Kore-eda's unexpected fantasy is both a charming love story and a fragile parable: an inflatable sex doll suddenly acquires a soul and starts to discover what 'life' really is.
A dramatised account seen of the Balibo Five, a group of Australian journalists killed while covering Indonesia's military campaign in the border regions of East Timor.
Mike Judge, the creator of Beavis and Butthead and King of the Hill, once again mining the American workplace for a smart and intuitive comedy, replacing the white collar cubicles of his cult feature Office Space to focus on the trials of a blue collar boss.
First-time director Samuel Maoz creates an unforgettable portrayal of the horrors of war with this autobiographical account of Israel's ill-fated 1982 invasion of Lebanon.
Jarmusch's audacious latest is a poetic, allusive, visually stunning variation on the conventional hitman movie, with Isaach De Bankolé heading a thrilling cast.
Winner of the Golden Bear at this year's Berlin Film Festival, Claudia Llosa's second feature focuses on a young Peruvian woman coming to terms with the death of her mother in a country whose recent history has been marked by bloody civil conflict.
A quack herbalist and acupuncturist turns 'detective' to prove her son's innocence when he's charged with murder in Bong Joon-Ho's stunningly original account of maternal feelings in all their terrifying intensity.
Elia Suleiman delivers his masterpiece with this sweeping, comic and ultimately heart-breaking account of sixty years of in the life of a Palestinian family.
Ondi Timoner's pacy and penetrating look at the impact of technology on our lives and our identities, told through the story of internet pioneer Josh Harris.
A rich collection of previously unseen archive material deployed to great effect in Tom DiCillo's study of the rise of The Doors and self destruction of Jim Morrison.
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