Over twenty years after Lily and Nira were raped by the same serial rapist, an unexpected encounter brings them together. Read More »
Tag Archives: 2000s
A Lonely Cow Weeps at Dawn (2003) Daisuke Gotô, Hôryû Nakamura, Ryôko Asagi, Yumeka Sasaki
A young widow, Noriko, lives with her senile father-in-law, Shukichi, on a farm. Read More »
Around a Small Mountain (2009) Jacques Rivette, Jane Birkin, Sergio Castellitto, André Marcon
Kate (Jane Birkin) is driving along a winding mountain road when her car stalls. Read More »
Bitter Money (2016) Bing Wang, Ling Ling
A vivid slice-of-life depiction of migrant workers, both male and female, wasting their lives away through monotonous labor in small Read More »
I Am the Other Woman (2006) Margarethe von Trotta, Katja Riemann, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Karin Dor
Successful architect Robert has a one-night stand with a mysterious lady in red. Read More »
The Contestant (2007) Rodrigo Cortés, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Chete Lera, Miryam Gallego
“The Contestant” recounts the roller coaster ride of Martin Circo, the lucky winner of the most lucrative game-show prize Read More »
Steel Trap (2007) Luis Cámara, Georgia Mackenzie, Mark Wilson, Pascal Langdale
A who-is-it setting in the claustrophobic corridors of an abandoned and locked-off office building that has several guests Read More »
Eldorado XXI (2016) Salomé Lamas
This 21st century El Dorado is an inhospitable place, where untold numbers of people live and work in the most precarious of conditions, hoping both for gold and a better life. Read More »
Bread and Roses (2000) Ken Loach, Pilar Padilla, Adrien Brody, Elpidia Carrillo
Maya is a quick-witted young woman who comes over the Mexican border without papers and makes her way to the LA home of her older sister Rosa. Read More »
Levelland (2003) Clark Walker, Lathan McKay, Matt Barr, Erik Ostos
Zach (Matt Barr) is a smart and talented, but troubled 18-year-old growing up in suburban Texas. Read More »