Adapted from Do?u Yücel’s supreme novel, Ghost Book, School takes place in a high school environment. Read More »
Tag Archives: 2000s
The Warrior and the Wolf AKA Lang zai ji (2009) Zhuangzhuang Tian, Joe Odagiri, Maggie Q, Tsung-Hua To
The disillusioned general of an ancient Chinese army regiment finds himself stranded in a village populated by a strange clan with mystical connections to wolves. Read More »
Lust, Caution AKA Se, jie (2007) Ang Lee, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Wei Tang, Joan Chen
Frustrated in his attempts to assassinate Yee, who is an important official in Japanese-ruled Shanghai Read More »
My Stills, 1952-2002 (2003) David Perlov
My Stills, 1952-2002, David Perlov’s last film, is based on his still photographs. Read More »
Lamb (2015) Yared Zeleke, Rediat Amare, Kidist Siyum, Welela Assefa
When Ephraim, an Ethiopian boy, is sent from his homeland to live with distant relatives, he takes his beloved sheep with him. Read More »
Before Summer Ends AKA Avant la fin de l’été (2017) Maryam Goormaghtigh, Arash, Ashkan, Hossein
After five years of study in Paris, Arash hasn’t adapted to French life and decides to return home to Iran. Read More »
My Dinner with Jimi (2003) Bill Fishman, Justin Henry, Royale Watkins, Jason Boggs
Howard Kaylan, a singer for the rock band The Turtles, is about to marry his girlfriend and his band is traveling to England Read More »
Coming and Going AKA Vai E Vem (2003) João César Monteiro, Rita Pereira Marques, Joaquina Chicau
Driven by his struggle against the illness that would ultimately prove fatal, Monteiro fervently devoted himself to his deeply personal last work Read More »
Crimson Gold AKA Talaye sorkh (2003) Jafar Panahi, Hossain Emadeddin, Kamyar Sheisi, Azita Rayeji
For Hussein, a pizza delivery driver, the imbalance of the social system is thrown in his face wherever he turns. Read More »
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008) Valerie Spencer, John Landis, Jonathan Kuntz
Various film historians, film makers, and cultural commentators discuss the cultural, political, economic Read More »
The Last Hammer Blow AKA Le dernier coup de marteau (2014) Alix Delaporte, Romain Paul, Clotilde Hesme, Grégory Gadebois
A 13-year old boy who lives with his single sick mom in a trailer near the beach Read More »
Luxurious Bone AKA Zeitaku na hone (2001) Isao Yukisada, Kumiko Asô, Tsugumi, Masatoshi Nagase
Two young women and a sex date who turns out to be an alright guy. Read More »
Regular Lovers AKA Les amants réguliers (2005) Philippe Garrel, Louis Garrel, Clotilde Hesme, Julien Lucas
1968 and 1969 in Paris: during and after the student and trade union revolt. Read More »
Freedom AKA La libertad (2001) Lisandro Alonso, Misael Saavedra, Humberto Estrada, Rafael Estrada
A man chop down trees, organizes the trunks, clean them, stops to defecate, lunch, nap and continues to sell its timber. Read More »
A Place Among the Living AKA Une place parmi les vivants (2003) Raoul Ruiz, Christian Vadim, Thierry Gibault, Valérie Kaprisky
Paris 1958. “Existentialist” crimes are being committed in the eighteenth arrondissement of Paris. Read More »