Directed by Takeshi Koike • 2009 • Japan
Starring Takuya Kimura, Yu Aoi, Tadanobu Asano

This eyeball-blasting optical joyride takes animation to new heights of high-octane delirium. On the military-controlled planet of Roboworld, the Redline—held every five years—is the most dangerous and thrill...

Directed by Robert Lee King • 2000 • United States, Australia
Starring Lauren Ambrose, Thomas Gibson, Nicholas Brendon

Adapted from the play by camp icon Charles Busch, this wickedly satirical genre mash-up combines the GIDGET-style beach movie of the ’60s with the ’80s teen slasher for a wildly...

Directed by Mamoru Oshii • 1995 • Japan, United Kingdom
Starring Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Otsuka, Iemasa Kayumi

2029: A female cybernetic government agent, Major Motoko Kusanagi, and the Internal Bureau of Investigations are hot on the trail of the Puppet Master, a mysterious and threatening computer...

Directed by Todd Haynes • 1998 • United Kingdom, United States
Starring Ewan McGregor, Toni Collette, Christian Bale

A CITIZEN KANE for the glittering, hedonistic glam-rock explosion, Todd Haynes’s deliriously flamboyant third feature follows journalist Arthur Stuart (Christian Bale) as he launc...

Directed by Gus Van Sant • 1997 • United States
Starring Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Robin Williams

What does genius look like? The Oscar-winning cultural touchstone that launched the careers of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, this by turns witty and deeply tender drama stars the former as Will Hunting...

Directed by Sammo Hung • 1987 • Hong Kong
Starring Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, Joyce Mina Godenzi

Legendary actor-director Sammo Hung delivers a bazooka blast of pure adrenaline in this exemplar of Hong Kong action cinema at its most entertaining. Drawing inspiration from Hollywood war films like TH...

Directed by Michael Imperioli • 2009 • United States
Starring Steve Schirripa, Sharon Angela, Emory Cohen

The directorial debut from “Sopranos” star Michael Imperioli is an intense, emotionally raw portrait of lost souls attempting to fill the spiritual voids at the center of their lives. Over t...

Directed by Bill Duke • 1992 • United States
Starring Laurence Fishburne, Jeff Goldblum, Victoria Dillard

Film noir hits the mean streets of 1990s Los Angeles in this stylish and subversive underworld odyssey from veteran actor-director Bill Duke. Laurence Fishburne stars as Russell Stevens, a p...

Directed by Kevin Smith • 1995 • United States
Starring Shannen Doherty, Jeremy London, Jason Lee

Kevin Smith tapped into the Gen X zeitgeist once again with his hilariously, proudly sophomoric follow-up to CLERKS. When Brodie (Jason Lee) and TS (Jeremy London) are both dumped by their girlfrien...

Directed by Satoshi Kon • 2006 • Japan
Starring Megumi Hayashibara, Toru Furuya, Koichi Yamadera

The final feature directed by anime legend Satoshi Kon is a dizzying, dazzling tour through the unconscious that takes the genre to new heights of giddy imagination. Atsuko is a psychiatrist who has ...

Directed by Sammo Hung • 1989 • Hong Kong
Starring Sammo Hung, Max Mok Siu-chung, Lau Kar-leung

Rascally pedicab driver Lo Tung (Sammo Hung) yearns for the lovely Ping (Nina Li Chi)—but a dangerous gang boss also has eyes for her. When two of his friends are killed by the gangster’s men, Lo must...

Directed by Claire Simon • 2016 • France

Every year, a mere forty students are selected from hundreds of applicants to study at Paris’s La Fémis, one of the most prestigious film schools in the world. Following in the footsteps of Frederick Wiseman, Claire Simon (OUR BODY) observes the process w...

Directed by Shinji Somai • 1993 • Japan
Starring Tomoko Tabata, Junko Sakurada, Kiichi Nakai

When her parents split and her father (Kiichi Nakai) moves out of their family home, Renko (Tomoko Tabata), a bright and energetic sixth-grade girl, is left alone with her mother, Nazuna (Junko Sakurada)...

Directed by Bigas Luna • 2001 • Spain
Starring Jordi Mollà, Leonor Watling, Eduard Fernández

Director Bigas Luna blends Greek myth, mystery, and eros into a sensuous, visually sumptuous thriller. In a small seaside town, newly arrived literature teacher Ulises (Jordi Mollà) awakens the desires o...

Directed by Mamoru Oshii • 2008 • Japan
Starring Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Otsuka, Koichi Yamadera

Mamoru Oshii’s remastered version of his landmark cyber-tech thriller GHOST IN THE SHELL preserves most of the original, while updating it with new, digitally animated sequences. 2029: A female cyberneti...

Directed by Brett Story • 2019 • United States

A complex portrait of a city and its inhabitants, this urgent documentary from Brett Story (THE PRISON IN TWELVE LANDSCAPES) gives us a window into the collective consciousness of the present. The film’s point of departure is New York City, includin...

Directed by Sammo Hung • 1989 • Hong Kong
Starring Sammo Hung, Max Mok Siu-chung, Lau Kar-leung

Rascally pedicab driver Lo Tung (Sammo Hung) yearns for the lovely Ping (Nina Li Chi)—but a dangerous gang boss also has eyes for her. When two of his friends are killed by the gangster’s men, Lo must...

Directed by Stephen Hopkins • 1993 • United States
Starring Emilio Estevez, Cuba Gooding Jr., Jeremy Piven

Boys’ night out turns into a harrowing fight to survive in this turbocharged action extravaganza. Suburban family man Frank Wyatt (Emilio Estevez) and his buddies are on their way to Chicag...

Directed by Dikongué-Pipa • 1975 • Cameroon
Starring David Endene, Arlette Din Bell, Jeanne Mvondo

Dikongué-Pipa forged a new African cinematic language in MUNA MOTO, a delicate, emotionally resonant love story. In a Cameroon village, the rigid customs governing courtship and marriage mean that...

Directed by Mamoru Oshii • 2008 • Japan
Starring Mimi Woods, Richard Epcar, Christopher Joyce

Mamoru Oshii’s remastered version of his landmark cyber-tech thriller GHOST IN THE SHELL preserves most of the original, while updating it with new, digitally animated sequences. 2029: A female cybernet...

Directed by Allan Moyle • 1990 • United States, Canada
Starring Christian Slater, Samantha Mathis, Annie Ross

By day, Mark Hunter (Christian Slater) is the painfully shy new kid in a small Arizona town. But by night, he’s Hard Harry, the cynical, uncensored DJ of a pirate radio station. Idolized...

Directed by Richard Linklater • 1997 • United States
Starring Giovanni Ribisi, Parker Posey, Steve Zahn

Eric Bogosian adapts his hit stage play for the screen with acclaimed director Richard Linklater in this drama inspired by their own experiences. When a famous rock star (Jayce Bartok) visits ...

Directed by Albert Lamorisse • 1951 • France
Starring Jacques Prévert

Featuring narration by celebrated poetic-realist writer Jacques Prévert, Albert Lamorisse’s first fiction film established his stylistic and thematic signatures: elegant simplicity, storybook-like voice-over, and empathetic co...

Directed by Uday Shankar • 1948 • India
Starring Amala Uday Shankar, Lakshmi Kanta, Birendra Banerjee

The only film by the visionary dancer and choreographer Uday Shankar is a utopian dream of cultural renewal and a celebration of Indian dance in all its variety. Unfolding as an epic film within...