Hōsei Komatsu

Rokkō Toura

Ichirō Shimizu

In a tide oblivious to diversity, pearl oysters live under attack for not fitting into the standards and sizes. This is the story of how their pearls are born.

Last Man Standing takes a look at Death Row and how L.A.’s street gang culture had come to dominate its business workings, as well as an association with corrupt LA police officers who were also gang affiliated. It would be this world of gang rivalry and dirty cops that would claim the lives of the world’s two greatest rappers: Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls.

As the disaster of yet another school shooting hits, some parents are faced with a brutal fact: their child was the one pulling the trigger.  Jeff Williams is the father of Andy, who in 2001, at the age of 15, shot and killed two classmates and wounded 13 other students. Andy, 25 at the time of filming, is now serving life in prison. Clarence Elliot’s son Nicholas shot and killed his teacher and wounded another in 1988. He too is serving life in prison. Sue Klebold’s son Dylan was one of the two teenagers behind the Columbine High School massacre in 1999, one of the deadliest school shootings in history. Dylan ended the shooting by committing suicide. Through the three parents' deeply personal stories and raw, honest testimony, the film explores multiple themes that emerge from terrible tragedies - guilt, failure, responsibility, sorrow, friendship and love.

Documentary based on archive material focusing on the dictatorial regimen in Portugal and its fall with the "Revolução dos Cravos" (Carnation Revolution), in 1974, after 48 years of Salazarism.

Produced for the Criterion Collection in 2018, the documentary features actors Peter Gallagher, Andie MacDowell, and Laura San Giacomo discussing their work with director Steven Soderbergh on his first feature, and the ways that the film transformed their careers.