Soft in the Head
Contemporary Cinema
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1h 10m
Leaving February 1
Directed by Nathan Silver | 70 mins | 2013
Twenty-five-year-old force of nature Natalia escapes a bruising relationship and lands like a tornado touching down in the lives of a best friend and a kindly shelter manager. Silver’s feel for the helter-skelter of existence and its volatility in the face of love and mercy is matched by a colorful cast led by Sheila Etxeberría, a shooting star in her sole credited feature.
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Stinking Heaven
Leaving February 1
Directed by Nathan Silver | 70 mins | 2015
A group home for recovering addicts teeters into cult-like territory in Silver’s hot-house drama, starring a dream team of micro-indie talent including Keith Poulson, Deragh Campbell, and Eleonore Hendricks. Shot on analog video and s... -
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Directed by Park Chan Wook | 116 mins | 2002
Fired from his factory job, the deaf, gentle Ryu finds work in the underworld—and begins on a path that will end in an explosion of visceral violence. A brutal, claustrophobic film of escalating desperation, illustrating with grim logic how an ordinary... -
The Girl and the Spider
Leaving January 1
Directed by Ramon Zürcher and Silvan Zürcher | 98 mins | 2021
An apartment move-out produces an exquisite ballet of curious personal dramas and fraught relationships (new and old) thanks to the whisker-sensitive filmmaking of the Zürcher brothers. Set amid nosy neighbors, it’s ...
