A Window on Asian Cinema
A Beautiful MistakeTo see a movie a boy borrows the money from an old man, the town’s undertaker. For this repayment, the boy shows him the scene of a neighbor girl taking a shower through a hole in ...
World Cinema
My JoyTruck driver Georgy travels the long distance between the dark and icy Russian roads, and makes a trip into a world that does not allow much tolerance ? a world of strange traveler...
World Cinema
OctoberClemente, a pawnbroker, is Sofia’s hope to avoid solitude. Being his neighbor and a single woman, she spends her days as an October worshipper of the Lord of the Miracles. One day,...
World Cinema
Of Gods and MenA story set in a monastery high in the mountains of Algeria sometime during the ‘90s. French monks devoted to propagation of Christianity live a life of silent contemplation, in ha...
A Window on Asian Cinema
BI, Don’t Be AfraidPhan Dang Di scripted last year’s [Adrift], and he’s now turned director to continue his daringly frank exploration of sexual desires and blockages ? a topic rarely broached in ear...
World Cinema
Oranges and SunshineBased on a true story that recently shocked the world, it tells the story of a social worker from Nottingham named Margaret Humphreys, who exposed the British government scandal th...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Blood TiesAs a series of tragedies befalls one family, behind the scenes the vastly differing socio-economic status of each member makes itself known and felt. On the day of his daughter’s...
World Cinema
On the Path[On the Path] is a literal translation of the original title, [Na Putu], which indicates the path toward something in Bosnian. It can also mean the mental state used to explain the...
World Cinema
OrlyEnd of winter. Minimalist director Angela Schanelec uses zoom lenses and slow camera movements to make us perfect observers in the lives of people waiting, loving, hating, aching, ...
A Window on Asian Cinema
ChassisA documentary style film about a woman and her daughter who live under a truck because they have no home. Unlike the stereotypical homeless bum, Norah is a tough woman who will do ...