A Window on Asian Cinema
A Copy of My MindA man and a woman’s daily routines coincide with one another. Sari watches movies every day in her cramped room to get away from the fatigue of work. Alek also can’t escape from a dark small room where he works on subtitles for pi...
Flash Forward
Closet MonsterOscar Madly is an imaginative “only-child” in St. John, Newfoundland, whose closest friend is a pet hamster named Buffy. If his life wasn’t challenging enough being caught in the middle of his parents’ turbulent divorce, Oscar is ...
World Cinema
My Golden DaysMy Golden Days is a prequel to Arnaud Desplechin’s debut, My Sex Life… Or How I got into an Argument (1996). When Paul Dedalus returns to France after living in Tajikistan for several years, he is detained at the airport and quest...
Flash Forward
As I Open My EyesIn Tunis, 2010, several months before the Arab Spring, 18-year-old Farah, fresh from school, sings along with a band, despite her mother Hayet’s dissuasion. Hayet wants her to become a doctor, while Farah seeks freedom, independen...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Being GoodThird generation Korean-Japanese director O Mipo’s fourth feature weaves together three tales from a short story collection by Nakawaki Hatsue. Set in a village in Hokkaido, the film focuses on how big problems can emerge even in ...
Korean Cinema Today
RecordingAfter being diagnosed with stomach cancer, Yeonhui decides to record everything about her life before she dies. She wants to show how she met her computer repairman boyfriend, where she went with him, how he proposed to her, and a...
Korean Cinema Today
EyelidsAn old man living on the island of Mireukdo lives a self-sufficient life, adhering to ascetic principles typical of a monk. Now and then the phone rings and shortly thereafter a visitor arrives; the old man dutifully prepares rice...
Korean Cinema Today
Another WayA woman living with her paralyzed mother takes on part-time jobs to get by. At times she works as a dancer promoting new businesses and at others as a decorator prepping wedding hall venues. Resentful of her father and unhappy wit...
Korean Cinema Today
Another NightAfter spending seven years in Taiwan, Sujang, a Korean-Chinese man, returns to Busan to search for his missing wife, Eunim, who abruptly left him after having a miscarriage. Sujang seeks out old friends throughout the city in orde...
World Cinema
Last Cab to DarwinRex, a Broken Hill cab driver, has spent his life avoiding getting close to people. Even his best friend and occasional lover Polly, who lives across the road, is kept at distance. One day, he discovers he is dying. He doesn't wan...