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JAPAN | 80 minutes | 2018
Two Ronins (samurais without masters) take a break from fighting to rest up in a village. Strangers to each other, it’s the opportunity to step back and reflect on their warrior condition. Violence is never far away, however, and they are soon challenged by a group of local outlaws up to no good. Awarded the Louve d’honneur in 2014 for devastating classics like Tetsuo, Tokyo Fist and Bullet Ballet, master filmmaker Tsukamoto returns with his first samurai film. An incisive reflection on violence, murder and war, it is a great existentialist film.
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Somewhere in southern Chile, Maria escapes from a cult and takes refuge in the woods. There, the dark fairytales of childhood play out, the ones where the...
Feature film , Animation
CHILE | 80 minutes | 2018
After Berberian Sound Studio and The Duke of Burgundy, Peter Strickland, the new darling of English cinema, is back with an amazing exercise in surreal...
Feature film , Horror
UNITED KINGDOM | 80 minutes | 2018
The first film by Masayuki Suo, celebrated internationally for Shall We Dance (and its US remake with Richard Gere). Sceptical about the perfect family?...
Feature film , Romance
JAPAN | 80 minutes | 1984
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