The great names in cinema
JAPAN | 121 minutes | 2018
Through his portrait of a Japanese family trying to survive poverty through petty scams, the filmmaker behind Like Father, Like Son continues his examination of filial bonds. Adopting a tragicomic tone, Kore-eda takes a sensitive, lighthearted look at a family-by-choice. What is the true definition of a clan? With its pared-down camera work that prefers details and subtleties to grand statements and an absolutely adorable group of actors, Shoplifters is heartwarming right up until its astounding, wrenching final frames.
Palme d'Or - Cannes Film Festival
Born in Tokyo in 1962. Originally intended to be a novelist, but after graduating from Waseda University in 1987 went on to become an assistant director at T.V. Man Union. Snuck off set to film Lessons from a Calf (1991). His first feature, Maborosi (1995), based on a Teru Miyamoto novel and drawn from his own experiences while filming August Without Him (1994), won jury prizes at Venice and Chicago. The main themes of his oeuvre include memory, loss, death and the intersection of documentary and fictive narratives.
A family gathers for New Year’s Eve. Ben Wheatley (High Rise, A Field in England), the dark and twisted director who’s helping put English cinema back...
Feature film , Drama
UNITED KINGDOM | 121 minutes | 2018
A protest film, musical saga and historical tragedy all in one, the new outing by the Filipino filmmaker follows a handful of characters –...
PHILIPPINES | 121 minutes | 2018
Jean-Luc Godard’s new film, divided into several chapters, tackles the burning issues of the Arab world today. In his deep, passionate voice, the...
Feature film , Other
FRANCE , Switzerland | 121 minutes | 2018
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