The film represents life in a godforsaken Russian village. The only way to reach the mainland is to cross the lake by boat Read More »
Tag Archives: 2000s
Morphine AKA Morfiy (2008) Aleksey Balabanov, Leonid Bichevin, Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Andrey Panin
The year is 1917. We are in the Russian countryside. It is the middle of freezing winter. Read More »
Bamako (2006) Abderrahmane Sissako, Aïssa Maïga, Tiécoura Traoré, Maimouna Hélène Diarra
Bamako. Melé is a bar singer, her husband Chaka is out of work Read More »
It Doesn’t Hurt Me AKA Mne ne bolno (2006) Aleksey Balabanov, Renata Litvinova, Aleksandr Yatsenko, Dmitriy Dyuzhev
Three young friends have all they need for a sterling life besides money. Read More »
Games of Clouds and Rain AKA Les jeux des nuages et de la pluie (2013) Benjamin de Lajarte, Simon Yam, Heling Li, Audrey Dana
Li Qin leaves her temperamental husband and unknowingly provides a trail for a detective who has been, for months, secretly devoted to her. Read More »
The Mountain AKA Dag (2012) Alper Caglar, Caglar Ertugrul, Ufuk Bayraktar, Firat Dogruloglu
A four man team sent from headquarters to repair a comm station suddenly falls into a terrorist ambush on the peaks of a mountain. Read More »
Love Exposure AKA Ai no mukidashi (2008) Sion Sono, Takahiro Nishijima, Hikari Mitsushima, Sakura Andô
Three emotionally abused people from the fringes of society get locked in a convoluted love triangle. Read More »
Whatever You Say AKA Mon idole (2002) Guillaume Canet, François Berléand, Diane Kruger
Young Bastien is very pleased when his hugely successful TV producer boss Jean-Louis Broustal Read More »
Straight Into Darkness (2004) Jeff Burr, Ryan Francis, Scott MacDonald, Linda Thorson
Western Europe, 1945. The gentle, thoughtful, and sensitive Losey and the mean, base Read More »
Mao’s Last Dancer (2009) Bruce Beresford, Chi Cao, Bruce Greenwood, Kyle MacLachlan
A drama based on the autobiography by Li Cunxin. At the age of 11, Li was plucked from a poor Chinese village Read More »
Machuca (2004) Andrés Wood, Matías Quer, Ariel Mateluna, Manuela Martelli
Santiago, capital of Chile during the Marxist government of elected, highly controversial president Salvador Allende. Read More »
Passing By AKA De Passagem (2003) Ricardo Elias, Lohan Brandão, Thiago de Mello, Wilma de Souza
Jefferson and Washington are brothers, and have a common friend, Kennedy, whom they’ve known since they were kids. Read More »
Night Train to Lisbon (2013) Bille August, Jeremy Irons, Mélanie Laurent, Jack Huston
This movie is about aging Swiss Professor Raimund Gregorius (Jeremy Irons) of classical languages who Read More »
Ode to Nothing AKA Oda sa wala (2018) Dwein Baltazar, Dido de la Paz, Anthony Falcon, Joonee Gamboa
Sonya, an old maid is about to give up on herself until one day Read More »
Lady Vampire AKA Nieng arp (2004) Kam Chanty, Sovan Makar, Dan Monika
Girl gets raped by gangsters. Gangsters kill boyfriend. Girl gets possessed by witch and becomes vampire. Read More »