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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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The Weeping Meadow

The story begins with a wave of Greek refugees fleeing Odessa after the Russian Revolution in 1919. Among them is a young orphan girl, Eleni, adopted by a family who eventually raises her. As she blossoms into a woman, she falls deeply in love with her adoptive family's son, Alexis. Their forbidden love, shadowed by a secret, becomes the fragile heart of the tale. Pursued and torn apart, Eleni ...

Searching for Sugar Man

Searching for Sugar Man is a captivating and deeply moving documentary that unravels the mysterious tale of Rodriguez, a forgotten American musician whose haunting melodies and poetic lyrics faded into obscurity in the early 1970s—only to unknowingly become a legend halfway across the world.

In Detroit, Rodriguez recorded two soulful folk-rock albums that, despite critical acclaim...

The Man of the Year (O Homem do Ano)

After Maiquel (Murilo Benício), a working-class boxer, accidentally kills a reigning crime boss in a rigged fight, he’s manipulated into becoming a puppet kingpin by a ruthless gang. But when he refuses to play their game, the underworld turns on him—leading to a violent showdown where survival means outsmarting every killer in the favela.

In the lawless slums of S&at...

Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?

Rock star Georgie Soloway (Dustin Hoffman) has it all—fame, fortune, and adoring fans—but beneath the glamorous surface, he's spiraling into a crisis. Plagued by anxiety, paranoia, and a mysterious man named Harry Kellerman who’s spreading vicious rumors about him, Georgie begins to question his sanity. As he desperately searche...