Blood Shadow
In a mythical Japan overrun by demons there are small brigades of warriors dedicated to protecting humanity from the powers of black magic. One of these brigades is the Crimson… Read more »
Tag: 2000s
Où gît votre sourire enfoui?
“…then they discovered cinema and slowly we became friends.” – Danièle Huillet Où gît votre sourire enfoui? (2001), or in english Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie?, is a filmed… Read more »
Naked Weapon
Writer and producer Wong Jing followed up his cult classic Cat. III hit Naked Killer (1992) with the Tony Ching Siu-tung directed feature Naked Weapon (2002). As the title Naked… Read more »
Unknown Pleasures
Jia Zhangke’s third feature film Unknown Pleasures (2002) is an intimate portrait of poverty and the growing pains of a China in transition. Set in Datong, a once thriving industrial… Read more »
Fantastic Mr. Fox
From Bottle Rocket (1996) to The Darjeeling Limited (2007), filmmaker Wes Anderson was moving his aesthetic closer and closer to animation. Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) is the first time that… Read more »
Investigating Sex
Alan Rudolph, like the character Edgar Faldo (Dermot Mulroney), attempts to rectify the abstract with the representational in his film Investigating Sex (2001). Based on Recherches sur la sexualite archives… Read more »
Lost & Delirious
A modest hit at the Sundance Film Festival, Lost & Delirious (2001) is a Canadian coming of age picture that features a handful of stars before they became famous. Directed… Read more »
The Prestige
Christopher Nolan made The Prestige (2006) between his first and second Batman features. It was a return for Nolan to the pseudo non-linear narrative storytelling of Memento (2000) but with… Read more »
Punisher: War Zone
If a good comic book movie is defined by its fidelity to the source material then Punisher: War Zone (2008) is a masterpiece. Low-budget and gruesome, Punisher: War Zone is… Read more »
Brotherhood Of The Wolf
Brotherhood Of The Wolf (2001) is about Grégoire de Fronsac’s (Samuel Le Bihan) investigation into a series of mysterious animal attacks during the reign of Louis XV. Aided by his… Read more »
