Three Seasons

1999

Vietnamese

♡ 4

77%

The residents of Ho Chi Minh City face modernization amid widespread poverty. A retired American Marine arrives on a search for his daughter, whom he abandoned at the end of the Vietnam War. Elsewhere, a cyclo driver falls for a troubled prostitute and schemes to raise money so he can spend time with her. Additionally, a young women begins harvesting lotuses for a writer suffering from leprosy, and a child trinket seller loses his traveling case.

Fall

1997

English

5.7

♡ 6

Eric Schaeffer Director

Roberta Maxwell as Joan Alterman

Scarlett Johansson as Little Girl

Jose Yenque as Scasse

Amaury Nolasco as Waiter

For Michael Shiver, life as an easy-going cab driver in New York suddenly changes when he picks up supermodel Sarah Easton and falls head over heels in love. But Sarah has more than just passion on her mind; she also has a husband and a glamorous lifestyle that she can't seem to leave behind. Torn between her feelings for Michael and the security of her marriage, Sarah is forced to make a realistic decision about the sacrifices that must be made to be truly and totally in love.

Lured

1947

English

7.0

♡ 11

100%

Douglas Sirk Director

Ethelreda Leopold as Blonde Nightclub Singer

George Ford as Concertgoer

Robert Coote as Detective

Alan Mowbray as Lyle Maxwell

Sandra Carpenter is a London-based dancer who is distraught to learn that her friend has disappeared. Soon after the disappearance, she's approached by Harley Temple, a police investigator who believes her friend has been murdered by a serial killer who uses personal ads to find his victims. Temple hatches a plan to catch the killer using Sandra as bait, and Sandra agrees to help.

The Kindergarten Teacher

2018

English

6.7

♡ 50

90%

Sara Colangelo Director

Rosa Salazar as Becca

Michael Chernus as Grant Spinelli

Anna Baryshnikov as Meghan

Carson Grant as Michael

Lisa Spinelli is a Staten Island teacher who is unusually devoted to her students. When she discovers one of her five-year-olds is a prodigy, she becomes fascinated with the boy, ultimately risking her family and freedom to nurture his talent.

Robin: Watch for Wishes

2018

English

5.5

♡ 10

Action

cape town, south africa

Kevin Schmutzler Director

Leni Speidel as Miriam Gerber

Hans Holzbecher as Officer Fischer

Benedikt Sebastian as Pilot

Grzegorz Stosz as Vladimir

A man of words is forced to become a man of action as John discovers the secret bucket list of his ill son Robin. The two abscond from the hospital to fulfill the boy's greatest wishes - as the police pursue John for kidnapping.

Softness of Bodies

2018

English

5.2

♡ 8

100%

Jordan Blady Director

Dasha Nekrasova as Charlotte Parks

Alexander Tschernek as Head application officer

Morgan Krantz as Oliver Ross

Nadine Dubois as Sylvie

An American poet living in Berlin hopes to win a prestigious grant while dealing with her former relationships, a rival poet, and her own penchant for stealing things.

Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love

1996

English

6.0

♡ 82

41%

Mira Nair Director

Ramon Tikaram as Jai Kumar

Indira Varma as Maya

Rahul Vohra as Royal Messenger

Achala Sachdev as Rupa

Tara and Maya are two inseparable friends in India. Their tastes, habits, and hobbies are the same. Years later, the two have matured, but have maintained their friendship. Tara gets married to the local prince, Raj Singh, who soon succeeds the throne as the sole heir. After the marriage, Raj gets bored of Tara and starts seeking another female to satisfy his sexual needs. He notices Maya and is instantly attracted to her. He has her included as one of his courtesans, and is intimate with her. Watch what happens when Tara finds out and the extent she will go to keep her marriage intact.

Muse

2017

English

5.4

♡ 50

14%

Jaume Balagueró Director

Christopher Lloyd as Bernard Rauschen

Joanne Whalley as Jacqueline

Stella McCusker as She Who Lies

Franka Potente as Susan Gilard

Samuel Salomon, a literature professor, has been off work for almost a year after the tragic death of his girlfriend. Samuel has been suffering from a recurring nightmare in which a woman is brutally murdered in a strange ritual. Suddenly, the same woman who appears every night in his dreams is found dead in exactly the same circumstances. Samuel sneaks into the crime scene and there he meets Rachel who has also dreamed about the murder. Together, they will do whatever they can to discover the identity of the mystery woman, entering a terrifying world controlled by the figures who have inspired artists throughout time: the Muses.

Papusza

2013

Polish

7.4

♡ 4

71%

Joanna Kos-Krauze Director

Jowita Budnik as Bronislawa Wajs 'Papusza'

Zbigniew Walerys as Dionizy Wajs

Antoni Pawlicki as Jerzy Ficowski

Andrzej Walden as Julian Tuwim

The rise and fall of the most distinguished Polish-Gypsy poetess Bronislawa Wajs, widely known as Papusza, and her relationship with her discoverer, writer Jerzy Ficowski.

The Beat

1988

English

5.3

♡ 3

Paul Mones Director

Reggie Rock Bythewood as Danny Lambeaux

John Savage as Frank Ellsworth

Pete Antico as Mr. Paginini

Markus Flanagan as Vis

A New York teacher indulges a mad high school poet who sees himself as a mythic hero.

