Cinematic Era: 2021 Vintage

Two students talk on the phone after being home for a long time due to COVID-19 situation.

A film about three sisters who have reached different turning points in their lives. Liis, who has just graduated from high school, discovers that the future planned with her boyfriend is not so certain. Elder sister Karin, the first victim of her parents' expectations, tries to cope in today's sexist business environment. Jane, the youngest of the sisters, tries to resist the pressure of her party animal friend to prove herself as someone who she is not. During one fateful night, secrets and feelings that none of them wanted to admit to themselves before are revealed.

At the point when Brittany selects an auto hustling school, her deranged teacher Andrew becomes hopelessly enamored with her and attempts to turn over everyone in her life.

The story is about the late Northern Song Dynasty, when the God of Salt in Mengzhou Province was in turmoil, and there were many unsolved cases and people were in fear. The story is about the return of Wu Song, who, after drunkenly beating Jiang Men Shen, joins hands with Shi En and Yu Lan to solve the mysterious case of the Salt God. After this battle, he finally sees through the hearts of the people and the injustice in the world and is forced to go to the Liang Shan Mountain

An adaptation of the story with the same name by Portuguese writer Alexandre Herculano.

tells the story of the theft of confidential data developed by high-tech data engineer Qin Hao (played by Zhang Peng), and by mistake, he became the biggest suspect, while exposing this conspiracy and clearing his suspicions, Qin Hao completed his mission and achieved self-salvation.

The beloved American musical that brought us “The Impossible Dream” turns its lens on modern love and society, especially as brought to the Playhouse stage by director Mark Lamos in our award-winning 2018 production. In this play within a play, Cervantes has not yet finished his manuscript for Don Quixote—he sits in jail awaiting trial during the Spanish Inquisition. Fourteen actors portraying Cervantes and his fellow prisoners bring to life the great odyssey we all know of a questing knight tilting at windmills and battling for the love of the fair maiden Aldonza.

Helldose is an anthology where the hostess leads her guests to prove five different flavors from the depths of hell.

Aaron joins his brother’s group for a weekend hiking excursion into the Appalachian woods. They meet a husband and wife who report of some strange things happening… That night a clan of locals attack the campers setting in motion a terrifying trek for survival where the loser becomes dinner!

Ash Lynx, a 17-year-old boy, is the boss of a street-kids gang in New York. One day, a man who was murdered before his eyes entrusts him with something. And the last words uttered by that dying man was the phrase, "BANANA FISH". That is the word his brother, Griffin, often mutters. Ash has a destined encounter with Eiji, a kind Japanese boy who comes to New York as a cameraman assistant.

Ashok, a farmer's son, struggles to become an entrepreneur to win over his childhood sweetheart. Heartbroken, he joins the Make In India initiative to go against Chinese products.

September 11th 2001, the day America was under siege. Thrust into defense against the deadliest disaster ever faced. The four coordinated attacks by nineteen individuals, driven by religious extremism, claimed the lives of thousands that day, exposing flaws in the defence of the mightiest nation on the globe. The chaos in the skies sent radio communications into meltdown. Follow the key aspects of the nation's response as the gravity of the situation unfolds before your very eyes. Through official FAA, Airline, Military and NYC Fire Department recordings, as well as archival footage and reenactments, retrace the critical moments that forced American society to change forever. This documentary will expose the frenzied communication that took place over the airwaves as flight attendants, aviation authorities and the president grappled with a nightmare. Join us as we observe and reflect on the darkest day in American history as we recount those moments minute by minute.

While transporting 200 million yen, the tigers are attacked by someone, and the ownership of the land falls into the hands of the land master, Dave Uchino. Himuro and Tamura suspect that Iwao of the Sakoda group is involved, so they investigate Okita of the Marukamikai. In order to keep his promise to Himuro, Chairman Mita instructs him to return ownership of the land, but...

An almanac of three stories.

Dongju wants her boyfriend Sunggon to leave her house. Contrary to her expectations, Sunggon obediently packs his stuff and looks for a new apartment. To get the good old feeling back, Dongju and Sunggon climb up the mountains and set up tents, but unexpectedly get attack by an unidentified man.

Eva’s being allowed to leave the psychiatric institution she’s lived in for six years. After a long year of waiting, the news arrive: an assisted living residence is found for her. Eva takes the first steps towards the "normal" life she longs for: to find a job, earn an income of her own, visit her mother... even find love. While she’s taking stock of her past and works on her self-confidence as well as her trust in the outside world, she also fixes firmly on her main goal: to reconnect with the son she lost custody of 20 years ago and ask him to forgive her. The First Woman is a film about second chances, the search for "normality" and the borderline between lucidity and darkness.

The life and music of composer and activist Jeong Yul-Seong.

