An illegal Chinese immigrant falls behind on payments on an enormous smuggling debt. Read More »
Tag Archives: 2000s
Zan / Killing (2018) Shin’ya Tsukamoto, Yû Aoi, Sôsuke Ikematsu
Set during the tumultuous mid-19th century Edo period of Japan Read More »
Nobi / Fires on the Plain (2014) Shin’ya Tsukamoto, Lily Franky, Tatsuya Nakamura
A Japanese soldier endures illness, starvation and brutality in the Philippines at the tail end of WW2. Read More »
L’uomo in più / One Man Up (2001) Paolo Sorrentino, Toni Servillo, Andrea Renzi, Antonino Bruschetta
The debut feature by acclaimed Italian director Paolo Sorrentino (Il Divo) is a stylish and blackly comic look at the dark side of fame. Read More »
The Days When I Do Not Exist (2002)
A story that mixes fantasy, philosophy and everyday reality. Read More »
Bettie Page Reveals All (2012) Mark Mori, Bettie Page, Hugh M. Hefner, Olivia de Berardinis
With a natural photogenic poise and a vivaciously innocent risqué flair, there never was a pinup model like Bettie Page. Read More »
O futebol AKA On Football (2015) Sergio Oksman
Sergio and his father, Simão, haven’t seen each other for over 20 years. Read More »
Koma (2009) Naomi Kawase
A Japanese-Korean man (Kitamura Kizuki) travels to a village in Nara to fulfill his late grandfather’s final wish. Read More »
An Investigation on the Night That Won’t Forget (2012) Lav Diaz, Hazel Orencio, Erwin Romulo
Erwin Romulo, the best friend of the late film critic Alexis Tioseco, recalls the events after the critic Read More »
Berthe Morisot (2012) Caroline Champetier, Marine Delterme, Malik Zidi, Alice Butaud
At 25, Berthe dreams of making a living from her painting, never to marry, and to always stay with her sister Edma. Read More »