Tag Archives: Netherlands
The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky (2001) Paul Cox, Derek Jacobi, Delia Silvan, Chris Haywood, Biography, Music, Drama, Documentary

Dramatization of Russian ballet star Vaclav Nijinsky’s diaries which detail his madness as well as his homosexual relationship with Ballet Russe impresario Sergei Diaghilev and his marriage to his Hungarian wife. Read More »
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 »
Manderlay (2005) Lars von Trier, Bryce Dallas Howard, Isaach De Bankolé, Danny Glover, Drama

After gangster Mulligan’s cars colony, fleeing northern justice, finds a hiding place in Alabama, spoiled Read More »
Bizim büyük çaresizligimiz / Our Grand Despair (2011) Seyfi Teoman, Ilker Aksum, Fatih Al, Gunes Sayin, Drama

The peaceful cohabitation of bachelors Ender and Cetin is disrupted when they allow a friend’s sister to move in with them. Read More »
Het dak van de Walvis / On Top of the Whale (1982) Raoul Ruiz, Jean Badin, Fernando Bordeu, Herbert Curiel, Fantasy

A parody of anthropology, linguistics, and cultural imperialism. The film follows an unlikely team of linguists into the wilds of an ersatz Patagonia Read More »
Les plus belles escroqueries du monde / The World’s Most Beautiful Swindlers (1964) Claude Chabrol, Jean-Luc Godard, Mie Hama, Ken Mitsuda, Nicole Karen, Comedy, Crime

Four swindle stories, taking place successively in Tokyo – Japan (Les cinq bienfaiteurs de Fumiko), Amsterdam – The Netherlands (La riviere de diamants), Italie (La feuille de route), and Paris – France (L’homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel). Read More »
Crazy (2000) Heddy Honigmann, Documentary, War

The haunting experiences of Dutch U.N. peacekeepers are woven together by the powerful influence music has had on their endurance, survival, and memories of war. Read More »
Taped (2012) Diederik Van Rooijen, Barry Atsma, Susan Visser, Roos Dickmann, Thriller

Ohan and Saar make a final attempt to save their marriage by going on vacation to Buenos Aires. Read More »
Goede man, lieve zoon / Good Husband, Dear Son (2001) Heddy Honigmann, Documentary

The widows of Ahatovici reminisce stories about their husbands and sons who were killed in a massacre during the Yougoslav civil war in 1992. Read More »
