A story inspired by the life of one of the most remarkable figures in Brazilian popular culture, João Francisco dos Santos (1900-1976). Read More »
Tag Archives: 2000s
Drama (2010) Matias Lira, Eusebio Arenas, Diego Ruiz, Isidora Urrejola
Three theater students, influenced by a professor and French theorist Antonin Artaud’s acting technique Read More »
The Princess of Montpensier AKA La princesse de Montpensier (2010) Bertrand Tavernier, Mélanie Thierry, Lambert Wilson, Gaspard Ulliel
Bertrand Tavernier is in top form with this gripping, superbly mounted drama Read More »
The Samurai I Loved AKA Semishigure (2005) Mitsuo Kurotsuchi, Somegorô Ichikawa, Yoshino Kimura, Kôji Imada
A young swordsman is forced into a tough situation. He must resolve a potential power struggle that involves his adolescent crush Fuku. Read More »
Zenne Dancer (2012) Caner Alper
A feature film about an unusual trio: Daniel, a German photo-journalist in Istanbul without much knowledge about Turkish values. Read More »
The Shame AKA La vergüenza (2009) David Planell, Natalia Mateo, Alberto San Juan, Marta Aledo
The Shame occurs in a single morning. The morning when Pepe and Lucía, a modern Read More »
Late Bloomer AKA Osoi hito (2004) Gô Shibata, Ariko Arita, Toshihisa Fukunaga, Naozô Hotta
A wheelchair bound man goes on a killing spree to ease his hurt when a local college coed rebuffs his amorous advances. Read More »
And Everything Is Going Fine (2010) Steven Soderbergh, Spalding Gray
From the first time he performed Swimming to Cambodia – the one-man account of his experience Read More »
A Quiet Life AKA Una Vita Tranquilla (2010) Claudio Cupellini, Toni Servillo, Marco D’Amore, Francesco Di Leva
The story of a man who murdered thirty-two people, gained power Read More »
For One More Hour with You AKA Un’ora sola ti vorrei (2002) Alina Marazzi, Luisa Marazzi Hoepli
Italian documentary filmmaker Alina Marazzi tries to piece together the life of her mother Read More »