2003 Moscow International Film Festival
Crimson Gold
$21.95 | 97 minutes
An expertly crafted film that allows the daily activities of a pizza delivery man to depict the complicated social structure of modern-day Iran, CRIMSON GOLD is directed by Jafar Panahi (THE CIRCLE) from a screenplay by Abbas Kiarostami (TASTE OF CHERRY). Following Hussein (Hussein Emadeddin) through late nights riding his motor scooter&hellip&hellip…
Together
$11.95 | 119 minutes
Director-writer-producer-star Chen Kaige, well known for his visually sumptuous tales of historical China (FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE) directs this sweet-natured coming of age tale set in modern day Beijing. An impoverished cook, Liu Chen (Liu Peiqui), gives up his provincial life to move his 13-year-old violin virtuoso son, Xiaochun (Tang&hellip…
Bowling for Columbine
$10.95 | 125 minutes
Filmmaker and leftist activist Michael Moore asks some serious questions as he probes the depths of America's trigger-happy gun culture in the insightful and amusing documentary, BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE. Guns in America are used to kill an average of more than 11,000 people per year. This death toll is obscenely out of balance with other&hellip&hellip…
Son Frere
$21.95 | 95 minutes
This harrowing family tale about illness and grief is directed by the commanding Patrice Chereau (QUEEN MARGOT, INTIMACY). Captivating at every moment, the film thrives on the emotional intensity of its characters. Thomas (Bruno Todeschini) has been diagnosed with a strange blood disease, and he calls on his brother Luc (Eric Caravaca)&hellip&hellip…
Secret Things
$23.95 | 115 minutes
Jean-Claude Brisseau's film is a heady melange of old-fashioned office seduction and Sadean orgy-mongering done up with Gallic flair. Sandrine (Sabrina Seyvecou) and Nathalie (Coralie Revel) meet while being fired from a strip club and soon they dare each other into a lesbian affair and masturbate publicly. They decide to make their new&hellip&hellip…
Callas Forever
$21.95 | 108 minutes
This fictionalized biopic chronicles the final years of opera meta-diva Maria Callas (Fanny Ardant), filling in the blank spots with a "what if" scenario. It's the late 1970s and Callas, once the greatest singer in opera, has lost her voice, been thrown over by Aristotle Onassis in favor of Jackie Kennedy, and now stomps around her apartment&hellip&hellip…
Noi
$17.95 | 82 minutes
In a tiny village located in the remote West Fjords of Iceland, Noi lives a strangely quiet life with his grandmother. A 17-year-old afflicted by the typical symptoms of teenage angst, who longs for freedom and independence, Noi makes for an excellent character study. His existence is anything but typical given the challenges that the&hellip&hellip…
Mango Yellow
$21.95 | 100 minutes
Set in the sizeable city of Recife in Brazil, MANGO YELLOW is a tale of hardship, romance, and ordinary lives. The principle characters center around the Texas Motel, a rundown retreat that attracts a variety of weird and wonderful people. Among them are Dunga (Matheus Nachtergaele), a gay cook who has a crush on a local butcher, Wellington&hellip&hellip…
Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself
$23.95 | 109 minutes
Danish director Lone Scherfig presents her second Dogme-style film, following her sweet and subtly brilliant ITALIAN FOR BEGINNERS, with this English-language drama set in Glasgow, Scotland. The charmingly dilapidated used bookstore where most of the film takes place creates an atmosphere of comforting humility. However, the plot stands&hellip…
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It's Easier for A Camel
$26.95 | 110 minutes
Golden St. George(Nominee)
Federica (Valeria Bruni Tedeschi) has lived in her own fantasy world for much of her life. Now in her mid-30s, the wealthy daydreamer finds herself caught in a sharp divide between her exotic imaginary life and the more mundane reality that faces her every day. Her search to find some parity between&hellip…
Save the Green Planet "Tame" Version
$21.95 | 118 minutes
Golden St. George
Silver St. George, Best Director
This is a jaw-droppingly bizarre movie from Korea that mixes scenes of gruesome torture and violence with comedy and heartbreaking profundity. Perhaps as a result of too many amphetamines and violent incidents in his past, beekeeper Lee Byeong Gu (Sin Ha-Gyun) has become convinced&hellip…
Low Heights
$26.95 | 115 minutes
This Iranian film from director Ebrahim Hatamikia is a dark look at the actions of a desperate man. Trying to escape from his native Iran, Ghassem (Hamid Farrokhnezhad) concocts a hairbrained scheme to get him and his family out of the country. Hijacking a plane with his pregnant wife, Ghassem runs into trouble with the undercover officers&hellip&hellip…
The Embalmer
$25.95 | 104 minutes
THE EMBALMER, directed by Matteo Garrone, is the story of unrequited love and repressed homosexuality gone awry. Peppino (Ernesto Mahieux) is a diminutive taxidermist who secretly courts an unsuspecting Greek god named Valerio (Valerio Foglia Manzillo) by grossly overpaying him to work as his assistant. Hungry for direction and purpose&hellip&hellip…
September 11
$23.95 | 128 minutes
A reaction piece to the United States' terrorist attack on September 11 2001, this controversial film calls upon eleven directors from various countries to contribute 11-minute 9-second films about the event. Variously political, violent, disturbing, abstract, opinionated, angered, or forgiving, each film is drastically different from&hellip&hellip…


