2010s

  • Sebastian Junger – Which Way Is the Front Line from Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington (2013)

    Sebastian Junger2011-2020DocumentaryUSA
    Which Way Is the Front Line from Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington (2013)
    Which Way Is the Front Line from Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington (2013)

    Synopsis:
    Documentary about deceased photojournalist Tim Hetherington directed by Sebastian Junger. Together with his friend and long-term collaborator Sebastian, Tim had travelled the world documenting conflicts in Afghanistan, Liberia and Libya among other locations. Best known for their 2010 film ‘Restrepo’ which was nominated for an Academy Award, the two strived to capture the humanity within conflict situations and with their images they focused on the individuals involved and their experiences of the violence surrounding them. Unfortunately, in 2011 Tim was killed by a mortar blast and this film is a tribute and celebration of the legacy he has left behind and includes Sebastian conducting interviews with those who knew Tim best.
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  • Dan Jones & Jesse P. Pollack – The Acid King (2019)

    Dan Jones2011-2020CrimeDocumentaryJesse P. PollackUSA
    The Acid King (2019)
    The Acid King (2019)

    The story of Ricky Kasso, an American teenager who murdered his friend, Gary Lauwers, in an alleged “Satanic sacrifice” during the summer of 1984.Read More »

  • Iván Fund & Santiago Loza – Los labios AKA The Lips (2010)

    Iván Fund2001-2010ArgentinaDramaSantiago Loza
    Los labios (2010)
    Los labios (2010)

    Quote:
    Above all, the two Argentinean filmmakers wanted their latest co-direction, the fourth since 2008, to reflect their vision of cinema: a way of reaching out to others, to touch them, to move them. Los Labios is a film about company, about the meaning of “being together”. “The camera approaches people. It moves towards their faces and bodies, discovering their spontaneity and truth. It’s a film that is alive, in the present moment.” they explain.Read More »

  • Rob Curry & Tim Plester – The Ballad of Shirley Collins (2017)

    Rob Curry2011-2020DocumentaryTim PlesterUnited Kingdom
    The Ballad of Shirley Collins (2017)
    The Ballad of Shirley Collins (2017)

    “Widely regarded as the 20th century’s most important singer of English traditional song, Shirley Collins is someone who was born to invoke the old songs.

    Alongside her sister Dolly, Shirley stood at the epicentre of the folkmusic revival during the 1960s and 1970s. But in 1980 she developed a disorder of the vocal chords known as dysphonia, which robbed her of her unique singing voice and forced her into early retirement.Read More »

  • Marie Losier – Draw Me Now (2018)

    Marie Losier2011-2020FranceShort Film
    Draw Me Now (2018)
    Draw Me Now (2018)

    Artist Peter Hristoff teaches painting the ay a filmmaker or theater director commandeers his actors, with the class as his playground, his stage. The students surround a field of models in handmade costumes who dance, pause, create emotions, and stage the scenes that Peter invents.Read More »

  • Lech Majewski – Mlyn i krzyz AKA The Mill and the Cross (2011)

    2011-2020ArthouseDramaLech MajewskiPoland
    The Mill and the Cross (2011)
    The Mill and the Cross (2011)

    This movie focuses on a dozen of the five hundred characters depicted in Bruegel’s painting. The theme of Christ’s suffering is set against religious persecution in Flanders in 1564.Read More »

  • Jean-Christophe Klotz – John Ford, l’homme qui inventa l’Amérique (2019)

    2011-2020DocumentaryFranceJean-Christophe Klotz
    John Ford, l'homme qui inventa l'Amérique (2019)
    John Ford, l’homme qui inventa l’Amérique (2019)

    The filmography of John Ford, most specifically his westerns for which he is arguably best known, is presented, those movies which largely made western stars out of John Wayne and James Stewart as two sides of the hero or antihero as the case may be, but also the majestically beautiful landscape of Monument Valley. The films are discussed as a reflection of him as a man – which is arguably the best representation of him as he was a highly private man who often answered evasively or flippantly in interviews, even about his work – and as a commentary on or his hope for American society. That hope largely was for a better world for the disenfranchised, especially the ethnic minority with Native Americans the usual stand-in as ubiquitous to the genre. Those movies in relation to politics, either his own are that of others who want to capitalize on very specific messages, is also discussed. As an interlude to his Hollywood life, his military service in WWII where he used his filmmaking.Read More »

  • Kôji Fukada – Yokogao AKA A Girl Missing (2019)

    Kôji Fukada2011-2020DramaJapan
    Yokogao (2019)
    Yokogao (2019)

    Ichiko is a care-giver and a nurse. She provide home-care to the Oishos’ elderly woman and is almost considered part of the family as she visits and performs her tasks routinely. What is more, Ichiko is helping Oisho Motoko to also become a care-giver and potentially replace her one day. The two have become close, which is useful when Motoko’s sister Saki disappears. She is returned safely one week later, but the kidnapper is too close to homeRead More »

  • Sang-soo Im – Hanyo AKA The Housemaid (2010)

    Drama2001-2010Sang-soo ImSouth KoreaThriller
    Hanyo AKA The Housemaid (2010)
    Hanyo AKA The Housemaid (2010)

    Quote:
    Award-winning actress Jeon Do Yeon stars as poor divorcee Eun Yi, who gladly signs on to work as a nanny and housemaid for a wealthy, upper-crust family. In her naive eyes, the rich and handsome Hoon (Lee Jung Jae, Typhoon), his pregnant wife Hae Ra (Seo Woo, Paju), and adorable daughter (Ahn Seo Hyun) make the picture-perfect family. But that myth is soon shattered when the domineering Hoon finds his way to her bed. Their torrid affair upsets the balance of the household, unleashing a cruel power struggle as Hae Ra, her mother (Park Ji Young), and the head housekeeper (Yoon Yeo Jung) all answer with their own calculated measures.Read More »

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