Abstract images drawn directly onto the film are accompanied by three pieces of jazz performed by the Oscar Peterson trio.Read More »

Through little-seen archive and his characteristically cinematic analysis, Mark Cousins narrates the ascent of fascism in Italy and its fall-out across 1930s Europe. Both essay film and historical document, Cousins contextualises history through the now, holding a mirror to a political landscape of a creeping far right and manipulated media.Read More »

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At his working place, Kozo and his colleague gangrape the boss’ teenage daughter. Then, on the highway, he picks up a red-haired woman walking on the road back to his home. She ends up staying the night. Later, the woman reveals that she has left her husband and son, but refuses to divulge her name. On the other hand, the boss’ daughter informs Kozo’s colleague that she is pregnant. They decide to elope but, before that, he demands Kozo to let him have sex with the red-haired woman…Read More »

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In a spiritual continuation of the anguished confrontations that close out Minamata: The Victims and Their World, Minamata Revolt captures the direct negotiations that took place between the Chisso corporation and the Minamata disease victims after a court ruling ordered the company to compensate them and their families. Patients who had self-organized to demand the company for direct payments and lifelong medical care stare down and scream in the faces of Chisso’s spokespeople, who effortlessly embody the chillingly staid evil of corporate greed. The second and most rarely screened entry in Tsuchimoto’s Minamata Trilogy, Revolt is a gripping indictment of modern industry and a testament to human resilience.
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Anthony Powell’s 12-volume epic “A Dance to the Music of Time” is widely regarded as the most formidable single work of British fiction since the war. It is also largely entertaining: its cast of 400 characters ranges from upper-class drawing-rooms to Bohemian London and a violent death in a hippie commune. They have, in their turn, gathered a devoted set of fans among English-speaking readers.Read More »

Set in Shanghai during the 1930s, the story is inspired by John Woo’s classic work Bullet in the Head, released in 1990.Read More »

The American Jimmy Sanders is son-in-law and assistant of doctor Delfman. Delfman sees Jimmy as his natural successor, but Jimmy doesn’t like this idea. The death of Delfman, however, forces him to do so, which leads to new conflicts.Read More »

A former pop star and a fan of his boy band struggle to fit in with society.Read More »

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A Woman’s Uphill Slope follows the fortunes of Akie (Mariko Okada), a young woman who visits Kyoto after inheriting a shop that sells traditional sweets. Fascinated by the shop’s traditions, she abandons her plans to open a tailor shop and decides to stay. She soon falls in love with a married painter, Saburo Yaoi (Keiji Sada), who turns out to be her mother’s former lover.Read More »