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The Monk and the Gun 2023
The Monk and the Gun is a great, meditative film that skillfully blends dry humor with deep philosophical questions about tradition, modernity, and the price of progress.
Set in Bhutan during the country's transition to democracy, the film juxtaposes the old world of Buddhist spiritualism with the encroaching influence of Western ideals, embodied by the arrival of an American gun collector searching for a rare firearm in a land where weapons hold little cultural significance. This search becomes a vehicle…
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The Wailing 2016
Some horror films give you jump scares. Others creep under your skin. The Wailing does both—and then some. Na Hong-jin’s supernatural thriller is a hypnotic, nerve-shredding descent into paranoia, folklore, and unrelenting dread.
Set in a quiet Korean village, the film follows a bumbling yet well-meaning cop (Kwak Do-won) as he investigates a string of grotesque deaths seemingly linked to a mysterious Japanese stranger. What starts as a crime procedural quickly spirals into something far more nightmarish—an eerie blend of…
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20 Days in Mariupol 2023
A truly life changing film, in a literal and figurative manner. This film's raw, unfiltered documentation of the war in Ukraine will alter your perception of courage, fear, horror, determination and suffering.
20 Days in Mariupol is a gut wrenching, devastating thing to watch; yet the act of watching the terrors that Russia has inflicted on Ukraine, doesn't hold a candle to how the victims have had (and at the time of writing, continue) to endure this.
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Cairo Station 1958
Cairo Station tells the story of a frustrated and mentally ill man, dealt a tough hand at life, who spirals down a dangerous road of obsession, lust and violence.
The film is a powerful exploration of the psychological effects of urbanization and social inequality, with themes that are unfortunately still very relevant today. Youssef Chahine masterfully captures the chaotic energy of the Cairo train station, using it as a backdrop to expose the class divisions and injustices that permeate Egyptian…
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