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 »
2000s
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Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani – Catharsis (2001)
2001-2010Bruno ForzaniExperimentalHélène CattetShort FilmWomen Make Horror -
Hubert Viel – Louloute (2020)
2011-2020ComedyDramaFranceHubert VielA teacher’s chance meeting with her boyfriend when she was 10 triggers memories of past life on her family’s dairy farm, feeling economic pressure in the 1980s.Read More »
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Aleksandr Rastorguev – Chistyy chetverg AKA Maundy Thursday (2003)
2001-2010Aleksandr RastorguevArthouseDocumentaryRussiaFilm offers an unexpected perspective on the everyday life of Russian soldiers during the Chechen war. Not far from Grozny, an old steam locomotive and several wagons standing on the reserve tracks have been converted into a camp bathhouse where the soldiers wash their clothes. In conditions of war, the bathing room takes on a special meaning. It is both a piece of peaceful life and a camp. At the same time, the bathhouse on wheels symbolizes the beginning of a new road. It is an occasion to wash not only the body but also the soul, because everyone who has been through the bitterness of war will return home a completely different person…Read More »
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Patrick Bokanowski – Le canard à l’orange (2002)
2001-2010ExperimentalFrancePatrick BokanowskiShort FilmPLOT:
A housewife is preparing a duck à l’orange in her kitchen. But the reluctant bird tries to escape from her but the woman manages to recaptures it and plucks it savagely. Once the duck is put in the oven, an alligator unexpectedly appears in the kitchen, threatening the cook. She tries to escape from it first, then pursues it and finally sits down at the table with it. Meanwhile, the duck succeeds in opening the the door of the oven and flies away through the open window.Read More » -
Abel Ferry – Putain, la Vieille Faut Pas l’Enerver! (2001)
2001-2010Abel FerryCampFranceShort Filmquick plot from gabbyheinze.com:
a dwarf & an “older woman” have just robbed a bank (it was a blood bath) and now they are hiding at the sordid Mucus Hotel.
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Takashi Miike – Kamisama no pazuru AKA God’s Puzzle (2008)
2001-2010JapanSci-FiTakashi MiikeA set of twins — one a hard-working student and the other a drifter — team up with a dropout to unlock the secrets of the universe and to build one of their own.Read More »
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Vincenzo Natali – Cypher (2002)
2001-2010Sci-FiThrillerUSAVincenzo NataliA scifi thriller about technology firms, spying, brainwashing and paranoia… from the director of CUBE.Read More »
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Timothy Boyle – Fink! AKA Pros and Ex-Cons (2005)
ActionAustraliaTimothy BoyleAfter completing their job, two ex-cons, are quickly informed that they have assassinated the wrong individual. With the stakes high they must quickly correct their mistake before covers are blown and innocent lives are lost.Read More »
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Louis Nero – Pianosequenza (2005)
2001-2010DramaItalyLouis NeroSynopsis
“Pianosequenza”is a bet and together a provocation. A feature film turned in digital way that expect no operation of editing, an only long breath that remains attached to the characters without break, it capturing with the agility of the moving camera every minimum jump, every detail, every variation in the expressive band and in the physical action of the actor. “Pianosequenza” wants play with time and take possession of it. The real time, Not the sham time, perceived time , and it’s the rarity, in the same way for the actor and for the audience. The theme of “Pianosequenza” born from a reflection on fate and destiny. Bunuel asserted that he was fascinated from as, events very important, , come for a connection of fates. Read More »