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Tag Archives: 2000s
Kids Return: The Reunion AKA Kizzu ritân: Saikai no toki (2013) Hiroshi Shimizu, Yûta Hiraoka, Takahiro Miura, Bengal

Set 10 years after “Kids Return.” Shinji and Masaru have graduated from high school with different paths in their lives. Read More »
The Black Box AKA La boîte noire (2005) Richard Berry, José Garcia, Marion Cotillard, Michel Duchaussoy

Images flash through Arthur’s brain, voices buzz in his mind, uttering disjointed words and sentences. Read More »
A Few Days Later… AKA Chand rooz ba’d… (2006) Niki Karimi, Behrang Alavi, Ehsan Amani, Ali-Reza Anoushfar

The story is about a woman Shahrzad who is being a while that should make an important decision. Read More »
The Devils AKA Les diables (2002) Christophe Ruggia, Adèle Haenel, Vincent Rottiers, Rochdy Labidi

The siblings Joseph and Chloé are 12 and have just been placed on another children’s home. Read More »
Yeast (2008) Mary Bronstein, Ignacio Carballo, Greta Gerwig

A maddeningly oblivious, tyrannical and emotionally stunted young woman tries her best to negotiate two toxic friendships. Read More »
Memory for Max, Claire, Ida and Company (2005) Allan King, Claire Mandell, Sherry Mandell, Jeff Glickman

At Baycrest, an old-age home in Toronto, we follow a social worker as she talks to residents, particularly Max, Claire, Ida, and Rachel. Read More »
White Creek (2014) John W. Yost, Frank Mosley, Katie Hawthorne, Josh Wick

White Creek is a place from another universe. A place where feudalism remains intact and people struggle to break free from debt. Read More »
Up Against Amanda (2000) Michael Rissi, Justine Priestley, David DeWitt, Karen Grosso

After childhood abuse by her step-father and eight years in a juvenile psychiatric lockup, Amanda Lear is released. Read More »
Fanciful AKA Piate: Nie odchodz (2014) Katarzyna Jungowska, Michalina Olszanska, Lukasz Simlat, Grazyna Szapolowska

After her mother’s death 15-year-old Roma falls ill with a strange disease. Read More »