In the heyday of the jute industry, millions of people in Bengal made their living doing this laborious work, which has hardly changed since the industrial revolution. The 100-year-old machinery has been endlessly repaired. State aid kept this sustainable alternative to plastic going, but its future looks bleak. In beautifully composed shots, Nishtha Jain (Gulabi Gang [2012], Lakshmi and Me [2007]) shows the last vestiges of the industry. She follows the entire production chain, from cutting and drying the reed along the river to weaving in two of the biggest mills in the area. Along endless rows of antique looms, the air thick with dusty fibers, workers carry out their routine work. Accidents and jammed machines are commonplace; workers’ faces reveal the exhaustion of a lifetime of labour. Meanwhile, the union is fighting for a minimum wage equivalent to 250 US dollars a month. During their break, the workers speak out. “Nowadays nobody cares about quality, just more production,” says one. Not long afterwards, one of the mills closes its doors after more than a hundred years.

2022 film directed by Sara Dosa

2022 Taiwanese film

An LA vampire hunter has a week to come up with the cash to pay for his kid's tuition and braces. Trying to make a living these days just might kill him.

At Lumon Industries, employees undergo "severance," a procedure dividing their work and personal memories. Mark, a grieving team leader, begins to uncover the dark secrets of the company, forcing him and his coworkers to confront questions of identity, free will, and corporate control.

This quick-witted spy drama follows a dysfunctional team of MI5 agents—and their obnoxious boss, the notorious Jackson Lamb—as they navigate the espionage world’s smoke and mirrors to defend England from sinister forces.

Young actress Rosalie Chiang lends her voice to Mei Lee, a 13-year-old who suddenly “poofs” into a giant red panda when she gets too excited (which is practically ALWAYS). Sandra Oh voices Mei Lee’s protective, if not slightly overbearing mother, Ming, who is never far from her daughter—an unfortunate reality for the teenager. Directed by Shi and produced by Lindsey Collins, Disney and Pixar’s “Turning Red” is now streaming exclusively on Disney+.

A modern action adventure road story where a 17-year-old girl named Suzume helps a mysterious young man close doors from the other side that are releasing disasters all over in Japan.

For employees of Cognito Inc., conspiracies aren’t just theories, they’re a full time grind. INSIDE JOB is a peek inside the actual Deep State, as one woman manages the chaotic office of lovable morons secretly controlling the world.

2022 film directed by Shūichi Okita

2022 film directed by Kei Ishikawa

大学生青山霜介（横滨流星 饰）在打工的地方与水墨画实现了命运的邂逅。霜介沉浸在深深的悲伤中，一幅用黑白两色描绘的水墨画在他面前展开，他的世界从此改变了。在巨匠筱田湖山（三浦友和 饰）的邀请下，他走进了水墨画的世界。霜介虽然对仅用线条描绘的水墨世界感到困惑，但还是被深深吸引住了。

2022 film directed by Elvis Lu

2022 Japanese animated film by Takehiko Inoue

2022 film directed by Saeed Roustayi

A female detective investigates the cause of a high school girl’s death and uncovers a disturbing truth.

2022 film directed by Tomoki Kanazawa

2022 film directed by Signe Baumane

2022 film directed by Pierre Földes

Defying the state legislature that outlawed abortion, the Catholic Church that condemned it, and the Chicago Mob that was profiting from it, the members of “Jane” risked their personal and professional lives to support women with unwanted pregnancies. In the pre-Roe v. Wade era — a time when abortion was a crime in most states and even circulating information about abortion was a felony in Illinois — the Janes provided low-cost and free abortions to an estimated 11,000 women.