A retelling of the life of the celebrated 17th-century painter through his brilliant, nearly blasphemous paintings and his flirtations with the underworld.Read More »

Ying Ling delicately washes the face of the motionless body. Using a damp cloth, she carefully cleans the hands, feet and finally the torso. The 17-year-old girl is far from home, preparing for her exams at one of China’s largest funeral parlours.

We’re excited to present one of our discoveries from this year’s Berlinale, right off the back of its tour across UK cinemas. Salter’s humanist coming-of-age doc offers a tender, intimate, often funny look at womanhood in modern China. A little big film about life, death, and everything in between.Read More »

A documentary exploring the life and career of notorious Republican dirty trickster and longtime Trump advisor, Roger Stone, who helped create the real-estate mogul’s political career.Read More »

The relationship between writers Ingeborg Bachmann and Max Frisch.Read More »

The life and death of the legendary Ludwig van Beethoven. Besides all the work he is known for, the composer once wrote a famous love letter to a nameless beloved, and the movie tries to find out who this beloved was–not easy, as Beethoven has had many women in his life.Read More »

“Die Bad” is an inventive feature made up of four distinct episodes, each with their own style. With their criss-crossing characters and themes, they add up to a fairly comprehensive account of the causes and effects of male aggression, both tribal and individual.Read More »

An exotic dancer is sent on an undercover mission to Thailand to investigate a secret biochemical factory.Read More »

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In ancient Kerala, where Tantra/Maya held sway, Thevan, a novice singer from a caste of folk singers (Paanan), narrowly escapes from slavers and finds himself lost. While fleeing, he stumbles upon an eerie household in the middle of a forest with a seemingly benevolent master and his servant. The master welcomes him, but it soon becomes clear that he is a malevolent goblin from folklore known as Chaathan, who has taken on the master’s identity. The creature from darkness ensnares anyone who enters the house as its lifelong servants. The story delves into whether Thevan and the current first servant can break free from the goblin’s control.Read More »

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A kinky gang of sex perverts passes their time having sex with each other and committing a variety of small crimes. One day they decide to take a shot at the big-time and kidnap a millionaire’s daughter. Intending to hold her for a million-dollar ransom, they discover that the girl is not only gorgeous with a spectacular body, but is in addition a virgin. They also find out that she may be even kinkier than they are.Read More »