Thursday, September 30, 2010

The Goddess of 1967 (2000)

The Goddess of 1967 (2000)

Genre: Drama
Director:  Clara Law
Starring:  Rose Byrne, Rikiya Kurokawa

A young and well-situated Japanese man dreams of owning a "Goddess", a French Citroën DS, and one fine day he finds one for sale on the internet.  So he travels to Australia in order to buy the car. But when he reaches his destination, there's chaos all around.


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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)

Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)

Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Weir
Starring:  Rachel Roberts, Vivean Gray, Helen Morse

The story of the disappearance of three schoolgirls and their teacher during a picnic at a geological formation known as Hanging Rock on Valentine's Day in 1900.  The reason for their disappearance is never discovered but their disappearance has a profound effect upon everybody in their community.

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Walkabout (1971)

Walkabout (1971)
Walkabout (1971)


Genre: Drama
Director: Nicolas Roeg
Starring: Jenny Agutter, Luc Roeg, David Gulpilil

A young sister and brother are abandoned in the harsh Australian outback and must learn to cope in the natural world, without their usual comforts, in this hypnotic masterpiece from Nicolas Roeg. 

Monday, September 27, 2010

Fallen Angels (1995)

Fallen Angels / Duo luo tian shi (1995)
Fallen Angels / Duo luo tian shi / 墮落天使 (1995)

Genre: Drama
Director: Wong Kar Wai
Starring: Leon Lai, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Michelle Reis, Charlie Yeung, Karen Mok

A disillusioned killer embarks on his last hit but first he has to overcome his affections for his cool, detached partner. Thinking it's dangerous and improper to become involved with a colleague he sets out to find a surrogate for his affections. Against the sordid and surreal urban nightscape of contemporary Hong Kong, he crosses paths with a strange drifter looking for her mysterious ex-boyfriend and an amusing mute trying to get the world's attention in his own unconventional ways.

Sunday, September 26, 2010

Videodrome (1983)

Videodrome (1983)

Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: David Cronenberg
Starring: James Woods, Deborah Harry, Sonja Smits

Sleazy lowlife cable TV operator Max Renn discovers a snuff broadcast called "Videodrome." But it is more than a TV show--it's an experiment that uses regular TV transmissions to permanently alter the viewer's perceptions by giving them brain damage. Max is caught in the middle of the forces that created "Videodrome" and the forces that want to control it, his body itself turning into the ultimate weapon to fight this global conspiracy.

Saturday, September 25, 2010

Mulholland Dr. (2001)

Mulholland Dr. (2001)

Genre: Drama
Director: David Lynch
Starring:  Naomi Watts, Laura Elena Harring

After a brutal car accident in Los Angeles, California, Rita is the sole survivor but suffers mass amnesia. Wandering into a strangers apartment downtown, her story strangely intertwines with Betty Elms, a perky young woman in search of stardom. However, Betty is intrigued by Rita's situation and is willing to put aside her dreams to pursue this mystery. The two women soon discover that nothing is as it seems in the city of dreams.

Friday, September 24, 2010

Battle Royale (2000)

Battle Royale (2000)

Genre: Action
Director: Kinji Fukasaku
Starring: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Taro Yamamoto, Takeshi Kitano, Masanobu Ando

At the dawn of the new millennium, Japan is in a a state of near-collapse. Unemployment is at an all-time high, and violence among the nation's youth is spiraling out of control. With schoolchildren boycotting their classes and physically abusing their teachers, a beleaguered and near-defeated government decides to introduce a radical new measure: the Battle Royale Act Overseen by their former teacher Kitano and requiring that a randomly chosen school class is taken to a deserted island and forced to fight each other to the death, the Act dictates that only one pupil is allowed to survive the punishment. He or she will return, not as the victor, but as the ultimate proof of the lengths to which the government is prepared to go to curb the tide of juvenile disobedience.

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Suspiria (1977)

Suspiria (1977)
Suspiria (1977)

Genre: Horror
Director: Dario Argento
Starring: Jessica Harper, Stefania Casini, Udo Kier, Joan Bennett, Alida Valli
Language: Italian, Russian, English, German, Latin
Duration: 98 min.
Rating: 9.4  

Summary:
A newcomer to a prestigious ballet academy gradually comes to realize that the staff of the school are actually a coven of witches bent on chaos and destruction.

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

La double vie de Véronique (1991)

La double vie de Véronique (1991)

Genre: Drama
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Starring:  Irène Jacob

Krzysztof Kieslowski’s international breakthrough remains one of his most beloved films, a ravishing, mysterious rumination on identity, love, and human intuition. Irène Jacob is incandescent as both Weronika, a Polish choir soprano, and her double, Véronique, a French music teacher. Though unknown to each other, the two women share an enigmatic, purely emotional bond, which Kieslowski details in gorgeous reflections, colors, and movements.  

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Empire of Silver (2009)

Empire of Silver (2009)
 
Genre: Drama
Director: Christina Yao
Starring: Aaron Kwok, Tie Lin Zhang, Hao Lei

Based on historical events, a saga of China's 'Wall Street' over a century ago. A young man must decide whether to follow his father's path or find his own when he is obligated to assume the role of heir to a banking empire.


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Bonjour Tristesse (1958)

Bonjour Tristesse (1958)

Genre: Drama
Director: Otto Preminger
Starring: Jean Seberg, Deborah Kerr, David Niven

Jean Seberg stars as a spoiled teenager who acts with a high-society sophistication beyond her years, and dapper David Niven is her playboy father, going through young female playmates like socks.  Flitting through the French jet set and comparing conquests, they summer on the gorgeous French Riviera, where mature fashion designer Deborah Kerr enters their lives and wins Niven's heart. Seeing an end to her lifestyle, Seberg plots an end to the relationship with equal parts conniving ruthlessness and juvenile prankishness, too self-absorbed to even consider the brutal results of her actions. Told in flashback from a sleek but shadowy black-and-white Paris, the film melts into the vivid Technicolor of memory.