Official Selection, 2023 Cannes Film Festival. In 1990s small town China, a woman’s body washes up in the local river. The chief of police, Ma Zhe, is tasked with heading up the investigation. An obvious perp leads to a hasty arrest, though the mystery lingers in Ma Zhe’s mind. What kind of darkness is truly at play here? Equal parts atmospheric tour-de-force and beguiling puzzler, Only The River Flows (2024) is a masterfully styled ode to a bygone cinematic era and a sharp-edged portrait of provincial paranoia. | Country: China | Language: Mandarin
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Cannes prize winner. Walk down the right back alley in Sin City and you can find anything. An exploration of the dark and miserable Basin City and three of its residents, all of whom are caught up in violent corruption. | Country: United States | Language: English
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Regarded as one of the most accurate depictions of drug addiction put to film, Danny Boyle’s Academy Award-nominated film tracks the misadventures of young men in Edinburgh. Based on Irvine Walsh’s novel, the film melds grit with poetry, resulting in a film of harsh truths and stunning grace. | Country: United Kingdom, United States | Language: English
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A Black night watchman at a chemical factory finds the body of a murdered white woman. After reporting it, he finds himself accused of the murder. | Country: United States | Language: English
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Micheaux’s earliest surviving feature, and the earliest surviving feature of any African American director. Abandoned by her fiancé, an educated black woman with a traumatizing past dedicates herself to helping a near bankrupt school for impoverished black children. | Country: United States | Language: English
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An undercover government agent on a case in Mississippi meets and falls in love with a beautiful young woman who’s being menaced by a local crime boss. | Country: United States | Language: English
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Winner of the Palme d’Or at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival. The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption. | Country: United States | Language: English, Spanish, French
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Presented in partnership with Columbus City Council, all tickets to this screening are free and include a complimentary popcorn and soda. | Good is no fun at all. To avoid prison, a gang of notorious animal criminals pretends to seek being rehabilitated, only for their leader to realize that he genuinely wants to change his ways. What was meant to be a plan of deceit turned into a character change for the better. | Country: United States | Language: English
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Presented in partnership with Columbus City Council, all tickets to this screening are free and include a complimentary popcorn and soda. | The inner world of a close-knit Chicago area motorcycle gang. Called “The Godfather of biker movies” by Variety, the film was primarily filmed in Cincinnati, Ohio, and premiered at the 50th Telluride Film Festival. | Country: United States | Language: English
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In pursuit of a serial killer, an FBI agent uncovers a series of occult clues that she must solve to end his terrifying killing spree. | Country: United States | Language: English
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