2000s

A troubled mother’s spirit crumbles when her adult children strike out for independence. Feeling abandoned she contemplates taking drastic action.Read More »

Director Joe Swanberg (Nights and Weekends) goes beyond the mumblecore movement with this revealing drama about marriage. For Alexander the Last, Swanberg reigns over an experienced cast of actors — including Jane Adams, Jess Weixler, and Josh Hamilton — but still incorporates his usual improvisational techniques. Margot at the Wedding director Noah Baumbach serves as one of the film’s producers. —IFC FilmsRead More »

In the Swedish city of Lethe, people from different walks of life take part in a series of short, deadpan vignettes that rush past. Some are just seconds long, none longer than a couple of minutes. A young woman (Jessica Lundberg) remembers a fantasy honeymoon with a rock guitarist. A man awakes from a dream about bomber planes. A businessman boasts about success while being robbed by a pickpocket and so on. The absurdist collection is accompanied by Dixieland jazz and similar music.Read More »

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Based on a Takeyama Masatoshi novel, Departing Osaka Station at 0:00 (a.k.a. Tabi no Okurimono 0:00 Hatsu) is a journey of discovery and consolation. Directed by Harada Masaki, this sensitive drama portrays the dreams, insecurities, and hardships experienced by people of different ages and walks of life, effectively tuning into the realities of modern society. Backdropped by a tender score from master composer Asakura Daisuke, Departing Osaka Station at 0:00 features a remarkable ensemble cast that includes Takigawa Hanako, Kurosaka Mami, Atsuko Sakurai, Otaki Hideji, Taihei Shiro, and evergreen singer Tokunaga Hideaki in his feature film debut.Read More »

dvdmaniacs.net wrote:
Like the two movies that have come before it, this third (and supposedly final) film in the series, August Underground’s Penance, pushes the boundaries of what should be shown and rubs the viewers face in it. It’s another nasty little movie that will get under your skin and burrow in for the long haul in that there are a few images in this movie that will burn themselves into your brain. There are a lot of independent, shot on video gore films out there – few of them work, most of them suck. The August Underground movies work and succeed at what they set out to do, and that in and of itself is a rare feat.Read More »

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Kohei Takahara, an astronaut who dies in the line of duty, is legally resurrected as a clone: however, contrary to the scientists’ expectations, he reverts to his childhood memories when his twin brother drowned sacrificing his life for Kohei. Kohei’s clone discovers the body of his former self mistakenly believing that it is his deceased twin. Reliving his tragic past, he sets off carrying his corpse body to the beautiful hometown where he lived with his now dead mother.Read More »

Based on a Japanese folk legend that echoes the tale of Robin Hood, this ninja thriller follows the exploits of Goemon Ishikawa (Yôsuke Eguchi), who leaves his fighting clan after its chief…Read More »

“20,000 Streets Under the Sky” is a television adaptation of Patrick Hamilton’s London trilogy of the 1930’s, providing Americans with exposure to an author, at his centenary, and period, classes and British characters we haven’t seen on British exports before.Read More »

Documentary about the effects of market economy and globalization on director Raoul Peck’s homeland, Haiti.

Icarus Films wrote:
Who said that the economy serves mankind? What is this world where one third of the population, in the rich countries, or more precisely the wealthiest two percent in these countries, control everything? A world where the economy is law, where this law of the strongest is imposed on the rest of humanity? Why do we accept this cynical and immoral state of being? What happened to Solidarity? And to the militants? These are the questions Profit & Nothing But! asks.Read More »