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Tag Archives: 2000s
Shiner (2000) John Irvin, Michael Caine, Martin Landau, Frances Barber
Billy Simpson is a shady boxing promoter in South London banned from legitimate fights. Read More »
King of the Jungle (2000) Seth Zvi Rosenfeld, Cliff Gorman, John Leguizamo, Rosie Perez
Seymour is a mentally challenged young man living in New York. Read More »
Whisky (2004) Juan Pablo Rebella, Pablo Stoll, Andrés Pazos, Mirella Pascual, Jorge Bolani
When his long-lost brother resurfaces, Jacobo, desperate to prove his life has added up to something Read More »
Saint Misbehavin’: The Wavy Gravy Movie (2009) Michelle Esrick, Larry Brilliant, Hugh Romney
Wavy Gravy is known as the MC of the Woodstock festival, a hippie icon, activist, clown Read More »
Treeless Mountain AKA Na-moo-eobs-neun san (2008) So Yong Kim, Chae Gil Byung, Jung Gil Ja, Shin Hyun Je
What is the nature of childhood resilience? Sisters Jin and Bin, ages 6 and 3, live with their mother. Read More »
Travellers and Magicians AKA Chang hub thengs gcig gi ‘khrul snang (2003) Khyentse Norbu, Tshewang Dendup, Sonam Lhamo, Lhakpa Dorji
The two men embark on parallel, if separate, journeys. Their yearning is a common one–for a better and different life. Read More »
The Debt (2007) Assaf Bernstein, Gila Almagor, Yuriy Chepurnov, Oleg Drach
The year is 1965. Rachel Brener is one of 3 young Mossad agents teem who caught Read More »
Fraulein AKA Das Fräulein (2006) Andrea Staka, Mirjana Karanovic, Marija Skaricic, Ljubica Jovic
Ruza left Serbia, her country, over 30 years ago and lives in Zurich. Read More »
The King’s Daughters AKA Saint-Cyr (2000) Patricia Mazuy, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Simon Reggiani
Madame de Maintenon rises from humble beginnings to become a courtesan Read More »
The Story of My Life AKA Mensonges et trahisons et plus si affinités… (2004) Laurent Tirard, Edouard Baer, Marie-Josée Croze, Clovis Cornillac
Raphael is a ghostwriter who takes a job writing for famous footy player Kevin. Read More »
Return to Sender (2004) Bille August, Connie Nielsen, Aidan Quinn, Kelly Preston
Charlotte Cory is a young woman convict on Death Row who has built up a friendship with Frank Nitzche through mail correspondence Read More »
The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair AKA I banchieri di Dio – Il caso Calvi (2002) Giuseppe Ferrara, Omero Antonutti, Pamela Villoresi, Giancarlo Giannini
This movie attempts to reconstruct the bankruptcy of the Banco Ambrosiano bank Read More »
The Other Side AKA A Outra Margem (2007) Luís Filipe Rocha, Filipe Duarte, Maria d’Aires, Tomás Almeida
Ricardo is a transvestite in a bar whose boyfriend has committed suicide. Read More »
Acacia AKA Akasia (2003) Ki-hyeong Park, Shim Hye-jin, Jin-geun Kim, Oh-bin Mun
After unsuccessfully trying to have a baby of their own, Dr. Kim Do-il and his father convince Read More »