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Director: Yoshihiro Nakamura Producers: Yasushi Udagawa, Hitoshi Endo Screenplay: Yoshihiro Nakamura, Tamio Hayashi Starring: Kengo Gora as Goro (Vocalist) Kiyohiko Shibukawaas - (Drummer) Toshimitsu Okawa as Ryoji (Guitar) Atsushi Itō as Shigeki (Bass) Mikako Tabe as Masami (Student girl) Gaku Hamada as Masashi (Driver) Kenjiro Ishimaru as Taniguchi (Cult leader) Music: Kazuyoshi Saito Cinematography: Takashi Komatsu Editing: Yoshihiro Nakamura Release Date: March 20, 2009 (Japan) Running Time: 112 minutes Language: Japanese   ***SPOILER ALERT*** Fish Story: A Love Letter to an Underrated Gem Here I am, after my third watch of Fish Story. A movie that I absolutely love and always lingers in my mind after watching it. I haven't come h...

I Killed My Mother is a 2009 Canadian drama film written, directed, produced by and starring Xavier Dolan, in his directorial debut. The film attracted international press attention when it won three awards from the Director's Fortnight program at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. After being shown, the film received a standing ovation. It was shown in 12 cinemas in Quebec and 60 in France. source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Killed_My_Mother A semi-autobiographical story about Hubert as a young homosexual at odds with his mother. source: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1424797/ ***SPOILER ALERT*** Dolan's Raw Debut and a Volatile Mother-Son Bond KRASNAYA: Today we have the first film directed by Xavier Dolan. I Killed My Mother is a 2009 movie which received 28 awards at various film festivals. Wow! The film, semi-autobiographical, was written by Dolan at the age of 16. This film is an explosive revelation. Wit...

Kanikosen is a 2009 Japanese drama film directed by SABU. The movie is an adaptation of a novel with the same name, written by a Japanese author, Takiji Kobayashi. It stars Ryûhei Matsuda and Hidetoshi Nishijima. source: There is no wikipedia page. Aboard the Japanese crab ship 'Kanikosen' equipped with a cannery facility, workers are forced to labor under pitiful conditions at minimum wages. Sick of being ruled by their harsh Superintendent, one of the workers, Shinjo, urges his peers to rise up and start a revolution on board of the Kanikosen. source: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0490488/ ***SPOILER ALERT*** A Political Tale of Class Struggle Aboard the Kanikosen KRASNAYA: Today we have a film that cannot be missed in the filmography of SABU. The 2009 film Kanikosen is a hardcore social film based on the 1929 novel of the same name by famed writer Takiji Kobayashi. It shows the totalitarian system of imperia...

Plot Summary: Mia, a troubled and isolated 15-year-old living in an Essex council estate, dreams of becoming a dancer. When her mother brings home a charming new boyfriend, Connor, the family dynamic shifts. As Mia develops a complex relationship with Connor, their interactions lead to consequences that change her outlook on life. Director: Andrea Arnold Writer: Andrea Arnold Producers: Nick Laws, Kees Kasander Cinematography: Robbie Ryan Editor: Nicolas Chaudeurge Music: Steel Pulse Starring: Katie Jarvis as Mia Michael Fassbender as Connor Kierston Wareing as Joanne Rebecca Griffiths as Tyler Harry Treadaway as Billy Sydney Mary Nash as Keira   ***SPOILER ALERT*** KRASNAYA: Fish Tank was shot by award-winning, but unfortunately unknown to me, director Andrea Arnold. So, again, thank you to Freddy for showing me t...

The Boat That Rocked (retitled Pirate Radio in North America, Good Morning England in France, Radio Rock Revolution in Germany, Rock Wave in CIS region, and I Love Radio Rock in Italy is a 2009 British comedy film written and directed by Richard Curtis. The film has an ensemble cast featuring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Nick Frost, and Kenneth Branagh. According to director Richard Curtis, the film, though inspired by real British pirate radio of the 1960s, is a work of historical fiction and does not depict a specific radio station of the period. source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boat_That_Rocked The Boat That Rocked is an ensemble comedy in which the romance takes place between the young people of the '60s and pop music. It's about a band of rogue DJs that captivated Britain, playing the music that defined a generation and standing up to a government that wanted classical music, and nothing else, on the airwaves. source: http://www...

Soul Kitchen is a 2009 German comedy film directed by Fatih Akın, with a screenplay by Akın and Adam Bousdoukos. Bousdoukos based the story on his own experiences as the owner of a Greek tavern named "Taverna", where Akın was a regular customer. Akın filmed the movie entirely in the Hamburg area. source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_Kitchen_(film) In Hamburg, Zinos has a restaurant serving poor-man's fare; he gets by, but his girlfriend has taken a job in Shanghai, he's hurt his back and can't cook, his feckless brother can be on daily parole from jail if only Zinos employs him (though his brother doesn't want to work), a school acquaintance wants to buy the restaurant property, and the tax authority and health inspector are on his case. Zinos hires a temperamental chef and loses all his customers, signs a power of attorney giving his brother full authority at the restaurant, and buys a ticket to Shanghai. Is this a recipe for disaster? sou...

BBC Four documentary directed by Benjamin Whalley which looks at how a radical generation of musicians created a new German musical identity out of the cultural ruins of war. Between 1968 and 1977 bands like Neu!, Can, Faust and Kraftwerk would look beyond western rock and roll to create some of the most original and uncompromising music ever heard. They shared one common goal - a forward-looking desire to transcend Germany's gruesome past - but that didn't stop the music press in war-obsessed Britain from calling them Krautrock. source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00nf10k ***SPOILER ALERT*** I didn't know any of the bands in the documentary apart from Kraftwerk, very interesting. Schlager, such a cool word, gonna start using it. I will definitely listen to some of these crazy bands soon. Watch the full documentary down HERE . FINAL SCORE More from Cine ...

Mary and Max is a 2009 Australian clay-animated black comedy-drama film written and directed by Adam Elliot and produced by Melanie Coombs. The voice cast included Philip Seymour Hoffman, Toni Collette, Eric Bana, Bethany Whitmore, with narration by Barry Humphries. According to the opening credits, the film is based on a true story. In an interview given in April 2009, writer-director Elliot clarified that the character of Max was inspired by "a pen-friend in New York who I've been writing to for over twenty years. Principal photography lasted over 57 weeks, using 133 separate sets, 212 puppets, and 475 miniature props, "including a fully functioning Underwood typewriter which apparently took 9 weeks to design and build. source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_and_Max A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year old, severely obese man living in New Yor...