2000s

  • Christian Petzold – Wolfsburg (2003)

    2001-2010Christian PetzoldDramaGermany

    Philipp Gerber is a smart, but self-satisfied car salesman. In an inattentive moment at the wheel of his car, he runs over a young boy riding a bike and drives away. As he has feelings of guilt, he tries to find out more about the accident’s victim and learns that the boy lies seriously injured in a hospital. Philipp wants to tell his mother Laura Reiser the truth, but he doesn’t. After a carefree holiday with his girlfriend Katja, he learns that the boy is dead. Meanwhile, Laura staggers between grief and the desire for revenge. One evening, she can’t bear it any more and jumps off a bridge, but Philipp saves her life…Read More »

  • Martin Koolhoven – Het Zuiden AKA South (2004)

    2001-2010ArthouseDramaMartin KoolhovenNetherlands

    The small-screen penchant for overwrought breast cancer melodramas tends to drown out more psychologically acute portrayals, so it’s refreshing to find a film that addresses the issue in a restrained yet emotionally engaging way. Helmer Martin Koolhoven is known for eliciting topnotch performances from his actors, and “South” is no exception. A simply told story that mostly eschews fireworks in favor of character, pic’s exploration of a woman’s inability to reintegrate her life after a mastectomy could attract an arthouse crowd with its sympathetic handling.Read More »

  • Barry Jenkins – Medicine for Melancholy (2008)

    2001-2010Barry JenkinsDramaL.A. RebellionRomanceUSA

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    Twenty-four hours in the tentative relationship of two young San Franciscans also dealing with the conundrum of being a minority in a rapidly gentrifying city.Read More »

  • Lukas Moodysson – Container (2006)

    Drama2001-2010ExperimentalLukas MoodyssonSweden

    Poetic, experimental and different, a black and white silent movie with sound where as an obese man carries a slim Asian woman across trash dumps and through dilapidated buildings, off-screen voices deliver a jumble of thoughts and personalities. A blend of identity, spirituality, consumerism and pop culture sounds like crazy talk one minute and sanity the next. The reference of Chernobyl Massacre came repeatedly in the movie. The movie reminds us that it was the then USSR, the country on the lead of Communism i.e. it is not of the people by the people for the people; instead it was a country of social equality; equality, not equity, where the disaster took place !Read More »

  • Louis Skorecki – Les cinéphiles 3 – Les ruses de Frédéric (2007)

    2001-2010ArthouseFranceLouis SkoreckiShort Film

    In 1988, Louis Skorecki realized a film in two parts, ” The Cinema enthusiasts “; his meeting with Frédéric Beigbeder gives him the envy to shoot the third shutter.Read More »

  • Russ Meyer – Pandora Peaks (2002)

    2001-2010DocumentaryExploitationRuss MeyerUSA

    Adult cinema director Russ Meyer returns to the screen for his first time in 20 years with this documentary about big-breasted (Triple H cup) strip dancer Pandora Peaks. Meyer combines biographical info on the chesty exhibitionist with plenty of Peaks’ sexy routines, as well as snippets of his own cinematic history. Reminiscent of the director’s earlier Mondo Topless, the film is a collision of rapidly moving montage sequences that supply acres of skin along with Meyer’s own lecherous sense of humor. The pneumatic Peaks is shown dancing in dusty desert locales, drinking at a German Oktoberfest, and enjoying a stimulating workout on her Trimax machine. Read More »

  • Martin Scorsese – Bringing Out the Dead (1999)

    1991-2000ComedyDramaMartin ScorseseUSA

    This tense urban drama stars Nicolas Cage as Frank Pierce, a paramedic on the brink of physical and emotional collapse. Frank has worked for years in one of New York’s most brutal neighborhoods, and the pressure of his job has taken its toll; plagued with self-doubt, he is haunted by the spirits of the people he couldn’t save, and while he desperately wants to quit his job, outside forces won’t let him walk away. Bringing Out the Dead brought director Martin Scorsese back to the streets of contemporary New York, one of his favorite locations, after three films set elsewhere: Kundun, Casino, and The Age of Innocence. The film also reunited Scorsese with screenwriter Paul Schrader, who scripted Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, and The Last Temptation of Christ. The supporting cast includes Patricia Arquette as the daughter of a heart attack victim that Frank has fallen in love with, and John Goodman and Ving Rhames as two of Frank’s fellow drivers. — Mark DemingRead More »

  • Yoshinari Okamoto – Kurosawa Akira: Tsukuru to iu koto wa subarashii AKA Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create [Kagemusha episode] (2002)

    2001-2010DocumentaryJapanYoshinari Okamoto

    An in depth look at the making of Kurosawa’s films.

    The series consists of episodes of varying length, typically between 30 and 60 minutes, which chronicle the making of Kurosawa’s films. Altogether 21 of Kurosawa’s 30 films are covered by the series: basically, the ones that he shot for Toho studios.Read More »

  • Yoshinari Okamoto – Kurosawa Akira: Tsukuru to iu koto wa subarashii AKA Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create [Sanjuro episode] (2002)

    2001-2010DocumentaryJapanYoshinari Okamoto

    An in depth look at the making of Kurosawa’s films.

    The series consists of episodes of varying length, typically between 30 and 60 minutes, which chronicle the making of Kurosawa’s films. Altogether 21 of Kurosawa’s 30 films are covered by the series: basically, the ones that he shot for Toho studios.Read More »

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