2002 Berlin International Film Festival
Lost in La Mancha
$23.95 | 93 minutes
Directed by Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe, LOST IN LA MANCHA documents Terry Gilliam's disaster-prone attempt to make THE MAN WHO KILLED DON QUIXOTE, a film largely based on the classic novel by Miguel de Cervantes. The movie first encounters difficulties in its preproduction stage, starting with an uncomfortably small European-funded budget&hellip&hellip…
That's My Face
$12.95 | 60 minutes
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
In this personal documentary, director Thomas Allen Harris travels to Africa and Brazil on a quest to find his spiritual ancestors. Reared in both the Bronx and Tanzania, Harris formed many questions about notions of race and religion (particularly under the influence of his reverent Christian grandparents)&hellip…
Happy Times
$26.95 | 106 minutes
Zhang Yimou (JU DOU, RAISE THE RED LANTERN) directs HAPPY TIMES, a tragicomedy about one man's humorous, ridiculous, yet truly endearing attempt to love and be loved. Zhao (Zhao Benshan), a retired man of humble means who doesn't want to be lonely anymore, proposes marriage to a fat lady (Dong Lihua) who he believes will be easily coaxed&hellip&hellip…
Ibiza Dream
$26.95 | 98 minutes
On the wild and free Spanish island of Ibiza, three childhood friends cope with the struggles of young adulthood. Carlos (Paco Marin) wishes to live without any taboos or limitations. Chica (Adriana Dominguez) feels limited by the options in her life and wants to find a purpose for herself. Nacho (Adria Collado) has just returned from&hellip&hellip…
Walking on Water
$19.95 | 90 minutes
Teddy, Best Feature Film
Reader Jury of the Siegessäule
This Australian feature takes place in the aftermath of the tragic death of a young man named Gavin due to leukemia. His best friend, Charlie, can barely deal with the grief and guilt thrust upon him after watching a doctor administering euthanasia to Gavin, feelings&hellip…
Monster's Ball
$12.95 | 112 minutes
Golden Berlin Bear(Nominee)
Silver Berlin Bear, Best Actress
Set in modern Mississippi, MONSTER'S BALL subtly examines the impact of personal loss and the transforming power of human connection. The movie begins in the state penitentiary's death row, where father-and-son prison guards Hank (Billy Bob Thornton) and Sonny Grotowski&hellip…
Black Peter
$26.95 | 85 minutes
Milos Forman's 1963 debut BLACK PETER presages the Czech director's lifelong thematic obsession with precocious, disgruntled outsiders waging war against social conformity and authoritarianism (ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, AMADEUS). This time the protagonist is Petr (Ladislav Jakim), a sullen Czech teenager forced by his overbearing&hellip&hellip…
America So Beautiful
$21.95 | 91 minutes
In this eloquent tale of the search for the American Dream, a group of Iranian immigrants in 1979 Los Angeles struggle to find keep their families strong and to fulfill their dreams in the face of intense international conflict and American prejudice against people of Middle Eastern descent. The film stars wildly popular Iranian music&hellip&hellip…
All About Lily Chou-Chou
$26.95 | 146 minutes
C.I.C.A.E. Award(Special Mention)
Ah, to be young again and experience anew the horror show that is youth. In Shunji Iwai's ALL ABOUT LILY CHOU-CHOU there is nothing redeeming about the adolescent years. It's an out-and-out war among teen peers. If viewers were shocked at the frank depiction of sexuality and violence in Larry&hellip…
War Game
$12.95 | 30 minutes
Three boys depart their home country to participate in the horrors of World War II in this touching animated story. Based on a novel by Michael Foreman, the story centers around the true tale of a soccer match that took place between the warring troops on Christmas Day. An emotive, moving tale, Kate Winslet is among the stars who provide&hellip&hellip…
Dark Water
$15.95 | 100 minutes
Japanese director Hideo Nakata (THE RING, JU-ON) adapts another story by RING novelist Koji Suzuki for a supremely creepy tale of atmospheric horror. Yoshimi (Hitomi Kuroki) is a soon-to-be single mother going through a rather nasty divorce and struggling for custody of her adorable five-year-old daughter Ikuko (Rio Kanno). Forced to&hellip&hellip…
Daisies
$25.95 | 74 minutes
Two girls named Marie see the world around them to be inhabited by a spoiled society. The Maries decide they should be given such allowances and embark on a rebellious streak of what seem to be harmless pranks. However, each of the moves is loaded with consequences that soon snowball into serious trouble. This freewheeling 1966 gem of&hellip&hellip…
Bad Guy
$26.95 | 103 minutes
Golden Berlin Bear(Nominee)
A harrowing portrait of love and desire, BAD GUY is situated deep in Seoul's seedy nightlife. Differing strains of the story follow various people inexorably caught up in an underground existence that exercises a vice-like grip over their every action; a pimp forces a prostitute to live in her booth&hellip…
Fulltime Killer
$12.95 | 102 minutes
Johnny To (HEROIC TRIO) directs this action packed thriller, which stars Andy Lau as Tok, a former Olympic marksman who explodes onto the Asian crime scene as its hottest new hitman. A mysterious and flamboyant figure, Tok lines up against Asia's reigning top assassin, the enigmatic hermit known only as "O." Tok's first move is to seduce&hellip&hellip…