New Movies
The Witness
In Iran, the retired dance teacher Tarlan witnesses her friend Rana's murder by her husband, who is an important government figure. When the police refuse to investigate, Tarlan must decide whether to bow to political pressure or risk her reputation and livelihood in pursuit of justice.
Tom Dustin: Portrait of a Comedian
Key West comedy innovator Tom Dustin gets his due in this documentary portrait, directed by Joe List. Set over the course of a single weekend, the film follows Dustin, a longtime comedian and the co-founder of Comedy Key West. The film celebrates the friendship of Dustin and fellow comedian List, as Dustin himself digs into his struggles with depression and drinking in his own routines—amid a generous array of stand-up performances.
Treading Water
Following his release from prison, Danny tries to take control of the mental health issues that have shaped his life. However, an encounter with a former flame evolves into tragic obsession.
That Whole "Yale Thing"
A collection of Yale references from more than 200 films going back nearly 100 years.
Sid
A canceled hangout with his friend Andy turns Sid's lonely night of drinking into a surreal confrontation with an aloof Andy, who challenges Sid to overcome his alcoholism through a series of cryptic tests.
Lazarus
The story of Dennis Ziesman and his death-defying battle against stage four cancer.
On the Ground
A man grapples with the trappings of the modern world and refuses to conform to the system, man.
The Inheritance
Reckoning with the inheritance of childhood trauma, a past in ruins, and the possibility of redemption.
fugaces
The paths of two strangers cross on a New Year's Eve spent alone, far from everyone. Driven by chance, they begin to reflect on their past and imagine what might have led them to experience that night together if they had met earlier.
Bears on a Ship
During an airline strike in Mexico, a group of stranded passengers decide to take a ship voyage back home to the United States. Unbeknownst to them however, there are two more passengers aboard that ship. More specifically; man-eating bears!
The Last First Time
Eduardo, an 18-year-old kid from a small village in Jalisco, travels to Guadalajara. In this big and strange city, away from the eyes of his parents, he experiences his first encounters in love and sex.
On Swift Horses
In the 1950s, a seemingly sensible newlywed and her wayward brother-in-law undertake parallel journeys of risk, romance, and self-discovery.
Himuchri
Manoj, the son of retired lineman Balan Pillai, and the girls from three different religious sects who enter his life are the subjects of Himuchri. Manoj learns about this worldly existence, impermanence, the necessity of preserving the soul's purity forever, and the fact that all living things are a part of Brahman from the words of Swamiji, who stands in between.
Baader meinhof
Once you know fear, you will never stop encountering it. A figure consumed by terror steps into the jaws of madness, wandering through empty industrial spaces. Walls covered in mold, burnt-out bulbs, and leaking pipes. A perfect home for oneiric beings, for evil drifting through dark interiors, searching for a purpose where none exists. Who knows what awaits behind the next door?
Ground Zero
An Indian army officer embarks on a mission leading to India’s most successful counter-terrorism operation in history.
Fréwaka
Care worker Shoo, who is haunted by a personal tragedy, is sent to a remote village to care for an agoraphobic woman, who fears both her neighbours and the Na Sídhe – sinister folkloric entities she believes abducted her decades before.
Detective Kiên: The Headless Horror
Detective Kiên, a beloved character from Victor Vũ's hit film The Last Wife, returns in Detective Kiên: The Headless Horror. This marks Victor Vũ's return to his signature Horror-Thriller genre after a series of romantic dramas.
Blue Sun Palace
A sudden loss catalyzes an unlikely bond between two migrants in the Chinese community of Queens. Navigating lives far from home and the painstaking labor that supports them, they journey through grief together in hopes of finding family.
She Taught Me Serendipity
The romance between a lonely college student and who seems to be the girl of his dreams is burdened by the sudden arrival of cruel fate.
Leaving Home
A painter travels to the frontline in the midst of the Ukraine war to capture their perspective of young people affected by the conflict. An artistic expose of Kyiv, the frontline and those working hard to protect their territory.
Shinso wo Ohanashi Shimasu
Story about each tale unveils the hidden unease lurking in everyday life
You City, You Boyfriend
Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan performs her poem You City, You Boyfriend, a love letter to the city of Dublin.
Silvana
When their father dies, three sisters do everything they can to give their mother a new lease on life.
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Meta Take One
An obsessive young director & his crew plunge into a frantic night long odyssey of desperation to finish his film no matter the cost.
Discordia
A middle-aged hermit lives in a cursed forest. Fifteen years ago, a mysterious tribe kidnapped his daughter. For years, he traveled the world to find and rescue her, in vain. Years later, she is the one who finds him. But she was followed...
Heavy is the Head
Heavy is the Head is a short experimental film that navigates the journey of a Black boy coming of age in America. The story is an exploration of identity and the expectations that weigh on a boy learning to navigate a world that often sees him before he truly sees himself.
Roque Joaquin de Alcubierre. Descubriendo Pompeya y Herculano
Don't Buy the Liverwurst
Washed-up novelty musician Reuben Gimbel wants to resurrect his career after his agent dies.
Until Dawn
One year after her sister Melanie mysteriously disappeared, Clover and her friends head into the remote valley where she vanished in search of answers. Exploring an abandoned visitor center, they find themselves stalked by a masked killer and horrifically murdered one by one…only to wake up and find themselves back at the beginning of the same evening.
Magic Farm
A film crew working for an edgy media company travels to Argentina to profile a local musician, but their ineptitude leads them into the wrong country. As the crew collaborates with locals to fabricate a trend, unexpected connections blossom while a pervasive health crisis looms unacknowledged in the background.
Hitch
A woman encounters a hitchhiker in the middle of the night while driving. From there, things spiral into absurdity, blurring the lines between what's real -and what isn't.