Catastrophic war, destroyed ecosystem, brink of extinction. War for the most valuable treasure of the time: water. Read More »
Tag Archives: 2000s
Another Heaven AKA Anaza hevun (2000) Jôji Iida, Yôsuke Eguchi, Miwako Ichikawa, Takashi Kashiwabara
A pair of hard-boiled Tokyo cops are investigating a gruesome murder: after killing the victim Read More »
Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name AKA Shiritsu tantei Hama Maiku: Namae no nai mori (2002) Shinji Aoyama, Masatoshi Nagase, Kyôka Suzuki, Nene Ohtsuka
Financially strapped private detective Hama Maike is hired by a businessman Read More »
And on the Third Day AKA Be Yom Hashlishi (2010) Moshe Ivgy, Hila Feldman, Sharon Alexander, Efrat Ben-Zur
This is a movie about people caught up in the moment just before a large or small change is about to take place in their lives. Read More »
The Desert AKA El desierto (2013) Christoph Behl, Victoria Almeida, Lautaro Delgado, Lucas Lagré
Axel, Jonathan and Ana live together in a house that seems like a bunker in a post-catastrophic world. Read More »
Be with Me (2005) Eric Khoo, Theresa Poh Lin Chan, Chiew Sung Ching, Lawrence Yong
“Be with me” consists of three stories of love vs. solitude : 1) An aging, lonesome shopkeeper doesn’t believe in life any more since his wife died. Read More »
Spain AKA Spanien (2012) Anja Salomonowitz, Tatjana Alexander, Cornelius Obonya, Grégoire Colin
A stranded stranger ends up in the wrong place and embarks upon a search for his rights, his money and human beings who still believe in God. Read More »
Putty Hill (2010) Matthew Porterfield, Sky Ferreira, Cody Ray, Dustin Ray
A young man’s untimely death unites a fractured family and their community through shared memory and loss. Read More »
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 »