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Your search by 'Mystery' identified 7 films

Entanglement
Poland , 2011 , 128 min. Facing a murder case with only unlikely suspects and no motives, Cracow-based prosecutor Agata Szacka stumbles upon the skeletons in the closet of the former Communist regime. Polish director Jacek Bromski adapts his thriller from a crime novel in which few are truly innocent.... more
Fragomeni, the Last Round
Italy , 2011 , 13 min. A TV reporter goes to a hospital to interview an old man who has been mugged and injured. But once there, he finds that deadlines may take a backseat to the truth.... more
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
Turkey , 2011 , 157 min. Turkish filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Three Monkeys, SDFF31) returns to Denver with this deliberately paced legal and medical drama; centering on a single act of murder, it plays out as a challenging yet rewarding Dostoevskian meditation on good, evil, and human malaise.... more
Orbis Minor
USA , 2010 , 14 min. The effects of technological immersion on humans are contrasted in this experimental film. Through coded imagery, an expansive sound design, and four interviews with members of the Silent, Boomer, and Millennial Gen... more
Semper Fi: Always Faithful
USA , 2011 , 76 min. For 30 years, over a million soldiers lived at North Carolina’s Camp Lejeune, unaware of their exposure to toxic water—or its role in their illnesses. This searing documentary chronicles one Marine’s fight for justice after losing his nine-year–old daughter to leukemia.... more
Sennentuntschi: Curse of the Alps
Switzerland , 2010 , 110 min. High in the Alps, superstitions abound. But the legend of Sennentuntschi—a doll brought to life by the devil, only to brutally murder her makers—trumps them all. Policeman Reuch will soon discover that reality in his small Swiss village is far more disturbing than any shepherd’s tale.... more
Shame
United Kingdom , 2011 , 99 min. Handsome matinee idol Michael Fassbender portrays a helpless Manhattan sex addict in director Steve McQueen's disturbing (and unblinkingly graphic) study of a man being destroyed by his own desire. Carey Mulligan is his needy sister, who comes complete with some serious baggage of her own.... more