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Based on a true story set in pre-war Japan, a man and one of his servants begin a torrid affair.

Two escaped convicts and a female railway worker find themselves trapped on a train with no brakes and nobody driving. (imdb)

Brazilian baroque. The young son that ran from his dominant family, descends into decadence and then returns to the nest. With melodramatic themes of tyrannical fathers, incest, fierce family conflicts and an overheated and intense visual style to match. (imdb)

This animated short starts with a group of small birds perched together on a telephone wire. When a much larger and awkward-looking bird arrives, the smaller birds reject him with taunts and insults. Still, he persists in trying to win their friendship, until at last the smaller birds decide to shove him from their perch. Only too late do they discover that there may be a problem with this plan. (imdb)

An old dog struggles to stay relevant to his family in a Ukranian village.

An American architect arrives in Italy, supervising an expedition for a French architect, Boullée, who is famous for his oval structures... (imdb)

Chance events trap hitch-hiker Al Roberts in a tightening net of film noir trouble. (imdb)

An elderly heiress is killed by her husband who wants control of her fortunes. What ensues is an all-out murder spree as relatives and friends attempt to reduce the inheritance playing field, complicated by some teenagers who decide to camp out in a dilapidated building on the estate. (imdb)

A young orphaned boy raised by underground cave-dwelling trash collectors tries to save his friends from an evil exterminator. (imdb)

The question of sexual consent in contemporary life and how, in the new landscape of dating and relationships, we make the distinction between liberation and exploitation. (imdb)