Jan 21, 2018
96 min
Full-HD

Shirkers (2018)

In 1992, teenager Sandi Tan shot Singapore's first indie road movie with her enigmatic American mentor Georges – who then vanished with all the footage. Twenty years later, the 16mm film is recovered, sending Tan, now a novelist in Los Angeles, on a personal odyssey in search of Georges' vanishing footprints.

Category

Documentary

Country

United Kingdom United States of America

Companies

Cinereach Doc Society

Sandi Tan

Self

Sophia Siddique Harvey

Self

Georges Cardona

Self (archive footage)

Philip Cheah

Self

Jasmine Ng Kin Kia

Self

Stephen Tyler

Self

Recommended For You

Documentary
2015
Movie

Angel of Nanjing

Angel of Nanjing

6.8
2015

The Yangtze River Bridge in Nanjing is one of the most famous bridges in China. It is also the most popular place in the world to commit suicide. For the past 11 years Chen Si has been patrolling this bridge, looking to provide aid for those who've gone there to end their lives. Incredibly, he has saved over 300 people since he began - nearly one every two weeks.

Genre : Documentary

Comedy
2013
Movie

Marc Maron: Thinky Pain

Marc Maron: Thinky Pain

7.2
2013

Marc Maron returns to his old stomping grounds for an intimate special in which he takes stock of himself. More than ever, Maron is raw and hilariously honest as he dissects his own neuroses and self-loathing while providing outrageous anecdotes from his personal life, in which he starts to realize the hurt isn't real, it's just "Thinky Pain."

Documentary
2018
Movie

Black Sheep

Black Sheep

7.2
2018

After the high-profile killing of Damilola Taylor, Cornelius' family move out of London. But when they discover their new town is run by racists, Cornelius takes a drastic step to survive.

Genre : Documentary

Family
2019
Movie

Cemara's Family

Cemara's Family

8.1
2019

After bankruptcy, Abah and Emak must adapt to a new life with their children in a remote village.

Drama
2018
Movie

Pity

Pity

6.5
2018

The story of a man who feels happy only when he is unhappy: addicted to sadness, with such need for pity, that he’s willing to do everything to evoke it from others. This is the life of a man in a world not cruel enough for him.

Drama
2015
Movie

Margarita with a Straw

Margarita with a Straw

6.9
2015

A rebellious young woman with cerebral palsy leaves India to study in New York. On her journey of self-discovery, she unexpectedly falls in love.

Documentary
2018
Movie

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

7.2
2018

As his life comes to its end, famous Hollywood director Orson Welles puts it all on the line at the chance for renewed success with the film The Other Side of the Wind.

Genre : Documentary

Comedy
1998
Movie

Slums of Beverly Hills

Slums of Beverly Hills

6.3
1998

In 1976, a lower-middle-class teenager struggles to cope living with her neurotic family of nomads on the outskirts of Beverly Hills.

Drama
2018
Movie

The Happy Prince

The Happy Prince

6.4
2018

In 1895, Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was the most famous writer in London, and Bosie Douglas, son of the notorious Marquess of Queensberry, was his lover. Accused and convicted of gross indecency, he was imprisoned for two years and subjected to hard labor. Once free, he abandons England to live in France, where he will spend his last years, haunted by memories of the past, poverty and immense sadness.

History
2015
Movie

The Look of Silence

The Look of Silence

7.8
2015

An optician grapples with the Indonesian mass killings of 1965-1966, during which his older brother was exterminated.

Genre : History

Comedy
2005
Movie

The Weather Man

The Weather Man

6.1
2005

A Chicago weather man, separated from his wife and children, debates whether professional and personal success are mutually exclusive.

Documentary
2011
Movie

Samsara

Samsara

8.1
2011

Filmed over nearly five years in twenty-five countries on five continents, and shot on seventy-millimetre film, Samsara transports us to the varied worlds of sacred grounds, disaster zones, industrial complexes, and natural wonders.

Genre : Documentary

Animation
1999
Movie

My Neighbors the Yamadas

My Neighbors the Yamadas

7
1999

The Yamadas are a typical middle class Japanese family in urban Tokyo and this film shows us a variety of episodes of their lives. With tales that range from the humorous to the heartbreaking, we see this family cope with life's little conflicts, problems, and joys in their own way.

Genre : Animation

Drama
2008
Movie

Two Lovers

Two Lovers

6.8
2008

A depressed man moves back in with his parents following a recent heartbreak and finds himself with two women.

Comedy
2005
Movie

The Squid and the Whale

The Squid and the Whale

6.9
2005

Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, The Squid and the Whale tells the touching story of two young boys dealing with their parents' divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980s.

Drama
1993
Movie

Menace II Society

Menace II Society

7.5
1993

A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.

Drama
2021
Movie

Annette

Annette

6.8
2021

The story of Henry, a stand-up comedian with a fierce sense of humour and Ann, a singer of international renown. In the spotlight, they are the perfect couple, healthy, happy, and glamourous. The birth of their first child, Annette, a mysterious girl with an exceptional destiny, will change their lives.

Horror
2009
Movie

The Stepfather

The Stepfather

5.8
2009

Michael Harding returns home from military school to find his mother happily in love and living with her new boyfriend, David. As the two men get to know each other, Michael becomes more and more suspicious of the man who is always there with a helpful hand. Is he really the man of her dreams or could David be hiding a dark side?