Drama

  • Shu-Kai Chung – Daai cheung foo 2 AKA Men Suddenly in Black 2 (2006)

    Drama2001-2010ComedyHong KongShu-Kai Chung

    The war between men and women never ends… Last time, Tin, Dr. Lee and Chao failed in the “mission”, but they didn’t take this as a lesson. They are more cautions these years and success to fool around behind their wives. This time, the team grows by a new comer – a university student Sai. At the same time, Mary, Ching, Chao’s wife and Ling (Sai’s girlfriend) get a DVD from Auntie Ninth. It is a very popular DVD among women recently, which is a documentary to teach women how to fooling around. Four women go to Macau to break the bond of morality. It is too late when the men discover this. They rush to Macau to ruin the women’s plan. A battle between women and men begins…Read More »

  • Andy Warhol – Bike Boy (1967)

    Andy Warhol1961-1970CultDramaUSA

    Plot Summary:
    Joe Spencer, a member of a motorcycle gang, is taking a shower. After his bout with personal hygiene, Joe encounters Andy Warhol’s “superstars,” who engage him in conversation. The superstars crack jokes he doesn’t understand and continually correct his poor pronunciation in an attempt to deflate his machismo. In response to these provocations, Joe becomes more obscene and more boasting, but ultimately, he cannot compete with the put-downs that are part of the put-on performances of the Warhol superstars, who prevail over him in the end. Written by Tummy AuGratinRead More »

  • Jin-ho Hur – Hængbok AKA Happiness (2007)

    2001-2010DramaJin-ho HurRomanceSouth Korea

    Synopsis wrote:
    When stricken with a terminal disease, Young-su leaves his careless high life in the city, live-in girlfriend and dwindling business. He retreats to a sanatorium in the countryside in order to treat his illness, where he meets a young woman who is a resident patient there. Soon they develop feelings for each other and leave the sanatorium together to live in a small but cozy farm house. Their health improves dramatically but when Young-su’s friends from the city come for a visit, he starts to wonder if he should abandon mundane rural village and return to his former lifestyle.Read More »

  • Isild Le Besco – Charly (2007)

    2001-2010DramaFranceIsild Le Besco

    Tramping toward the sea, 14-year-old Nicolas crosses paths with Charly, a tough girl who takes him into her mobile home, where an unusual domestic arrangement evolves. As in her brilliant debut ½ Price, Le Besco movingly depicts a world without adults.Read More »

  • Joseph Losey – La truite AKA The Trout (1982)

    1981-1990DramaFranceJoseph LoseyRomance

    Frederique (Huppert) leaves her family’s small-town trout farm to embark on an journey taking her to Japan and into the arms of a man. Irritations concerning her actions and present state of feelings begin to fill her mind, forcing her to come to terms with innermost self.Read More »

  • Claude Berri – Manon des sources AKA Manon of the Spring (1986)

    1981-1990Claude BerriDramaFranceRomance

    Following the events of Jean de Florette, Manon, the daughter of Jean, is living in the countryside of Provence near Les Romarins, the farm that her father once owned. She has taken up residence with an elderly Piedmontese squatter couple who teach her to live off the land, tending to a herd of goats and hunting for birds and rabbits. Ugolin Soubeyran, also called Galinette (only by his uncle César), has begun a successful business growing carnations at Les Romarins with his uncle, César Soubeyran—also known as Papet—thanks to the water provided by the spring there.Read More »

  • Sergi Pérez – El camí més llarg per tornar a casa AKA The Long Way Home (2014)

    Drama2011-2020Sergi PérezSpain

    Quote:
    One morning Joel finds his wife’s dog Elvis half dead. This forces him out of home, something he has avoided for a long time. After forgetting his keys inside, he’ll spend the day desperately trying to get back into his flat, his shelter.Read More »

  • Pedro Olea – El bosque del lobo AKA The Ancines Woods (1970)

    1961-1970DramaHorrorPedro OleaSpainSpanish cinema under Franco

    Benito Freire, a pedlar in a small village in northern Spain suffers from epileptic seizures and rumours start to spread that he may be a werewolf and responsible for a series of killings. The local Abbot is called upon to form a team to investigate, in an effort to halt the harrowing murders.Read More »

  • Peter Yates – Murphy’s War (1971)

    Peter Yates1971-1980DramaUnited KingdomWar

    A lone survivor from a British naval ship is obsessed with getting revenge on a German U-boat crew that massacred his shipmates in the water.Read More »

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