Velvet Goldmine

1998

English

6.9

♡ 21

64%

Todd Haynes Director

Christian Bale as Arthur Stuart

Ewan McGregor as Curt Wild

Janet McTeer as Female Narrator

Toni Collette as Mandy Slade

Almost a decade since larger-than-life glam-rock enigma Brian Slade disappeared from public eye, an investigative journalist is on assignment to uncover the truth behind his former idol.

Blue Car

2002

English

6.6

♡ 5

81%

teacher student relationship

woman director

Karen Moncrieff Director

David Strathairn as Auster

Frances Fisher as Delia

Amy Benedict as Diner Waitress

Sarah Buehler as Georgia

Meg is a gifted but emotionally scarred 18-year-old who finds solace in writing poetry. Mr. Auster, her English teacher, recognizes her talent and encourages her to enter a national poetry contest. As tension at home escalates and Meg struggles to find a way to get to the poetry finals in Florida, Auster's role in her life becomes increasingly complex.

The Woman in the Fifth

2011

French

5.3

♡ 4

59%

Pawel Pawlikowski Director

Doug Rand as American Writer 1

Kristin Scott Thomas as Margit

Anne Benoît as Teacher

Ethan Hawke as Tom Ricks

An American writer moves to Paris to be closer to his daughter and finds himself falling immediately on hard times.

Dancing at the Blue Iguana

2000

English

5.7

♡ 10

22%

Michael Radford Director

Daryl Hannah as Angel

Jason Kravits as Gordon

Pete Gardner as Jerry

Jennifer Tilly as Jo

At the Blue Iguana, L.A.'s most notorious strip club, the lives of five exotic dancers converge, clash and ultimately bond over the course of one week.

The Moulin

2015

Japanese

6.8

♡ 1

Ya-li Huang Director

Yu-Tien Ho as Chang Dian-Liang

Poetry, literature, painting and old film clips converge in this lyrical, unusually designed film essay about Le Moulin, the Taiwanese poets’ collective which protested in the 1930s against the cultural superiority of the Japanese occupier and the domination of realism in poetry.

Window Horses

2016

English

6.7

♡ 4

92%

Ann Marie Fleming Director

Ellen Page as Kelly

Shohreh Aghdashloo as Mehrnaz

Omid Abtahi as Ramin

Sandra Oh as Rosie Ming

Rosie Ming, a young Canadian poet, is invited to perform at a Poetry Festival in Shiraz, Iran, but she’d rather be in Paris. She lives at home with her over-protective Chinese grandparents and has never been anywhere by herself. Once in Iran, she finds herself in the company of poets and Persians, all who tell her stories that force her to confront her past; the Iranian father she assumed abandoned her and the nature of Poetry itself. It’s about building bridges between cultural and generational divides. It’s about being curious. Staying open. And finding your own voice through the magic of poetry. Rosie goes on an unwitting journey of forgiveness, reconciliation, and perhaps above all, understanding, through learning about her father’s past, her own cultural identity, and her responsibility to it.

Elsa la rose

1966

French

6.7

♡ 5

Agnès Varda Director

Michel Piccoli as Récitant / Narrator

Louis Aragon as Self

Elsa Triolet as Self

Images and poems of the celebrated couple Louis Aragon and Elsa Triolet. Elsa’s youth as recalled by Aragon, with commentary by Elsa.

Wife! Be Like a Rose!

1935

Japanese

7.5

♡ 5

80%

Action

based on play or musical

Mikio Naruse Director

Toshiko Itô as Etsuko - Kimiko's mother

Sachiko Chiba as Kimiko Yamamoto

Kamatari Fujiwara as Shingo - Etsuko's brother

Chikako Hosokawa as Shingo's wife

Kimiko, a Tokyo white-collar working girl, lives with her serious, intellectual, haiku-writing mother. Kimiko seeks to marry her boyfriend but needs her absent father to act as the go-between and negotiate the marriage. Kimiko travels and finds her father living with a second family.

First Cousin Once Removed

2012

English

7.5

100%

Alan Berliner Director

Lila Putnam as

George Monterio as Self

Caryl Morris as Self

Cheryl Kaplan as Self

Filmmaker Alan Berliner documents his first cousin, the poet-translator Edwin Honig, as he succumbs to Alzheimer's.

Summertime

2020

English

6.3

♡ 5

80%

los angeles, california

Music

poetry

spoken word

Carlos López Estrada Director

Anna Osuna as Anna

Alyssa Kim as Diane

Doug Klinger as Music Video Director

Maia Mayor as Sophia

Over the course of a hot summer day in Los Angeles, the lives of 25 young Angelinos intersect. A skating guitarist, a tagger, two wannabe rappers, an exasperated fast-food worker, a limo driver—they all weave in and out of each other's stories. Through poetry they express life, love, heartache, family, home, and fear. One of them just wants to find someplace that still serves good cheeseburgers.

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Three Seasons

Fall

Lured

The Kindergarten Teacher

Robin: Watch for Wishes

Softness of Bodies

Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love

Muse

Papusza

The Beat

Velvet Goldmine

Blue Car

The Woman in the Fifth

Dancing at the Blue Iguana

The Moulin

Window Horses

Elsa la rose

Wife! Be Like a Rose!

First Cousin Once Removed

Summertime