Berberian Sound Studio

2012

Peter Strickland

A sound engineer's work for an Italian horror studio becomes a terrifying case of life imitating art.

James Ferraro - Sushi - 2012

James Ferraro: gimlet-eyed cultural commentator, court jester, pesky provocateur.

Since his early days with The Skaters back in the mid Noughties, Ferraro’s cheap’n'cheerful dispatches from the hinterlands of pop culture have continued to confound. After his wildly prolific 2007-2010 run of cassette releases, Ferraro excelled himself with 2011′s wonderful muzak pastiche Far Side Virtual. Subsequent transmissions as Bebetune$ and BODYGUARD, meanwhile, have seen him knocking contemporary hip-hop tropes out of joint.

New LP Sushi is his straightest release in a while – like a sashimi platter, it condenses Ferraro’s various interests over the last few years into a series of accessible bite-sized packages. Ferraro borrows from Far Side Virtual‘s tinny sound palette, but leaves that record’s conceptual baggage the door; Silica Gel‘s ambient impulses are present and correct, but Sushi is substantially punchier. In Ferraro’s words: “Sushi is designer, Sushi is my obsessions, my darkness, it’s just my life squeezed into my music”

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Cloud Atlas

2012

Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski

An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution.

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Dupa dealuri - Beyond the Hills

2012

Cristian Mungiu

A drama centered on the friendship between two young women who grew up in the same orphanage; one has found refuge at a convent in Romania and refuses to leave with her friend, who now lives in Germany.

Samsara

2011

Ron Fricke

Filmed over nearly five years in twenty-five countries on five continents, and shot on seventy-millimetre film, Samsara transports us to the varied worlds of sacred grounds, disaster zones, industrial complexes, and natural wonders.

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I Am from Titov Veles

2007

Teona Strugar Mitevska

"Jas sum od Titov Veles" is a sad story of dissolving and decaying family.The rat race allows no love, no compassion, brings only confusion and destruction.

Toshio Saeki

Toshio Saeki is a Japanese artist and mangaka born in 1945 famous for his paintings and drawing focusing on erotica, violence, perversion, and bondage.

He has published numerous book and had gallery shows around the world. Saeki's paintings often feature men and women as well as demons, animals, corpses, and other creatures in various erotic or violent settings. His work has received warnings from the Japanese government, though it has never been officially banned. His works are collected avidly by erotic art fans in Japan, America, France, and other parts of the world. Saeki has said that he enjoys using his art to shock people and he doesn't really involve himself in the extreme activity of his best known works.