La Femme de Vème DIRECTED BY: Pawel Pawlikowski FEATURING: Ethan Hawke, Kristin Scott Thomas, Joanna Kulig, Samir Guesmi PLOT: A struggling American writer who arrives in Paris hoping to reconnect with his estranged wife and daughter instead finds work as a night watchman admitting visitors to a mysterious apartment, while commencing affairs with both a … Continue reading IT CAME FROM THE READER-SUGGESTED QUEUE: THE WOMAN IN THE FIFTH (2011) →
DIRECTED BY: Nicolas Winding Refn FEATURING: Ryan Gosling, Kristin Scott Thomas, Vithaya Pansringarm, Yayaying Rhatha Phongam PLOT: An expatriate American drug smuggler in Bangkok becomes enmeshed in an escalating cycle of violence following the murder of his brother, with increasing pressure from his revenge-minded mother and a persistent sword-wielding cop. COMMENTS: The power of success … Continue reading IT CAME FROM THE READER-SUGGESTED QUEUE: ONLY GOD FORGIVES (2013) →
Indie filmmaker Jason Hoover and JABB Pictures are on their fourth volume of “the Collective.” Each volume contains ten 10 minute short films, each created by a different team. This anthology deals with the themes of emotion. (Volume three, a collection of shorts directed by women, revolved around the theme “Ten Minutes To Live”; Volume … Continue reading THE COLLECTIVE VOLUME 4: EMOTIONS (2012) →
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