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"Hilariously bizarre... like some lost masterpiece from a time-warped alternative dimension." - The Washington Post Arkadin favorite Guy Maddin’s early masterpiece takes place in a 19th-century Alpine village where the wary residents—adult, child and animal—must speak softly and tread lightly…
“Dreamy, epic, perilous and very beautiful” - The Washington Post A wondrous journey, through realms natural and mystical, Flow follows a courageous cat after his home is devastated by a great flood. Teaming up with a capybara, a lemur, a bird, and…
The dead return to life as sadistic bikers in the unhinged, outlaw British flick Psychomania (1973). A violent biker gang known as The Living Dead dabbles in black magic at The Seven Witches, a druid circle of seven standing stones in the…
“A brutal, bleak, grim and incredibly-directed horror film, not for the faint of heart.” - The Cinema Critic In rural Argentina, something strange is spreading among the townsfolk: a nameless ailment that drives its infected to commit extreme acts of violence…
“A gloriously nuts Indonesian version of The Omen” - Oscar T, Letterboxd A diamond mine in the village is the source of competition between Kosim and Dorman, who are the first ones to find it. They hope to win the…
It's that time of year again! Every August, Silents, Please! brings you a night packed full of silent cinema's great stone-faced clown, Buster Keaton. This year, we'll be celebrating Old Buster with some of his late-period treasures, along with one…
“One of the greatest of Japanese ghost stories, a horror film of elemental drive, social commentary, feminist rage, and visual grace.” - Sean Axmaker In this poetic and atmospheric horror fable, set in a village in war-torn medieval Japan, a…
We will be playing a VHS tape for all to see, and it’s up to YOU what we’ll watch! Bring in a VHS tape, and you’ll get in FREE! It can be absolutely anything — a forgotten bargain-bin B-movie, a…
“The spectacular blend of animation, artful sets, mattes and live action... makes this whimsical and funny fairy-tale so enjoyable.” - Scifist Brilliant Czech animator Karel Zeman's eye-popping spectacle is like a Victorian illustration come to life. Inspired by the romantic…
“A poetry of lived quotidian experience that gradually becomes an epic... is simply beautiful. A masterpiece.” - L'Unità While Christopher Nolan has given us the bombastic big-budget version of The Odyssey, Italian filmmaker Franco Piavoli's Nostos: The Return sits at…