2000s

  • Ruben Östlund – Familj igen AKA Family Again (2002)

    2001-2010DocumentaryRuben ÖstlundSweden
    Familj igen (2002)
    Familj igen (2002)

    PLOT: 23 years after Ruben Östlund’s parents divorce, both his mom and dad are single again. With a child’s hope of an entire family, he tries to reconcile them in front of a new outward eye, the camera.Read More »

  • Ty Hodges – Miles from Home (2006)

    2001-2010DramaTy HodgesUSA
    Miles from Home (2006)
    Miles from Home (2006)

    Plagued by bad influences, bad choices and bad people, Miles finds himself in a seemingly hopeless set of circumstances. When a beautiful friend with an equally beautiful spirit shows him how to find his faith, Miles learns to trust a force greater than himself to face and overcome impossible odds.Read More »

  • Various – Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (2002)

    Various2001-2010Drama
    Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (2002)
    Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (2002)

    This series of vignettes offers ruminations on time, fate and other human mysteries, Each of the film’s seven directors conjures a scenario that speaks to some facet of universal experience.

    Kaige Chen … (segment “100 Flowers Hidden Deep”)
    Víctor Erice … (segment “Lifeline”)
    Werner Herzog … (segment “Ten Thousand Years Older”)
    Jim Jarmusch … (segment “Int. Trailer Night”)
    Aki Kaurismäki … (segment “Dogs Have No Hell”)
    Spike Lee … (segment “We Wuz Robbed”)
    Wim Wenders … (segment “Twelve Miles to Trona”)Read More »

  • Stefan Krohmer – Sommer ’04 AKA Summer ’04 (2006)

    Stefan Krohmer2001-2010ArthouseGermanyThriller
    Sommer '04 (2006)
    Sommer ’04 (2006)

    A family vacation sets the stage for an often uncomfortable generational battle. Krohmer constructs an unpredictable love triangle between Miriam (Martina Gedeck), a still-radiant forty-something mother and wife, her son’s 12-year-old girlfriend, Livia (Svea Lohde) and Bill (Robert Seeliger), the charming American expat in his twenties to whom both women find themselves drawn.Read More »

  • Detlev Buck – Same Same But Different (2009)

    Detlev Buck2001-2010DramaGermanyRomance
    Same Same But Different (2009)
    Same Same But Different (2009)

    From IMDB: Based on the true story of Benjamin Prufer and Sreykeo Solvan. The unexpected and uncertain love story of Sreykeo, a 21 year old bar girl in Phnom Penh and Ben, a young German student traveling to Cambodia on a post graduation summer trip. When Ben returns home to Germany he discovers that Sreyko is sick and he takes on the responsibility to save her. On the way he discovers a world where not everyone is dealt the same cards and where motivations are not always pure.Read More »

  • Xavier Giannoli – Quand j’étais chanteur AKA The Singer (2006)

    Xavier Giannoli2001-2010ArthouseDramaFrance
    Quand j’étais chanteur (2006)
    Quand j’étais chanteur (2006)

    Gérard Depardieu has at last returned to his true form in THE SINGER, which was a huge hit in France. Xavier Giannoli has created a genuinely touching love story which displays humour and a sense of compassion for its characters.

    Depardieu plays the part of Alain Moreau, a nightclub crooner in Clermont-Ferrand described by one critic as: “much lower in the food chain than Charles Aznavour, but cut from the same cloth.”Read More »

  • Jörg Buttgereit – Captain Berlin versus Hitler (2009)

    Jörg Buttgereit2001-2010ComedyGermany
    Captain Berlin versus Hitler (2009)
    Captain Berlin versus Hitler (2009)

    After the Nazis took power, the resistance searched for a solution to end Adolf Hitler’s evil dictatorship. They formulated a plan to bio-engineer super-human assassins, eventually finding their man in one Captain Berlin.Read More »

  • Brad Leong – Palo Alto, CA (2007)

    Brad Leong2001-2010ComedyDramaUSA
    Palo Alto, CA (2007)
    Palo Alto, CA (2007)

    Palo Alto, CA is a movie starring Aaron Ashmore, Johnny Lewis, and Justin Mentell. On their last night of Thanksgiving break, four old friends, now all college freshmen, realize their small town has more meaning than they ever imagined.Read More »

  • Sandeep Sawant – Shwaas (2004)

    2001-2010DramaIndiaSandeep Sawant
    Shwaas (2004)
    Shwaas (2004)

    The New York Times
    Shwaas,”the debut feature by Sandeep Sawant, is the teary, slow-moving story of a grandfather (Arun Nalavade) who has brought his young grandson from their rural village to the big city to seek medical attention. The boy, a wide-eyed moppet named Parashuram (Ashwin Chitale), is losing his sight, and tests reveal that he is suffering from a rare cancer. His only hope of survival is an operation that would leave him permanently blind.Read More »

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