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And The Moon Dances

August 29, 2012 / Drama, Ethnicity & Cultural Identity, Garin Nugroho, Indonesia, Indonesian, Movie Trailers, Recommendations

Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here: Original Title: Bulan Tertusuk Ilalang Released: 1995 Country: Indonesia Director: Garin Nugroho Language: Indonesian Theme: Ethnicity & Cultural Identity Genre: Drama Summary Literally translated, the title means “The Moon Pierced by Wild Grass,” and the film tells the story of the relationship between an aged traditional song teacher named Waluyo, his folk music disciple Ilalang [...]

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Spring in the Colony

August 29, 2012 / Arjun Gourisaria & Moinak Biswas, Bengali, Drama, India, Movie Trailers, Recommendations, Urbanity

Situated on the southern fringes of Calcutta, the bustling, sunny Deshbandhu colony, a settlement of refugees from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), has a lot going on.

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Felicity Land

June 19, 2012 / Drama, Family & Relationships, Iran, Maziar Miri, Movie Trailers, Persian, Recommendations

Felicity Land unearths betrayals and marital crises in an affluent area of Teheran.

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Sweet Dream

September 20, 2011 / Drama, Family & Relationships, Kim Do Kyung, Korean, Movie Trailers, Recommendations, South Korea, Yang Ju Nam

Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here: Original Title: Mimong Released: 1936 Country: South Korea Director: Yang Ju Nam Language: Korean Theme: Family & Relationships Genre: Drama Summary Before World War II, modern Seoul in the thirties was an urban landscape of cafes, hotels, and show rooms, presented compellingly (and clearly under Japanese colonial governance). A vain housewife, drawn to such [...]

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Camel(S)

September 19, 2011 / Drama, Family & Relationships, Kim Do Kyung, Korean, Movie Trailers, Park Ki Yong, Recommendations, South Korea

Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here: Original Title: Nakta(dul) Released: 2002 Country: South Korea Director: Park Ki Yong Language: Korean Theme: Family & Relationships Genre: Drama Summary Camel(s) is the story of two acquaintances—a man and a woman, both with spouses elsewhere—who spend the weekend together at one of South Korea’s coastal resorts. As the narrative unfolds, the businessman and [...]

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The Art Of Flirting

September 17, 2011 / Drama, English, Experimental, Gender & Sexuality, Kan Lume, Movie Trailers, Recommendations, Singapore

Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here: Released: 2005 Country: Singapore Director: Kan Lume Language: English Theme: Gender & Sexuality Genre: Drama, Experimental Summary Boy meets girl. Boy and girl fall for each other. Do they live happily ever after? The Art of Flirting leads you down this road and to that question, but it’s not your typical romance film. It [...]

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Eyes of a Beauty

September 13, 2011 / China, Drama, Gender & Sexuality, Guan Hu, Mandarin, Movie Trailers, Recommendations

Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here: Original Title: Xi Shi Yan Released: 2002 Country: China Director: Guan Hu Language: Mandarin Theme: Gender & Sexuality Genre: Drama Summary {This film is split into two separate streams on the site for more reliable viewing} An aging opera singer facing retirement and a divorce. An energetic young woman seeking to escape her mundane [...]

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Poet of the Wastes

July 7, 2011 / Art & Music, Drama, Iran, Mohammad Ahmadi, Movie Trailers, Persian, Recommendations

After administering rigorous examinations in science, religion and politics, the Iranian government assigns a handful of men from the nation’s unemployed millions to the undignified job of street-cleaning.

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The Song of Tibet

July 6, 2011 / China, Drama, Gender & Sexuality, Mandarin, Most Popular, Movie Trailers, Recommendations, Top 10, Xie Fei

During her summer vacation, Dawa returned to Lhasa to see her grandparents. Unfortunately her grandfather was ill and dying. During this time, her grandmother, Yixi Zhuoma, told Dawa her love stories with three men.

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Mirch Masala

July 6, 2011 / Drama, Gender & Sexuality, Hindi, India, Ketan Mehta, Movie Trailers, Recommendations

Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Enter Coupon Code: Have a coupon? Enter code here: Original Title: Spices Released: 1986 Country: India Director: Ketan Mehta Language: Hindi Theme: Gender & Sexuality Genre: Drama Summary In a British-ruled India, a subedar, an officer of the Indian Army, is sent to collect taxes in a village. Riding into the village, the subedar chances upon Sonbai, a beautiful, married woman. [...]

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Killer Whale and Crocodile

July 5, 2011 / Art & Music, Arthur Holbrook, Canada, Documentary, English, Movie Trailers, Peter Campbell, Recommendations

In Killer Whale and Crocodile carvers from two of the world’s great carving traditions come together. A First Nations carver from Canada travels into the jungles of Papua New Guinea and a New Guinea carver travels to urban Canada.

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Kasba

July 5, 2011 / Drama, Family & Relationships, India, Kumar Shahani, Movie Trailers, Recently Added, Recommendations

Maniram has a thriving albeit dubious family business that has made him a wealthy man. Tejo, who is married to his younger son, Bhagtuji, helps to run the business.

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Who Pays The Piper

July 5, 2011 / Comedy, Hindi, India, Kundan Shah, Law, Politics & Government, Movie Trailers, Recently Added, Recommendations

Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here: Original Title: Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron Released: 1983 Country: India Director: Kundan Shah Language: Hindi Theme: Law, Politics & Government Genre: Comedy Summary Sudhir and Vinod open a photo studio but are sabotaged on their very first day of operation. Business is slow and they jump at the opportunity to work on a photo assignment [...]

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Black Snow

June 29, 2011 / China, Drama, Globalization & Modernization, Mandarin, Movie Trailers, Recommendations, Xie Fei

Noted as cinematically prophetic in its narration of China during its post-Tiananmen Square era, Black Snow accounts the life of a young man recently discharged from prison.

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A Girl From Hunan

June 27, 2011 / China, Drama, Mandarin, Movie Trailers, Recommendations, Social & Economic Issues, Xie Fei

Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here: Original Title: Xiangnu Xiaxiao Released: 1986 Country: China Director: Xie Fei Language: Mandarin Theme: Social & Economic Issues Genre: Drama Summary In 1900 a twelve-year-old girl, Xiaoxiao, comes to a mountain village to discover that her uncle has arranged a marriage with a boy who is still breastfed, at two. Strict clan rules govern all [...]

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