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Searching for Cannibal Holocaust

Not just a film, but a cultural crime scene. Searching for Cannibal Holocaust is a provocative documentary that dares to revisit the ground zero of extreme cinema: Ruggero Deodato's 1980 masterpiece of atrocity, Cannibal Holocaust. This is not a simple retrospective; it is a forensic examination of a movie that continues to haunt, disgust, and fascinate decades ...

Far from the Madding Crowd

In this sweeping adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s classic novel, headstrong and independent Bathsheba Everdene (Julie Christie) inherits a large farm, defying the expectations of Victorian society. As she navigates the challenges of managing her estate, she attracts the attention of three very different suitors: the steadfast shepherd Gabriel Oak (Alan Bates), the wealthy but lonely landowner...

The Hunt

A gripping psychological drama from acclaimed Danish director Thomas Vinterberg (Another Round, The Celebration), The Hunt (2012) explores the devastating power of a lie and the fragility of human dignity. Mads Mikkelsen delivers a career-defining performance as Lucas, a kind-he...

Jabberwocky

Marking Terry Gilliam's first solo directorial effort after his work with Monty Python, "Jabberwocky" is a seminal film that fully establishes his unique cinematic voice. While it shares the anarchic humor and medieval setting of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, this film is a darker, more focused satire on capitalism, bureaucracy, and the absurdity of chivalric myths.

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Austeria

Jerzy Kawalerowicz's Austeria is a profound and haunting chamber drama, a eulogy for a world on the brink of extinction. Set in August 1914, the film unfolds almost in real-time within the claustrophobic confines of a small inn (austeria) perched on the border of the Austro-Hungarian and Russian empires. As the Great War erupts, the innkeeper, an aging Jew named Tag,...