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Poster for Poisoning Paradise

2017 · ★ 7.0 (1)

Journey to the seemingly idyllic world of Native Hawaiians, whose communities are surrounded by experimental test sites for genetically engineered seed corn and pesticides sprayed upwind of their homes, schools, hospitals, and shorelines.

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Poster for Table Manners

2001 · ★ 6.9 (7)

A group of friends meet for a birthday meal. In the lively after-dinner atmosphere someone poses a riddle which changes the mood.

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Poster for Caterwauling

1960 · ★ 0.0 (0)

In a rare instance of literary adaptation, Chytilová was inspired by Franz Kafka’s writings. Mr. K stashes stolen jewelry away at home and seldom allows his wife to wear it. A nosy neighbour, Mr. B, drops in. A cat observes it all.

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Poster for Alas Roban

2026 · ★ 5.2 (4)

The lives of Sita and her daughter, Gendis, change after a terrifying night. Their journey through Alas Roban is filled with fear and relentless terror. Can they uncover what's happening there?

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Poster for Iris

2013 · ★ 6.0 (1)

Devoted teenage boyfriend Marshall worries his girlfriend Iris, who has Asperger's Syndrome, might be losing her grip on reality when she tells him she sees another world.

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Poster for Porcupine Lake

2017 · ★ 5.2 (35)

During a hot and hazy summertime in northern Ontario, 13-year-old Bea wants a best friend more than anything else, but when she meets boisterous Kate, she gets more than she imagined. A story of bravery, small-town summer love, and the secret world of girls.

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Poster for The Spleenectomy

2008 · ★ 6.3 (3)

After passionately auditioning for a role in a local community theater production, Judy is cast aside by a pretentious theater director. Lucky for her, she gets another unbelievable chance.

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Poster for Godmothered

2020 · ★ 6.7 (629)

A young and unskilled fairy godmother that ventures out on her own to prove her worth by tracking down a young girl whose request for help was ignored. What she discovers is that the girl has now become a grown woman in need of something very different than a "prince charming."

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Poster for The 8th

2021 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Following veteran campaigner Ailbhe Smyth as she navigates the complexities of convincing a historically conservative electorate to vote for women’s reproductive autonomy, The 8th tells the story of how Ireland overturned one of the world’s most restrictive laws on abortion. This documentary is a vivid exploration of the political and cultural history that charts the transformation of a country

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Poster for Golden Earrings

2009 · ★ 3.3 (3)

An obsessive young woman begins to believe that she's being haunted by the ghost of her recently missing best friend.

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Poster for The Devoted Mother

1949 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Widowed at a young age, a woman tries to raise her son.

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Poster for Park

2016 · ★ 4.6 (14)

Young love blossoms amongst a group of Athenian teenagers during a boisterous summertime idyll, in the raw, romantic and anarchic feature debut from Greek New Wave director Sofia Exarchou. One of the most eagerly awaited films to come out of Greece in recent years, Sofia Exarchou's feature debut is a coming-of-age story that presents a summertime idyll from the perspective of Athenian youths. It allows us to see the fragility they try to conceal, and at the same time shows them to be unwaveringly resilient despite the socio-economic troubles that affect their destinies.

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Poster for "Chô" Kowai Hanashi THE MOVIE / Yami no Eiga-sai

2005 · ★ 0.0 (0)

After a night of nightmares, a man wakes up and tries to learn the identity of his "terrible dream". A newlywed couple stopped by. There, the newlywed is told an eerie prophecy by an old fortune teller.

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Poster for Renata

1982 · ★ 10.0 (1)

The first student film of Nancy Savoca and Rich Guay while they were attending NYU in 1982. Starring Marriane Leone (Cooper) as a young mother struggling with raising her children in Little Italy while dealing with a frequently absent father.

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Poster for Mistress of Bones

2020 · ★ 5.7 (3)

Two grave-robbers set to unearth an ancient yet dangerous Aztec amulet from the dead. It is unexpected the true strength of evil this artifact contains and it is up to the Mistress of Bones to break the unleashed force that has awakened.

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Poster for Tourists

2009 · ★ 6.0 (8)

Carla is abandoned by her husband while vacationing on a national park. There she finds herself stranded with a Norwegian backpacker and a former pop star.

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Poster for Pilgrims

2020 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Two little brothers leave their village to find their mother in Istanbul without their father's knowledge.

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Poster for Abuse of Weakness

2013 · ★ 5.1 (41)

A stroke-afflicted filmmaker is manipulated by a notorious con man.

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2024 · ★ 0.0 (0)

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Poster for Pearl Diver

1984 · ★ 0.0 (0)

PEARL DIVER is about the frustration of communication between two women who try to tell each other "I love you" underwater making humorous a very wet situation. Filmed in Super 8 in Baja, California and rephotographed in 16mm to emphasize the quality of light underwater and the dual nature of living in both air and water reflective of the female experience of living in a man's world.

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