Profound and lyrical, the first film in over a decade from cinematic poet Bui Thac Chuyen (Adrift) spins a mesmerizing tale of life, love, loneliness, and pyromania in yesteryear’s Mekong Delta. Languages: Vietnamese with English subtitles Languages: Russian, Kazakh, Mandarin with English SubtitlesĬast: Le Cong Hoang, Bao Ngoc Doling, Phuong Anh Dao Mountain OnionĬast: Esil Amantay, Amina Gaziyeva, Zhazira Kaskey, Kuantay Abdimadi, Laura Tursunkanova Seasoned director Ryuichi Hiroki (Vibrator) exhibits his patented cinematic insight into female hearts and minds in this sublime adaptation of the shocking novel by Kanae Minato (Confessions).

The intense psychodrama of emotional blackmail and betrayal reveals a philosophical rumination on the titular concept that is as thought-provoking as it is compelling. Springboarding off a news item about a 17-year-old girl’s attempted suicide, the details behind two generations of fraught mother-daughter relationships unfold with stirring twists and turns aplenty. This sweeping tale of maternity is exquisitely mannered yet also colorfully tinged with a seductive scent of mystery and ripe bursts of melodrama. Languages: Japanese with English subtitlesĬast: Erika Toda, Mei Nagano, Mao Daichi, Junko Takahata #ManholeĬast: Yuto Nakajima, Nao, Kento Nagayama, Haru Kuroki Christian Bables (Big Night!, NYAFF 2022) and the entire cast bring this whole affair home with pitch-perfect fabulousness. Identity, machismo, feminism, femininity, stigma, social conditioning, discrimination, inclusion, prejudice, acceptance, sexuality, and gender - are all taken to task with gay abandon.

Wearing campy corniness on its self-aware pop-art sleeve, no stone is left unturned. This brilliant conceit riffs buoyantly on ‘Romeo and Juliet’ for a modern-day fairytale in flamboyant attire.

Naturally, everyone assumes he is on the same team, but when a clumsy mishap with gorgeous beauty pageant contestant Angel leads him to save her day, the truth finally comes out: He’s a straight guy with a queer eye! As Dali falls head over heels in love with Angel, he must overcome a multitude of obstacles on the path to true romance. Fashionably androgynous Dali is the premier glamour guru in his family’s super-gay salon.

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