Kiran Singh (Nardeep Khurmi), a 1st generation Punjabi-American, has just accepted a last-minute trucking job to Boston which causes a blow-up argument with Preeti (Pallavi Sastry), his 37-week pregnant wife, who admits to feeling abandoned. En route, Kiran discovers Elena (Caroline Valencia), a 10-year-old Mexican-American stowed away in his trailer. After debating the merits of …
From 2000 to 2001, a serial killer murdered sixteen women in the holy city of Mashhad, Iran. HOLY SPIDER, from writer/director Ali Abbasi, is based on this true story, and follows the uncompromisingly principled journalist Rahimi (Zar Amir Ebrahimi, recipient of the Cannes Film Festival 2022 Best Actress Award for this role) as she sifts …
Amidst the tropical rainforests and sprawling turquoise oceans of Palawan, Philippines, a brutal war is waging on two fronts. The first, a physical conflict between volunteer environmental protectors and those who exploit the island’s trees, fisheries, and mountains for profit. In this ongoing battle, the threat of death by violent, greed fueled resistance looms ever …
The ubiquitous Japanese convenience store – a subculture of its own (konbini) – becomes a portal to an alternate reality for Kato (Ryo Narita), a screenwriter running low on ideas and with an actress girlfriend Zigzag running out of patience with his lethargy. Kato is in the middle of a severe slump. He submits ideas …
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