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Linda Linda LindaLinda Linda Linda (2005) Aro Favourite
Dir. Nobuhiro Yamashita
Feat. Doona Bae, Aki Maeda, Yu Kashii
Guided by a rousing rock anthem, three high school seniors – and one gawky Korean exchange student – strive to have three Japanese punk classics…
Sisters in LawSisters in Law (2005) Recommended
Dir. Kim Longinotto, Florence Ayisi
Spirited portrait of two women working in the Cameroonian Judiciary – a State Prosecutor and a judge in the magistrate’s court, respectively –…
Cutie HoneyCutie Honey (Kyûtî Hanî) (2004)
Dir. Hideaki Anno
Feat. Eriko Sato
Colourful cluster bomb romp pits a sexy supercharged heroine against an assembly line of comic book villains in a camp futuristic netherworld. Fun,…
Maria Full of GraceMaria Full of Grace (2004) Recommended
Dir. Joshua Marston
Feat. Catalina Sandino Moreno, Yenny Paola Vega, Guilied Lopez
An accomplished delve into the experience of a 'drug mule', a teenage Colombian girl who enlists to smuggle heroin into the United States, so as to…
MoolaadeMoolaade (2004) Recommended
Dir. Ousmane Sembene
Feat. Fatoumata Coulibaly
A rare glimpse for New Zealanders of the work of elderly Sengalese dir. Sembene – novelist, newspaper editor and founder of the New African…
Twenty Thirty FortyTwenty Thirty Forty (20 30 40) (2004)
Dir. Sylvia Chang
Feat. Sylvia Chang, Rene Liu, Lee Sinji
The destinies of three women in contemporary urban Taiwan – aged 20, 30 and 40 – evolve in parallel as each feels their way through the…
Anatomy of HellAnatomy of Hell (Anatomie De L'enfer) (2003)
Dir. Catherine Breillat
Feat. Amira Casar, Rocco Siffredi
A queasily explicit sex drama about a suicidal woman who challenges (and pays) a promiscuous gay man to participate in an uneasy nightly ritual of…
High TensionHigh Tension (Haute tension, Switchblade Romance) (2003) Recommended
Dir. Alexandre Aja
Feat. Cecile De France, Maïwenn
A grisly yet indeed tense French horror movie directed with stunning virtuosity, about two women whose rural weekend getaway turns horrific when they…
Joy of MadnessJoy of Madness (Lezate divanegi) (2003) Recommended
Dir. Hana Makhmalbaf
An unusual and invigorating self–reflexive documentary created by the teenage sister of acclaimed filmmaker Samira Makhmalbaf, during the…
OsamaOsama (2003) Aro Favourite
Dir. Siddiq Barmak
Feat. Marina Golbahari
Though nothing to do with a certain infamous terrorist, this first Afghani film made since the rise and fall of the Taliban also happens to be a…

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