An aging salesman is fired from his job after a long career in it. Broken, without much to look forward to Read More »
Tag Archives: 2000s
By the Pricking of My Thumbs AKA Mon petit doigt m’a dit… (2005) Pascal Thomas, Catherine Frot, André Dussollier, Geneviève Bujold
Prudence and Belisaire are what can be called an eccentric couple. How can you bear such impossible Christian (?) names in the first place? Read More »
American Swing (2008) Jon Hart, Mathew Kaufman, Bryce Britton, Irwin Corey, William Davidson
The parallel stories of Plato’s Retreat, a Manhattan sex club for straight couples that operated from 1977 until the mid 1980s Read More »
Encirclements AKA Hakafot (2014) Lee Gilat, Lior Ashkenazi, Assi Levy, Agam Ozalvo
When thirteen year old Aharon,is selected for the great honor of carrying the big Torah book Read More »
A Sun AKA Yang guang pu zhao (2019) Mong-Hong Chung, Chien-Ho Wu, Yi-wen Chen, Samantha Shu-Chin Ko
A Sun follows a troubled family of four. A-Ho, the younger son, has always been a problematic child Read More »
Strawberry Shortcakes (2006) Hitoshi Yazaki, Chizuru Ikewaki, Noriko Nakagoshi, Yûko Nakamura
Based on the eponymous manga for girls by cartoonist Kiriko Nananan, the pic follows the ups Read More »
Beyond Our Ken AKA Gung ju fuk sau gei (2004) Ho-Cheung Pang, Gillian Chung, Daniel Wu, Höng Tao
Shirley (Tao Hong) is a karaoke waitress who leads a perfectly normal love life with her fireman boyfriend Ken (Daniel Wu). Read More »
The Kautokeino Rebellion AKA Kautokeino-opprøret (2008) Nils Gaup, Mikkel Gaup, Anni-Kristiina Juuso, Aslat Mahtte Gaup
Religious and cultural reawakening inspires rebellion in a 19th century Norwegian village. Read More »
Poongsan AKA Poong-san-gae (2011) Jai-hong Juhn, Kye Sang Yoon, Jong-soo Kim, Han Gi-Joong
Poongsan has the unenviable – and death-defying – job of delivering messages across the North and South Korean border to separated families. Read More »
Bashing (2005) Masahiro Kobayashi, Fusako Urabe, Nene Ohtsuka, Takayuki Katô
Yuko volunteered to be an aid worker in Iraq and was taken hostage there. Read More »
So Much Water AKA Tanta agua (2013) Ana Guevara, Néstor Guzzini, Malú Chouza, Joaquín Castiglioni
Alberto, a divorced father, takes his two children for a vacation at a thermal resort in Salto. Read More »
Stuart: A Life Backwards (2007) David Attwood, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Hardy, Nicola Duffett
When Stuart Shorter – a homeless alcoholic with a violent past – meets writer Read More »
Leak AKA Lek (2000) Jean van de Velde, Cas Jansen, Ricky Koole, Thomas Acda
Based on a book about an infamous real scandal in the Dutch crime scene Read More »
Shadow Kill AKA Nizhalkkuthu (2002) Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Oduvil Unnikrishnan, Sukumari, Reeja
Kaliyappan, the last hangman of Travancore dynasty is dragging his remaining life by consuming alcohol and worshipping the Mother Goddess. Read More »
Strange Gardens AKA Effroyables Jardins (2003) Jean Becker, Jacques Villeret, André Dussollier, Thierry Lhermitte
France under occupation by the Germans during WW2: Two men inspired by a free France radio broadcast perpetrate Read More »