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For his 27th feature, Hong holds a mirror up to his own artistic process and asks what exactly it is we’re looking for from a work of art. As his characters discuss their lives and work and the ways they intertwine, Hong sets down a sort of manifesto for his own inimitable oeuvre before exploding it (or perhaps fully realizing it) in a moving final flourish.  The Novelist’s Film is a summation of Hong’s career-long artistic project, even as it signals bold new directions.

For his 27th feature, Hong holds a mirror up to his own artistic process and asks what exactly it is we’re looking for from a work of art. As his characters discuss their lives and work and the ways they intertwine, Hong sets down a sort of manifesto for his own inimitable oeuvre before exploding it (or perhaps fully realizing it) in a moving final flourish.  The Novelist’s Film is a summation of Hong’s career-long artistic project, even as it signals bold new directions.

The final feature in Matías Piñeiro's series of films inspired by the women of Shakespeare's comedies is his most structurally daring and visually stunning work to date.Isabella is a film about the ongoing battle between doubt and ambition that never discounts the possibility of a new beginning.

The final feature in Matías Piñeiro's series of films inspired by the women of Shakespeare's comedies is his most structurally daring and visually stunning work to date.Isabella is a film about the ongoing battle between doubt and ambition that never discounts the possibility of a new beginning.

The Zürcher brothers compose a poetic panopticon of forms of human relationships that is at once a study of everyday life, a fairytale and a psychological portrait of a brittle world. A winner at the Berlinale, The Girl and the Spider is about human togetherness, a ballad about the need for closeness and the pain of separation.

The Zürcher brothers compose a poetic panopticon of forms of human relationships that is at once a study of everyday life, a fairytale and a psychological portrait of a brittle world. A winner at the Berlinale, The Girl and the Spider is about human togetherness, a ballad about the need for closeness and the pain of separation.

As anger and resentment grow in the face of social inequalities, many citizen-led protests are being repressed with an ever-increasing violence. In THE MONOPOLY OF VIOLENCE, David Dufresne gathers a panel of citizens to question, exchange and confront their views on the social order and the legitimacy of the use of force by the State.

In 1981, chalk slogans written in uppercase letters started appearing in public spaces in the Romania. They demanded freedom, and called for improvements in the food supply. Theatre director Gianina Cărbunariu created a documentary play based on this material. Besides presenting the play, Radu Jude also uses archival footage from Romanian TV of the era.

Iran’s Mohammad Rasoulof, whose latest feature THERE IS NO EVIL won the Golden Bear at THE 2020 Berlinale, has been making scathing social commentary of the Iranian regime for over a decade,  A MAN OF INTEGRITY reveals the corruption and state cronyism at the heart of one of the most powerful and influential regimes in the Middle East. 

This brand new three disc Blu-ray box set includes three films from Hong Sangsoo.  Nobody's Daughter Haewon, Our Sunhi and Oki's Movie.