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The tribulations of two friends who, in despair, start begging from door-to-door, and are given a bundle including, literally, a pair of deadman’s shoes.Read More »

For Balduin, going out to beer parties with his fellow students and fighting out disputes at the tip of the sword have lost their charms. He wants to find love; but how would he, a penniless student, ever dare looking up to any woman worth of loving? Absorbed in his dreary thoughts and indifferent to the advances of Lyduschka, Balduin is unexpectedly offered a fortune by the mysterious money-lender Scapinelli – but on a strange condition…Read More »

This three hour long French documentary chronicles the life and personality of famed French poet, actor and intellectual Antonin Artaud who passed away in 1948 when he was only 50-years old. His last two years were characterized by his insanity, and terrible pain. Though a famed actor and poet, Artaud is best remembered for his musings upon the true significance and power of words. The documentary includes archival footage, readings of his poems, examples of his art, and interviews with close friends.Read More »

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Muxmäuschenstill is a 2004 German mockumentary film directed by Marcus Mittermeier, written by Jan Henrik Stahlberg. The film follows a vigilante named Mux (Stahlberg), who lives in Berlin and used to study philosophy. He wants to bring justice to rapists, thieves, and vandals in his own way, documenting all his actions through a camcorder lens held by his friend Gerd.
The film won the Max-Ophüls-Preis 2004 in 4 categories and was nominated for the Bundesfilmpreis 2004 in the category “Best film”.Read More »

“Together with his collaborator, (prominent Australian playwright) Stephen Sewell, Ian Pringle has wisely chosen to avoid the restrictive confines of a birth-to-death biography. They have instead fashioned an involving interior drama, focusing on the final four years of Isabelle Eberhardt’s turbulent existence. This is the period when Isabelle (Mathilda May) returns to North Africa, ostensibly to track down a missing right-wing eccentric, the Marquis de Moyes. Eberhardt operates as a kind of free-roving desert correspondent, outraging authorities both with her published accounts exposing the corruption of the French militia, and also with her rebellious behaviour as an independent, self-styled woman in an exclusively male domain.Read More »

Art and activism collide in this empowering documentary, which examines the injustices of America’s prison-industrial complex and the power of house music as a catalyst for human connection, transformation, and liberation. A collaboration between filmmaker Phil Collins and the Black, Latino, and queer artists, activists, and formerly incarcerated people who, in 2018, created a temporary space in downtown Manhattan that served as both a hub for prison-abolition organizing and a venue for exhilarating dance parties, BRING DOWN THE WALLS proposes a vision of social justice in which collective action and communal celebration are inextricably entwined.Read More »

With echoes of everything from Kelly Reichardt’s work to Todd Haynes’ “Safe”, this is a film that’s at its best when it’s playing more with mood than traditional narrative…Read More »

A strict father imposes impossible guidelines on his disabled daughter which reflect his secret, tortured life.Read More »

Summary: Martyr Sun Zhongshan was captured by the Japanese and his comrades were all killed. Only Hua managed to survive and escaped, Hua was desperate to rescue Sun and he wrote to inform five legendary men in Canton for help. Soon after the delivery of the letters, Hua was taken by the Japanese. Luckily, the five men received the letters and came to Shanghai. They turned out to be: Killer Alan, a womanizer who thought himself to be charming and handsome; Indiana Chong, a whip expert; Witty Sung Shiyou, an extremely clever and whimsical mastermind; Flash Jian, an amazing person with an unusual memory; Superman Qiang, an exceptional man with fortune-telling power. And they are the renowned “Five Tigers of Canton”.Read More »