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Tag Archives: 2000s
Mid-August Lunch / Pranzo di ferragosto (2008)
Gianni is a middle-aged man living in Rome with his imposing and demanding elderly mother. Read More »
The Dilapidated Dwelling (2000) Patrick Keiller
A woman is recalled to Britain from the Arctic, where she has spent twenty years working with people who build their houses from snow Read More »
The Fall of the Louse of Usher: A Gothic Tale for the 21st Century (2002)
When rock star Roddy Usher’s wife is murdered, he’s sent to the county lunatic asylum, where the therapy is far more insane than the inmates. Read More »
Celestial Body / Nebo sateliti (2000) Lukas Nola, Filip Nola
When two enemy sides ex-change the captives in the middle of a minefield, a nameless man without identity and memory Read More »
The Flower of Evil (2003) Claude Chabrol, Nathalie Baye
Anne runs for re-election to the town council, shepherded by Matthieu, her fellow candidate and campaign manager. Read More »
Roozi ke zan shodam / The Day I Became a Woman (2000)
A film comprised of three interconnected vignettes that depict women at three stages of life in Iran. Read More »
Deadly Cargo / Cámara oscura (2003) Pau Freixas, Silke
A freelance photographer, Sara, hires divers, Iván and Edgar, and they head to the open sea in a small motor boat with Drui Read More »
Cheap Smokes / Ftina tsigara (2000) Renos Haralambidis
As the lights flicker on a warm August night amid vacant Athens’ stillness Read More »
The Town Is Quiet / La ville est tranquille (2000)
A dark tale of working-class life in Marseilles, a city in crisis. Read More »