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The Shadowless Tower
Directed by Zhang Lu | 144 mins | 2023
Rich in gently rhyming motifs, Zhang Lu’s 2023 Berlinale competition offering orbits a food and restaurant critic in Beijing. Middle-aged and listless in the aftermath of a divorce, Gu Wentong finds himself contemplating a reunion with the father he hasn’t s... -
Burning Days
Directed by Emin Alper | 131 mins | 2022
The long shadow of Polanski’s "Chinatown" (1974) looms over this stylish, sun-bleached noir about corruption in a backwoods Turkish province, hailed as a standout of the Un Certain Regard program at Cannes in 2022. Newly posted to this far-flung community,... -
Films by Ben Rivers
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One of the foremost names in contemporary experimental cinema, over the last couple of decades the British artist and filmmaker Ben Rivers has built up a formidable body of work that moves seamlessly between documentary, fiction, and myth; between the theatre and the gallery. Though crackling wit...
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Two by Emily Atef
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Born in Germany to French Iranian parents, Berlin-based filmmaker Emily Atef has always been drawn to stories of headstrong women in crisis—women who, when faced with a difficult situation, feel compelled to pursue a road less traveled, less known, even at the risk of being subsumed. On Metrograp...
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Short Films by Kim Torres
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Born in the US and raised in rural Costa Rica, Kim Torres is a rising star of Latin American cinema, with her feature debut, "If We Don’t Burn, How Do We Light Up the Night", making its debut at San Sebastian in 2025. Her films, focused on characters in the twilight of adolescence, seduce with th...
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Good One
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Directed by India Donaldson | 90 mins | 2024
A standout of Sundance 2024, Donaldson’s piercing debut drama stars astonishing newcomer Lily Collias as 17-year-old Sam, forced to play mediator between her father (James Le Gros) and his oldest friend (Danny McCarthy) when their gently contentious ba...