
Tombstone of the Fireflies
Set during World War II, the film follows a young brother and sister as they attempt to survive the aftermath of the firebombing of Kobe City.
Director: Taro Hyugaji
Actors: Hiromi Chino, Jun Etoh, Kazuki Hagiwara, Keiko Matsuzaka, Reo Yoshitake, Rina Hatakeyama, Seiko Matsuda
Country: Japan
Alexander
Alexander, the King of Macedonia, leads his legions against the giant Persian Empire. After defeating the Persians, he leads his army across the then known world, venturing farther than any…
Sheltering Season
A woman finds herself isolated in her remote home with her brother who is seeking forgiveness for the darkest moment in their family history.
Simon & the Oaks
Epic story about two families and their friendship and common destiny in Sweden’s Gothenburg in the 1940s and 1950s. Told from the perspective of young Simon Larsson, who learns that…
Inside Llewyn Davis
In Greenwich Village in the early 1960s, gifted but volatile folk musician Llewyn Davis struggles with money, relationships, and his uncertain future.
Natale in casa Cupiello
Based on the tragicomedy written by Edoardo de Filippo in 1931, Christmas at the Cupiello’s captures a life episode of a middle-class Italian family around Christmas. Shot in Neapolitan language,…
Curiosa
A passionate love story set against a backdrop of sexual freedom, loosely based on the relationship between 19th century authors Pierre Louÿs and Marie de Régnier
American Gun
Seemingly disparate portraits of people — among them a single mother, a high school principal, and an ace student — Distinctly American — all affected by the proliferation of guns…
Okiku and the World
Two rogue vagrants make their living as “manure men”, turning the waste from the tenement toilets into fertiliser sold to local farmers. Enter Okiku, the only daughter of a fallen…
Crazy Kind of Love
A broken family finds their relationships to one another changed by a new arrival in the household.
Curse of the Golden Flower
During China’s Tang dynasty the emperor has taken the princess of a neighboring province as his wife. She has borne him two sons and raised his eldest. Now his control…