Three young men go on the run from their dying mining town in Shanxi when they Read More »
Tag Archives: 2000s
La femme de Gilles / Gilles’ Wife (2004) Frédéric Fonteyne, Emmanuelle Devos, Clovis Cornillac, Laura Smet
Gilles’ wife, Elise, who smiles when she thinks of him, cooks and scrubs and cheerfully makes love to him Read More »
Election 2 / Hak se wui: Yi woo wai kwai (2006) Johnnie To, Louis Koo, Simon Yam, Nick Cheung
As election time nears, current Triad chairman Lok (Yam) faces competition from his godsons. Read More »
Sous les bombes / Under the Bombs (2007) Philippe Aractingi, Nada Abou Farhat, Georges Khabbaz, Rawia Elchab
Under the bombs, a woman searches for her son. A man accompanies her. They have nothing in common. Read More »
The Xango from Baker Street / O Xangô de Baker Street (2001) Miguel Faria Jr., Joaquim de Almeida, Anthony O’Donnell, Maria de Medeiros
Rio de Janeiro, 1886. Actress Sarah Bernhardt performs at the city’s Municipal Theater Read More »
For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism (2009) Gerald Peary, Patricia Clarkson, Harry Jay Knowles, Elvis Mitchell
Relied upon by some moviegoers and reviled by others, film critics for over 100 years have represented Read More »
Moolaadé (2004) Ousmane Sembene, Fatoumata Coulibaly, Maimouna Hélène Diarra, Salimata Traoré
When a woman shelters a group of girls from suffering female genital mutilation, she starts a conflict that tears her village apart. Read More »
The Undertow (2003) Jeremy Wallace, Jason Christ, Julie Farrar, Joseph Palermo
Six friends enter the strange town of Old Mines for a weekend float trip. Read More »
When They Cry: Reshuffle / Higurashi no naku koro ni: Chikai (2009) Ataru Oikawa, Aika, Rin Asuka, Ayako Kawahara
Rena’s mental state devolves after her parents divorce. She moves with her father to Hinamizawa Village. Read More »
Riarizumu no yado / Ramblers (2003) Nobuhiro Yamashita, Keishi Nagatsuka, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Machiko Ono
Tsuboi and Kinoshita have just arrived at a desolate town. Both of them are amateur filmmakers. Read More »