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mad cats

The attempt of the good-for-nothing Taka to save his brother from a half-cat, half-woman cult fails. Only after an amazon with great fighting skills joins in, does he have a real chance. Can they stop the mutants' plan for world dominance in time? Embark on a crazy trip of fast cars, sharp claws, and tasty cat food in this first feature film by Reiki Tsuno, undoubtedly reminiscent of Japanese punk cinema.

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the animal kingdom

A mysterious disease gradually transforms people into animals. The creatures hide in the forest, including Émile's mother. In search of her, Émile penetrates deeper and deeper into the kingdom of the animals. In French director Thomas Cailley's atmospheric coming-of-age body horror, the forest is a place of longing for some, a threat for others. Romain Duris and Adèle Exarchopoulos star alongside young leading actor Paul Kircher with a penetrating gaze.

sympathy for the devil

On his way to the hospital to see his pregnant wife, James is stopped by a stranger with a gun who gets into his car. Not knowing where they are headed to, James drives frantically through the deserted, in neon-light drenched streets of Las Vegas by night. Nicolas Cage unleashes all his fury in this crazy, bloody trip directed by Yuval Adler, in which he faces a no less assertive Joel Kinnaman.

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nightman

After moving to the small Irish village and hometown of her husband, Damian, Alex feels alienated. The gunshots from the nearby forest scare her. On top of it, Damien starts sleepwalking. In NIGHTMAN, FrenchBelgian filmmaker Mélanie Delloye evokes in her second film and tense folk horror thriller a sinister atmosphere with an unerring intuition and using perfidious deceptive tactics. An unsettling, paranoid indie find!

the roundup: no way out

In his third case, in order to stop a brutal drug war in Seoul, Ma Seok-do, a not-so-squeamish cop, must face the Yakuza and a corrupt colleague. South Korean actor Ma Dong-seok, a somehow legit heir of fist swinger Bud Spencer, one of the stars of the zombie feast TRAIN TO BUSAN, is determined to reestablish order. THE ROUNDUP: NO WAY OUT is an even more brutal action spectacle than THE OUTLAWS and THE ROUNDUP.

god is a bullet

Nick Cassavetes directs an opera of blood and destruction in which Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Maika Monroe form a ferocious combo of revenge. Their mission against the members of a murderous sect who killed the ex-cop's wife and kidnapped his daughter, drags them deep into it, so they must determine how far they are willing to go to achieve their goal. GOD IS A BULLET stands true to its name, mercilessly hitting its target.

frontiers

Since a tragic accident that took her father's life, Diane has panic attacks – she thinks a ghost is on her heels. In this mystery thriller with western elements full of dark omens, no one can easily get past the women in the story – especially not a man. The loaded guns are always ready, the mood is correspondingly tense. In FRONTIERS, paranoia creeps up on you from all sides and stays in your bones for a long time.

mad fate

Can we stand up to fate? A mediocre fortune-teller makes it his mission to keep a young man with a bloodthirsty yearning from becoming a killer. LIMBO director Soi Cheang delves into the depths of the human soul with his trademark hard-boiled verve. Like all of this works, MAD FATE, again produced by Hong Kong cinema legend Johnnie To, is filled with dark humor, incredibly intense acting and an outstanding direction.

sakra

Donnie Yen directs himself in this rousing and tragic historical martial arts epic, with fight scenes beyond all imagination and gravity.

new religion

A camera can delve so much deeper into our intimacy than any touch. As is the case with call girl Miyabi: A client with an affinity for Polaroids plunges her straight into an unresolved trauma.