World Cinema
Sweet CountrySam, a middle-aged Aboriginal man, works the land of a kind preacher, Fred Smith. When Harry March, an ill-tempered and bitter man returning from the Western Front, arrives in town, Sam is sent out with his family to help renovate...
Midnight Passion
Sweet VirginiaSam, a former rodeo star leading a small-time life, unknowingly starts a rapport with a young man named Elwood, who is responsible for the violence that has suddenly gripped Sam’s small town. Every character, from Sam’s loved ones...
Korean Cinema Today
TaklamakanTaesik makes a living collecting recyclable wastes or stealing waste metals from empty houses in the redevelopment zone. When his friend takes him to a karaoke club, Taesik meets Sooeun, who works as a hostess there. His friend in...
Wide Angle
Tarling is DarlingTarling Dangdut is Indonesian traditional music of Java, performed with erotic dancing by skimpily clad female singers. It is popular with the public but Muslim clerics are trying to ban it because they see it as shameful. Followi...
Wide Angle
Tehran TabooSet in Tehran at night, this animation about damaged people illustrates how dark the world can look when strict religious morals and social regulations are imposed. The characters were created through rotoscoping technique. Hence ...
Korean Cinema Retrospective
The Barefooted YoungThe biggest box-office hit of the era with some 250,000 viewers in Seoul, and the film that made Shin Seong-il famous. Gangster Dusu and diplomat’s daughter Joanna fall in love after a chance meeting. To make a new man out of Dusu...
Korean Cinema Today
The Battleship Island: Director’s CutThere’s an island called “Battleship Island”, where many Koreans were forcibly drafted into serving the Japanese imperial army and mining coal, where they were treated miserably. Director Ryoo Seungwan cinematized the island’s tra...
A Window on Asian Cinema
The Bold, The Corrupt And The BeautifulChen is a teenaged girl living with her mom and sister. Madame Tang, Chen’s mom, is the boss of a criminal organization colluding with high-ranking government officials. Chen’s sister, Tang Ning, is actually Chen’s real mother, iv...
A Window on Asian Cinema
The BrawlerThe newest movie by Anurag Kashyap, a director who has come to represent India by building a creative cinema world that swings back and forth between Bollywood and independent films. While following the characteristic splendor and...
Midnight Passion
The BrinkReckless police inspector Dong is on a mission to crack down on criminal Cheng’s gold smuggling scheme, yet fails to arrest him. As Dong continues his manhunt, he discovers Cheng’s involvement with triad boss Kui, who hides on a c...