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Late into his career, an elderly drummer comes to terms with getting older.
Apr 2026
Mar 2026
In June 1990, a junior archaeologist travels to the isolated village of Hadamgaon to investigate a mysterious stone dome revealed after a monsoon landslide. As he stays with a young widow and observes the village’s strange customs, sealed homes, deserted streets, and a strict rule to lock indoors before nightfall, he uncovers a buried structure built not to worship but to contain the darkest impulses of the human mind. In Hadamgaon, what is buried does not remain silent for long.
Pregnant Yoo-kyeong visits her in-laws' house with her husband Jae-hyeok to perform her father-in-law's first memorial service, and there, she begins to feel a strange sense of déjà vu.
Tim Ballard leads operations across continents to save children from sex trafficking rings. The mission reveals traffickers' brutal tactics while working to expose and stop global child exploitation.
Nov 2025
In this charming and profound portrait of artistic devotion, celebrated sculptor James Grashow embarks, at age 79, on a four year odyssey to complete his magnum opus: a gigantic, intricate wooden sculpture dubbed "The Cathedral."
After being shut down for eight years, Camp Trustfall is reopened in 1994 by a new owner. The first summer has come to an end and the counselors are closing down the camp for the year when one by one, they start to disappear.
Mabel centers on Callie, whose only friends are the plants and trees that surround her home. When her dad’s job moves the family to a sterile subdivision, she is utterly isolated—except for her best friend, a potted plant named Mabel. To Callie, Mabel is a peer, a fellow being, maybe overlooked or unseen, but still very much alive.
On October 20, 1967, Roger Patterson captured 60 seconds of film showing a creature walking through the Northern California woods—footage that became the most analyzed and debated in history. Fifty-seven years later, a reel of 16mm film discovered in a safe changes everything, revealing the untold story behind the world's greatest mystery, told for the first time by Patterson's own son and the people who were there.
In his search for human connection, Leo attempts to meet up with a woman he found on a dating site but instead falls into a severe blackmailing trap set up by Karl, who has a criminal past.
A lonely oceanarium worker, 29-year-old Sveta is afraid of close relationships, replaces them with casual one-night stands and lives on autopilot. One day, she is asked to come forward with accusations of harassment against a university professor, Pavel Rudin, with whom the girl once had an affair. But it turns out that Sveta is still in love with Rudin and is ready to defend him at all costs. But to do this, she will have to face her past...
The search for the right partner, place, and moment to start a family is one of nature's most crucial journeys. This breathtaking story of love, survival, and perseverance follows Caribbean flamingos through one of the most fragile stages of their lives. With Julieta Venegas’ voice and Bryce Dessner’s music setting the tone, this film offers a unique and immersive cinematic experience, capturing the beauty and struggles of these extraordinary birds.
Forte and Voce, illegal immigrants from Largo, show up at the house where Japanese sisters Kameko and Tsukiyo live...
Inspired by a true story, three friends, in a midlife crisis, discover that the blue shirt—that Diego Maradona wore in the match against England in the 1986 World Cup, where he scored the 'Goal of the Century' and 'The Hand of God'—which was auctioned, is in an English museum, which motivates them to search for it.
Colorful characters of various ages, personalities, professions, and hobbies are all searching for happiness—though each in a different place and with a different outcome.
In a world almost like ours, Jonah works for an agency that offers human relationships. When he's hired to serve as Nika's father, he begins to lose control of his tightly controlled life.
A wedding eve in 1988 Sri Lanka turns into a hostage standoff when Indian Army soldiers occupy a family's home overnight.
The story follows Sasà, a 13-year-old boy living in the suburbs of Naples. He spends his days with friends, listening to rap music and dreaming of becoming a famous rapper to provide a better life for his young mother, Rusè. Their bond is close, but it's tested by jealousy, poverty, and harsh circumstances. When Sasà meets legendary Neapolitan rapper Yodi, his dream seems within reach. However, the harsh realities of the music industry and street life force him into drug trafficking to support his mother.
Trùm Sò is a satirical period comedy set in the remote Jellyfish Village, where poverty is widespread—except for one man. Trùm Sò is absurdly rich yet notoriously stingy, obsessed with money to the point of denying himself even the simplest pleasures. His tightly controlled world collapses when a large amount of his gold suddenly disappears. Driven by greed rather than reason, he is pulled into a chaotic heist alongside two unlikely allies: Thị Hến, a sharp-witted widow, and Tôm Hùm, a flamboyant drifter.
When two overlooked women hit their breaking point, they take bold, reckless steps to change their lives. With limited power and unexpected allies, they dive into a chaotic plan that quickly turns into a comedy of errors.