Tag Archives: 2000s

The Clone Returns Home / Kurôn wa kokyô wo mezasu (2008) Kanji Nakajima, Mitsuhiro Oikawa, Eri Ishida, Hiromi Nagasaku, Drama, Sci-Fi

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The Clone Returns Home is a compelling meditation on the paradox of life and death, and the meaning of love and family. Set in an imaginary – yet utterly imaginable – future, this quietly provocative film skillfully transposes complex emotional drama into the realm of science fiction by exploring the influence of technology on human memory and experience. Filled with stunning imagery and haunting stillness, The Clone Returns Home deftly combines subtly nuanced sci-fi with a uniquely Japanese perspective on the universal themes of family, life, love, and death.
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Altromondo / Anotherworld (2008) Fabiomassimo Lozzi, Francesco Apolloni, Domenico Balsamo, Mirko Batoni, Comedy, Drama, Romance

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An experimental drama entirely composed by monologues. A personal journey through male homosexuality – from darkness to light, from total denial to complete acceptance – as told in monologues performed by actors and adapted from interviews with ordinary Italian gay men. A multicolored kaleidoscopic journey through a varied and multi-faceted aspect of the human experience that is rarely represented on the big screen.
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Pig (2001) Mark Steven Bosko, T. Michael Conway, Jim Volkert, Abdullah Bey, Virginia Drda, Drama

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Across America, small town cops rule the land. And what you hear about these prejudiced police is often true. This is the story of one such cop. Part mythic folk hero, part bad-ass, he is both feared and admired, hated and loved by the residents of his town. Witness first hand the violence and boredom consuming this law-man’s daily routine. Come, take a ride with Pig.
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Bare Witness (2002) Kelley Cauthen, Angie Everhart, Catalina Larranaga, Daniel Baldwin, Thriller, Erotic

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Professional killer Gav Reed commits a grave mistake allowing himself to be videotaped (as she always does, for a documentary she hopes to sell to Hollywood about the real nocturnal ‘eldest business’ there) by Julie Spencer, one of Max ‘Slim’ Reuter’s hookers and porn actresses, whom he had sex with before – and while making a most incriminating call about his murder attempt at a high society campaign party for mayor Garland’s electoral challenger Mary Washington, where the bullet is however caught by councilor Frank Constantine, who also survives. Gav’s client, businessman Ian Hunter, who was videotaped earlier, has his girl Marina shoot Gav and then Julie, later Slim who. Rough but effective police detective Killian investigates, helped by Julie’s friend Carly Marsh, and unravels even more sordid connections.
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Worried About the Boy (2010) Julian Jarrold, Douglas Booth, Jonny Burt, Mathew Horne, Biography, Drama, Music

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In 1980 young George O’Dowd baffles his parents with his love of frocks and make-up and moves into a squat with kindred spirit Peter,who dresses as Marilyn Monroe and calls himself Marilyn. They make a splash at Steve Strange’s trendy Blitz Club where George gets a job in the cloakroom but George is unlucky in his relationships with men until he meets wannabe musician Kirk.
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The Sex of the Angels / El sexo de los ángeles (2012) Xavier Villaverde, Astrid Bergès-Frisbey, Álvaro Cervantes, Llorenç González, Drama, Romance

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Struggling martial artist and dancer Bruno loves his girlfriend Carla, but when he meets fellow dancer Rai, serious sparks begin to fly, opening the couple up to new possibilities. A new generation navigates sexual fluidity, torn affections, and open relationships in this steamy love triangle. But once Bruno’s clandestine encounters with Rai are revealed, a confused and hurt Carla kicks him out. But she simply doesn’t want to give up on her love. Eventually she agrees that Bruno can date them both as long as he keeps his life with Rai relatively separate.
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