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With Prisoners

With Prisoners

May 4, 2017

After a bar brawl with an off-duty cop, aspiring thug Fan (Neo Yau, Fire Lee’s gonzo Robbery) is sentenced to three months in juvenile detention like Hong Kong’s Sha Tsui Detention Center, which practices military-style rehabilitation. Insults and abuse are core tenets of the treatment, carried out by the bored, jaded staff, where an occasional true believer lingers among the guards...

The Ingress Tapes

The Ingress Tapes

May 3, 2017

What are The Ingress Tapes? The ramblings of a violent fantasist? Or the taped confession of a multiple murderer who was never caught? Documentary or Fiction? Watch The Ingress Tapes and then wish you hadn't.

Bad Genius

Bad Genius

May 3, 2017

Lynn, a brilliant student, after helping her friends to get the grades they need, develops the idea of starting a much bigger exam-cheating business.

The Sheriff In Town

The Sheriff In Town

May 3, 2017

After he leaves the police force, Dae-ho establishes himself as the sheriff of his town. He then investigates Jong-jin, a businessman, because of his alleged ties to drugs.

Instant Death

Instant Death

May 2, 2017

A vicious gang war for drug dominance draws in a disturbed Special Forces veteran John Bradley. Trying to adjust to normal life and haunted by inner demons of a violent past, the underworld's retribution on his last connection to humanity, a daughter and grandchild leads to a descent of fury and violence that not even the brutality of gangland is prepared for.

Honour

May 1, 2017

Lee and Sonny are very close 11-year-old friends who are goaded by an older boy to break into a flat they think is uninhabited as an initiation to join his 'crew'. Their mission is to bring back something of value but what they find instead is an inert, probably dead, man inside. Lee and Sonny are forced to confront their naive notions of masculinity and codes of honour when the dead man turns out to be a wanted criminal in hiding.

Run, Hide, Fight

May 1, 2017

A film featuring the response by several office workers in response to an Active Shooter attack.

Monday

Monday

May 1, 2017

The 50+ time award-winning short film, MONDAY, follows a day in the life of a young hustler who ‘code-switches’ through disparate cliques while being everyone's one-stop-shop for all things illicit. His reasons for the hustle aren’t apparent, but as he maneuvers through his neighborhood, he’ll confront racism as well as question the morality of his occupation.

Street Fighting Men

Street Fighting Men

April 30, 2017

In a rapidly changing America where mass inequality and dwindling opportunity have devastated the black working class, three Detroit men must fight to build something lasting for themselves and future generations.

Junko

Junko

April 28, 2017

Based on the murder of Junko Furuta. The film deals as much with the social factors that produced Furuta's four assailants as it does with Furuta's suffering at their hands.

Sometimes the Good Kill

Sometimes the Good Kill

April 28, 2017

After a mysterious death at the Abbey, Sister Talia finds herself caught in the center of the internal investigation. With strict orders from the newly elected Mother Superior, she must uncover the truth behind the death and ensure the Abbey remains undisturbed. Things take a sharp turn when another sister is found murdered and Sister Talia is forced to find the killer. As she discovers larger secrets plaguing the Abbey, Sister Talia must reconcile her past life in order to follow through with the task at hand. For Sister Talia, all that she knows about the Abbey and her Sisters is about to come into question, as she discovers sometimes the good kill.

Rodney King

Rodney King

April 28, 2017

25 years ago, four LAPD officers were acquitted in a state court for beating King, sparking three days of rioting that left 53 people dead. Now, around the anniversary, this Spike Lee-produced one-man show (Roger Guenver Smith) will be streaming on Netflix. A complex, semi-tragic figure, King drowned in 2012. His life was rarely smooth, or simple – its telling makes for a sober, moving watch.

The Visitor

April 27, 2017

After getting into some trouble, John decides to go to an old friend to get some help.

The Wild Ones:  The Unorthodox Yakuza

The Wild Ones: The Unorthodox Yakuza

April 27, 2017

Asamura Kitaro (Ozawa Kazuyoshi), a young assistant head of the Toyukai, is known in Kabukicho as the one-eyed Kitaro, and is feared as a mad dog that will not stop once he loses his temper. Asamura is strong in fighting but not in making money, and together with his brother Matsuo, he forcibly takes on the business of the rival Nishinaga clan. The Nishinaga clan tries to take Asamura's sister, Yuna, a singer, hostage, but Asamura retaliates against them and kills many members of the clan. When Asamura is arrested for murder, his timing is so good that he begins to suspect a connection between the police and Nishinaga-gumi.

The Perfect Murderer

The Perfect Murderer

April 27, 2017

The prime suspect in a murder could be responsible for the death of the detective's daughter, but is he pursuing justice or revenge?

Altin in the city

Altin in the city

April 27, 2017

Altin, aspiring Albanian writer arrived in Italy aboard a large ferry in the 90, works in a butcher shop when he selected to audition for a reality of writers and finally sees a chance to be successful with his book "the journey of Ismail." Instead, this is the time they begin his adventures that lead him to learn about revenge, loneliness and extreme poverty, to the dark side of wealth and success. "Altin in the city" is fourth independent feature film by Fabio Del Greco, italian filmmaker, this film is important to delve into the depths of the human soul in a society dominated by the pursuit of power, the rampant materialism and greed of money. These things are not necessary to achieve individual well-being, happiness and inner balance.

JackRabbit 29

JackRabbit 29

April 26, 2017

Jackrabbit 29 is an unconventional, character-driven thriller by writer & director Kyle Klubal. When a young couple goes missing, a large reward is issued for their return. The reward attracts an eccentric mix of characters to the town including bounty hunters, hit-men, and more. We follow them as they cross paths and search for the missing couple. Full of bizarre characters, a nonlinear story-line, and all sorts of twists and turns... —Nicholas Matthews

Caracas Vice Vol. 1

Caracas Vice Vol. 1

April 26, 2017

Caracas, Venezuela. 1982. Ryan of the DEA and Carlos the PTJ join forces to stop the most dangerous drug lord of the country, Disco Herrera.

Soham Revisited: 15 Years On

April 25, 2017

Looks back at the murders of 10-year-old schoolgirls Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells at the hands of Ian Huntley, the caretaker of the school they attended in the quiet village of Soham, Cambridgeshire.

Neophyte

Neophyte

April 25, 2017

April 1958. Maria Krapivina, a graduate of the law faculty of Leningrad University, Department of criminal procedure and criminalistics, is assigned to the UGRO of the Central district police Department. Just a girl, an excellent student, the daughter of intelligent parents falls into a team consisting of rough and experienced operatives who have passed the war. On the first day, Masha wants to quit. But she gets her hands on information about a traitor in the Department associated with a large and audacious gang. Masha decides that it is her duty to stay and uncover the "mole". And also to prove that it is worth something. Everyone falls under suspicion, including the head of the Opera Department of the Swedes ,the "uncouth lout", with whom Masha unexpectedly falls in love, and every day more and more..