Set in the late 19th century, about a honored but poor patriarch who sacrifices himself to protect his fugitive son. Read More »
Tag Archives: 2000s
Knafayim Shvurot / Broken Wings (2002) Nir Bergman, Orly Silbersatz Banai, Maya Maron, Nitai Gvirtz, Drama
The unexpected death of the family patriarch throws every member of the Ulman clan off course. Read More »
Sleepwalking Land (2007) Teresa Prata, Nick Lauro Teresa, Aladino Jasse, Ernesto Lemos Macuacua, Drama
In the midst of Mozambique’s devastating civil war, Muidinga, an orphaned refugee, wanders the countryside in search of his mother. Read More »
The Hero (2004) Zézé Gamboa, Makena Diop, Milton ‘Santo’ Coelho, Maria Ceiça, Drama, War
When he was 15, Vitório was recruited by Angolan army, where he would stay for two decades fighting. Read More »
Dopperugengâ / Doppelganger (2003) Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Kôji Yakusho, Hiromi Nagasaku, Yûsuke Santamaria, Comedy, Fantasy, Thriller
Hayasaki is an inventor working on an Artificial Body. It is not going well and he is stressed out and on the verge of being fired from the research division of his company. Read More »
La partida / The Last Match (2013) Antonio Hens, Milton García, Reinier Díaz, Jenifer Rodríguez, Drama, Romance
Cuba is not a country for young gays. Teen rent boy Reinier falls in love with a mate in the slum soccer field at their neighbourhood in Havana. Read More »
Two Days One Night / Deux jours, une nuit (2014) Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Marion Cotillard, Fabrizio Rongione, Catherine Salée, Drama
Sandra, a young Belgian mother, discovers that her workmates have opted for a significant pay bonus, in exchange for her dismissal. Read More »
Rewers / Reverse (2009) Borys Lankosz, Agata Buzek, Krystyna Janda, Anna Polony, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller
A story about women, set in the present and in 1950s Warsaw. The main character is Sabina, a quiet, shy woman who has just turned thirty. Read More »
O Princípio da Incerteza / The Uncertainty Principle (2002) Manoel de Oliveira, Leonor Baldaque, Leonor Silveira, Isabel Ruth, Drama
Having lost her place among the social elite, a widow remarries and starts a family. Read More »
Opium War (2008) Siddiq Barmak, Peter Bussian, Joe Suba, Fawad Samani, Comedy, Drama, War
Opium War is a 2008 Afghan black comedy film directed by Golden Globe winner, Siddiq Barmak. Read More »
Muukalainen / The Visitor (2008) J.-P. Valkeapää, Allan Bernard, Vitali Bobrov, Emilia Ikäheimo, Drama
A young boy lives with his mother on a farm surrounded by deep forest in the remote wilds of the Finnish countryside. Read More »
The Life of Reilly (2006) Frank L. Anderson, Barry Poltermann, Charles Nelson Reilly, Documentary, Biography, Comedy
If, in 1940, you had a lobotomized aunt, an institutionalized father, a racist mother, and were the only gay kid on the block Read More »
Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind (2007) John Gianvito, Documentary
A visual essay about the progressive tradition of the United States as seen through grave markers and monuments. Read More »
A Constant Forge (2000) Charles Kiselyak, Seymour Cassel, Carol Kane, Jon Voight, Documentary, Biography, Romance
A long look at John Cassavetes’s films, life (1929-1989), and exploration of how people love. Read More »
Fear Me Not (2008) Kristian Levring, Ulrich Thomsen, Paprika Steen, Emma Sehested Høeg, Drama, Thriller
42-year-old Michael needs a change in his life, so when he hears about clinical trials for a new anti-depressant, he signs up to be a guinea pig – without telling his family. Read More »