei quickly becomes obsessed with Kimiko and starts giving her a lot of money. They even start thinking about getting married, but their dignified mother Ryu (Nakamura Ryoko) is against it, saying that it is outrageous to marry a mere hostess. At that time, Dad comes to consult with her because Fumiko is working and his unemployment insurance is about to be terminated.Read More »

Kamagasaki is an “invisible” slum of Osaka that attracts day laborers and prostitutes since WW2. When the local gang has its treasured cauldron stolen, a war to find it begins involving the thugs, a 12 years old kid, a prostitute and a pickpocket, including the giant cauldron used to feed the destitute: The symbol of Kamagasaki.Read More »