Darta, a man from an impoverished family, is rejected by the wealthy parents of the woman he loves. Desperate, he strikes a bargain with the Monkey King, performing a dark ritual to gain wealth. However, in doing so, he accidentally curses his wife and child to a life of suffering. Rooted in Indonesian mysticism, this universal narrative explores the insatiable hunger to become something one is not and the boundaries one is willing to cross to achieve it.

Young Cuban Rafael just buried his mother, and comes to Houston to meet his father John for the firs...

Packed with intricate melodies, harmonies, and instrumentation, Johannes Vogel conducts the Synchron...

Packed with intricate melodies, harmonies, and instrumentation, Johannes Vogel conducts the Synchron...

Packed with intricate melodies, harmonies, and instrumentation, Johannes Vogel conducts the Synchron...

Originally aired as part of Beethoven’s 250th anniversary celebration, Johannes Vogel conducts the S...

The rich man marries Kamel from Rabab, who discovers after marriage that he is sexually incapacitate...

A British Corporal in France finds himself responsible for the lives of his men when their officer i...

A mysterious film making one think what was real or unreal, visible or invisible.

A roustabout joins a traveling carny and schemes to figure out the mind-reading act of Mademoiselle ...

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Just as Galeen and Wegener's Der Golem (1915) can be seen as a testament to early German film artis...

The story of a donkey Balthazar as he is passed from owner to owner, some kind and some cruel but al...

An unruly student at a private all-girls boarding school scandalously accuses the two women who run ...

A fisherman and a rising lawyer who grew up together as brothers fall in love with the same woman.

In the last days of their tumultuous relationship Julian and Lara are confronted with a life changin...

A fledgling ballerina falls in love with a brilliant composer, but the jealous head of the ballet co...
[…] A reel was shot of the Noh drama Momiji-gari (Maple Leaf Hunters, or Viewing Scarlet Maple Leave...