“I’m going to tell you a story, and it’s true…. I always have to tell people that.” So asserts comedian-turned-playwright-turned-filmmaker Mike Birbiglia directly to the viewer Read More »
Tag Archives: 2000s
Anti-Social (2015) Reg Traviss, Gregg Sulkin, Meghan Markle, Josh Myers
Dee is an anarchic street-artist confronting the system, Marcus is an armed robber on a jewellery store crime-wave. Read More »
The Supreme Uneasiness (2003) Luis Ospina, Fernando Vallejo, Antonio Caballero, Carlos Monsivåis
The Supreme Uneasiness: Incessant portrait of Fernando Vallejo is a documentary about the controversial Colombian writer exiled in Mexico. Read More »
Bad Family (2010) Aleksi Salmenperä, Ville Virtanen, Lauri Tilkanen, Pihla Viitala
After a divorce a father raises his son on his own, while his ex-wife has custody over his daughter. Read More »
Elizabeth I (2005) Helen Mirren, Hugh Dancy, Toby Jones
Emmy-winner Helen Mirren and Oscar-winner Jeremy Irons star in Elizabeth I, a two-part HBO Films miniseries event that explores the intersection of the private and public life of Elizabeth I (Mirren) in the latter half of her reign Read More »
Green Hat (2004) Fendou Liu, Yitian Hai, Congxi Li, Haibin Li
In the old days in China, a male servant working in a brothel traditionally wore a green scarf. Read More »
Edi (2002) Piotr Trzaskalski, Henryk Golebiewski, Jacek Braciak, Jacek Lenartowicz
The film tells a story of two scrap pickers – the title hero Edi and his friend Jureczek. Read More »
Pistol Opera (2001) Seijun Suzuki, Makiko Esumi, Sayoko Yamaguchi, Hanae Kan
Did you know that there is a ranking of the best assassins of Japan? In the spirit of 1967’s Branded To Kill, also by director Suzuki Seijun, comes Pistol Opera. Read More »
A Secret World (2012) Gabriel Mariño, Lucía Uribe Bracho, Roberto Mares, Olivia Lagunas
Eighteen-year-old Maria is a lonely and promiscuous dreamer struggling to make sense of her life. Read More »
Beket (2008) Davide Manuli, Fabrizio Gifuni, Paolo Rossi, Luciano Curreli
Freak and Jajà are in a place with no date and time. A no man’s world. The earth is no longer inhabited by man, but on rare occasions a strange survivor or two will appear. Read More »