Jong-du, a young man just out of prison for manslaughter, is a social misfit: fidgety, snuffling, laughing inappropriately, without a super ego. Read More »
Tag Archives: 2000s
Green Fish (1997) Chang-dong Lee, Seong-kun Mun, Seong-kyu Han, Suk-kyu Han
Returning home and finding his town drastically changed, a former soldier falls in with gangsters. Read More »
Sarah prefers to run (2013) Chloé Robichaud, Sophie Desmarais, Jean-Sébastien Courchesne, Geneviève Boivin-Roussy
The film is about the pursuit of a goal and tackles the anxieties of a young athlete who lives only for the race. Read More »
The Beacon (2009) Michael Stokes, Teri Polo, David Rees Snell, Elaine Hendrix
While trying to get their lives back on track after the loss of their four year old son, Bryn and Paul Shaw move to the charming old Beacon Apartments. Read More »
A New Life (2002) Philippe Grandrieux, Zachary Knighton, Anna Mouglalis, Marc Barbé
The story involves a young American who falls obsessively in love with a mysterious courtesan named Melania against the backdrop of a dilapidated Eastern European landscape. Read More »
Red Amnesia (2014) Xiaoshuai Wang, Zhong Lü, Yuanzheng Feng, Hailu Qin
Deng is a stubborn retired widow who spends her days caring about her two grown up sons and her elderly mother, despite her family efforts to stop her. Read More »
11 Flowers (2011) Xiaoshuai Wang, Jingchun Wang, Wenqing Liu, Guo Liuxing Zhong
11-year-old Wang lives with his family in a remote village in China. Life is tough, but they make the most of what little they have. Read More »
Triple agent (2004) Eric Rohmer, Katerina Didaskalou, Serge Renko, Cyrielle Clair
France, 1936-37. The Popular Front wins elections, the Spanish Civil War begins, and Hitler and Stalin are manipulating and spying. Read More »
Broken Flowers (2005) Jim Jarmusch, Bill Murray, Jessica Lange, Sharon Stone
The resolutely single Don Johnston has just been dumped by his latest lover, Sherry. Don resigns himself to being alone yet again and left to his own devices. Read More »
The Dog Pound (2006) Manolo Nieto, Pablo Riera, Martín Adjemián, María Sofía Dabarca
David, has just failed his university examinations and has one year to re-write them. Read More »
Drift (2015) Karim Patwa, Scherwin Amini, Miro Caltagirone, Vanessa Comte
Robert (22), a former driver in illegal races, returns to his hometown after a long period of absence. Read More »
R100 (2013) Hitoshi Matsumoto, Nao Ohmori, Mao Daichi, Shinobu Terajima
An ordinary man with an ordinary life joins a mysterious club. The membership lasts for one year only and there is one rule: no cancellation under any circumstance. Read More »
Chuck and Buck (2000) Miguel Arteta, Mike White, Chris Weitz, Lupe Ontiveros
Buck is a man-child who has lived his existence in a life of Romper Room, kindergarten collages, and lollipops. Read More »
Chloé (1996) Dennis Berry, Anna Karina, Marion Cotillard, Jean-Claude Adelin
After a violent dispute with her mother, sixteen-years old Chloé ends up in the streets with nowhere to go. Read More »
Balibo (2009) Robert Connolly, Jane Hampson, Bea Viegas, Christine Martins
As Indonesia prepares to invade the tiny nation of East Timor, five Australian based journalists go missing. Read More »