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Tag Archives: 2000s
Thou Wast Mild and Lovely (2014) Josephine Decker, Joe Swanberg, Sophie Traub, Robert Longstreet

There are places you go, where the things you do will matter to a lot of people. Read More »
Dalecarlians AKA Masjävlar (2004) Maria Blom, Sofia Helin, Kajsa Ernst, Ann Petrén

Mia, who’s living in Stockholm, comes home to her small childhood town to celebrate her father’s birthday. Read More »
Fake Blond AKA Falsa Loura (2007) Carlos Reichenbach, Rosanne Mulholland, Cauã Reymond, Maurício Mattar

Silmara, an industrial worker and a woman of exuberant beauty, supports her arsonist father Read More »
The Millennial Rapture AKA Sennen no yuraku (2012) Kôji Wakamatsu, Tomori Abe, Tanroh Ishida, Arata Iura

Shingu, a coastal village in Wakayama Prefecture, early 20th century. Midwife Oryu (Terajima Shinobu) Read More »
Hustawka (2010) Tomasz Lewkowicz, Wojciech Zielinski, Joanna Orleanska, Karolina Gorczyca

35-year-old Michal (Wojciech Zielinski) has a beautiful wife, Anna (Joanna of Orleans) and daughter Justine. Read More »
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly AKA Le scaphandre et le papillon (2007) Julian Schnabel, Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josée Croze

Forty-three year old Elle magazine editor Jean-Dominique Bauby – Jean-Do to his friends – awakens not knowing where he is. Read More »
Ritual AKA Shiki-Jitsu (2000) Hideaki Anno, Shunji Iwai, Ayako Fujitani, Jun Murakami

A disillusioned filmmaker has an encounter with a young girl who has a ritual of repeating “Tomorrow is my birthday” everyday. Read More »
Sound of My Voice (2011) Zal Batmanglij, Christopher Denham, Nicole Vicius, Brit Marling

Two documentary filmmakers attempt to penetrate a cult who worships a woman who claims to be from the future. Read More »
Home Care AKA Domácí péce (2015) Slávek Horák, Martin Chamer, Jan Gogola Sr.

Everyone knows about the finality of human existence but the realization of life’s actual limits Read More »