Purna Bahadur Ko Sarangi is a 2024 Nepalese social drama film that tells the story of the Gandharva community, a marginalized group in Nepal known for their traditional music and storytelling. Directed and written by Saroj Poudel, with production by Binod Poudel and Patrick Subedi under Seven Seas Cinema and Baasuri Films, the film stars … Read more
Academy Award winning filmmaker Emerald Fennell (PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN) brings us a wicked tale of privilege and desire. Struggling to find his place at Oxford University, student Oliver Quick (Barry Keoghan, THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN) finds himself drawn into the world of the charming and aristocratic Felix Catton (Jacob … Read more
The notorious final film from Pier Paolo Pasolini, SALÓ, OR THE 120 DAYS OF SODOM has been called nauseating, shocking, depraved, pornographic . . . It’s also a masterpiece. The controversial poet, novelist, and filmmaker’s transposition of the Marquis de Sade’s eighteenth-century opus of torture and degradation to Fascist Italy in 1944 remains one of … Read more
The main character of the film, Serbian psychiatrist Ilija Jugović, after the death of his patient in Belgrade, goes to Prizren, Kosovo, under the punishment of the Party, where he gets a job as a general practitioner in a local hospital. There he meets history professor Ljubo Božović, the self-proclaimed “Russian Consul“, an apparently psychiatric … Read more
“I saved Latin. What did you ever do?” Wes Anderson’s RUSHMORE chronicles a year in the life of Max Fischer (a career-making debut performance from Jason Schwartzman), a student at Rushmore Academy, one of the finest schools in the country. Max loves his prestigious school; he is the editor of the newspaper and yearbook, founder … Read more
“Save a mile for yourself. Honor your own life.” Single mother Beck, who lives in Six Nations, has been running from reality. Her “breakfast of champions” is a 5 cream, 5 sugar coffee, and donuts. Something has to give and it does when Beck finds herself in a diabetic coma and visited by a ghostly … Read more
German filmmaker Tom Tykwer‘s RUN LOLA RUN – remastered in 4K for it 25th Anniversary – was one of the more memorably innovative standout hits of the 90s, thanks to its visually and conceptually impressive aesthetic complemented one of the most heart-pounding soundtracks of that decade. The story follows a two-bit Berlin criminal Manni (Moritz … Read more
Join us at the RRRio Theatre on Tuesday, August 15 (Indian Independence Day!) a special prime time, encoRRRe screening of one of the most eye-popping films of the last decade, legendary Indian filmmaker S.S. Rajamouli‘s audacious, over-the-top, Oscar-winning big screen bonanza and bona fide blockbuster RRR (Rise! Roar! Revolution!). RRR is an exhilarating, action-packed spectacular … Read more
Adapted from Ira Levin‘s bestselling novel Rosemary’s Baby, director Roman Polanski‘s 1968 adaptation elevated what could have been a B-movie into what remains an indisputable classic within the pantheon of American horror. In what is, ostensibly, a cautionary tale about pregnancy, Mia Farrow stars as the psychologically terrorized title character whose struggling actor husband (John … Read more
Directed by Lenny Abramson (FRANK) and adapted from the award-wining novel ROOM by Irish-Canadian author Emma Donoghue (who also wrote the screenplay), Brie Larson (Golden Globe winner, Best Actress in a Feature Film Drama) and young Jacob Tremblay offer a magical, compelling, and completely intertwined performance as a mother and her son held captive in … Read more
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