Tag Archives: 2000s

Roberto Andò directs this biopic about Sicilian aristocrat Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa — who gained posthumous fame with his novel The Leopard Read More »

Based on historical events, Rick Ostermann’s “Wolfskinder” is a handsome drama that follows orphaned German children as they wander the chaotic wilderness of Soviet-occupied East Prussia after Germany’s WWII defeat. Read More »

It tells the extraordinary life story of Kazimierz Piechowski, former Auschwitz prisoner no. 918, who organized one of the most amazing escapes from the camp. Read More »

Dora (Ryo Ryusei) and associates runs a badger game scheme to extort victims out of money. One day though, their target looks like an ordinary guy, but he tuns out to be a yakuza. Read More »

The film follows Avi, Kobi and Yaniv, three young men who belong to the Breslev Hassidic community and place themselves in charge of supervising the codes of modesty Read More »

Julie, our narrator and guide, is a young woman whose father left her when she was young and whose mother recently threw her out of the house because she reminded her too much of him. Read More »

Aspiring rock musician Adam (Wang Po-Chieh) is obsessed with a forthcoming apocalypse, rumoured to be on much the same scale as the biblical flood that led to Noah building his infamous ark. Read More »

Based on the short story from the best-selling collection “Poppoya” by Jiro Asada, “The Invitation from Cinema Orion” tells the story of a couple’s undying love for the cinema and each other. Read More »

Biography of musician Curtis Mayfield that spotlights his contribution to the civil rights movement through his music. Read More »

Onihei Hankach? is a popular series of stories and television jidaigeki in Japan. A story by Sh?tar? Ikenami in the December 1967 issue of the magazine “All Yomimono” developed into a series, which Bungei Shunju published the following year. Read More »