Her home devastated by a flash flood, a Cat quickly finds herself stranded as the waters begin to rise. As if a figment of her imagination, a boat slowly makes its way towards Cat who, with no other choice, jumps aboard to find it being captained by a friendly Capybara. Directed by Gints Zilbalodis, who…
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Scarface
During prohibition in Chicago, the town was split between the north side run by the Irish Mafia, and the south side which was held by the Italians. Johnny Lovo (Osgood Perkins) is content with his domain, but his right hand, Tony Camonte (Paul Muni) has his eyes set on expansion. Defying Lovo and encroaching onto…
Anora
Ani (Mikey Madison), a young erotic dancer working at a club in Brooklyn, has her break cut short one night as a big spending client wants someone who he can speak to in his native tongue, Russian. Dragging her feet at first, Ani comes to the table with a smile on to meet Ivan (Mark…
Rouge
In an opulent flower house in the 1930s, Fleur (Anita Mui), one of the premiere courtesans, falls in love with Chan Chen-Pang (Leslie Cheung), known colloquially as The Twelfth Master, a wealthy heir to a large pharmaceutical company. Forbidden by the family to marry, the two star-crossed lovers forge a suicide pact rather than live…
Perfect Days
Hirayama’s (Koji Yakusho) life is defined by routine. He wakes in the morning to the sounds of the streets coming to life, waters his plants, dresses for work and collects his things, grabs his coffee from the vending machine, then presses play on the cassette tape du jour after smiling up at the Tokyo Skytree…
All of us Strangers
After returning to his apartment from a fire alarm in the middle of the night, Adam (Andrew Scott), is reunited with his writer’s block when there is a knock on his door. Harry (Paul Mescal), a neighbor in the complex, asks if he wants to share a drink with him. Adam declines as he has…
Anatomy of a Fall
After giving an interview for her new book, Sandra Voyter (Sandra Hüller) goes to lie down and rest. She is woken up sometime later by screams from her son, Daniel (Milo Machado Graner), who went out for a walk with his service dog, Snoop, in the woods near their chateau. The boy has discovered the…
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Geppetto (David Bradley), an aged woodcarver, has fallen into a deep depression when his son, Carlo (Gregory Mann), was lost after a missile was dropped on their small Italian town. One night, angry and drunk, he carves a puppet in Carlo’s likeness, and while the old man is asleep, his home is visited by a…
Triangle of Sadness
An all-expenses paid cruise on a luxury yacht could not have come at a better time for influencer Yaya (Charlbi Dean) and male model Carl (Harris Dickinson) whose relationship is on the rocks after another heated exchange about money. Once aboard, they are stuck in close quarters with a host of oddballs with more money…
The Marquee Topic 