“Lighthearted [and] heart-warming.” —Variety
An endearing and comical portrait of the bond between humans and the animals they love, MY PET AND ME introduces audiences to a handful of individuals that have dedicated their lives to their colorful companions. "Lighthearted [and] heart-warming" (Variety) we spend time with a unique group of individuals and their animal counterparts, including a hairdresser with a house full of hairless cats, a competition dog dancing champion, a giant spiritual snail, and a therapeutic pug, amongst others.
“Harrowingly funny....boundary-smashing.” — Variety
The latest from Austrian writer/director Jessica Hausner, one of Europe’s most fearless and provocative auteurs, CLUB ZERO follows an unassuming, yet rigorous, Miss Novak (Mia Wasikowska) as she joins the teaching staff at an international boarding school to instruct a new class on “conscious eating.” As a few devoted pupils fall deeper under her cult-like tutelage, they are given a new, even more sinister goal to aspire to – joining the ominous “Club Zero.”
“A refreshingly nuanced, mature take on modern sexual behaviour” —Windows on Worlds
Six strangers meet at an underground sex club in Japan for a night of anonymous pleasure. While first-timers and regulars collide, each member’s attitude towards sex and satisfaction becomes challenged as their kinks and inhibitions begin to reveal more than they were initially willing to let on. “Stylishly shot and explicit,” Daisuke Miura’s foray into the city’s erotic underbelly provides “great thrills, both erotic and comedic, as well as genuine emotion” (Screen Anarchy).
“Unflinching and mounted with viscous verve.” —Far East FIlms
In this explosive precursor to his breakout film A Better Tomorrow, director John Woo demonstrates the genesis of his trademark style of hyperkinetic action and violence. Now available on VOD.
“A wise and winsome coming-of-age story.” —Indiewire
When college coed Saruul takes a temporary job as a clerk in a sex shop, her poker-faced indifference makes her the perfect foil for the clientele. But it is Katya, the shop’s eccentric owner, who initiates Saruul’s journey into adulthood. From Janchivdorj Sengedorj, "one of the best voices of contemporary cinema in Mongolia” (Asian Movie Pulse), THE SALES GIRL is fueled by a splendidly original script, utterly unique characters and unexpected encounters.
“Leaves us in deep thought about human nature.” —Modern Times Review
Legally segregated, highly surveilled, heavily filmed and intensely guarded, H2: THE OCCUPATION LAB uncovers the way a one-kilometer long street in Hebron fuels the entire Israeli-Palestinian conflict: past, present, and future.
“An intelligent fable about fear and desire.” —TimeOut
Newly restored in 4k and available for the first time in North America, Austrian auteur Jessica Hausner radically upends genre tropes and preempts the resurgence of folk horror with her second and most formally audacious feature, HOTEL. The deceptively simple premise of a young woman who takes on a job as a night porter at a remote Austrian hotel and encounters unexplained phenomena amounts to a grand treatise on the inhibiting potential of imagination, the fine line between banality and terror and the looming specter of fate.
“"A deliciously observed, ironic take on middle-class Austrian life."” —Variety
Newly restored in 4k and available for the first time in North America, Jessica Hausner’s debut feature follows the pubescent Rita as she gradually attempts to test and break the expectations made of her. As she skips class to pursue her infatuation for a local bus driver as well as her own desires, her disapproving parents and classmates begin to question the motivation behind her provocations. However, Rita’s adolescent rebellions occlude a more sinister intention.
“A superbly subtle, mysterious and brilliantly composed film.” —The Guardian
Jessica Hausner’s acclaimed third feature distills the central theme of her filmography: the contentious gray area between faith and fact. Afflicted with multiple sclerosis, Christine makes a pilgrimage to the holy site of Lourdes in hopes of a miracle. Among thousands of ailed visitors, she proceeds through the well-oiled machinery of the religious tourist destination until the unbelievable happens: she is suddenly able to walk.
“A cultural acheivement.” —The New York Times
Widely considered one of the most important motion pictures ever made, FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE is a “gorgeous, intoxicating epic” (Los Angeles Times) that is both “visually spectacular” and “sumptuous in every respect” (Time Out). Spanning 50 years from the early 20th century to the tumultuous Cultural Revolution, Chen Kaige's passionate, exquisitely shot film captures the vast historical scope of a changing country while revealing the intimate and touching details of a unique, tender, heartrending love story. Restored in 4k.
“A tense, fast-paced, unpredictable trip into gay part culture.” —QueerGuru
Set over a hallucinatory 24 hours, Nitzan Gilady's erotic second feature takes an unflinching look at party culture with a fast-paced electronic soundtrack by Offer Nissim and immersive cinematography. Starring Israel Ogalbo, Dean Miroshnikov and Moran Rosenblatt.