2001-2010

  • Cameron Jamie – Kranky Klaus (2003)

    2001-2010Cameron JamieDocumentaryExperimentalUSA

    Quote:
    Recording of the annual Christmas folklore street ritual Krampus in Austria, in which people dressed up as hairy monsters scare the wits out of the population. The accompanying metal soundtrack by The Melvins provides a curious American perspective.Read More »

  • David Cronenberg – Eastern Promises (2007)

    USA2001-2010CrimeDavid CronenbergThriller

    Quote:
    David Cronenberg’s “Eastern Promises” opens with a throat- slashing and a young woman collapsing in blood in a drugstore, and connects these events with a descent into an underground of Russians who have immigrated to London and brought their crime family with them. Like the Corleone family, but with a less wise and more fearsome patriarch, the Vory V Zakone family of the Russian mafia operates in the shadows of legitimate business — in this case, a popular restaurant.Read More »

  • Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani – Chambre jaune AKA Yellow Room (2002)

    2001-2010BelgiumBruno ForzaniExperimentalHélène CattetShort Film

    A leather-clad man watches a woman’s apartment before entering it, cutting the phone cord, leaving a calling card, and confronting her with a razor in hand.Read More »

  • Jamie Johnson – The One Percent (2006)

    2001-2010DocumentaryJamie JohnsonUSA

    Quote:
    In this hard-hitting but humorous documentary, director Jamie Johnson takes the exploration of wealth that he began in Born Rich one step further. The One Percent, refers to the tiny percentage of Americans who control nearly half the wealth of the U.S. Johnson’s thesis is that this wealth in the hands of so few people is a danger to our very way of life. Johnson captures his story through personal interviews with Robert Reich, Adnan Khashoggi, Bill Gates Sr., and Steve Forbes, during which both Johnson’s and his subjects’ knowledge and humor shine. And he’s not afraid to butt heads with Milton Friedman, the economist who coined the term “the trickledown effect.” Read More »

  • Amos Gitai – Roses à crédit (2010)

    2001-2010Amos GitaiDramaFranceRomance

    A young couple marry in France in the 1940s and the film follows the arc of their marriage over the next decade. As France recovers from the trauma of the war, the wife finds herself increasingly caught up in acquiring material possessions while the husband prefers a more traditional lifestyle.Read More »

  • Damien Chazelle – Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench (2009)

    2001-2010Damien ChazelleDramaMusicalUSA

    Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench is about the often uneasy but always beautiful relationship between music and love. It tells the story of a young Boston jazz musician who drifts from affair to affair, his trumpet the only constant in his life. He makes a promising connection with an aimless introvert named Madeline, who immediately takes to his music. Their relationship is cut short, however, when Guy leaves her for another, more outgoing love interest. The two separated lovers slowly wind their way back into each other’s lives, through a series of romances and near-romances punctuated by song.Read More »

  • Qiu Jiongjiong – Gu Nainai AKA Madame (2010)

    2001-2010ChinaDocumentaryQiu Jiongjiong

    Synopsis
    The Chinese documentary movement continues to evolve, reaching new levels of awareness of issues complicating its mission to objectively capture the reality of its society. Among these issues is that of performance in its subjects; this is especially critical given that an increasing number of documentaries are personal portraits that delve into subjective experiences. Perhaps the most memorable instance of the past year is Qiu Jiongjiong’s stark black-and-white series of interviews with transsexual cabaret singer Madame Bi Langda. Madame Bi’s recollections of past experiences explicitly touch on how she performs her way through life, whether interacting with friends, lovers or her audience. More than a document of the increasingly complicated gender identity politics in China, it’s also a poignant testimony of a life dedicated to articulating the aesthetics of living.Read More »

  • Steven Cantor – What Remains (2005)

    2001-2010DocumentarySteven CantorUSA

    At home at her Virginia farm, photographer Sally Mann reflects on the controversy surrounding her earlier collections while forging ahead with new work in this intimate portrait of an artist. Also offering insights into the photographer’s career are Mann’s husband and her now-grown offspring Emmett, Virginia and Jessie, whom Mann famously photographed nude when they were young children in her career-making collection Immediate Family.Read More »

  • Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani – Catharsis (2001)

    2001-2010Bruno ForzaniExperimentalHélène CattetShort FilmWomen Make Horror

    An unnamed man wanders into a mysterious basement, only to find his own corpse laying among rusty metal. The two lock eyes, a gloved killer appears.Read More »

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