Nine convicts escape from prison; most are convicted murders. They commandeer a van from a strip club. Read More »
Tag Archives: 2000s
La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet AKA La danse (2009) Frederick Wiseman
The Paris Opera Ballet is one of the world’s great ballet companies. The film follows the rehearsals and performances of seven ballets Read More »
Tonnerre (2013) Guillaume Brac, Vincent Macaigne, Solène Rigot, Bernard Menez
Maxime returns to live with his father in a small town in Burgundy (Tonnerre). Read More »
Unforgivable AKA Impardonnables (2011) André Téchiné, André Dussollier, Carole Bouquet, Mélanie Thierry
A crime writer living in Venice while working on his new novel meets and soon marries his real-estate agent. Read More »
Be My Star AKA Mein Stern (2001) Valeska Grisebach, Nicole Gläser, Monique Gläser, Jeanine Gläser
A girl’s everyday life at the end of her school days, trying to find a way into society and her own life. Read More »
Hero on the Front AKA Soldado Milhões (2018) Gonçalo Galvão Teles, Jorge Paixão da Costa, João Arrais, Miguel Borges, Raimundo Cosme
A Portuguese soldier, who got stranded from his team during the La Lys battle Read More »
Loft AKA Rofuto (2005) Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Miki Nakatani, Etsushi Toyokawa, Hidetoshi Nishijima
Reiko, a prize-winning writer, moves to a quiet isolated house to finish up her new novel. Read More »
Hunger (2008) Steve McQueen, Stuart Graham, Laine Megaw, Brian Milligan, Liam McMahon
Irish republican Bobby Sands leads the inmates of a Northern Irish prison in a hunger strike. Read More »
All About Evil (2010) Joshua Grannell, Jack Donner, Mikayla Rosario, Robin Calvert
A mousy librarian inherits her father’s beloved but failing old movie house. Read More »
Luther (2003) Eric Till, Joseph Fiennes, Bruno Ganz, Peter Ustinov
Biography of Martin Luther, the 16th-century priest who led the Christian Reformation and opened up new possibilities in exploration of faith. Read More »