Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Barking Dogs Never Bite (Flandersui gae) (2000)
- Dir. Joon-ho Bong
Feat. Doona Bae - An accomplished black comedy from Korea, which follows an unemployed lecturer's annoyance with the barking of neighbourhood dogs through to its…
Battle Royale (Batoru Rowaiaru) (2000)- Dir. Fukasaku Kinji
Feat. Takeshi Kitano, Chiaki Kuriyama, Tatsuya Fujiwara… - This hyper–kinetic, violent satire from Japan courted controversy (and a fair swag of hype) for its ‘irresponsible’ premise and searing…
Beijing Bicycle (2000)- Dir. Wang Xiaoshuai
Feat. Lin Cui, Bin Li, Yuanyuan Gao - Set in the milieu of urban cycle–couriers, this retells De Sica’s BICYCLE THIEF on the teeming streets of Beijing where country–boy Lin…
Bichunmoo (2000)- Dir. Young-Jun Kim
- Boasting the biggest budget of any Korean film, this period epic, a kind–of "Once Upon a Time in Korea", blends the usual ingredients with…
Blackboards (2000)- Dir. Samira Makhmalbaf
Feat. Said Mohamadi, Behnaz Jafari - Set in politically unstable Kurdistan, this followup to THE APPLE by dir. Makhmalbaf, traces the adventures of a group of teachers searching the…
Bread and Tulips (2000)- Dir. Silvio Soldini
Feat. Licia Maglietta, Bruno Ganz, Marina Massironi… - When 40–something housewife Licia Maglietta is deserted by her family during vacation, she seizes on a chance to roll the romantic dice once…
Circle, The (2000)
- Dir. Jafar Panahi
Feat. Brano Holicek, Pavlina Mourkova, Jeri Pecha - Banned its native Iran, this compendium of linked stories circumscribes the various oppressions women must suffer under that country’s strict…
City of Lost Souls (2000)- Dir. Takashi Miike
Feat. Teah , Michelle Reis, Ren Osugi - Another turbo–charged piece of blood–drenched lunacy from prolific genre stylist Takashi Miike, marked out by its Brazilian protagonist…
Code Unknown (2000)- Dir. Michael Haneke
Feat. Juliette Binoche, Arsinee Khanjian, Thierry Neuvic… - Perhaps dir. Haneke's (THE PIANO TEACHER) least straightforward effort, this sketches a series of interconnected storylines loosely bound by themes…
Comedie de L'Innocence (Comedy of Innocence) (2000)- Dir. Raul Ruiz
Feat. Isabelle Huppert, Jeanne Balibar, Charles Berling - A spooky psychological thriller, in which a young boy of nine tells his mother (Huppert) that in fact he is the son of another woman. When this…
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