Valentin Valentin (2015)

A couple running a roadside garage has their livelihood threatened by trucks going in and out of a nearby construction site. When they learn that metal scraps from the trucks…

The story of men devoted to the yakuza lifestyle and their struggles during a time of fading yakuza power.

Embittered after serving time for a burglary he did not commit, Joe Bell is soon back in jail, on a prison farm. His love for the foreman’s daughter leads to…

Jiro is a Tokyo man who offers a stand-in service where he’ll do “anything”. A woman claiming to be from Fukuoka wants to be shown around Tokyo and see the…

Four Lions tells the story of a group of British jihadists who push their abstract dreams of glory to the breaking point. As the wheels fly off, and their competing…

A young, broke couple kidnap a sleazy politician who decides he can spin the story to his own advantage.

American corporations are using the North American Free Trade Agreement by opening large maquiladoras right across the United States–Mexico border. The maquiladoras hire mostly Mexican women to work long hours…

The young and self-confident Danny bluffs at the local police-station that he will escape from prison within an hour. What follows is a flashback showing his childhood with his uncle…

Some journeys are measured by what you sacrifice to get there

A married woman’s affair comes back to haunt her when her obsessed lover infiltrates every part of her life.

In this portrait of small-time hoods rendered in rhythm-of-life anecdotal detail, Gao is the leader of a circle of layabouts including his sidekick, Flathead, and their girlfriends, Pretzel and Ling….