In 16th-century Russia in the grip of chaos, Ivan the Terrible strongly believes he is vested with a holy mission. Read More »
Tag Archives: 2000s
Cavedweller (2004) Lisa Cholodenko, Kyra Sedgwick, Aidan Quinn, Sherilyn Fenn, Drama, Music
After rock musician Randall Pritchard’s fatal car accident, his wife and band mate Delia Byrd drags their unwilling daughter Cissy from his California home to her own, a Georgia backwater. Read More »
At Sea (2007) Peter B. Hutton, Documentary
A haunting meditation on human progress, both physical and metaphorical, At Sea charts a three-year passage from twenty-first-century ship building in South Korea Read More »
Les Destinées sentimentales / Sentimental Destinies (2000) Olivier Assayas, Emmanuelle Béart, Charles Berling, Isabelle Huppert, Drama, Romance
In late nineteenth century Charante, Protestant minister Jean Barnery causes local disquiet when he arranges a separation from his obsessive wife – and more talk when he decides to take her back. Read More »
Hjemve / Just Like Home (2007) Lone Scherfig, Lars Kaalund, Bodil Jørgensen, Ann Eleonora Jørgensen, Comedy
As the citizens of a secluded Danish town gradually lose their trust in one another, the sight of a naked man in the early morning hours sets off an unsettling wave of paranoia. Read More »
Et si on vivait tous ensemble? / All Together (2011) Stéphane Robelin, Guy Bedos, Daniel Brühl, Geraldine Chaplin, Comedy, Drama
Annie, Jean, Claude, Albert and Jeanne have been friends for over forty years. Read More »
É o Amor / That’s Love (2013) João Canijo, Anabela Moreira, Sónia Nunes, Cassilda Pontes, Drama
In Caxinas, a fishing neighborhood in Vila do Conde, a city on the north of Portugal Read More »
3:10 to Yuma (2007) James Mangold, Russell Crowe, Christian Bale, Ben Foster, Adventure, Crime, Western, Drama
Outlaw Ben Wade (Russell Crowe) terrorizes 1800s Arizona, especially the Southern Railroad, until he is finally captured. Read More »
Telets / Taurus (2001) Aleksandr Sokurov, Leonid Mozgovoy, Mariya Kuznetsova, Sergey Razhuk, Drama
The second in Alexander Sokurov’s teratology of films concerning twentieth century dictators, Taurus is a poetic and partially factual film of the last days of Russian revolutionary, Vladimir Ulyanov ‘Lenin’. Read More »
Aurora (2014) Rodrigo Sepúlveda, Alfredo Castro, Francisca Gavilán, Luis Gnecco, Drama
Based on a real story, Sofía Olivari is a small town elementary school teacher who has been rejected twice by adoption agencies. Read More »
Barbara (2012) Christian Petzold, Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Rainer Bock, Christina Hecke, Drama
A doctor working in 1980s East Germany finds herself banished to a small country hospital.
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Wolfsburg (2003) Christian Petzold, Benno Fürmann, Nina Hoss, Antje Westermann, Drama
Philipp Gerber is a smart, but self-satisfied car salesman. In an inattentive moment at the wheel of his car, he runs over a biker and drives away. Read More »
Ava (2017) Léa Mysius, Noée Abita, Laure Calamy, Juan Cano, Drama, Romance
Ava, 13, is spending the summer on the Atlantic coast when she learns that she will lose her sight sooner than expected. Read More »
All the Real Girls (2003) David Gordon Green, Zooey Deschanel, Paul Schneider, Patricia Clarkson, Drama, Romance
In a small Southern American town, Paul, who is known for having sexual relations with every girl in town, falls in love with his best friend’s younger sister who is a virgin. Read More »
La femme de Gilles / Gilles’ Wife (2004) Frédéric Fonteyne, Emmanuelle Devos, Clovis Cornillac, Laura Smet, Drama
Gilles’ wife, Elise, who smiles when she thinks of him, cooks and scrubs and cheerfully makes love to him Read More »