Jan, a guy in his twenties, and his friend Cracker, are involved in several crimes in their neglected suburb of the city. Read More »
Tag Archives: 2000s
Sixty Six (2006) Paul Weiland, Charlie Clark, Nick Shirm, Thomas Drewson, Biography, Comedy, Drama
A boy’s barmitzvah looks set to be a disaster when it coincides with the 1966 World Cup Final.
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Rottweiler (2004) Brian Yuzna, William Miller, Irene Montalà, Paulina Gálvez, Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
In 2018, in Spain, the prisoner Dante (William Miller) escapes from a prison and is chased by a robot dog. Read More »
Optimisti / The Optimists (2006) Goran Paskaljevic, Lazar Ristovski, Bojana Novakovic, Petar Bozovic, Drama
Five scenarios in which people have trouble distinguishing truth from illusions. Each segment reflects the motto of Voltaire’s Candide: “Optimism is insisting everything is good, when everything is bad.”
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Svet-Ake / The Light Thief (2010) Aktan Arym Kubat, Taalaikan Abazova, Askat Sulaimanov, Drama
The main hero of the film is an electrician with a far greater effect on the people around him than his job defines. Read More »
O Fantasma / Phantom (2000) João Pedro Rodrigues, Ricardo Meneses, Beatriz Torcato, Andre Barbosa, Drama
Young and handsome Sergio works the night shift as a trash collector in Lisbon, Portugal. Read More »
Odete / Two Drifters (2005) João Pedro Rodrigues, Ana Cristina de Oliveira, Nuno Gil, João Carreira, Drama
Pedro and Rui kiss after a first-anniversary dinner; Pedro drives home, dying en route in a crash. Read More »
Ni pour, ni contre (bien au contraire) / Not for, or Against (Quite the Contrary) (2003) Cédric Klapisch, Marie Gillain, Vincent Elbaz, Simon Abkarian, Crime, Drama
“Ni Pour, Ni Contre” tracks the fall of a young TV camerawoman, Caty, after she becomes involved with a group of petty criminals and their enigmatic leader, Jean. Read More »
Le voyage du ballon rouge / Flight of the Red Balloon (2007) Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Juliette Binoche, Hippolyte Girardot, Simon Iteanu, Drama, Family
In Paris, Chinese cinema student Song Fang is hired to work as the nanny of Simon by his divorced mother Suzanne, who works voicing marionettes in a theater. Read More »
Beware of Greeks Bearing Guns (2000) John Tatoulis, Lakis Lazopoulos, Zoe Carides, John Bluthal, Comedy, Romance, Drama
Manos, a Greek school teacher, is forced to travel to Melbourne, Australia when the man who murdered his grandfather 57 years ago surfaces there. Read More »