Wide Angle
The Book of the DeadA new feature film of Director Kihachiro Kawamoto, who has been working on marionette performances and animations for almost 40 years. The Book of the Dead is a love story about a ghost in Japan′s 8th century capital, Nara, and is...
Korean Cinema
The Bow2005 Opening Feature of Un Certain Regard at Cannes An old man and a girl have lived for 10 years on an old boat before a remote island. The old man makes a living by giving rides to anglers with the girl′s help. He protects the ...
A Window on Asian Cinema
The Cave of the Yellow dogThe Cave of the Yellow Dog is a story about a Mongolian family and their dog. Nonsal, the six-year-old daughter, brings home a dog she finds in a cave. But her father says she can′t keep the dog since they don′t know where the dog...
World Cinema
The ChildThe Child is another enormously moving and sensitively observed morality tale from the directors of The Promise and The Son. The Dardennes maintain their interest in people living, or simply surviving, in harsh, often mercenary co...
World Cinema
The City of the SunIn the industrial town of Ostrava, labourers Karel, Vinco, Tomas and Milan get laid off from their jobs. They could wallow in despair or stew in anger, but instead they put on brave faces and try to start their own business. The u...
Special Programs in Focus
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her LoverOne of Greenaway′s most talked about films is this allegorical story of appetites for sex, greed, and power. A loathsome, ambitious petty gangster, the thief, owns La Hollandaise. The frequently humiliated cook runs the extravagan...
World Cinema
The Courage to Love"It is the triumph of the autodidacts, the outsiders; a street singer, a robber with a car, a bar waitress... and a charismatic street peddler... My heart is always balanced between comedy and tragedy. It is this mixture which is ...
World Cinema
The Death of Mr. LazarescuMr. Lazarescu lives alone, and one night he falls ill. After arriving at the hospital by ambulance, a bizarre tragic, and comic odyssey unfolds as he sees doctor after doctor to diagnose his condition. In what director Cristi Puiu...
Korean Cinema Retrospective: Lee Man-hee, the Poet of Night
The Devil‘s StairwayDealing with the desire of advancing one′s social status within the plot of wicked revenge and the structure of horror, this film prides itself being closest to the mainstream. A doctor, Kwang-ho murdered his lover Jin-sook and du...