Night Across the Street
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1h 52m
Leaving September 1
Directed by Raúl Ruiz | 113 mins | 2012
The last completed film by Chilean master Ruiz is a melancholic memoir film, a playful puzzle box of a movie in which an office worker approaching retirement reflects back on his life—including events that may not necessarily have happened. A sublime swan song blurring boundaries between memory and fantasy, showing influences of Proust, Buñuel, and Borges.
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Nightfall
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Overseas
Leaving September 1
Directed by Anocha Suwichakornpong and Wichanon Somunjarn | 16 mins | 2012
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Summer of 85
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Directed by François Ozon | 101 mins | 2021
Shot on Super 16 and set on the French Riviera, Ozon’s hot and thorny tale of summer lovin’, with its soundtrack of sunny ’80s hits, is nevertheless tugged along by an undercurrent of tragedy. Aspiring writer Alexis, 16, meets David...
