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Aris, 27 years old, returns home after a long journey… His mother, an eccentric and lonely woman lives together with her secretary, Sylvia and her loyal gardener mute Christos. Her house is famous not only for its view in Acropolis but also for his pool: the deepest in Europe. Determined to leave behind his past and start a new life, Aris, will search the secret of his youth, he will fall in love with a poor girl, Alexandra and he will confront his own ghosts. In the meanwhile a fire turns Athens into a living hell…Read More »
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Panos H. Koutras – Alithini zoi AKA Real Life (2004)
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Lawrence Ah-Mon – Mo yan ka sai AKA Spacked Out (2000)
1991-2000DramaHong KongLawrence Ah-Mon

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“Spacked Out” follows four teenage girls around Hong Kong. The youngest of the group, Cookie, a 13-year old, believes she may be pregnant. As the film progresses, they take drugs, have sex and get into fights. Though the film is shot documentary-style, it contains several bizzare and surrealistic sequences.Read More » -
Michael Almereyda – Hamlet (2000)
1991-2000DramaMichael AlmereydaUSAWilliam Shakespeare

William Shakespeare’s classic tale is brought to the screen for the third time in ten years in this modernized interpretation. Writer/director Michael Almereyda updates the story to the present day, where Hamlet (Ethan Hawke) is a struggling filmmaker whose personal and familial trials are set against the machinations of a huge production firm called the Denmark Corporation. Joining Hamlet as he seeks revenge for the death of his father and the wedding of his mother to an enemy are Kyle MacLachlan as Claudius, Julia Stiles as Ophelia, Bill Murray as Polonius, Sam Shepard as the ghost of Hamlet’s father, Diane Venora as Gertrude, Steve Zahn as Rosencrantz, and Dechen Thurman as Guildenstern. – allmovie.comRead More »
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Christopher Menaul – One Kill (2000)
1991-2000Christopher MenaulCrimeDramaUSA

A divorced female marine officer (Anne Heche) with two small children begins an affair with a senior officer (Sam Shepard) in this fact-based drama. Things turn nasty when she discovers that he is married. She tells him it is over, but he won’t accept her ultimatum. Pledging to divorce his wife, he tries to force himself on her including an incident where he unloaded his weapon in front of a platoon of men at a firing range to get her attention. Finally, he breaks into her house and tries to force himself on her. She pulls a weapon from beneath her pillow and kills him. The movie then moves to the court room proceedings and a cover-up created by base officers who refuse to let their fellow officer’s reputation be smudged.Read More »
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Irina Golubeva – Andrey Tarkovsky – Trudno byt bogom AKA It’s hard to be God (2019)
2011-2020DocumentaryIrina GolubevaRussiaTVТрудно быть богом
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Andrei Tarkovsky is the most famous Russian director, who during his lifetime was called a genius. He did not take many pictures, but they all became classics of world cinema. “Andrey Rublev”, “Solaris”, “Mirror”, “Stalker”. It seemed that he created his films from air, water and fire, from deep emotions and even his own dreams. This is an extremely sincere, confessional art, but what is the creator who created it?! What was this God who lived the mortal life of a man with his weaknesses, fears, doubts? For the first time we will tell about the real Andrei Tarkovsky, we will open the veil of his strange, mysterious and very personal worlds.Read More » -
Jacques Rivette – Va savoir [Extended Version] (2001) (HD)
Drama2001-2010ArthouseFranceJacques RivetteQuote:
Camille has been away for three years and returns to Paris to perform a play by Pirandello directed by Ugo, her companion. She sets out to see Pierre, her former lover, again, while Ugo sets out on the trail of an unknown manuscript by Goldoni.Read More » -
Alfredo Rodriguez de Villa – Yellow (2006)
2001-2010Alfredo Rodriguez de VillaCaribbean CinemaDramaPuerto RicoRomanceAmaryllis Campos is a young, classically trained Latina ballerina, who dreams of leaving her impoverished home in Puerto Rico to pursue fame and fortune as a dancer. Amaryllis heads for New York City, where she is forced to work in a seedy strip club to make ends meet. Setting audiences afire with her erotic moves, Amaryllis quickly becomes the strip club’s hottest attraction, but must finally decide between true love and realizing her dream of becoming a star.Read More »
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Daniel Burman – El nido vacío AKA Empty Nest (2008)
2001-2010ArgentinaDaniel BurmanDrama

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Ryûichi Honda – Dappi waifu – peau de mon épouse AKA My Wife’s Shell (2005)
2001-2010DramaEroticaJapanRyûichi HondaSynopsis:
The music business is a tough nut to crack. Just ask Hajime, a raspy voiced singer/songwriter not short of talent but somewhat anachronistic in his choice of dress. Sporting a shiny bob wig, velvet blazer and heavily ruffled shirt, he’s every bit the picture of a GS (group sounds) frontman but several decades too late for that brief trend. His busking draws curious stares and his attempts to get signed to a label are met with indifference. His semi-retreat into a career as a radio DJ seems like a good fit, especially when Miki stops by for an autograph. She’s young, cute, and clearly in awe of his musical persona. That night they have sex, and she shocks him into speechlessness by climbing on top and climaxing during the act. Within the minute he’s writing a new song, smitten, and by the next scene they’re shacking up. Things are ideal until they wake up after a night of passion and Hajime discovers Miki’s secret: After sex, she sheds a layer of skin like a snake in one large piece. Like a tissue-thin Miki suit. It’s an eye-opener.Read More »




