O Brother, Where Art Thou?
The Coen Brothers’ latest effort is one hell of a joyride down bumpy and dusty rural Mississippi roads in the 1930’s. You can’t go wrong with George Clooney and John Turturro as your guides.
Off the Map
For his second film behind the camera actor/director Campbell Scott invites the audience to a strange universe where emotion rhymes with poetry and dream.
Ocean's 11
At its finest hour, Hollywood was the uncontested ambassador of glamour and charm. Then the budgets exploded, the explosions invaded the screen, and the capital of world cinema was transformed into a box office laboratory where quality was abandoned for aseptic, vulgar and pre-masticated products. With Ocean's 11, Steven Soderbergh resuscitates the glory days of Hollywood by putting together a star studded cast at the service of elegant entertainment.
Old Boy
Park Chan-Wook, a prominent director of Korean cinema's new wave, adapts a comic strip written by Tsuchiya Garon and Minegishi Nobuaaki, a "Mah-jong Manga" specialist. From a project, placed under unfavorable auspices, a genuine cult film is born.
Old, New, Borrowed and Blue
In Old, New, Borrowed and Blue director Natasha Arthy begins the film with a signed certificate of authenticity from the Dogma school.
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
For the third installment of his Mariachi trilogy, Robert Rodriguez has made a western with postmodern accents where the art of cinephile citation is practiced as much as that of the trigger.
One Hour Photo
One word best describes Mark Romanek's directorial film debut One Hour Photo—tense. With an electric performance by Robin Williams, it's impossible to not feel the intensity emitted by his performance and Romanek's directing.
Ong-Bak
Set in Thailand, Ong Bak follows the journey of a monk with spectacular martial art skills who must reclaim the head of a Buddha statue which was stolen from his village.
Only God Knows
it's clear that Only God Knows is too sharp not to reserve us something else other than just another variation on the theme of sex on wheels in Mexico.
Only Human
A fast-paced, over the top screwball comedy that works because it deals with issues that American comedy can't possibly tackle.
Open your Eyes
"Open your eyes, open your eyes" the alarm clock of the main character repeats tirelessly in the opening scene, like a programmed warning launched to the spectator who must be receptive and weary of what follows. This the main trump card of Open Your Eyes by Spaniard Alejandro Amenŕbar, who spends his time playing with the logic of the audience, intermingling real or dreamed scenes, mixing up possible leads and by extension our spirits.
Orchestra Seats
For his second film behind the camera actor/director Campbell Scott invites the audience to a strange universe where emotion rhymes with poetry and dream.
OSS 117
Making fun of Bond — and spy films — is nothing new, but this comedy takes a more subtle and incisive direction, with a strong dose of social and political commentary in the background.
The Other Conquest
Director Salvador Carrasco’s first film has embarked on the North American continent. It is an ambitious film whose greatest failing is that is falls short of being a truly epic picture.
The Others
After Thesis and Open Your Eyes, Alejandro Amenábar is back with The Others, another ghost movie starring Nicole Kidman. High technical control and beauty for a film that will terrify the audience.
Overnight Overnight is unique in its genre as it's at the same time a documentary that morphs into a real-life comedy, drama, a how-not-to-guide for debutant filmmakers and a tale of revenge.
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