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In the misty mountains, a snake catcher finds himself trapped in a double nightmare — brutal government tyranny and a plague of deadly serpents
Apr 2026
A young high school student marked by the recent death of her mother, Gwen, spends her time with her group of friends, including her lover Thomas, an apprentice baker. When Jean-Luc, a Parisian student who looks like an artist, moves into the area, Gwen does not hide her trouble, as if a decisive life choice was before her. One day, she discovers a film at the cinema that seems inexplicably inspired by her own life. Will she find the answers she is looking for?
Mar 2025
In the 1970s, Mexican bishop Sergio Méndez Arceo boldly confronts the Inquisition and defies Latin American dictatorships, striving to ignite a global spiritual revolution.
An introspective journey of a Filipino daughter attending the funeral of her estranged OFW father in a city in Japan that is rebuilding from the aftermath of the March 2011 tsunami.
Feb 2026
The fourth night of Road to Sakura Genesis 2026 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on April 1, 2026, at Nagano Prefectural Budokan in Saku, Nagano, Japan.
During the second world war law student Hannie Schaft is a member of the Dutch resistance movement.
Sep 1981
There’s a Naples of the imagination and there’s the real city: the city of fiction and the one with its tales of a past very much alive. Massimilano Gallo’s directorial debut, La salita, is a film about a little-known anecdote from the life of Eduardo De Filippo, featuring a Nisida very different from the image it has in the series Mare fuori, yet Gallo’s take on prison and women behind bars is just as contemporary. Courtesy of Panamafilm and the Film Commission Regione Campania.
Adnan, a young art student, arrives in New York to spend the summer in an apartment. He interns at a gallery that exhibits the work of an older, unconventional artist he once crossed paths with. As moments from his past and present intertwine, a series of encounters, both artistic and erotic, open gaps in his everyday reality.
A bizarre hitman with a soft spot for animals and a taste for cowboy gear gets handed an outrageous assignment. A gambler and a jockey have cooked up a scheme: rig the race, push a sluggish long shot to a shocking win, and walk away with a fortune from the racetrack owner’s pocket. But the owner gets wise to the plan. Determined to shut it down before it starts, he brings in the killer to clean house. Now faced with a fat payday and a moral dilemma, the hitman stands at a crossroads — stick to the job, or help the poor sap escape the crosshairs? One horse sets off a chain reaction that lays bare the greed and humanity buried in every heart.
A chaotic, fever-dream comedy about two friends on the hunt for a "magical vape." Their search leads them to an eccentric street vendor pushing a fully equiped mythical device. But as they marvel at their new high-tech vaporizer, their transaction takes a frantically surreal turn.
Randy Moore’s follow-up to the (in)famously filmed-in-secret Disney World fever-dream Escape from Tomorrow is an absurdist paranoid conspiracy thriller featuring the original cast in a completely new scenario. After the loss of his father, a middle-aged dad spirals into a Lynchian crisis of masculinity while on family vacation in Miami. As his inadequacies and unspoken desires drift him further away from his wife, he uncovers a mysterious plot involving his father, the gas company, cocaine, prostitution, and . . . Walt?
Once upon a time in a land far, far away, Tang Sanzang set out on a journey with Monkey King Jazz and Sha Wujing—However, one member was missing from their group: Zhu Baji.
Masked exposes the often overlooked mental health battles of those on the Autism Spectrum. Chloe Cavelle shares her journey of learning to function in a world not built for her.
Tasuku is a high school senior taking care of his single mother Misaki, who has ALS. Though they have a helper who visits during the day, Tasuku still has to take care of cooking and housework, as well as helping his mother use the toilet. Because of this, he's had to quit the basketball team. Tasuku hasn't been focusing on his future plans, since he feels like it wouldn't matter in the first place. But when his mother gets approved for more caregivers, he suddenly has the chance to pursue his dream college. But can he really leave his increasingly infirm mother behind?
Mar 2026
From one of the UK’s most viral stand-up comedians, in his debut special, “Paul Smith: Pablo Live” is the show you’ve all been waiting for. Filmed live at the 3Olympia Theatre in Dublin, it’s packed full of Smith’s signature, unflinching, laugh out loud comedy. Featuring a mix of his trademark audience roasting, razor-sharp wit and hilarious true stories of his everyday life, from spending money in the most irresponsible way possible, why boys are better than girls and raising kids without leading by example, this is the full, unfiltered Paul Smith experience, and you won't want to miss a minute of it.
After a crushing breakup, Lucy moves back in with her eccentric single dad and dives into bad dates, false starts, and growing pains.
Hyun-jae, a 16-year-old escaping her abusive father, manipulates Hae-in, a woman searching for her missing daughter, into taking her in as a replacement. Over the summer, Hyun-jae bonds with Hae-in, finding peace through her love for singing, but becomes obsessed with becoming Hae-in's new daughter. When Hae-in learns her missing daughter may have been found, Hyun-jae, despite her fears, makes a selfless decision to accompany her, realizing she can't replace Yun-seul.
May 2026
When Toni Benetón thinks he has everything under control in his lovable and fun multicultural family, the arrival of two new babies turns the house, and the whole family, upside down. Problems double, but so do the adventures.