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Now, Forager: A Film About Love & Fungi
A couple are picking wild mushrooms to sell to chic restaurants. One of them offers her a job. While her culinary star is rising, their…Published on: -
5000 Feet Is the Best
Film based on meetings with anonymous Predator drone pilots from the US military, operating the un-manned flights over Afghanistan and Pakistan.Published on: -
Aardvark
Fascinating film is partly based on the life of the blind actor Larry Lewis who tries to stop drinking. To improve his defences, he practises…Published on: -
Do I Belong?
Upbeat music video for The Hidden Cameras. Lead vocalist Joel Gibb is surrounded by people partying whilst performing his morning ablutions.Published on: -
The Pettifogger
1963: a year in the life of a petty criminal. This abstract crime film reconnoitres the frontiers of the genre, with images from comics and…Published on: -
Méliès (Single Screen)
Local residents explain that a mountain near Sierra Blanca has been named Movie Mountain since the early 1900s because of the brother of Georges MélièPublished on: -
Hail
Ex-prisoner Jones and his wife play the leading roles themselves in this gripping drama based on his memories. After a tender start, it soon turns…Published on: -
Players
Portrait of six poker professionals who live among a larger poker community in Bangkok. For them, playing poker is more a way to make money…Published on: -
Patience (After Sebald)
Unique, beautifully shot essay about the work of the influential writer W.G. Max Sebald (1944-2001). Gee ventures to East Anglia to provide an impressPublished on: -
The Swordsman in Double Flag Town
Exceptional in quality and style among Chinese wuxia films. It is no coincidence that this was filmed after the Tiananmen clampdowns. Unique characterPublished on: