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Tag Archives: 2000s
Barber Yoshino / Yoshino’s Barber Shop (2004) Naoko Ogigami, Kazuyuki Asano, Hoshi Ishida, Shinnosuke Miyao

In a small town on the countryside, every young boy is forced to have the same bowl-head Read More »
All About Love / De l’amour (2001) Jean-François Richet, Virginie Ledoyen, Yazid Aït, Mar Sodupe

At twenty, all Maria wants to do is live life to the fullest. She lives with her benevolent, but aging parents. Read More »
Den of Lions (2003) James Bruce, Stephen Dorff, Bob Hoskins, Laura Fraser

A Hungarian gypsy working for a Russian mobster becomes a double agent for the FBI. Read More »
Clouds Over Conakry (2007) Cheick Fantamady Camara, Alex Ogou, Tella Kpomahou, Balla Moussa Keita

Story of a young caricaturist who works in an opposition newspaper and his relations with his father, Imam of the Great Mosque of Conakry. Read More »
Imburnal (2008) Sherad Anthony Sanchez, Brian Monterola, Jelieta Mariveles-Ruca, Allen Lumanog

An examination of poverty and violence and the influence it has on two boys who live in a slum. Read More »
Married/Unmarried (2001) Noli, Paolo Seganti, Ben Daniels, Gina Bellman

Controversial British drama about two couples experiencing dissatisfaction with their relationships and their attitudes to sex. Read More »
Out of the Blue (2008) Yigal Bursztyn, Alon Aboutboul, Moshe Ivgy, Dorit Bar-Or

This is a little like an extended but half-serious variation on the “Uptown Girl” song video where the working-class guy meets the beautiful model from the billboard. Read More »
Les yeux clairs / Pale eyes (2005) Jérôme Bonnell, Nathalie Boutefeu, Marc Citti, Judith Rémy

Fanny lives with her brother and his girlfriend in their long time dead parents’ house. Read More »
Festival in Cannes (2001) Henry Jaglom, Anouk Aimée, Rachel Bailit, Greta Scacchi

Cannes, 1999. Alice, an actress, wants to direct an indie picture. Kaz, a talkative (and maybe bogus) deal maker, promises $3 million if she’ll use Millie, an aging French star. Read More »