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Subgenre Sampler

 
SeanceSeance (2000) Recommended
Dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Feat. Koji Yakusho
A hybrid of crime thriller and ghost story, this remake of the British classic "Seance on a Wet Afternoon" reinstates the supernatural emphasis of…
Shadow MagicShadow Magic (2000)
Dir. Ann Hu
Feat. Jared Harris
The 'shadow magic' in question is the early cinema, which is brought to Beijing in 1902 by a travelling promoter (Harris), who, along with a local…
ShowerShower (Xizhao) (2000) Recommended
Dir. Zhang Yang
Feat. Pu Cunxin, Zhu Xu
A popular success with international audiences, this Chinese comedy is centred around a modern–day bathhouse in Beijing without a…
Sky Is Falling, TheSky Is Falling, The (Cielo cade, Il) (2000)
Dir. Andrea Frazzi, Antonio Frazzi
Feat. Isabella Rossellini, Jeroen Krabbe
Two young orphan girls are sent to live with relatives in Tuscany, Italy during WW2 and discover intriguing new perspectives through their Jewish…
Songs from the Second FloorSongs from the Second Floor (2000)
Dir. Roy Andersson
Feat. Lars Nordh, Stefan Larsson
Various rotund men of retirement age face personal crises in a series of unsettling, stylised vignettes that could be collectively read as an…
Taste of Others, TheTaste of Others, The (Le Gout des Autres) (2000) Recommended
Dir. Agnes Jaoui
Feat. Anne Alvaro, Alain Chabat, Jean-Pierre Bacri
A subtle French comedy of manners, that strews an array of matched, mismatched and all quite droll characters into a satisfying treat for the comic…
Tears of the Black TigerTears of the Black Tiger (Fah Talai Jone) (2000) Aro Favourite
Dir. Wisit Sasanatieng
A blast of wild inspiration from the New Thai Cinema, this restages a Hollywood Western within a luridly kitschy setting using back–projection,…
Tell Me SomethingTell Me Something (2000) Recommended
Dir. Chang Yoon-Hyung
Feat. Han Suk-gyu, Shim Eun-ha
A fine slice of Korean “giallo”, this is detective pulp of the lacquered–black, rain–drenched variety, with perverse/macabre…
The Best Man's WeddingThe Best Man's Wedding (Jalla! Jalla!) (2000) Recommended
Dir. Josef Fares
A racy comic swirl through the family, romantic, sexual and general personal dilemmas of two Swedish best friends. While one must suffer the…
Time and TideTime and Tide (2000)
Dir. Tsui Hark
Feat. Nicholas Tse, Wu Bai
Healthy measures of hard–boiled alienation and gyroscopic fire–fights ignite this Hong Kong kick–butt–fest that somersaults…

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