1999 Movies

A film that would not burn and, above all, from which no print could be made at the time! 1995-1999/16mm/sound.

Hodel sits before the camera, dressed in a crisp white T-shirt. She begins to "cut away" at herself with large silver shears. Obviously watching her a...

The filmmaker lives in a dark and cold stone-paved town, far from her homeland in Taiwan. Leafing through photographs, her grandmother unravels a memo...

It’s never easy digging up the past, especially if you can’t remember where you buried it.

Documentary following infamous Howard Marks on the campaign trail to legalize Cannabis in the 1997 general election.

Trails Street Flatland Vert Riding

David Pountney helms this memorable Zurich Opera staging of Johann Strauss's "Simplicius," a tale following the exploits of a simple-minded man (tenor...

In 1591 Juan Diego found himself between two worlds…that of the Spanish conquerors and that of his own Aztec heritage. Because of his love for his peo...

This omnibus of four episodes depicts the daily life of Fukuda and her friends. In "Sunday", Mr Fukuda receives crabs from his parents' house and invi...

When Jimmi Montana sets up and kills the son of a Yakuza boss, he doesn't know who he's messing with. The Yakuza boss sends out the "Black Death" afte...

“Sequences of space-time manipulation that raise the problem of continuity in the shot.” - Yo Ota

Mexican feature film

A review of Rosalind Russell's role in "His Girl Friday".

A young man has left his home village in Hunan Province for Beijing, to make a living fluffing cotton of old quilts and cushions. He lives in a makesh...

A film by Andréas Lang.

The icy, long and dark nights of remote northern latitudes can easily create feelings of hypnotic isolation and disorientation. Like an imaginary comp...

With a justice system that undermines the efforts of its own agents, and simmering suspicions that certain sects are using the crisis to their advanta...

Nail-biting stunts abound in this documentary, which includes video of some true daredevils. This episode includes the only footage of a B.A.S.E. (Bui...

Omelechko and his family, which counted a couple of dozen people, have a fun life. There is a wife, parents and a couple of aunts and uncles, and the...