Fireworks Wednesday
This third feature by Iranian auteur Asghar Farhadi serves as an up-to-the-minute report on the social codes and values of the Iranian middle-class.
Tagged: mood: artsy
Embrace of the Serpent
This striking third feature by Colombian director Ciro Guerra tracks a pair of mythical, quasi-ethnographic journeys into the heart of the Amazon to explore and comment on the destructive powers of colonialism.
Prologue (English Animation)
A battle over 2400 years into the past between the Spartan and Athenian warriors, which showcases some of the most gorgeously brutal fluid animation.
Clean (2004)
In Olivier Assayas’s Clean, Maggie Cheung plays a troubled soul who tries to kick her drug habit in an attempt to reconnect with her son.
Loreak (Spanish Film)
A woman, diagnosed with early menopause, begins to receive an anonymous bouquet of flowers every day.
Au revoir l’été (2013)
Au revoir l’été is a delicate coming-of-age story that follows a young woman named Sakuko as she visits her quiet seaside town and forms relationships with the locals.
Macbeth (2015)
Upon hearing prophecies of him becoming Thane of Cawdor and future King, and the persuasion of his wife, Macbeth bathes in the blood of those standing in his way.
Mustang (2015 Film)
The freedom of Lale and her four sisters is at stake when their home becomes a prison, and one by one they are married off.
Qissa: The Tale of a Lonely Ghost
Qissa: The Tale of a Lonely Ghost is a striking supernatural folktale that sensitively deals with the issues of identity and displacement.
Puppet Syndrome, The (Russian Film)
A boy who is obsessed with puppets falls in love with a doll-like girl, whom he grooms to be his, but she grows unruly.
