Drama

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010 by Coventry

Director: Daniel Monzón
Writer: Jorge Guerricaechevarría and Daniel Monzón based on a novel by Francisco Pérez Gandul
Release year: 2009
English title: Cell 211

Everybody in the whole cell block was dancing to the jailhouse rock!

In order to make a good impression at his new job as a prison warden, Juan Oliver (Alberto Ammann) visits the facility on the day before he’s supposed to start, to get a tour and introduce himself to his new colleagues. Wrong time and place, as it turns out to be…

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Thursday, April 9th, 2009 by shuizmz

Director: Tinto Brass
Writer: Tinto Brass, Pierre Lévy and Francesca Longo, based on a novel by Sergio Donati
Release year: 1967
English title: Deadly Sweet

Everybody loves something sweet.

Deadly Sweet is truly a giallo filled with the traditional elements of mystery and crime, also incorporating so many elements of pop art and psychedelia, along with a very addictive rock soundtrack. This film had me in the first 10 minutes.

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Sunday, November 2nd, 2008 by J. Luis Rivera

Director: David Cronenberg
Writer: Norman Sinder and David Cronenberg based on a book by Bari Wood and Jack Geasland
Release Year: 1988

Love is the deadliest disease

Few filmmakers have a style as clearly defined as Canadian director David Cronenberg, whose career has been developed on a constantly evolving path moving from the themes of extreme physical horror of his early years (which culminate in the awesome remake of “The Fly” in 1986) to the subtler, psychologically oriented (though no less disturbing) themes of his recent work. Like a trip from the outer body horror to the inner one, the one of the mind.

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Thursday, May 7th, 2009 by Vomitron

Director: Kim Ki-Duk
Writer: Kim Ki-Duk
Release year: 2008
Korean title: Bi-Mong

Destructive romance on a higher level

When Jin enters his realm of dreams, an unknown woman acts out his experiences for real in a state of unawareness. Discomforting events increase dramatically when the faiths of these two lost souls become more and more entangled.