November 17, 2024
A popular – and much feared – legend in Indonesia, Sundelbolong is the name of a spirit known for the large hole in her back. More than a ghost story, the horror of her situation also speaks to the political state of Indonesia in the early 1980s.
November 17, 2024
Bird is a tender, striking and extraordinarily surprising coming-of-age fable about marginalised life in the fringes of contemporary society.
November 19, 2024
Spiritually akin to Ms. 45, Coffy, and The Bride Wore Black, Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701 introduces Nami — a gullible, unjustly imprisoned woman who must find a way to escape and exact revenge upon the man who betrayed her.
November 19, 2024
Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 finds Nami continuing her quest for dark vengeance and becomes an unlikely symbol of female resistance in a male-dominated world.
November 20, 2024
Also known as Ghost Cat of the Cursed Pond, Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit is one of the many mid-century Japanese explorations of “Kaibyo” or “ghost cat” mythology, and one of the best.
November 20, 2024
At their annual G7 summit, the seven leaders of the world’s wealthiest liberal democracies get lost in the woods at night while attempting to draft their provisional statement.
November 21, 2024
In his fourth and best feature, Totally F***ed Up, provocative and talented independent filmmaker Gregg Araki delves into the troubled world of gay teenagers.
November 21, 2024
At their annual G7 summit, the seven leaders of the world’s wealthiest liberal democracies get lost in the woods at night while attempting to draft their provisional statement.
November 22, 2024
The light, the lives, and the textures of contemporary, working-class Mumbai are explored and celebrated by writer/director Payal Kapadia.
November 22, 2024
Bird is a tender, striking and extraordinarily surprising coming-of-age fable about marginalised life in the fringes of contemporary society.
November 23, 2024
At their annual G7 summit, the seven leaders of the world’s wealthiest liberal democracies get lost in the woods at night while attempting to draft their provisional statement.
November 23, 2024
The light, the lives, and the textures of contemporary, working-class Mumbai are explored and celebrated by writer/director Payal Kapadia.
