The sheer number of plants Daan is cultivating is staggering and each is exquisitely framed in a style that recalls the Dutch Masters - de Hooch's apples, drinking in the light.
A study of one man's work in creating a beautiful kitchen garden.
The requisite staples are undead and present and while tasty chutzpah abounds, ultimately the film doesn’t deliver a totally satisfying meal.
A family is ostracised by the local community after deciding to care for a son who has become a zombie, whilst his pregnant girlfriend still hopes the local priest will marry them.
The family are captivating subject matter, the strong personalities frequently tugging in different directions, so that the film is never short of drama.
The effects of globalisation in Indonesia’s rapidly changing society ripple into the life of a poor Christian woman living in the slums of Jakarta with her Muslim sons and teenage granddaughter.
Boll should be defended, even admired, for his willingness to swim against the political tide - but that alone, unfortunately, is not enough to make Postal worth watching.
An adaptation of the computer game about a state employee who snaps and goes on a killing spree.
In some ways it brings to mind the psychopathological novels of new wave science fiction.
Juan and his family live in a country house, where they enjoy and suffer a world apart. No one knows if these two worlds are complementary or if they strive to eliminate one another.
The languid mood contrasts with the most dangerous topics.
On the French Polynesian island of Tahiti, the High Commissioner of the Republic and French government navigates the high end "establishment" as well as shady venues as a rumour abounds about the sighting of a submarine whose presence could herald the return of French nuclear testing.
Filled with humanism and raw emotion, the film builds as the double portrait that its title suggests, with Ree and his editor Robert Stengård employing a flexible structure that sometimes shifts backwards in time so that our perspective is also being cons
An artist befriends the drug addict and thief who stole her paintings and an unusual relationship begins
Like all Gund’s work, this is dense and full of meaning.
A wild tale of the painting's whitewashed journey and the two artists who challenge the same powerful, oppressive, and persistent institutions, a half-century apart with their artwork, their voices, and their shared persistent goals.
Jacir's film might look back to the 1930s but it's a film that is in conversation with the present-day.
In 1936, as Palestinian villages revolt against British colonial rule, Yusuf navigates between Jerusalem and his rural home, amidst escalating unrest and a pivotal moment for the British Empire.
If you have a particular passion for the Gothic, you may find this film appealing despite its flaws.
A world-weary detective is hired to investigate the murder of a West Point cadet. Stymied by the cadets' code of silence, he enlists one of their own to help unravel the case - a young man whom the world would come to know as Edgar Allan Poe.
All of this fine work has potential, but too often the deeper ideas in the book are teased only to be abandoned.
UK 1982. An young aspiring Japanese-British writer plans to write a book based on her mother Etsuko’s post-war experiences in Nagasaki. Haunted by the suicide of her older daughter, Etsuko begins to recount her memories from 1952 as a young mother-to-be. The writer begins to find troubling inconsistencies in the recollections.
Palm Springs is appealingly playful and deceptively smart.
When carefree Nyles and reluctant maid of honour Sarah have a chance encounter at a Palm Springs wedding, things get complicated the next morning when they find themselves unable to escape the venue, themselves, or each other.
A 12-year-old orphan is spirited away to the magical world of Neverland where he fights pirates to save fairies and ultimately discovers his destiny as Peter Pan, the boy who never grows up.
Told entirely without dialogue but with an upbeat, summery score from Talita Del Collado, it has an eco-conscious vibe.
Papaya, a tiny seed in the Amazon rainforest who is passionate about flying, must keep moving to avoid taking root. But when she discovers the power of her roots, it triggers a revolution that transforms her world and fulfils her dreams in an unexpected way.
The issue is that if you strip out the elevated craft and A-list performances, what is left is the sort of bread-and-butter plot arc Cagney & Lacey used to rely on back in the day.
Two brothers pursue the American Dream but get entangled in a dangerous Russian mafia scheme.
Bao Tran is as creative with his characters' weaknesses as with their strengths.
Three kung fu prodigies have grown into washed-up, middle-aged men, now one kick away from pulling their hamstrings. But when their master is murdered, they must juggle their dead-end jobs, dad duties, and old grudges to avenge his death.
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