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The Pervert's Guide to Ideology

Forget what you know about documentaries. Philosopher Slavoj Žižek takes you on a mind-bending tour of our collective psyche. Using scenes from classic films like The Dark Knight, Taxi Driver, and Titanic, this provocative and witty guide reveals how ideology—the "software" of our desires—shapes our politics, our culture, and our very realit...

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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Landscape in the Mist

Landscape in the Mist, two young siblings, Voula (Tania Palaiologou) and Alexandros (Michalis Zeke), embark on a desperate and poetic journey across Greece in search of their estranged father, whom they believe lives in Germany. Armed only with a few clues and unwavering hope, they traverse a surreal and often harsh landscape, encountering a series of enigmatic strangers—some kind, some d...

The Lady Banker

In the high-stakes world of finance, one woman defies the odds to conquer Wall Street. The Lady Banker is a gripping drama set in the cutthroat banking industry of the late 1970s, where ambition, power, and betrayal collide.

The film follows Elizabeth Carter, a brilliant and determined young woman who rises through the ranks of a male-dominated investment firm. Facing sexism, ruthless c...

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 ...