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Tag Archives: 2000s
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 »
Kottentail AKA Hybrid (2007) Tony Urban, Nathan Faudree, Kristin Abbott, Patricia Bellemore

The “Overlook Animal Research Laboratory” has long been working on genetic engineering without any trouble. Read More »
Face AKA Visage (2009) Ming-liang Tsai, Kang-sheng Lee, Yi-Ching Lu, Fanny Ardant

Hsiao-Kang, a Taiwanese film director, travels to the Louvre in Paris, France, to shoot a film that explores the Salomé myth. Read More »
Anna Unbound (2015) Bernd Porr, Vasso Georgiadou, Kirsty May Hamilton, Derek Kelly

Anna leaves Athens to live with her boyfriend in Glasgow: a new life that triggers traumatic memories. Read More »