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3 IRON (2004)

Certification15 Our Rating

Tae-suk is never short of a place to stay, and every place provides a revelation, none more so than the house of a rich business man. Tae-suk enters the homes of strangers while they are away, stays for a short time, leaves the place immaculate and then moves on, but in this house he discovers Sun-hwa, the abused wife of its owner and in a break from his solitary existence Tae-suk decides to take her with him. 3 Iron is a ravishing tale of romance in both its execution and imagery. Tender, restr find out more...

Certification18 Our Rating

Coining the new term 'action noir' in Korea, director Kim Ji-woon follows up his extraordinary features A Quiet Family and A Tale Of Two Sisters with this blackly comic thriller. Lee Byeong-heon stars as sartorially elegant Sun-woo, a unique character with a curious lifestyle - he's not only the proprietor of a hotel bar but also the right-hand man to the powerful gang leader, Mr Kang. When Kang suspects that his beautiful young mistress Hee-soo might be messing around with another man, he enlis find out more...

Certification15 Our Rating

Two sisters, Su-mi and Su-yeon, return from a stay in a psychiatric hospital to the home they share with their father and wicked stepmother. Disturbing and inexplicable events soon begin to occur, strange noises, hallucinations, disembodied footsteps on the stairs all combine to stretch tensions within this already volatile family unit to breaking point. Are these phenomena a product of the sisters' disturbed minds, is it their stepmother cruelly tormenting them or could there be something more find out more...
ADDICTED (2002)

Certification12 Our Rating

Dae-jin and his brother Ho-jin are as close as brothers can be. Hurriedly on the way to the car race in which his brother is competing, Ho-jin is killed while, simultaneously, Dae-jin is critically injured in a track incident. After waking up from a long coma Dae-jin unerringly takes on the entire habits as well as the looks of his worshipped brother. Matters escalate after he falls into an addictive tryst with Ho-jin's wife that goes far beyond a brother and sister-in-law relationship... find out more...

Certification18 Our Rating

Kim Ki-Duk remains one of the world's most enigmatic directors, whether you love or hate all of his films, or just some of them, you can only but admire their audacity. Animals, and how they are treated, remain important symbols, perverted sex, mutilation and violence again play their part, but as art? And love appears to be an unobtainable need, hence the title - unwanted here please return to sender. Arthouse stuff this. find out more...
AUDITION (2000)

Certification18 Our Rating

A middle-aged widower enters a relationship with a beautiful, docile, doll-like younger girl. The film starts slowly, just vague hints to leave you a little uneasy, but you are like a fish on a hook and you will be landed as this women's revenge film, perhaps the nastiest most disturbing horror ever made, will leave unforgettable images etched in your mind forever. find out more...
BAD GUY (2001)

Certification18 Our Rating

Taking place in modern day Korea, a mobster spots a young student in a crowd and is instantly smitten. Consumed by his desire the man traps the girl into prostitution and watches lustily as she is physically degraded and abused. As time progresses and the young woman becomes accustomed to the cards life has unexpectedly dealt her so the relationship between master and servant slowly begins to turn, morphing into a dark and doomed tale of love. Bad Guy is an explicit and violent journey, emotiona find out more...

Certification15 Our Rating

Nong Toom has become one of the very best at his particular discipline, the ancient martial art of Muay Thai, but unlike many of his fellow combatants, Nong is in search of more than just fame and fortune. In the perfection of his art Nong hopes to find the financial means by which he can redefine his very sexuality. Based on a true story, Beautiful Boxer is a bone crunching display of its art, though, perhaps, some of the emotional subtleties have been lost in between the stunningly choreograph find out more...

Certification15 Our Rating

Lin Yuezhen is in love with swimming star and school heartthrob Zhang Shihao. She's far too shy to approach him and instead asks her best friend Meng Kerou to act as a go-between. Kerou reluctantly agrees but whenever Shihao appears Yuezhen flees. Shihao can only conclude that Kerou is using an imaginary character to court him but she has her sights set elsewhere. An insightful and original coming of age drama. find out more...

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At the peak of her international career, Maria Enders is asked to perform in a revival of the play that made her famous twenty years ago. But back then she played the role of Sigrid, an alluring young girl who disarms and eventually drives her boss Helena to suicide. Now she is being asked to step into the other role, that of the older Helena. She departs with her assistant to rehearse in Sils Maria; a remote region of the Alps. A young Hollywood starlet with a penchant for scandal is to take find out more...