In the 18th century during Handel's time, no man was more famous or more celebrated than the castrato, Farinelli. The incredible, true story of the world famous opera singer - who was castrated... more
Officially produced to commemorate the 10-year anniversary of the Russian Revolution, October quickly became another of Sergei Eisenstein's experiments in film form. As in his masterpiece, Battleship... more
Rena Owen, Temuera Morrison, Mamaengaroa Kerr-Bell. An impoverished urban native family deals with alcoholism, societal constraints and the strange world of the indigenous in modern New Zealand... more
Having rejected a marriage proposal and now facing limited options after graduation, Indonesian high-school student Yuni (Arawinda Kirana) finds herself having to define her desires within a society... more
On a hot summer day, a crew of workers - men and women, young and old - arrive at dawn at a picturesque fig orchard in northwest Tunisia. We eavesdrop, through the sun-dappled leaves of the fig... more
When Kaho (Aoba Kawai) and Tomoya (Ryuta Okamoto) announce their engagement at a celebratory dinner with friends, they are unprepared for the emotional turmoil that is unleashed once a prior... more
Paris 1895. Pierre Louÿs is a Parisian dandy and poet on the verge of fame. Pierre and his friend Henri de Régnier are both madly in love with Marie de Heredia (Noemie Merlant), the cheeky daughter... more
For kids around the world, music is often the only salvation when the pain and anxiety of teenage life becomes too much to bear. Yuichi (Hayato Ichihara) is in the 8th grade and he worships Lily... more
Clive Owen, Lothaire Bluteau, Ian McKellen, Brian Webber. A gay Jewish man sleeps with a German officer only to see him killed the next day by his Nazi comrades. He flees and when he gets caught,... more
Steven Waddington, Andrew Tiernan, Tilda Swinton. England's most notoriously eccentric monarch takes a male lover and sets England astir in this fictional story of sex, love and social confinements.... more
Alfre Woodard, Damien Leake, Dennis Farina, Moses Gunn. Set in the early 1900s, this powerful film showcases the brutal beginnings of an interracial labor union through the eyes of a Black... more
Nanni Moretti, Renato Carpentieri, Giovanna Bozzolo, Jennifer Beals. Directed by Moretti, who appears as himself in three vignettes: In the first, he makes observations as he romps around Rome; in... more
Asia Argento, Jean Shepard, Herbert Fritsch. Horror icon and fearlessly outspoken actress Asia Argento makes her stunning directorial debut with this "brave, go-for-broke" semi-autobiographical drama... more
In rural Gaotai county, two lonely, middle-aged outcasts are pushed into an arranged marriage by their families. Ma (Wu Renlin) is a humble farmer with little to offer his timid and sickly wife, Cao... more
In Czechoslovakia, 1980, the totalitarian Communist regime demands allegiance from all it's subjects, including the clergy. Servants follows Michal and Juraj, two conflicted novitiates whose seminary... more
Florence, early XVI century. Although widely considered a genius by his contemporaries, Michelangelo Buonarroti (Alberto Testone) is reduced to poverty and depleted by his struggle to finish the... more
International superstar Maggie Cheung (In the Mood for Love) embodies tragic screen siren Ruan Lingyu, known as the "Greta Garbo of China," in this unconventional biopic by Hong Kong New Wave master... more
Bonn, 1779. Eight-year-old Louis van Beethoven (Colin Pütz) grows up in provincial Bonn and is considered a musical prodigy. Attempts by his father Jean to teach the boy fail. The singer and actor... more
This exotic gangster epic from Zhang Yimou ("To Live") traces the inner workings of Shanghai's most prominent crime syndicate in the 1930s, as witnessed by 14-year-old Shuisheng (Wang Xiaoxiao). When... more
Servais (Fabio Testi), a reporter and photographer, meets Nadine Chevalier (Romy Schneider), an actress who is forced to earn her living by accepting roles unworthy of her real talent. She is married... more
Box set includes the Sissi trilogy, along with Romy Schneider's first film, Victoria in Dover, a precursor to the Sissi films, in which Schneider plays Britain s Princess Victoria.*
Investigative filmmaker Yuko (Kumi Takiuchi) is putting together a piece about the bereaved families connected with a bullied schoolgirlʼs suicide. Determined to shed light on the truth, Yukoʼs... more
Jina (Gong Seung-yeon) is the top employee at a call center, but despite talking to customers all day, she has shut out the world beyond her headset; she lives alone, eats alone, sleeps alone, and... more
In this debut feature by writer-director Laura Wandel, the everyday reality of grade school is seen from a child's-eye-view as an obstacle course of degradation and abuse. Following 7-year-old Nora... more
Winner of the Lion of the Future Award for best Debut Feature at the Venice Film Festival, You Will Die At Twenty is visually sumptuous "coming-of-death" fable. During her son's naming ceremony, a... more