Fantasy

For his first narrative feature in 27 years, the legendary Luigi Cozzi (PAGANINI HORROR, THE BLACK CAT) wrote, directed and stars as himself in this insane supernatural sci-fi splatter mystery: When an obsessive fan’s visit triggers a brutal murder in Luigi’s Profondo Rosso store/museum, Cozzi’s phantasmagoric freakout will include vanished inventors, alternate dimensions, cursed books, lost films, bizarre pajamas and his own reputation as ‘the Italian Ed Wood’, with appearances by Lamberto Bava, Barbara Magnolfi (SUSPIRIA), screenwriter Antonio Tentori (CAT IN THE BRAIN), best-selling author Giulio Leoni and Dario Argento.Read More »

Coming from the heart of the Belarusian Rebellion, an intimate portrait of a young woman. When her regular self enters emotional turmoil, her seifuku-wearing magical witch alter ego is keeping the fighting spirit ablaze.

An intimate portrait of a young girl leading a double life. When she finds herself in emotional turmoil in the midst of isolation, her seifuku-clad magical alter ego keeps her fighting spirit alive.Read More »

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Dreamchild: A Film Essay by Elwin Cotman

Dreamchild, directed by Gavin Millar: “What was that name that Lewis Carroll used to call you?”

“That’s right. Dreamchild.”

That is a beautiful movie poster. Made doubly so by the fact that, in the movie, the moment it illustrates most likely didn’t happen. Dreamchild, the first film made by the Jim Henson Creature Shop without the auteur’s input, is a film about memory. What happened, what we wish had happened, what we wish we could take back. It is also, like the poster, beautiful.Read More »

As he investigates the case of a mysterious eyeless, hermaphroditic dead body Thomas Dagget, a former priest who has lost his faith and is now working as a detective, is thrust into the midst of an earthly war between angels. A fallen angel Gabriel is trying to create a new Heaven and seeks the soul of a Korean War colonel accused of human sacrifice. The colonel’s soul has been transplanted into the body of a young Indian girl for protection and Thomas must fight to protect her as Gabriel comes after her.Read More »

In a rural French town, twenty-something Teddy is scratched by an unknown beast and slowly undergoes frightening changes.

Dans les Pyrénées, un loup attise la colère des villageois. Teddy, 19 ans, sans diplôme, vit avec son oncle adoptif et travaille dans un salon de massage. Sa petite amie Rebecca passe bientôt son bac, promise à un avenir radieux. Pour eux, c’est un été ordinaire qui s’annonce. Mais un soir de pleine lune, Teddy est griffé par une bête inconnue. Les semaines qui suivent, il est pris de curieuses pulsions animales…Read More »

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Aris, 27 years old, returns home after a long journey… His mother, an eccentric and lonely woman lives together with her secretary, Sylvia and her loyal gardener mute Christos. Her house is famous not only for its view in Acropolis but also for his pool: the deepest in Europe. Determined to leave behind his past and start a new life, Aris, will search the secret of his youth, he will fall in love with a poor girl, Alexandra and he will confront his own ghosts. In the meanwhile a fire turns Athens into a living hell…Read More »

An old bitter miser is given a chance for redemption when he is haunted by ghosts on Christmas Eve.Read More »

Set on a mysterious island, this adaptation of Adolfo Bioy Casares’s novella is a story of suspense and exploration, as well as a wonderfully unlikely romance, in which every detail is at once crystal clear and deeply mysterious…Read More »

Middle-aged Hideo lives alone with an inflatable doll he calls Nozomi. The doll is his closest companion. He dresses it up, talks to it over dinner, and has sexual intercourse with it. However, unbeknown to Hideo, Nozomi was created with a heart. After Hideo leaves for work each day, Nozomi dresses in her maid’s outfit and explores the world outside their apartment with a sense of child-like wonder. She encounters various city residents who metaphorically are as “empty inside” as she is. When Nozomi meets Junichi, who works at a local video store, she falls in love with him and gets a part-time job at the store. She learns about the world through the movies she watches with Junichi, but her happiness with him is interrupted by a dramatic turn of events.Read More »