A Window on Asian Cinema
Shadow KillGopalakrishnan’s hero is Kaliyappan, an executioner in southern India, who enjoys the monetary rewards of his position but can no longer bear the solitude or guilt. More often than not, the executions he participates in are the re...
Wide Angle
Rooms of Shadow and LightRooms of Shadow and Light, by John Webster, is a documentary set in a brothel in Mumbai, India. A lazy afternoon, the sun is high, and it seems like just another ordinary day for the prostitutes of Mumbai. But as the documentary d...
World Cinema
Friday NightIt’s Friday evening and this is it: Laure has packed all her belongings because tomorrow she’s moving in with Francis. On this last evening, she leaves the empty apartment which she no longer really feels is hers to go have dinner...
World Cinema
The Man on the TrainIn a medium-sized town towards the end of the day, a train pulls in and a solitary figure gets out. His name is Milan, a man with a bag over one shoulder that is as worn and shabby as its owner. While looking for some fizzy aspiri...
A Window on Asian Cinema
The FlagBudi and Rosi, who are assigned the important task of hoisting a flag on Monday’s at school, carefully bring the flag home. There is a lot to do; wash the flag, let it dry, and ironing it. The only problem however, is the flag kee...
Wide Angle
Namuamitabul ChristmasOn Christmas Eve, a little monk who lives deep in the mountain is invited by his friend to a church. The chief priest reluctantly allows him to go to the church for the Christmas ceremony. When the minister offers the special gues...
Wide Angle
The ButterflySet in medieval Japan, a young woman fights to protect the memory of her samurai fiance who died during the war.
Wide Angle
Now, Who Rules You?A red flag hangs from a flagpole, and the sound of the national Soviet anthem rings aloud. Suddenly amidst the suppression and poverty a will of freedom arises, and the people uprise. What the mass has gained after the bloodshed ...
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Stones in the SkyThis film deals with a little-known period in the life of celebrated Brazilian filmmaker and political activist, Glauber Rocha. Rocha’s years of exile in Cuba (1971-72) coincided with a period of great cultural ferment and debate ...
World Cinema
Bolivar Is MeIn a frenzy, actor Santiago Miranda storms out of the taping of the national soap opera, The Loves of the Liberator based on the life of the great South American hero, Simon Bolivar. What prompts Miranda’s fury is the script, whic...