2000s

  • Neil LaBute – Possession (2002)

    2001-2010DramaMysteryNeil LaButeUSA

    A pair of literary sleuths unearth the amorous secret of two Victorian poets only to find themselves falling under a passionate spell.

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    Possession is a 2002 British-American romantic mystery drama film written and directed by Neil LaBute and starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Aaron Eckhart. It is based on the 1990 novel of the same name by British author A. S. Byatt, who won the Booker Prize for it the year it was published.Read More »

  • Nathaniel Dorsky – Arbor Vitae (2000)

    1991-2000ExperimentalNathaniel DorskyShort FilmUSA

    Arbor Vitae is a gesture towards a cinema of pure being. Its atmosphere is haunted by the period in which it was shot, the year of 1999. Although the cuts are open and numerous in their intent, the underlying motivation is the delicate reveal of the transparency of presence, our tender mystery midst the elaborate unfolding of the tree of life.Read More »

  • Rolf de Heer – Alexandra’s Project (2003)

    2001-2010AustraliaDramaMysteryRolf de Heer

    A regular suburban family man comes home from work on his birthday to find a deserted house and a videotape waiting to be played…Read More »

  • Mischa Kamp – De fuik (2008)

    2011-2020DramaMischa KampNetherlands

    Based on the true story of a religious fanatic, his mentally-ill wife, and their four teenage daughters.Read More »

  • Mani Haghighi – Abadan (2004)

    2001-2010ArthouseDramaIranMani Haghighi

    Amir has always wished to travel to Abadan and now in his elderly days he wants to materialise his wish, but before doing so he needs to return a package to a friend. In this process he goes missing. Marjan, a middle-aged, middle-class Tehran resident and Amir’s daughter, is distraught when her father goes missing. She goes to see her estranged husband, Aman, who reluctantly agrees to look for Amir, while Marjan watches over Aman’s house, which is being renovated. Aman enlists the aid of his old friend, Atta, and the two drive off in search of Amir, who presumably took off to find an old friend whom he seems to have forgotten died years earlier.Read More »

  • Masahiro Shinoda – Spy Sorge (2003)

    2001-2010ActionDramaJapanMasahiro Shinoda

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    A foreign spy using the Sorge alias is assigned to Tokyo the capital of Japan just prior to the outbreak of World War II and in the midst of the Japanese imperial ambitions in Eastern Asia. The spy becomes acquainted with a sympathetic communist who like he is attached to the ideals of freedom and rule of the masses. Sorge is able to feed the Soviet Union useful information regarding the Axis allies and their movements in Asia and beyond.Read More »

  • Richard Shepard – I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale (2009) 

    2001-2010DocumentaryRichard ShepardUSA

    John Cazale was in only five films – The Godfather, The Conversation, The Godfather, Part Two, Dog Day Afternoon, and The Deer Hunter – each was nominated for Best Picture. Yet today most people don’t even know his name. I KNEW IT WAS YOU is a fresh tour through movies that defined a generation.Read More »

  • John Sayles – Honeydripper (2007)

    2001-2010ComedyDramaJohn SaylesUSA

    Honeydripper is a movie starring Danny Glover, LisaGay Hamilton, and Yaya DaCosta. 1950. Rural Alabama. Cotton harvest. It’s a make-or-break weekend for the Honeydripper Lounge and its owner, piano player Tyrone “Pine Top” Purvis. Deep in debt to the liquor man, the chicken man, and the landlord, Tyrone is desperate to lure the young cotton pickers and local Army base recruits into his juke joint, away from Touissant’s, the rival joint across the way. His plan to hire a guitar legend go awry and Tyrone is forced to take drastic action in a final scheme to save the club.Read More »

  • Karen Shakhnazarov – Ischeznuvshaya imperiya AKA Vanished Empire (2008)

    2001-2010DramaKaren ShakhnazarovRussia

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    The film’s story takes place in Moscow in the 1970s. Its plot unfolds around the love triangle between two young men and a girl who study at the same university. They argue, make up, and face their first disappointments and victories. While busy with personal lives and loves, they miss foreseeing that the country in which they were born and live will soon disappear from the map.Read More »

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