In 1994, real-life crop artist Stan Herd traveled from Kansas to Manhattan’s Upper West Side to create a massive environmental artwork on land owned by Donald Trump. The multi-acre artwork was made from soil, rock, plants and vegetation near an underground railway tunnel. Stan recruited a number of homeless individuals living in the tunnel toContinue reading “Earthwork – 2011”
Tag Archives: Drama
Finding Sayun – 2011
For her debut feature Finding Sayun (不一樣的月光), Atayal director Chen Chieh-yao (陳潔瑤) returns to her home village to unearth the legend of Sayun (sometimes spelled Sayion), an Atayal girl who fell to her death in a turbulent stream while carrying a Japanese teacher’s belongings at the end of World War II. The movie begins whenContinue reading “Finding Sayun – 2011”
Crossroads – 2011
Domestic drama focusing on a soon to be retired train driver and his wife. Director : Masatoshi Kurakata Cast : Akiyoshi Nakao|Eiko Koike|Kazuko Yoshiyuki|Kimiko Yo|Masahiko Nishimura|Michié|Ryo Iwamatsu|Takashi Tsukamoto|Tomokazu Miura|Yu Tokui Genre : Drama Release Date : 12/3/2011 Country : Japan
Marriage Retreat – 2011
A roller coaster ride of love, emotions and comedy Jeff Fahey (LOST, MACHETE), Reginald Vel Johnson (Family Matters, DIE HARD), and Victoria Jackson (Saturday Night Live, BABY BOOM) star in this funny, heartfelt story about the difficulties many marriages face and the simple solution. A trio of unhappily married couples head to a mountain retreatContinue reading “Marriage Retreat – 2011”
Hotel Lux – 2011
In 1938 Hans Zeisig, an apolitical comedian, impersonator and cabaret actor, flees with a Russian passport (instead of American, which he would have preferred) from Nazi-Berlin, and finds himself in the legendary Hotel Lux, the ‘lost paradise’ of the Comintern, in Moscow. Everyone believes that Zeisig is a man named Hansen, Hitler’s personal astrologer. ButContinue reading “Hotel Lux – 2011”
The Eagle – 2011
In 140 AD, twenty years after the unexplained disappearance of the entire Ninth Legion in the mountains of Scotland, young centurion Marcus Aquila (Tatum) arrives from Rome to solve the mystery and restore the reputation of his father, the commander of the Ninth. Accompanied only by his British slave Esca (Bell), Marcus sets out acrossContinue reading “The Eagle – 2011”
Elza – 2011
A young Parisian woman of Caribbean descent returns to her native island of Guadeloupe looking for the father she has never known. Director : Mariette Monpierre Cast : Christophe Cherki|Stana Roumillac|Vincent Byrd Le Sage Genre : Drama Release Date : 4/11/2011 Country : France
November Christmas – 2011
A young father asks for pumpkins at the local farm stand. “In August? No.” the farmer replies. The farmer ruminates on the odd request and gets involved with strangers for the first time since his son’s death long ago. Director : Robert Harmon Cast : Elizabeth McLaughlin|Emily Alyn Lind|Eric Keenleyside|Jeremy Akerman|John Corbett|Karen Allen|Max Charles|Richard Fitzpatrick|SamContinue reading “November Christmas – 2011”
My Left Hand Man – 2011
The Emersons are a theatrical family, of sorts – one son Samuel,17, is a street performer who recites Shakespeare while his brother Beckett, 19, picks pockets in the crowd. Their father Warrn, a has-been thespian, spends the take on booze and ponies. But Samuel wants to make like his comic book hero ‘The Cardinal Comet’Continue reading “My Left Hand Man – 2011”
Reservoir Cats – 2011
A remake of ‘Reservoir Dogs’ by Quentin Tarantino, with the noticeable difference that all the male characters have been replaced with female ones. Director : Cast : Amanda Marsden|Belinda Gavin|Bridget Power|Hayley Beveridge|Helen Uskovic|Jarrah Sexton Genre : Comedy|Crime|Drama Release Date : 12/11/2011 Country : Australia