Directed by Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson • Arthouse • 2015 • Canada • English
Starring Roy Dupuis, Claire Furey, Louis Negin
Selected for the Berlin and Sundance Film Festivals, "The Forbidden Room" is Guy Maddin's ultimate epic phantasmagoria. Honoring classic cinema while electrocuting it with energy, this this film is Maddin's grand ode to lost cinema featuring Mathieu Amalric, Udo Kier, Charlotte Rampling and more as a cavalcade of misfits all joined in the joyful delirium of the kaleidoscopic viewing experience.
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Free Zone
Directed by Amos Gitai • Drama • 2005 • Israel, France • English, Hebrew, Arabic, Spanish with English subtitles
Starring Natalie Portman, Hanna Laslo, Hiam AbbassRebecca, played by Natalie Portman, has just broken off her engagement. She gets into a cab driven by Hanna, an Israeli. But Hanna i...
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The Garden
Directed by Derek Jarman • Arthouse • 1990 • UK • English
Starring Tilda Swinton, Johnny Mills, Peter Lee-WilsonDirected by Derek Jarman and starring Tilda Swinton, this kaleidoscopic film shows the filmmaker’s genius at its most coruscating, featuring an over-the-top Hollywood-style musical nu...
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Goodbye, Dragon Inn
Directed by Tsai Ming-liang • Arthouse • 2017 • Taiwan • Mandarin with English subtitles
Starring Lee Kang-sheng, Chen Shiang-chyi, Mitamura KiyonobuIn Tsai Ming-liang’s minimalist film, the Fu-Ho Grand, a movie palace in Taipei, is closing its doors. Its valedictory screening: King Hu’s 1967 w...
