Winner of the FIPRESCI Prize at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. Jong-su bumps into a girl who used to live in the same neighborhood, who asks him to look after her cat while she’s on a trip to Africa. When back, she introduces Ben, a mysterious guy she met there, who confesses his secret hobby. | Country: South Korea, Japan | Language: Korean, English
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Between these walls, there lies a dark secret. Norm, an aimless writer, witnesses the murder of rock video star Madelaine X and feels guilty, as he did nothing to prevent it. At Madelaine’s funeral, he meets a mysterious woman in black with unexplained connections to the deceased singer. | Country: Canada | Language: English
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A visual treat on lust. A prudish woman working on tenure as a literacy professor at a large urban university finds herself attracted to a free-spirited, liberal woman who works at a local carnival. | Country: Canada | Language: English
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Based on a stage play of the same name. An aspiring writer struggling to compose a eulogy after the sudden death of her mother struggles with the opposing voices that exist inside of modern woman’s head. | Country: Canada | Language: English
Read MorePatricia Rozema Retrospective: I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing (1987) 4K Restoration
Posted on July 6, 2024
Rozema’s mesmerizing debut feature. Aspiring photographer Polly lands a job at a Toronto art gallery run by Gabrielle, who is also a painter. Polly is impressed with Gabrielle’s paintings, but as Polly gets to know her lover Mary, she realizes Gabrielle isn’t exactly who she appears to be. | Country: Canada | Language: English
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Micheaux’s final surviving film. Gangsters use a woman to get to a boxer and convince him to throw a big fight. | Country: 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
Read MoreThe Complete Oscar Micheaux: Body and Soul (1925) with short film The Darktown Revue (1931)
Posted on July 6, 2024
A minister is malevolent and sinister behind his righteous facade. He consorts with, and later extorts from, the owner of a gambling house, and betrays an honest girl, eventually driving them both to ruin. | Country: United States | Language: English
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Naomi, a light-skinned Black child, is abandoned by her mother and raised by the virtuous Mrs. Saunders. When the girl’s fixation with whiteness turns her against her own race, she is sent to a convent. | Country: United States | Language: English
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A Story of the Ku Klux Klan. Directed by the first African American full feature-length director, Oscar Micheaux. | Country: United States | Language: English
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