Sanctified (2022)

A demonic leprechaun terrorizes a group of young people whom he believes stole his gold.

When the Solomons trade in the craziness of big-city life for the quiet of a North Dakota farm, little do they expect the nightmare that follows. Soon after arriving, teenage Jess (Kristen Stewart) and her younger brother see terrifying apparitions and endure attacks from a supernatural source. Jess must warn her disbelieving family before it is too late to save them.

　アメリカ中北部の田舎町を舞台に、偽装誘拐が引き起こす惨劇とそれに関わる人々の奇妙な姿を描いたユニークな犯罪ドラマ。 　ミネソタ州ミネアポリスに住むカー・ディーラーのジェリー・ランディガード（Ｗ・Ｈ・メイシー）は借金返済のために自分の妻ジーンを誘拐し、会社のオーナーでもある義父から身代金をいただこうと考えた。誘拐を実行するのは、前科者の従業員から紹介された妙な二人組、カール（Ｓ・ブシェミ）とグリムスラッド（Ｐ・ストーメア）。だがジーンを自宅から誘拐した二人は、隣町ブレイナードまで逃げたところで、停車を命じた警官と目撃者を射殺してしまう。ブレイナードの女性警察署長マージ・ガンダーソン（Ｆ・マクドーマンド）は事件を追ってミネアポリスに赴くが、その間にも狂い始めた誘拐計画は次々と犠牲者を産んでいく……。 　コーエン兄弟はその特異な作風で知られる、８０～９０年代アメリカ・インディペンデント映画界の雄だが、この作品はその真価がもっとも発揮された一編と言っていいだろう。実話を基にしているとはいえ、ほとんどは創作だというストーリー自体の面白さももちろんだが、個々のキャラクターのおかしさとさりげなくも効果的な台詞の数々は、ドラマの完成度を極限まで高めている。雪に覆われた白い町で起こる血みどろの物語。まさに“白のフィルム・ノワール”と呼んでもいい。カンヌ映画祭で監督賞に輝いただけでなく、アカデミーでは主演女優賞と脚本賞も獲得した逸品。

1863年、南北戦争の激戦地。その自殺的行為から英雄となり、殊勲者として勤務地を選ぶ権利を与えられたジョン・ダンバーは、かねてより興味を持っていたダコダにあるセッジウィック砦を望んだ。彼は、愛馬シスコと野性の狼と共に、不思議に満ち足りた日々を送り始める。そんなある日、ふとした事からインディアンたちと交流を深めるようなったダンバーは、やがて、インディアンに育てられた白人女性と恋に落ちる。

1963年、モンタナ州の牧場。元保安官のジョージ・ブラックリッジと妻のマーガレットは、落馬の事故で息子のジェームズを失う。３年後、未亡人として幼い息子のジミーを育てていた義理の娘のローナが、ドニー・ウィボーイと再婚。暴力的なドニーがローナとジミーを連れてノースダコタ州の実家に引っ越したと知ったマーガレットは、義理の娘と孫を取り戻すことを決意する。しかしジョージとマーガレットを待ち受けていたのは、暴力と支配欲ですべてを仕切る異様な女家長、ブランシュ・ウィボーイだった……。

Based on a true story, this riveting western follows a headstrong New York widow as she journeys west to meet Sioux chief Sitting Bull, facing off with an army officer intent on war with Native Americans.

Once a rising star of the rodeo circuit, and a gifted horse trainer, young cowboy Brady is warned that his riding days are over after a horse crushed his skull at a rodeo. In an attempt to regain control of his own fate, Brady undertakes a search for a new identity and what it means to be a man in the heartland of the United States.

It is 1879 in the Dakota Territories, a band of men who set out to find and recover a family of settlers that has mysteriously vanished from their home. Expecting the offenders to be a band of fierce natives, but they soon discover that the real enemy stalks them from below.

ジェームス・ディーンに憧れる25歳の男が15歳の少女と出会う。交際を禁じられたため、彼女の父親を殺し、2人は逃避の旅に出る。鬼才テレンス・マリックが作り上げた、日本未公開のカルト劇。

東京で暮らす29歳のOLクミコは、親しい友人も恋人もおらず孤独な毎日を過ごしていた。そんな彼女の唯一の楽しみは、コーエン兄弟の映画「ファーゴ」を見ること。冒頭の「本作は実話に基づく」というテロップを信じ込み、スティーブ・ブシェーミ演じる登場人物が大金を埋める場面を繰り返し見てはその場所を想像するのだった。ある日、会社のクレジットカードを預かったクミコは、そのカードを使って旅費を支払い、映画の舞台となった都市ファーゴへと向かう。

A paleontologist gets a tip from an oil worker in the Badlands that may set her career back on track.

For years, Ollie has illicitly helped the struggling residents of her North Dakota oil boomtown access Canadian health care and medication. When the authorities catch on, she plans to abandon her crusade, only to be dragged in even deeper after a desperate plea for help from her sister.

Two years after the discovery of "Sue," the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton found to date, government officials seize the remains and claim that "Sue" was stolen from federal land.

In Red Canyon, Regina and Devon return to their family home in the badlands of Utah to face the memory of a brutal attack - and put it behind them. But in coming home they awaken a killing rage in a town where everyone has ties that bind.

Desperate, broken men chase their dreams and run from their demons in the North Dakota oil fields. A local Pastor's decision to help them has extraordinary and unexpected consequences.

In September 2012, the tiny prairie town of Leith, North Dakota, sees its population of 24 grow by one. As the new resident's behavior becomes more threatening, tensions soar, and the residents desperately look for ways to expel their unwanted neighbor.

Three outlaws come to the aid of a young girl after her father is killed.

A chronicle of legendary Native American poet/activist John Trudell's travels, spoken word performances and politics.

In 1871, professional gambler John Devlin elopes with Sandra "Sandy" Poli, daughter of Marko Poli, an immigrant who has risen to railroad tycoon. Sandy, knowing that the railroad is to be extended into Dakota, plans to use their $20,000 nest egg to buy land options to sell to the railroad at a profit. On the stage trip to Ft. Abercrombie, their fellow passengers are Jim Bender and Bigtree Collins, who practically own the town of Fargo and Devlin is aware that they are prepared to protect the little empire... trying to drive out the farmers by burning their property, destroying their wheat, and blaming the devastation on the Indians. Continuing their journey north on the river aboard the "River Bird', Sandy and John meet Captain Bounce, an irascible old seafarer. Two of Bendender's henchmen, Slagin and Carp, board the boat and relieve John of his $20,000 at gunpoint. Captain Bounce, chasing the robber's dinghy..

Nightclub singer Joan Gordon runs away from her gangster boyfriend to become a mail-order bride to a struggling North Dakota farmer. Their relationship has a rocky start, but just as Joan realizes she's developing feelings for her husband, her old boyfriend arrives to win her back.