The story of a young man who accidentally kills the love of his life in a car crash, and seeks resolution and escape with her mother. This psychologically complex yet subtle story brings us into post-recession rural Ireland. A community has turned its back on who they believe is a perpetrator rather than a victim. Steven has done time for the incident, and can’t find a way to reconcile himself to his new life. He turns to his dead girlfriend’s mother for solace, and a strange relationship unfolds.

Unable to face the mother who left her at a young age, BRYNJA (40) takes shelter in a small guesthouse in a village outside Reykjavik. There she befriends MARK (50), a British tourist, who's dealing with his own personal tragedy.

In this featurette, ART + COM members join the cast and crew of the show to discuss its factual basis and the development of the court case.

Inspired by true events, the film narrates the story of women terrorised by a mobster who gang-raped, robbed, terrorised and murdered 300 families for 15 years until he met his nemesis in a young Dalit girl.

The film follows Gina, who must find an exorcist after her younger sister gets possessed by a dead woman’s spirit.

A ghost story set in the pastoral countryside of the north shore of O‘ahu telling the story of an elderly man facing the end of his life, visited by the ghosts of his past.

A psychological thriller about people running on abnormal orbits

Gil Giles is a former small track racer, whose dreams of the big time came crashing down one night at the track. Now, Gil spends his days drinking and hustling anything he can flip for cash with dreams of making a comeback one day.

The real-life story behind the ITV drama The Pembrokeshire Murders. The key people who brought serial killer John Cooper to justice reveal all.

Four stories where an app will open the doors to horror. A young woman in the hands of a sinister network dedicated to the online transmission of abuse for high spheres of power. A voyeur will discover that his neighbors are hiding dark secrets that he wishes he had never heard. A little boy, used by his father to find dates online, will discover an enormous power within himself. A group of friends on their way to a beautiful cabin rented online, will fall into the hands of a sinister occult group.

A short documentary shot in November 2021 in Berkeley. It reflects on the ethos of privatization in American culture and how public spaces are being built to exclude people through cruel architecture. The context used is the gentrification circle around the University of California Berkeley intended to build student housing. An eye-opening journey that explores structures and elements you would never have stopped at.

As people begin to "devolve" into monsters, one woman attempts to hide her transformation by placing flowers under her skin.

A Stranger (30s) hikes out of town and into the forest. He sets up camp for the night. He hears a deep howling, peeks his head out the tent and gets attacked -- leaving him unconscious. An anonymous Man (25) drags his body to a house, which is nestled in a place that time has somehow forgotten. The injured Stranger awakens in a bed as a Woman (35) nurses him back to health. This Man and Woman play a game with this Stranger, a game that pushes him to the brink of madness.

A man documents his girlfriend's 35th birthday on his phone. What he captures throughout the night are the most disturbing human acts imaginable.

A ghost light is a single bulb left burning whenever a theatre is dark. Some argue that its function is to chase away mischievous spirits, others say it lights the way for the ghosts that inhabit every theatre.

The unbelievable story of Leonid Bernshtein, a young Jewish soldier who rose to become the leader and led the operation to destroy the secret facility of the notorious Nazi V2 ballistic missiles.

After surviving poisoning by a Novichok nerve agent, Alexey Navalny made his most important film. Putin's Palace: History of World's Largest Bribe is about the palace near Gelendzhik that presumably belongs to Russian President Vladimir Putin. It also shows vineyards, corruption schemes and more.

Nowadays, in Paris, a student who occasionally prostitutes, a freshman drug dealer, a trader who makes a ton of money... Money, pleasure and ambition are the cement of their relationship. In today’s world, they love and hurt each other.

Kyungho confronts a young lady, who is the daughter of Insook, his first love. She asks Kyungho if he was her father.

This revealing film examines how human activity is setting off dangerous warming loops that are pushing the climate to a point of no return - and what we need to do to stop them. With captivating illustrations, stunning footage and interviews with leading climate scientists as well as support from Greta Thunberg and Jane Fonda, "Earth Emergency" adds the missing piece of the climate puzzle.

While conducting research for a college project, Kayako befriends a lonely retired detective who can’t stop pondering his unsolved case out loud, Torao. Taking an interest in the case, the two embark on a journey to solve the mystery of a small town.

Alice in Somnia is about a girl stuck in Sleep's Waiting Room who must complete interactive paperwork in order to get to Sleep. Through the packet, she'll confront her fears, her past, her annoyances, her tiny bladder, and ultimately, her own mind.

In a province not so distant from ours, now controlled by a far-right government, the borders are closed and immigrants, now under threat, are desperate to get out. A Haitian woman hands over her young son to a thirty-something Quebec man before fleeing. With help from a Vietnamese former refugee, they try to solve the mystery.

Canadian power-rock hitmakers Triumph revisit their ’80s heyday and prepare to meet devotees in this doc from Sam Dunn and Marc Ricciardelli

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30 years of living without existence A man who has come to a comfortable state of this kind of life Legendary Guardian, Reborn as a Tiger Mask!

