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A memorable slice of countryside surrealism, Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl and Party 7 director Katsuhito Ishii’s ensemble family dramedy THE TASTE OF TEA premiered in Directors’ Fortnight during the Cannes Film Festival in 2004. It’s a charmingly odd film – a cult classic made more so in recent years by Third Window Films (who released the film on Blu-ray in the UK). The Taste of Tea now sees a new HD restoration overseen by its director – released theatrically today in North America from Film Movement. Ahead of the film’s re-release, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Ishii to discuss domestic dramas, arthouse positioning, and how that much-hyped Funky Forest sequel is coming along. Where does The Taste of Tea…

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The Spanish fantasy thriller Under Your Feet (Bajo tus pies) arrives in Spanish cinemas today and is currently on the festival circuit. One of its producers, our friend Guido Rud from Filmsharks, is bringing it to Marche du Film at Cannes in hopes of drumming up more international sales. Today they sent out a new international trailer and key art to help things along.    Under Your Feet had its World Premiere at Tallin Black Nights in 2025 and will have its North American Premiere at LALIFF 2026 at the end of the month. It was an award winner at Fantasporto in March, giving the Best Actress award to Maribel Verdú.    Check out the new international trailer below the announcement.    Ahead of it’s Cannes screening…

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Plus: ‘Amadeus,’ ‘The Chestnut Man S2,’ ‘Citadel S2.’

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Plus: ‘The Python Hunt,’ ‘Couples Weekend,’ ‘Neglected.’

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A group of young travelers are stranded on an island in the Pacific where they struggle to escape an evil presence that has been hidden from mankind for centuries.

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Dafne Keen, Sophie Nélisse, and Nick Frost star in Corin Hardy’s horror thriller, now streaming on Shudder.

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Nore is a self-styled femme fatale who refuses to spend a night alone — even if it means relying on strangers. Without a home of her own, she drifts from one pub rendezvous to the next, seducing admiring regulars. But one evening, when her charms fall flat, she runs into Jonna, a reserved medical student and former classmate. The key art for Hille Nordan’s erotic drama, Easy Girl, is a masterclass in contrast and tactility. Black and white skin, upside-down framing, and the nylon stocking at just the moment of tension where it hangs up on the heel. The soft focus, high-grain, earthy tones in the background provide ample negative space for the lipstick title typography, and a centred credit block, which eschews the typical…

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A new, Spanish horror shingle, Noir Hollow, will be introduced at the Marché du Film’s Fantastic Pavilion, where it will present its first feature film, The House of Monsters.

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For the big-brained talking sheep of director Kyle Balda (Despicable Me 3, Minions: The Rise of Gru, Minions) and writer Craig Mazin (The Last of Us, Chernobyl, The Hangover Parts II-III)’s adaptation of German author Leonie Swann’s 2005 novel Three Bags Full, The Sheep Detectives, heaven and hell don’t exist.   Neither does purgatory nor its equivalent. Instead, the sheep fervently believe not in death or dying per se, but in being reborn as clouds. It’s a comforting fiction they willingly embrace. Anything else, including the reality of sheep-as-food for human consumption, isn’t a reality they can face, let alone embrace.    Heavy thematically, no doubt, especially for a film marketed as an all-ages, family-oriented film, but it shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone familiar…

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Taweewat Wantha’s zesty new action thriller is heroic bloodshed through an abused Thai romantic lens.

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