Possible Lovers (2008)

Possible Lovers (Raya Martin, 2008) Raya Martin’s Possible Lovers , a ninety five minute film introduced by five minutes of silent vignettes...

Summer Hours (2008)

Summer Hours (Olivier Assayas, 2008) French Title: L'heure d'été Olivier Assayas' delicately magnificent Summer Hours is booken...

Waiting for Sancho (2008)

Waiting for Sancho (Mark Peranson, 2008) In black and white, a solitary angel stands against a desolate background of sand and rocks. Motion...

Two Lovers (2008)

Two Lovers (James Gray, 2008) The opening sequence is vital. The requisite black of the opening credits gives way to a cloudy gray sky, whic...

Tulpan (2008)

Tulpan (Sergei Dvortsevoy, 2008) Set in the steppes of Kazakhstan, Sergei Dvortsevoy's Tulpan details the efforts of Asa (Askat Kuchinc...

The Echo (2008)

The Echo (Yam Laranas, 2008) My biggest gripe with regards to remakes, whether they are Hollywood remakes of Asian films or the other way ar...

The Coffin (2008)

The Coffin (Ekechai Uekrongtham, 2008) Ekechai Uekrongtham's The Coffin starts with a reporter narrating from inside a coffin. The camer...

Maynila sa mga Pangil ng Dilim (2008)

Maynila sa mga Pangil ng Dilim (Khavn dela Cruz, 2008) English Title: Manila in the Fangs of Darkness Bembol Roco, from his first starring r...

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Mark Herman, 2008) Absolutely nothing differentiates Mark Herman's The Boy in the Striped Pajamas from a...

Revolutionary Road (2008)

Revolutionary Road (Sam Mendes, 2008) America is not limited to its great cities, those centers of modern civilization that supposedly gave ...