©2020 “Asadas” Production Committee The ACA Cinema Project Japan dedicates a spotlight to director Ryōta Nakano, who has spent his career keenly capturing the intricate feelings of families who are facing adversity. His latest picture, The Asadas, centres on the power of love within a household and is presented along with his two previous works, A Long Goodbye and Her…
©Cinediaz And So It Begins : Amidst the traditional pomp and circumstance of Filipino elections, a quirky people’s movement rises to defend the nation against deepening threats to truth and democracy. In a collective act of joy as a form of resistance, hope flickers against the backdrop of increasing autocracy. With the end of Rodrigo…
@Photo by Atsushi Nishijima – © Atsushi Nishijima Synopsis : While grappling with tremendous personal tragedy, Isabel sets herself on a path of global investigation and discovery. Despite the colossal scope of her project, she finds beauty and bravery while crafting one of the defining American books of our time. Rating: PG-13 (Violence|Smoking|Racism|Language|Some Disturbing Images|Thematic Material)…
The Zone of Interest : The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp. Rating: PG-13 (Smoking|Thematic Material|Some Suggestive Material) Genre: History, Drama, War Original Language: German Director: Jonathan Glazer Producer: James Wilson, Ewa Puszczynska, Jim Wilson Writer: Jonathan Glazer…
The story about British humanitarian Nicholas Winton lands the silver screen, through the biographical drama that had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival and its European premiere at the 2023 London Film Festival. One Life retraces the true story of Sir Nicholas ‘Nicky’ Winton, a young London broker who during the months…
Synopsis : From acclaimed director Alexander Payne, THE HOLDOVERS follows a curmudgeonly instructor (Paul Giamatti) at a New England prep school who is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually he forms an unlikely bond with one of them — a damaged, brainy…
Synopsis : Based on David Grann’s broadly lauded best-selling book, “Killers of the Flower Moon” is set in 1920s Oklahoma and depicts the serial murder of members of the oil-wealthy Osage Nation, a string of brutal crimes that came to be known as the Reign of Terror. Rating: R (Some Grisly Images|Language|Violence) Genre: Crime, Drama…
A delightful and rollicking film in the “crazy Asian” genre, Jessica Yu’s Quiz Lady takes a light-hearted look at the lives of two Korean-American sisters whose temperaments seem as different as yin and yang. There’s Anne Yum (played by Awkwafina), the introverted brainiac who is obsessed with “Can’t Stop the Quiz,” a television game show—she…
In 1977 Roald Dahl released The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar in a collection of seven short stories. A few decades later, the tale written by the illustrious children’s novelist is adapted for the silver screen by the master of escapist pastel-hued motion pictures: Wes Anderson. The Texan filmmaker has strongly advocated for the English-author’s…
Who would have thought that a black-and-white film about an Afghani refugee woman working in a Chinese fortune-cookie bakery could be so engaging? Fremont is an extraordinary film by an extraordinary director who has brought together an extraordinary ensemble of characters. Keep your eye on Babak Jalali, auteur-in-the-making. Like Yasujiro Ozu and Ingmar Bergman before…
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