The Last American Hero (1973)

Compton’s first feature was the autobiographical Stranded, which she wrote, directed, starred in, self-financed and distributed. Released in 1965, the film shares the cinematic experimentation and stylish, youth-centric rebellion of…

Na-mi and Sun-woo, the outcasts in school, plan to commit suicide instead of going to the school trip. On the moment of success, they find out that the girl, Chae-lin,…

A filmmaker introduces us to the subject of his documentary—the beautiful Jacqueline Dumont, a young Frenchwoman who claims to have uncovered a covert assassination conspiracy. While unsure of the eccentric…

Based on the lives and activities of the students at a prestige college.

An American takes up bullfighting to impress the ladies but learns to respect the sport.

High school teacher Lam Yiu-Kwok is in the midst of a midlife crisis. His wife, Man-Ching, has been unfaithful; his friends are reaping the rewards of successful business careers while…

An outlaw named Guerrero Hernandez is shot in the back and killed whilst attempting to free his half-brother from a small-town prison. Making a deal with the devil, Hernandez returns…

Malevolent forces within the walls of an old restaurant torment a cleaning woman who is trying to earn enough money to pay for her son’s operation.

The film tells a story of Mariana, a nurse who leaves Lisbon to accompany an immigrant worker in a comatose sleep on his trip home to Cape Verde. The devoted…

A Los Angeles film student struggles to graduate while navigating a budding romance and reconnecting with his estranged uncle, leading to a renewed uncertainty of his future.

An African American male is imprisoned and placed in solitary confinement after being found guilty of murdering his wife, as he’s haunted by internal demons and his dead wife, and…

Encouraged by his editor to seek ‘sexy stories that sell’, a reporter preys upon the private life of an erstwhile friend, with disastrous results.