China's eminent filmmaker returns with an exquisite documentary/fiction hybrid examining the still lives inhabiting a Chinese factory-city being dismantled for luxury apartment houses. Through both real and staged interviews, residents and workers reveal how its walls have come to embody China's modern history. With Joan Chen. More...

A moving examination of the ways in which poverty and old age marginalize Filipino citizens, ADELA is also a tribute to its remarkable lead actress, Anita Linda, a celebrated veteran of Filipino cinema. Linda brings great humor, wisdom, and world-weariness to the role of an isolated woman preparing for her 80th birthday. More...

The acclaimed filmmaker of HUSH and LIKE GRAINS OF SAND returns with this look at one not-so-in-love couple living through a volatile decade. Part absurdist comedy, romantic drama and acute illustration of a dysfunctional society, but pure, gorgeous cinema. More...

An ex-cop-turned-pimp matches wits with an impassive serial killer in this gritty thriller, a sleeper hit in South Korea that combines OLDBOY, SE7EN, and ZODIAC in its atmospheric set designs, cat-and-mouse twists and cop-versus-criminal mind games. More...

Zhou Xun (BEIJING BICYCLE; SUZHOU RIVER) is a lovelorn, chain-smoking cab driver on the hunt for her ever-elusive boyfriend in this quick-witted dark comedy set in Kunming. Director Cao Baoping (TROUBLE MAKERS) won San Sebastian's New Directors Award for this tale of a China of lovers, crooks and cops. More...

Sex, violence and detention fill the lives of seven high-school boys in HIGH NOON, a stunning debut by 24-year-old Heiward Mak. Seen as nothing more than trash, they go through their days causing trouble everywhere, but soon realize the consequences might be a price they can't afford. More...

Priyadarshan, the famed director of such Bollywood hits as VIRASAT and GARAM MASALA, returns to his South Indian roots with KANCHIVARAM, a Tamil CITIZEN KANE that combines Bollywood flair, social commitment and film-noir grit to follow one man's political awakening among India's exploited silk-weavers. If you're ready to move a bit beyond Bollywood, this is the film to see. More...

Two teenage boys come to terms with their own affections (and one's family tragedy) in this groundbreaking gay romance. This family drama/teen love story/ pop-culture phenomenon won most of Thailand's best-film awards, and ignited a frenzy of web-blogs, message boards, and online fan fiction that continued the narrative. More...

Young hipsters Chun and Taki are taking different routes to love: Chun through a succession of dorky skateboarders and self-obsessed poets, Taki in a series of brief flings with punk lesbians. When they finally meet, will they discover what they're looking for...Singer-turned-director Peng Lei (of famed Beijing new-wavers New Pants) delivers a raw, profound look at dating and loneliness among China's young generation. More...

A spectacular, all-out charmer starring Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan. When the timid Suri (Khan) creates a swaggering, tight-jean-wearing alter-ego to charm a woman who has confessed she can never love again, can unconditional love—and a reality dance contest—rekindle her broken heart? More...

A woman undergoes a fantastical transformation. A monstrous sewer-dweller terrorizes the streets. And a pizza delivery rocks an isolated man's world. Three irresistibly quirky takes on the world's most surreal city from international masters Michel Gondry (ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND), Leos Carax (POLA X) and Bong Joon-ho (THE HOST). More...