When the Korean police decide to transport an assortment of Korea’s most notorious criminals back from the Philippines via cargo ship (a la CON AIR, but on a boat!), the potential for things to go very wrong is palpable. And it is not long before trouble is afoot. The ultraviolent Jong-du (Seo In-guk) has his …
Sarah (Josie Ho) has come to Japan seeking to buy an investment property and to have a brief and restful holiday after a bad break-up with her boyfriend. Everything has been precisely arranged in advance; from the schedule, to the hotel, to the real estate broker and the site visits. Immediately after her arrival things …
In this psychological horror fable of displacement, Aisha (Anna Diop), a woman who recently emigrated from Senegal, is hired to care for the daughter of an affluent couple (Michelle Monaghan and Morgan Spector) living in New York City. Haunted by the absence of the young son she left behind, Aisha hopes her new job will …
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 …
Li-sheung is a woman obsessed. She has found the perfect home and it will be hers, no matter what the cost. Though she doesn’t have the money, there is nothing she won’t do for the security and prestige that comes with owning her ideal dream home. And if that means shedding a bit of blood, …
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