Internationally revered Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami (Taste of Cherry, Ten) has created some of the most inventive and transcendent cinema of the past thirty years, and Close-Up is his most... more
A Tokyo detective's (Koji Yakusho) investigation of a series of grisly and bizarre murders, committed by seemingly average citizens who can't explain their motives, leads him to a mysterious and... more
Mathieu Kassovitz (THE CRIMSON RIVERS) took the film world by storm with LA HAINE (HATE), a gritty, unsettling, and visually explosive look at racial and cultural volatility in modern-day France,... more
Macabre, grotesque, and aggressively bizarre, this cult hit from writer/director Nikos Nikolaidis tells the story of a detective who, while searching for his lost love, comes upon an isolated country... more
With her ravishingly sensual take on Herman Melville's Billy Budd, Sailor, Claire Denis firmly established herself as one of the great visual tone poets of our time. Amid the azure waters and... more
Chen Chang. An acclaimed Taiwanese epic, this ambitious film follows the growing pains of teenagers becoming involved in street gangs while dealing with the twin challenges of puberty and adulthood.... more
What one memory of your life would you want to live over and over? In this compelling and heartfelt fantasy from Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda ("Maborosi"), the newly dead are met in a "way... more
Originally released in 1997, Two Orphan Vampires (Les Deux orphelines vampires) finds Jean Rollin, the master of the fantastique, returning to the vampire genre with which he had made his name. |By... more
Small-time hood Wah Dee (Andy Lau, Infernal Affairs) is enlisted by Triad boss Trumpet (Tommy Wong, The Killer) as a getaway driver for a daring heist that goes wrong. Thinking fast Dee takes Jo Jo... more
The first Iranian film to win the Palme d'Or, this austere, emotionally complex drama by the great Abbas Kiarostami follows the middle-aged Mr. Badii (Homayoun Ershadi) as he drives around the hilly... more
Writer/director Olivier Assayas' satirical look at the French movie industry stars Jean-Pierre Leaud as a once-hot filmmaker whose comeback attempt is a remake of the classic silent serial "Les... more
Penelope Cruz, Javier Bardem, Stefania Sandrelli, Anna Galiena. Erotic black comedy/melodrama of two families from different classes who interfere in the marriage plans of their daughter and son.... more
In late-19th-century Shanghai, the volatile lives of a group of concubines are detailed, as rich and privileged men try to keep the women subservient to them by creating a sheltered and decadent... more
Isabelle Adjani, Daniel Auteuil, Vincent Perez, Virna Lisi. This powerful historical drama recounts the tale of the daughter of Queen Mother Catherine de Medici who has been forced to marry her... more
LABORATORY OF THE DEVIL tells the story of Morishima, a young, idealistic doctor practicing in WWII Japan. Upon discovering Unit 731, a secret military prison in Manchuria, Morishima is horrified by... more
A NARROW ESCAPE details the final days of Unit 731, Japan's most notorious military prison during WWII, and a bastion of inhuman biological research. At the end of the war, the unit's commander plots... more
The Blue Jean Monster is a 1991 Hong Kong horror-comedy film directed by Ivan Lai. The movie is about a police officer named Joe who has a happy life with his pregnant wife. One day he gets a tip... more
In the 17th century, reclusive composer Jean de Saint-Colombe (Jean-Pierre Marielle) turned away the young Marin Marais (Guillaume Depardieu), who'd come seeking an apprenticeship. The old man's... more
Cult Epics presents the Marleen Gorris Trilogy, three controversial and thought provoking films, from the director of the Oscar winning film "Antonio's Line." QUESTION OF SILENCE Three Women,... more
In the tradition of Life Is Beautiful comes a captivating comic adventure that the hearts of moviegoers around the world. The year is 1941, and a tiny Jewish community is France is faced with some... more
This tender, bittersweet romance from director Claude Sautet stars Emmanuelle Béart as Nelly, a beautiful, unhappily married young woman hired by middle-aged French businessman Pierre Arnaud (Michel... more
Camille (Emmanuelle Béart) is a beautiful concert violinist involved in an affair with the married Maxime (André Dussollier). She finds herself drawn into an unexpected love triangle, however, when... more
For Ever Mozart is an episodic film that follows a theater troupe from France attempting to put on a play in Sarajevo. Along their journey they are captured and held in a POW camp and they call for... more