
"Matsunoyu" is a public bathhouse run by a young widow named Shino. With advice from her late husband's friend, Tanihara, Shino starts a new service to attract more customers. The service involves customers accumulating points, after which Shino will wash the bodies of male customers, and Takizawa, a handsome boiler technician, will wash the bodies of female customers.
John Fawcett’s "Ginger Snaps" intertwines the lore of the werewolf to the hellish experience of a young girl going through puberty.
Some people’s first introduction to Mira Nair might be as New York mayor Zohran Mamdani’s mom. But with her insightful direction of 1991’s Mississippi Masala, Nair shows how much she deserves to be known as an artist. Delivering a nuanced portrait of a romance between a Black man and an Indian woman living in the South, Nair explores the complications each character faces, giving both equal weight.
Carolina Caroline follows Caroline (Samara Weaving), a bored young woman dreaming of escaping a small Texas town where nothing ever happens. When she meets Oliver (Kyle Gallner) at her workplace while he is conning the owner, she sees her perfect opportunity to get out. Their whirlwind romance strongly echoes Bonnie and Clyde, as the two quickly embark on a bank-robbing spree.
The 'Shaft' remake fails to capture blaxpoitation's rebellious spirit.