CATHARSIS

La Femme cachée

April 2012 •French

Marc Delvaux, a famous retired police commissioner, lives alone in a large building in the Lyon countryside on the banks of the Saône. When a lawyer friend asks him to house Emma for a while, a young woman who has to testify, he accepts without suspecting that he has just signed his return to the field.

Shinjuku Boy Detectives

April 1998 •Japanese

In the streets of ultra-modern Shinjuku, Sosuke, a young would-be detective, all of a sudden attacked by a monster robot and falls unconscious. Determined to unravel the mystery, Sosuke joins forces with four members to fight against the robot. Will they be successful?

If U Care...

September 2002 •

Gino, a selfish trickster who works for a design firm where he routinely steals ideas and spars with his co-workers. Gino gets into a traffic accident and savds by his childhood love, Gillian, who's now a fireman. Being a fireman was actually Gino's childhood wish, but somewhere along the way he became a scum. Gino discovers that he has the ability to feel the emotions of those he touches. He uses the power for petty selfish reasons until a life-changing incident causes him to mend his ways.

Afterimages

September 2014 •English

A group of film students burn paper effigy cameras for the wandering spirits during the ghost month in Singapore and receive a collection of horror movies in return.

The Ghost and Us

June 2009 •English

Laura's thrilled with her new boyfriend, not so thrilled that his house is haunted by the ghost of his dead wife. But when she finally decides enough is enough, it turns out playing ghost buster is harder than she thought. Over a night that includes microwave s'mores and a shoot-out with holy water, Laura has to ask herself--how do you exorcise a ghost whose name is on the lease?

Autumn Lights

October 2016 •English

An American photographer adrift in a remote Icelandic community becomes entangled in the lives of a mysterious European couple.

The Cycle

January 2003 •English

A naked, blood-soaked man throws a corpse into a dimly lit basement. The cadaver lands against another body.

Alice's Misadventures in Wonderland

September 2004 •English

A contemporary remake of Lewis Carroll's classic "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", Alice finds herself bored and fed up with the world around her. When she is offered the chance to know all the answers to all her life's questions, she takes it, and falls deep into the demented world of Wonderland.

The Silence

September 2006 •English

A police officer reassigned to curate a photography exhibition finds links between a series of murders.

Thiruvilayadal

July 1965 •Tamil

The Hindu god Shiva gives a sacred mango fruit, brought by the sage Narada, to his elder son Vinayaka as a prize for outsmarting his younger brother Muruga in a competition. Angry with his father, Muruga leaves home for Palani. He meets Avvaiyar, one of his devotees, along the way. Despite her attempts to convince Muruga to return to Mount Kailash, he remains adamant about his decision to leave his family. His mother, the goddess Parvati, arrives there and tells the stories of four of Shiva's divine games to calm Muruga.

Red Sword

March 2012 •Japanese

Sexy sword-fighter Beniko battles a pack of lecherous wolf-men in this "pinku eiga" version of the Little Red Riding Hood fairy tale.

The Cobbler

September 2014 •English

Max Simkin repairs shoes in the same New York shop that has been in his family for generations. Disenchanted with the grind of daily life, Max stumbles upon a magical heirloom that allows him to step into the lives of his customers and see the world in a new way. Sometimes walking in another man's shoes is the only way one can discover who they really are.

Der kleine und der große Klaus

December 1971 •German

The Nine-Colored Deer

June 1981 •Chinese

In ancient times, a Persian merchant gets lost in a windstorm. Suddenly a spiritual deer of nine colors appears to guide the man. Later on, the deer rescues a man drowning in a river. In exchange, the man promises not to reveal the deer's whereabouts. The man reaches an imperial palace. The king insists on hunting down the spiritual deer down to make clothes out of the deer skin. The man gives in to his greed and leads an army of warriors to the spot. He falls into the river again, hoping the deer will show up to rescue him. This time, all the warriors' arrows turn into dust and the man is drowned

Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For

May 2000 •English

Jessica Fletcher, lecturing at a writers' conference, finds herself called on to solve the killing of a guest speaker, an arrogant Russian author who'd written a nonfiction, tell-all book about his tenure as head of the KGB.

Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man

May 2001 •English

Jessica Fletcher discovers a shocking old family secret that leads her on a journey to the deep South to bring to light the mysterious details surrounding the death of a slave owned by one of her long dead ancestors in the mid-1800s.

Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle

May 2003 •English

Jessica Fletcher is off to solve another murder mystery, this time in Ireland.

Dragon Hidden in a Mysterious Hole

February 2023 •Chinese

A suspenseful detective movie directed by Guo Yulong and starring Zhu Zixiao. When the "ghost ship" entered Hong Kong, the boss wanted to close the case with "Water Bandit Rebellion" in order to protect Mingzhe's safety, but Di Renjie faintly felt that something was wrong. The grand ceremony is just around the corner, and people in Chang'an are panic-stricken. The empress ordered Shen Ming, the head of the Dali Temple, to close the case within three days. Shen Ming had no choice but to put the pressure on Di Renjie to solve the case. Leng Jiyue, the chief of the water supervision department, also joined in, and met Duan Yan, an old acquaintance, on the "ghost ship" where the incident occurred. The three went to the "Xiacheng" of Chang'an Intelligence Center to obtain information. After exploring all the way, the two underground forces in Chang'an finally found the place where the secret is hidden--the cloud cave.

Summer War

Invalid date •Spanish

The peaceful summer holiday of a US champion of the board game Third Reich is shattered when a tourist mysteriously disappears at sea.

Masquerade

December 1967 •Tagalog

Danny Zialcita's mystery thriller