2000s

  • Lav Diaz – Batang West Side AKA West Side Avenue (2001)

    2001-2010ArthouseDramaLav DiazPhilippines

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    When a Filipino teenager is shot to death in New Jersey, a probe takes place and reveals the struggles of the Filipino community in the USA and the horrifying effects of methamphetamine on its youth.Read More »

  • Amos Kollek – Queenie in Love (2001)

    Drama2001-2010Amos KollekComedyFrance

    24 year old Queenie prefers the slums of the East Village in Manhattan to her parents multi-million dollar estate in Westchester. A wacky character who plays pranks on everyone, Queenie works as a social worker with kids while unsuccessfully pursuing an acting career in New York. Horace is a middle-aged ex-cop who lives by himself in the same neighborhood. Having been diagnosed by his doctor as terminal with only a few months to live, Horace starts going to a shrink and tries to find meaning to his life, at which point he meets Queenie, who takes him on a whirlwind of a ride, before they finally, truly find one another. Horace’s milieu also includes Martha and Spencer, a married couple of ex-gangsters now living a mundane life supplementing their income by throwing occasional S&M orgies for a few dollars. Queenie’s crowd includes Skip, her fiancé, an ambitious Wall Street broker, and her best friend, Tzocki, who is about to be married. Written by Anonymous (imdb)Read More »

  • George Butler – The Endurance: Shackleton’s Legendary Antarctic Expedition (2000)

    1991-2000DocumentaryGeorge ButlerUSA

    In 1914, explorer Ernest Shackleton set out to become the first man to cross the frozen wastes of the Antarctic continent on foot; however, a combination of treacherous conditions, unexpected changes in weather, and simple bad luck left Shackleton and his crew of 28 men stranded in one of the world’s most unforgiving environments for nearly two years. Miraculously, Shackleton and his men not only survived, but brought back remarkable footage of their ordeal, thanks to cameraman Frank Hurley, who traveled with Shackleton to record the adventure on film. The Endurance: Shackleton’s Legendary Antarctic Expedition, adapted from the book by Caroline Alexander, combines Hurley’s material with newly shot footage tracing the path of Shackleton’s journey, presenting a remarkable true-life tale of courage and human survival against grim odds. Liam Neeson narrates.Read More »

  • Tod Lending – Legacy (2000)

    1991-2000DocumentaryTod LendingUSA

    A documentary that tracks five years and three generations of a Chicago family’s life in public housing. The murder of a family member has an immediate impact, but eventually changes them toward a more positive outlook on life in the end.Read More »

  • Luis Alberto Restrepo – La primera noche AKA The First Night (2003)

    2001-2010ColombiaDramaLuis Alberto Restrepo

    La Primera Noche tells the story of a pair of farmers whom have been displaced from their territory – a place isolated from this world, in which they have lived their childhood and their youth – and have been brutally sent to face the streets of an unknown city, enormous and ruthless.Read More »

  • Lu Zhang – Chongqing (2008)

    2001-2010DramaLu ZhangSouth Korea

    In China, Xuie lives an impoverished life with her father who is far from helpful. She is living in Chongqing, the city of 40 million people. She works as a teacher, teaching Mandarin to foreigners. Even though she is from Chongqing, she doesn’t speak in Chongqing dialect, rather talking in Mandarin which is the standard language of mainland China. One day, her father gets arrested because of prostitution and she is called to the police. One policeman comes closer to her and her mind is taken by him. In the crowded and busy streets of industrial developing city, Chongqing, Xuie dreams to escape from her painful and hopeless life.Read More »

  • Jason Paul Collum – 5 Dark Souls, Part III: Retribution (2003)

    2001-2010HorrorJason Paul CollumUSA

    Seven years after the slaughter of a group of misfits, the sole surviving killer teen finds her own life, and those of her family, now in peril.Read More »

  • Sterlin Harjo – Barking Water (2009)

    2001-2010DramaSterlin HarjoUSA

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    Frankie is dying. Irene hasn’t forgiven him. And they are racing against time to find their way home. Frankie needs help and Irene is the one he turns to. He must go home one last time. And, like so many times before, Irene is extending herself beyond her common sense. The two set out on a journey that becomes more than getting home; confronting the past, love, understanding, and self discovery. Barking Water is a tale of great love that looks at what brings us all together. It’s a tale of home…and what it takes to get there.Read More »

  • Max Färberböck – Anonyma – Eine Frau in Berlin AKA A Woman in Berlin (2008)

    2001-2010DramaGermanyMax Färberböck

    A woman tries to survive the invasion of Berlin by the Soviet troops during the last days of World War II.Read More »

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