Joko Anwar

  • David Gregory – Tales of the Uncanny (2020)

    David Gregory2011-2020DocumentaryUSA

    A documentary exploring the subject of horror anthology movies.Read More »

  • Joko Anwar – Forbidden Door aka Pintu terlarang (2009)

    2001-2010HorrorIndonesiaJoko AnwarThriller

    A successful sculptor whose life run by domineering wife and mother discovers a secret organization in which members can watch the lives of most dysfunctional, depraved families in the town which are fed from hidden cameras. When he stumbles upon a channel showing a little boy who’s being viciously abused by his parents, he tries to find the kid to save him. But his quest leads him back to a secret door in his own house that could be the answer to many puzzles.Read More »

  • Edwin – Babi Buta yang Ingin Terbang AKA Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly (2008)

    Edwin2001-2010ArthouseIndonesia

    Quote:
    Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly is a film that is both serious and playful. The film tackles a sensitive racial political issue, namely the denial of the cultural identity of the Chinese minority in Indonesia, but is also filled with humorous and bizarre jokes and situations.
    The film is made up of several sketches that can differ in their tone and approach, yet keep returning to the central issue of the glossed-over Chinese identity. The insecurity, fear and uprooting this causes among Chinese Indonesians is the real subject of the film. The subject is obviously close to the maker’s heart.Read More »

  • Joko Anwar – Janji Joni AKA Joni’s Promise (2005)

    2001-2010AdventureComedyIndonesiaJoko Anwar

    Synopsis:
    Joni (Nicholas Saputra) is obsessed with film, and he’s not the only one, as he points out in a pre-credit sequence, in which we hear various Jakarta residents comparing their own lives to the movies that they love. Joni has made the movies his life, even if it’s just as a delivery man, using his motorbike to bring film reels from one theater in the city to the next, so that the canny exhibitors can save money on prints. Joni prides himself on always getting to his destination in time for the reel changes, so the screenings aren’t interrupted. Read More »

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