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A set of eyes of several women.
A series of deaths suddenly occurs in the city. Police officer Wong Ming realizes that at the scene of each death, there is the figure of a woman who collects garbage. In the course of investigation, Wong discovers that this woman, Lan Pui Ching (played by Josie HO), has the mysterious ability to collect the souls of the accidental deaths from the garbage and help these souls to enter the reincarnation. This all started with a story that happened to her 13 years ago. Meanwhile, the murders continue to happen. Lan Pui Ching deduces that these murders are related to a mysterious cult ritual, and she and Wong Ming will be the next victims of this ritual. Wong Ming decides to cooperate with Lan Pui Ching to find out the mastermind behind the scene.
An avant-garde exploration of the themes of high-art vs. low-art conflict. The film begins with the bleak slideshow of Almaty architecture with the robotic french voice narrating something in the background. After that, the director begins to dance while the texts suggests its own analysis and theories. Finally, the film closes with a visual collage blending footage from indie web series, french new wave films, archival footage of Cannes, and personal footage of milk being microwaved.
Faced with an Alzheimer’s diagnosis, Jon Snow rediscovers his purpose in doing what he's always done, exposing injustice as he fights for a Zambian community whose homes have been destroyed by a mine.
"120 beats per minute—at this tempo, twice as fast as the human heartbeat, disco music gets the blood pumping and revs up the libido. In the 1970s, when eroticism took over the silver screen and sex ceased to be a purely private matter, disco became the soundtrack of the sexual revolution. A film about the surprising connections between disco and pornography—and how erotic content increasingly found its way into pop culture.
A hostage situation occurred at a TV station. The kidnapper K was not after money, he just wanted to terminate the monthly subscription to the TV station.
A couple leases a south Florida estate that's home to an antique mirror which is a gateway to other dimensions - including a malicious demon realm - and once in, there may be no getting out. Vengeful contractors, supernatural entities, and a psychopathic realtor further complicate matters, all while the coast braces for a fast-approaching mega storm.
The end cycle of the birthed forehead.
In the neon-lit streets of Kolkata, a woman searching for redemption crosses paths with a mysterious bar singer whose past remains hidden. Over the course of a restless day, their lives intertwine with strangers carrying their own conflicts and secrets, until a buried truth changes everything.
In a time without space, a group of actors desperately try to stage a play under the supervision of a computer.
“Love is not made to console, no doubt — it is made to save. But we know all too well that one is only ever saved once. And only for as long as that once endures.” Inspired by The Eternal Return, Michel Surya’s novel, the film is a portrait of the book itself.
Lluc, a former academic with strong cultural ties, and Olli, a man who drifted from Finland to the streets of Barcelona, meet while seeking shelter in the same stairwell. Their beginnings are modest, but gradually a connection develops between them, based not on pity but on shared humanity.
A forensics professional returns to her childhood home for a weekend of soul-searching only to find mobsters waiting for her with a tempting offer.
When a tech enthusiast subscribes to a groundbreaking Drone Butler service, he’s enamored by the technology’s intuition and uncanny attentiveness to his needs—until it begins to cross disturbing lines. DRONES is a sci-fi thriller that looks at our trust and dependence on tech, and how the ease of convenience can quickly devolve into something more sinister.
As time explodes, it leaves Debris. Check it out. The new film 'Corduroy Plants. (C) 2026 Shakey Pictures, Inc.
In the year 20001, three aliens arrive on the ruins of Earth to investigate the extinct human race. Revering humanity as a highly intelligent civilization, they wildly misinterpret the artifacts left behind: mistaking playgrounds for sacred places, umbrellas for communication devices, and graveyards for farmland. The team consists of a warm-hearted yet misguided captain, a highly logical but often inaccurate analyst, and their innocent, instinctive young member. While the two adults obsessively analyze human civilization through logic and theory, the youngest slowly begins to understand humanity through emotion, contradiction, and empathy, discovering that what science cannot decode, the heart just might.
Esme finally believes her luck has turned after landing an affordable apartment in a quiet neighborhood. But her relief quickly gives way to fear when she begins to suspect she's living with a killer who is trying to frame her for murder.
A private investigator takes on a missing child's case that draws a striking resemblance to the abduction of his own sister.
