FRIENDS AND STRANGERS [DVD]Part absurdist comedy, part deep seated satire of contemporary Australia as experienced by the young and affluent, Friends and Strangers follows twenty somethings Ray and Alice as they navigate a series of increasingly awkward and comedic situations, from limp romantic encounters to bungled opportunities for professional growth. Once they have tacitly buried their vague ambitions, all that remains are half hearted attempts with equally indeterminate

growing anxiety over everything from rising rents to marching white nationalists

Playing with structure

• New Digital Restoration

a traveling knife sharpener and

Following in the footsteps of a long line of documentarians

"Over the past thirty years

is a documentary portrait par excellence

bringing us closer to the sound than was ever thought possible

In his remarkable second feature – winner of the Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award – Spanish-born filmmaker Antonio Méndez Esparza follows-up his debut drama Aquí y allá with another sensitive portrait of a struggling family

“Kugiuchi” Performed by Akio Suzuki

the lead actor from Araby

She is given a packet of letters left by Mori (Ryo Kase