The Mission

$14.95 | 88 minutes

After surviving a failed assassination attempt, a mob boss hires five expert killers as bodyguards to seek out his enemies. The five men become comrades but their friendships are put to the test in the line of duty. An acclaimed action thriller from the director of RUNNING OUT OF TIME&hellip…

The Personals

$21.95 | 104 minutes

The Taiwanese romantic comedy THE PERSONALS follows the often hilarious, sometimes sad meetings that a pretty young woman has with the men who respond to the ad that she placed in the personals section of the newspaper. Du Jiazhen (Rene Liu), the woman, is a young eye doctor on a mission to find a husband. After spontaneously putting&hellip…

The Wooden Man's Bride

$10.95 | 113 minutes

Jianxin Huang's THE WOODEN MAN'S BRIDE is a fascinating Taiwanese drama exploring the constricting bonds of tradition and patriarchy in a remote region of northwest China during the 1920s. Kui (Shih Chang) is a young peasant hired to be part of a caravan escorting a beautiful bride, known only as Young Mistress (Lan Wang), through the&hellip…

The World

$23.95 | 139 minutes

THE WORLD is writer-director Jia Zhang Ke's first "above ground" film, made with the cooperation of China's film bureau, following his previous trio of well-regarded independent works (PICKPOCKET, PLATFORM, and UNKNOWN PLEASURES), which were all banned in his native country. Moving the setting from the northern provinces where he grew&hellip…

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To Live

$11.95 | 133 minutes

When the irresponsible Xu Fugui loses his family's fortune during a gambling spree, he causes his loved ones incredible hardship. Fugui's father dies from a heart attack upon hearing the news, and his pregnant wife abandons him. Unable to put bread on the table, even for himself, Fugui works as a street vender, and when his wife notices&hellip…

Vive L'Amour

$10.95 | 117 minutes

Three hip Taipeians split a vacant condo for clandestine trysting. One, a depressed young gay man estranged from his family, squats in the flat when the other two, a cosmopolitan realtor and a salesman, aren't using it for an unemotional rendezvous. Winner of the Best Film award at the Venice Film Festival&hellip…

Yang Ban Xi - The Eight Model Works

$12.95 | 85 minutes

The Yang Ban Xi was the name given to a ballet/dance/musical group who produced a series of propaganda-spouting productions during the Cultural Revolution in China. Although times have changed and the Westernization of China has seen the power of the Yang Ban Xi diminish, the organization continues to perform. THE EIGHT MODEL WORKS takes&hellip…

Yi Yi (2000)

$34.95 | 173 minutes

Focusing on a typical family--parents, two children, and an elderly grandmother--living in a small apartment in Taipei, YI YI (A ONE AND A TWO) is about the patterns of daily life. It includes a wedding, a funeral, a first date, a last date, a birth, and a death. The film follows each member of the Jian family carefully, giving each one&hellip…

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