A revolutionary novel, film, and opera created in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) about the mass killings during the long period of the Japanese occupation of Korea.Read More »

Ahn is a suicidal saxophonist, Mun is a violent simpleton with an I.Q. of 80, and Maria is a single mother with dreams of becoming a nun. Ahn has tried numerous times to kill himself but nothing has ever worked. When he witnesses his wife’s infidelity, it is the last straw. He gets a call from Mun, and both decide to take things into their own hands by robbing a café at gunpoint. They run into Maria, who is determined to find her baby who has been taken from her. Maria decides to use the two men to get her baby back and joins the team.Read More »

Two sisters reunite after not having seen each other for five years. While catching up on each others’ lives, they relive childhood experiences, both good and badRead More »

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Thomas Heise’s documentary portrays the meeting of officials and citizens in the district office of Berlin-Mitte in 1984.The movie uniquely displays how socialist officals and citizens interact.
Since finishing the film in GDR times was impossible for political reasons (it was in fact illegaly shot) it was first performed in 2001.Read More »

A trio of rum-runners during prohibition in the 1930s engage in a menage-a-trois after business hours.Read More »

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Pier Paolo Pasolini takes up with a young man and journeys to Ostia, and his death.

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Ostia is a fascinating short film directed by Julian Cole and produced for the Royal College of Art, which reconstructs the events leading up to the murder of Pier Paolo Pasolini. Ostia relocates the proceedings to London and stars Derek Jarman as Pasolini. The film features an evocative dream sequence which is accompanied by poignant excerpts from Pasolin’s own poetry, as read by Jarman.Read More »

France in the 15th Century: The country is marked by the wars with England and internal power struggles. King Charles sees himself powerless against the state. Suddenly a young woman named Johanna emerges from the people, who claims that the Archangel Gabriel appointed her to save France. First the king doubts her words, but he sees that the people, through her are gaining new courage.Read More »

PLOT: A kabuki actor’s mistress hatches a jealous plot to bring down her lover’s son.Read More »

Marcel, night guard receives some evenings visiting night owls who come entrust their stories and problems.
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Part of Télévision de chambre’s show.Read More »