Carla Michelsen has had enough. Each of her three children will get 250,000 euros if they sign a contract she’s drawn up to disown them. Will they go for it? Philipp, the youngest, desperately needs the money, as he’s lost a fortune through speculation. Rita takes a while to decide, but eventually also accepts this sudden break. The only one who vehemently resists it is Doro, the middle child; she values the family unit. While the siblings can’t handle staying with their mother and prefer to stay in a hotel, Doro’s daughter, Joe, stays with her grandmother. The two get along well. When Joe confesses to being pregnant, however, Carla straightforwardly advises the granddaughter to have an abortion. Joe is horrified. In a rash move, she takes off with some of the money — with unforeseen consequences.

Lyubyakino Precinct has one not-so-simple task, to protect the president’s motorcade on his state visist, but the already challenging task becomes nearly impossible when all hell breaks loose in the form of a zombie apocolypse. Will the precinct be able to restore order, protect the president, and save the world?

Nada is a young woman leading a double life. During the daytime she’s quiet and reserved, but after dark she dives into the nightlife of Tunis and picks up men. First, she lets them tell their stories – as she doesn’t speak, she acts as a kind of confidante – then beats the hell out of them. When a new colleague, Noura, arrives at her workplace and Nada finds a mythical knife at the home of one of her victims, events are unleashed over which Nada has less and less control.

Two women have a falling out over McDonald's.

Alice is 18 and afraid of falling asleep. Every night she relives the same nightmare, made of endless races, terrible challenges in which she faces a disturbing Queen of Hearts. Art, her friends, her boyfriend seem unable to help her overcome a nightmare deeply tied to her past. When do wounds become scars? Can scars disappear?

The downtrodden alcoholic Herman needs professional help, and he never gets it. He decides that he should go to jail so that he will be taken care of there. He kills a local criminal but when he then tries to confess to the police, nobody believes him. Herman goes in search of a second victim. How far will he have to go to end up in jail?

In a heated fight over questions of promiscuity, a terrible misunderstanding leaves two best friends, 'sisters' estranged for many years. A decade later, the two 'sisters' are reunited by a tragic event. The 'sisters' reminisce over the past while talking about the future. Though they are still very fond of each other, both have changed and a palpable tension can be felt over dreams unrealized and disappointments in life. Knowing their days together are numbered, the pair set out on a few adventures hoping to gain lost opportunities and make happy memories. Along the way, they make important discoveries about life, love, each other, friendship, and family. Promises are kept and a long lost dream comes true.

The documentary tracks the origins of the found footage technique and how it transformed with technological changes throughout the last few decades.

Four film school students as part of their project goes for location hunting.There they meet a person with a weird personality, an academic in parapsychology. The students gets into the world of Ouija board and an entity through this man.

Explores the The Beatles’ love affair with India, its religions and its culture and, in turn, the impact of their music and style on a young generation in India.

In the prosperous period of Kaiyuan the crown prince was seriously ill. Emperor was secretly looking for a remedy for his son and one of the experts diagnosed that the prince had a very special destiny and needed to convert to Buddhism with a "Buddha bone relic". Emperor didn't want the crown prince to suffer, so he ordered Pei Lunde, who had the same eight fate characters as the crown prince, to become a monk on his behalf. There are rumors that "Buddha bone relics" can make people become immortals. As soon as the news that Pei Lund was taking the "Buddha bone relic" to the Jinshan Temple was exposed, the demons and evil spirits of the Kuhai Territory were ready to move, spreading nets around the world, trying to snatch the "Buddha bone relic" The abbot of Jinshan (Golden Light Temple) foresaw that Pei Lunde was afraid of a disaster, so he assigned Xiao Wu of the Demon Subduing Monks to escort Pei Wende to the temple.

Right after the Great East Japan earthquake struck on 11 March 2011, 60-year-old Otani Takashi comes back to his house in Minami Soma, Fukushima Prefecture from work. His wife Kyoko is at home and they have to seek shelter. But he cannot leave the rice seedlings as it is and carries them into the shed. From the second floor of his place, he sees the neighbour’s house engulfed by the tsunami. Kyoko runs up from downstairs to assure him. But a short while later, they feel a jolt and husband and wife end up getting separated.

Uhm Ha-neul, a rising star director in the independent film scene. For his upcoming new film The boy who couldn't speak, the crew members get frustrated as he ignores everyone and does things in his own way. And to make the matter worse, the starlet joins on his tyranny. The tension explodes when the director demands an additional production date. And the crew members decide to shoot a new film of their own.

When Lord Menace returns from the dead to terrorize San Antonio, the old gang must reassemble to fight evil once more. Unfortunately, since their last adventure the gang has become complacent. They have families, lives, and weight gain, so how can they fight an otherworldly evil when they first must get in shape?