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Leviathan (I) (2012)
In the very waters where Melville’s Pequod gave chase to Moby Dick, leviathan captures the collaborative clash of man, nature, and machine. Shot on a dozen cameras – tossed and tethered, passed from fisherman to filmmaker – it is a cosmic portrait of one of mankind’s oldest endeavors. (c) Official Site
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Al doilea joc (2014)
,,A deceptively simple set-up: the director and his father watch a 1988 football match which the father refereed, their commentary accompanying the original television images in real time. A Bucharest derby between the country’s leading teams, Dinamo and Steaua, taking place in heavy snow, one year before the revolution that toppled Ceaușescu. The conditions are…
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Black Mirror (2011– )
“If technology is a drug – and it does feel like a drug – then what, precisely, are the side-effects? This area – between delight and discomfort – is where Black Mirror, my new drama series, is set. The “black mirror” of the title is the one you’ll find on every wall, on every…
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Un lac (2008)
,,The story takes place in a country about which we know nothing. In the north. The light is devoid of strength. The sun never climbs high in the sky. It remains on the horizon. Everything happens with great suddenness. Nothing prepares it. It just happens. The scenes are somehow connected underground, by deep currents…
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Cha no aji, (The Taste of Tea) (2004)
This film takes a low-key look at an eccentric family residing in a quiet countryside town just north of Tokyo. The Haruno family is a five-piece clan living the simple life in Japan. The summer sun shining gently down, this quiet quintet is transformed into a six-piece when urban-dwelling uncle Ayano, a successful music…
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Hundstage (2001)
You should enjoy this movie if you’re a Haneke fan and it’s not only the Austrian cultural background, it’s the recurring themes of fear, violence and the consumerist neurosis that are in play. The film follows six interwoven stories set in Vienna over the course of a summer weekend, in an suburban grey and…
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Hausu (1977)
This satirical murder mystery pits a woman who is the epitome of glamour against a clever murderer during a holiday stay at a strange ghostly mansion. Seven young women, who have chosen as nicknames the brand names of much-advertised consumer products, begin to disappear in a decidedly suspicious manner. Are they fashion victims? How…
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Kwaidan (1964)
Kwaidan is a 1964 Japanese portmanteau film directed by Masaki Kobayashi; the title means ‘ghost story’. It is based on stories from Lafcadio Hearn‘s collections of Japanese folk tales.The four narratives are ghost stories which are interconnected by two themes: the rotation of seasons and guilt. Kwaidan is an interesting film in that is offers…