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"Haunting… drenched in otherworldly visual splendor." @Slant_Magazine

THE PIANO TUNER OF EARTHQUAKES, directed by the Quay Brothers, is a dreamlike fairy-tale blending opera, gothic fantasy, and mechanical automatons.

#nowstreaming/dreaming on OVID courtesy @KimStimFilms

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"Haunting… drenched in otherworldly visual splendor." @Slant_Magazine

THE PIANO TUNER OF EARTHQUAKES, directed by the Quay Brothers, is a dreamlike fairy-tale blending opera, gothic fantasy, and mechanical automatons.

#nowstreaming/dreaming on OVID courtesy @KimStimFilms

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Masashi Yamamoto's ROBINSON'S GARDEN🌱
Japan's answer to Jarmusch tells the story of a woman who sells her belongings and retreats from the world. Lensed by Tom DiCillo (Johnny Suede).
**Winner, Special Mention @FilmFestLocarno 1987
#Nowstreaming on OVID courtesy @kani_releasing

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★★★★★ "If you watch one documentary about women's issues this year, it should be WOLOBOUGOU...

Stress, fear, beauty, and joy coat every moment of this fantastic documentary... Highly Recommended!!" @Video_Librarian

Now streaming ONLY on OVID courtesy @IcarusFilms

[Nonfics @nonfics]

For Tilda Swinton's birthday, we recommend watching '‘The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger,' an anthology film co-written and co-directed by and featuring the iconic actress. It's streaming on OVID. Find out more about it in our review: https://t.co/qXTbJZ19kq

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huge honor to see my Robert Kramer article translated into Spanish for Jacobin América Latina, thanks and solidarity @TropTotTropTard!

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Happy Halloween Weekend! 🕸️

For you, two restored German horror gems: Henrik Galeen's ALRAUNE starring Brigitte Helm (Metropolis) + THE STUDENT OF PRAGUE, based on a short story by Edgar Allan Poe with Conrad Veidt (Casablanca).

Now screaming on OVID courtesy @DeafCrocodile

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"A bleak, rough-hewn nightmare… entirely realistic yet as frightening as a horror movie." —FictionMachine

Daisuke Miyazaki's techno-thriller VIDEOPHOBIA starring Sumire Ashina, Tomona Hirota and Shûgo Oshinari is now streaming on OVID courtesy Kani Releasing @kani_releasing

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"A bleak, rough-hewn nightmare… entirely realistic yet as frightening as a horror movie." —FictionMachine

Daisuke Miyazaki's techno-thriller VIDEOPHOBIA starring Sumire Ashina, Tomona Hirota and Shûgo Oshinari is now streaming on OVID courtesy Kani Releasing @kani_releasing

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DEAD MOUNTAINEER'S HOTEL 🕸️

Grigori Kromanov’s 1970s Euro giallo is based on a novel by Soviet authors Arkady and Boris Strugatsky (Stalker):

"An enduring cult item and one of Estonian cinema’s towering peaks." @NickPinkerton @Metrograph

Now streaming courtesy @DeafCrocodile

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This November, OVID exclusively premieres MELT, a "fascinating, unsentimental love letter to snow and icy landscapes" @Cineuropa where director Nikolaus Geyrhalter travels the world of melting glaciers @IcarusFilms
Check out the full lineup here! 🐧

https://t.co/tsc2KIWSQG

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Rest in Peace Ursula von Rydingsvard (July 26, 1942 – Oct 27, 2026) 💐
Best known for her monumental sculptures influenced by nature, URSULA VON RYDINGSVARD: INTO HER OWN is a fascinating glimpse into her life and process, streaming courtesy @IcarusFilms
https://t.co/IZgPwpH2wi

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Rest in Peace Ursula von Rydingsvard (July 26, 1942 – Oct 27, 2026) 💐
Best known for her monumental sculptures influenced by nature, URSULA VON RYDINGSVARD: INTO HER OWN is a fascinating glimpse into her life and process, streaming courtesy @IcarusFilms
https://t.co/IZgPwpH2wi

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Leaving this week October 31st! Don't miss BALLETS RUSSES, Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine's dazzling archival ode to the revolutionary twentieth-century dance troupe 🩰
https://t.co/js3F0NB3BL

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This November, OVID exclusively premieres MELT, a "fascinating, unsentimental love letter to snow and icy landscapes" @Cineuropa where director Nikolaus Geyrhalter travels the world of melting glaciers @IcarusFilms
Check out the full lineup here! 🐧

https://t.co/tsc2KIWSQG

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AGATHA'S ALMANAC by Amalie Atkins

"Spun with care, love and passionate attention." @highonfilms__

"CHARMING…endearing, even inspiring… a compendium of [Agatha] Bock’s green-thumb wisdom." @nytimes

** Best Canadian Feature Doc @HotDocs

Now on OVID courtesy @IcarusFilms 🌱

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AGATHA'S ALMANAC by Amalie Atkins

"CHARMING… endearing, even inspiring… in searing colors on 16-millimeter film… a compendium of [Agatha] Bock’s green-thumb wisdom." @nytimes

** Best Canadian Feature Doc @HotDocs

Now streaming ONLY on OVID courtesy @IcarusFilms 🌱🍓

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Will planting trees save the planet? If only it were that simple!

In TREEWASHING: THE PLANTING ILLUSION, François-Xavier Drouet exposes what drives reforestation campaigns.

"Fascinating!" @Telerama

Now streaming on OVID courtesy @IcarusFilms

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BLACK RABBIT, WHITE RABBIT

"Wildly ambitious, wryly comic." @Screendaily

The latest film from Iranian director Shahram Mokri is a mysterious M.C. Escher-like thriller:

"Mokri has transformed the Möbius strip into a cinematic form of its own." @ScreenAnarchy

Now on OVID ▶️