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  • Atlantic

    Movie

    Fettah (Fettah Lamara, a real-life Moroccan windsurfer) lives in a Moroccan coastal village where every summer he looks after the needs of Europeans who come on holiday to windsurf. During one particularly memorable summer, he befriends a beautiful woman. When she leaves to go back home, Fettah d...

  • Luis Buñuel’s Robinson Crusoe

    Movie

    The year is 1659. Following a shipwreck, Robinson Crusoe (Dan O'Herlihy), is the sole survivor and washes ashore on a deserted tropical island. Facing a hostile and unknown wilderness, he carves out a life for himself with his bare hands and learns how to survive despite the absence of human comp...

  • The Road to Mandalay

    Movie + 1 extra

    Burmese immigrants sneak into Thailand on a well-trafficked route across the Mekong River, down quiet country roads and past bribed police checkpoints. Along this treacherous path to Bangkok, Lianqing (Wu Ke-Xi) and Guo (Kai Ko) meet, and their fates become entwined. After finding work, the coupl...

  • The Wild Goose Lake
    Movie + 1 extra

    The Wild Goose Lake

    Movie + 1 extra

    When small-time mob leader Zhou Zenong (Hu Ge) accidentally kills a cop, a dead-or-alive bounty is placed on his head, forcing him on the lam from both the police as well as dangerous gangsters out for the reward. Hiding out at the Wild Goose Lake, Zhou becomes entangled with a beautiful, enigmat...

  • The Fate of Lee Khan

    Movie

    In his follow-up to the critically acclaimed A TOUCH OF ZEN, trailblazing filmmaker King Hu brings together an all-star female cast, including Hong Kong cinema stalwart Li Li-hua and Angela “Lady Kung Fu” Mao, in this lively martial arts adventure. When Lee Khan, a powerful general of the oppress...

  • Shiraz: A Romance of India

    Movie

    An astonishing silent cinema treasure, SHIRAZ is one of three motion picture collaborations between pioneering star/producer Himansu Rai and German-born director Franz Osten, which were all filmed in India. Based on the epic romance between 17th century Mughal ruler Shah Jahan (Charu Roy) and his...

  • Dead Pigs
    Movie + 1 extra

    Dead Pigs

    Movie + 1 extra

    Alliance of Women Film Journalists Selection! Read an excerpt from Margaret Barton Fumo's AWFJ review: "Cathy Yan’s 2018 film DEAD PIGS is a dazzling debut ahead of her better-known followup, the blockbuster superhero film BIRDS OF PREY (2020). DEAD PIGS premiered at Sundance, where it won a Spec...

  • Ritual: A Psychomagic Story

    Movie

    Inspired by the philosophy of, and featuring an appearance by the Father of Psychomagic, Alejandro Jodorowsky.

    Lia once had a strong, passionate relationship with her lover Viktor, but a series of traumatic events sends her spiraling into a dark depression. Desperate to find a cure, she visits h...

  • The Third Wife
    Movie + 1 extra

    The Third Wife

    Movie + 1 extra

    In late 19th century Vietnam, fourteen-year-old May becomes the third wife to a wealthy landowner. She quickly learns that she can gain status and security if she gives birth to a male child, but her burgeoning attraction to Xuan, the second wife, puts her fragile standing in jeopardy. As May obs...

  • Fritz Lang's Indian Epic

    1 season

    This 4K restoration of FRITZ LANG'S INDIAN EPIC presents the films THE TIGER OF ESCHNAPUR and THE INDIAN TOMB as they were originally created in 1959. These films are a product of their time and contain cultural and racial depictions that viewers may find offensive.

    Architect Paul Hubschmid, en ...

  • Between Shadow and Soul

    Movie

    When fourteen-year-old May becomes the third wife of a wealthy landowner, she finds herself navigating treacherous waters of family politics and her own budding desires. Entrapped in a cocoon of traditions, May soon realizes that flying free can only come at the steepest price.

    With Between Shad...

  • Soul on a String

    After discovering a sacred stone in the mouth of a slain deer, Taibei, a young Tibetan wanderer, embarks on a mission of redemption in order to bring the divine artifact back to its rightful home, the holy mountain of Buddha. Danger and treachery await at every step, as black market traders and t...

  • Wondrous Boccaccio
    Movie + 1 extra

    Wondrous Boccaccio

    Movie + 1 extra

    Set against the backdrop of a 14th century, black plague-stricken Florence, ten young men and women escape to a country estate where they spend their days telling stories of love, fate, and resurrection. From legendary Italian filmmaking brothers Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, directors of the Palme...

  • Theeb

    Movie

    Nominated for the 2016 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In 1916, while war rages in the Ottoman Empire, Hussein raises his younger brother Theeb ("Wolf") in a traditional Bedouin community that is isolated by the vast, unforgiving desert. The brothers’ quiet existence is suddenly int...

  • Bad Lucky Goat
    Movie + 1 extra

    Bad Lucky Goat

    Movie + 1 extra

    Official Selection - South by Southwest Film Festival. After accidentally killing a bearded goat with their father’s truck, two incompatible teenagers embark on a journey of reconciliation and comedic misadventure along Colombia’s breathtaking Caribbean coast. With no money, brother and sister Co...

  • Styx
    Movie + 1 extra

    Styx

    Movie + 1 extra

    ER doctor Rike (German Film Awards Best Actress winner Susanne Wolff) embarks on a one-woman solo sailing trip to Ascension Island in the Atlantic. When she comes across a sinking ship filled with refugees, Rike is suddenly torn out of her contented world. Pushed to her physical, psychological an...

  • The Miracle of The Little Prince

    Movie

    Next to the Bible, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince is the most translated book in the world. Originally published in French and English, there are now versions of this beloved children’s story in over 300 different languages. In this emotionally rich, globetrotting documentary direct...

  • Angry Inuk

    Movie

    Seal meat is a staple food for the Inuit people, and many of the pelts are sold to offset the extraordinary cost of hunting. Inuit are spread across extensive lands and waters, and their tiny population is faced with a disproportionate responsibility for protecting the environment. They are pushi...

  • Hotel Salvation

    Movie

    Adil Hussain (Life of Pi) stars as Rajiv, an overworked businessman, who agrees to honor the final wish of his father, Daya, by accompanying him to the holy city of Varanasi. There, they check in to the Hotel Salvation, where residents are given just two weeks to live out their final days or retu...

  • Alamar

    Movie

    Winner of the Tiger Award, the top prize at the prestigious Rotterdam Internationall Film Festival, and invited to over 30 film festivals, including Berlin and Toronto, ALAMAR is a heartwarming father-and-son coming of age tale that the family will love. Jorge has only a few weeks with his five-y...

  • Iceman

    Movie

    In 1991, a melting glacier revealed the body of a man. At first, people assumed he was a hiker. Later, his true Stone Age origins were revealed…

    The Ötztal Alps, more than 5,300 years ago. A Neolithic clan settles near a creek. Their leader, Kelab (Jürgen Vogel), is the appointed keeper of the...

  • Dreams of Dust

    Movie

    Mocktar, a Nigerien peasant, comes looking for work in Essakane, a dusty gold mine in Northeast Burkina Faso, Africa, where he hopes to forget the past that haunts him. In Essakane, he quickly finds out, the gold rush ended twenty years before, and the inhabitants of this strange timeless wastela...

  • The Wind Journeys

    Movie

    For most of his life, Ignacio traveled the villages of Colombia, playing songs on his accordion, a legendary instrument said to have once belonged to the devil. He eventually married and settled in a small town, leaving his nomadic life behind. But after the death of his wife, he vows to never pl...