In his radical debut feature, Ousmane Sembène reveals the agony of the postcolonial experience through the story of a Senegalese migrant abused by her French employers. Eager to find a better life abroad, a Senegalese woman becomes a governess to a family in southern France where she suffers from discrimination and marginalization.
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The extraordinary, internationally embraced Yi Yi (A One and a Two . . .), directed by the late Taiwanese master Edward Yang, follows a middle-class family in Taipei over the course of one year, beginning with a wedding and ending with a funeral. Warm, sprawling, and dazzling, this intimate epic is one of the undisputed masterworks of the new century.
Read MoreCéline Sciamma’s slow burning love story is a rich period piece about a female painter On an isolated island in Brittany who is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman. Stunning cinematography and a heartbreaking plot make it one of the best modern pieces of queer cinema.
Read MoreTony Shalhoub and Stanley Tucci star in this charming food movie about two immigrant brothers trying to save their Italian restaurant in New Jersey in the 1950s. In a final effort to save the restaurant, the brothers plan to put on an evening of incredible food.
Read MoreThere NEVER was a woman like Gilda!
Read MoreYoung and disenchanted Sam meets a mysterious and beautiful woman who’s swimming in his building’s pool one night. When she suddenly vanishes the next morning, Sam embarks on a surreal quest across Los Angeles to decode the secret behind her disappearance, leading him into the murkiest depths of mystery, scandal and conspiracy.
Read MoreJosef K wakes up in the morning and finds the police in his room. They tell him that he is on trial but nobody tells him what he is accused of. In order to find out about the reason for this accusation and to protest his innocence, he tries to look behind the façade of the judicial system. But since this remains fruitless, there seems to be no chance for him to escape from this Kafkaesque nightmare.
Read MoreConsidered one of the greatest films of all time, this neo-noir stars Frank Sinatra and Angela Lansbury. During the Korean War, a platoon of U.S. soldiers is captured by communists and brainwashed. When they return home after the war, their commander he uncovers a terrible plot.
Read MoreChristian Bale stars as Batman as he raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.
Read MoreSophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories real and imagined fill the gaps between miniDV footage as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn’t.
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