eXistenZ -David Cronenberg

Ghost Dog: The Way Of The Samurai -Jim Jarmusch

"This is an extremely offbeat movie. Virtually every piece of the puzzle makes no sense. Is it possible for a hit man to be completely anonymous, and only communicate through carrier pigeons? I would think not, but that's not the point. Jarmusch uses this device to accentuate the alienation of the character. Ghost Dog is a man completely shut off from the rest of the world, a person with virtually no contact with others — his best friend is a Haitian ice cream vendor Raymond (Isaach De Bankole) who doesn't speak English, and Ghost Dog doesn't speak French — who is ultimately left sad and alone.
The study of alienation works so well here because of the work of Forest Whitaker in the title role. He gives a domineering performance that drives the entire movie, and his character can be summed up in one passage from L'ot/rs, read by his Haitian friend Raymond: "The bear is a solitary animal adaptable to all sorts of climates, environments, and foods. In groups they share food when quantities are abundant, despite their limited social interaction. The bear is a formidable adversary with no predatory instincts at all. But when surprised or wounded, a bear may attack and become very dangerous." The viewer always knows that underneath Whitaker's sleepy eyes is a coiled snake ready to strike, and it lends a tension to his character that few actors could pull off with such subtle elan." -Richar Crouse "The 100 Best Movies You've Never Seen"

Sleepy Hollow -Tim Burton

Beau travail -Claire Denis*

Un fost miliar, Galoup, întors în Marsilia, incapabil de a se adapta la viaţa în afara armatei, rememoreazã ultimele întâmplãri din experienţa sa ca soldat în Legiunea Strãinã în Djibouti. Un film tulburãtor, plin de senzualitate (masculinã –deși multe imagini au o îmbinare ambiguã de masculin-feminin de-a dreptul fascinantã).

The Virgin Suicides -Sofia Coppola

Despre film aici (Alex Leo Serban).
Interviu cu Sofia Coppola aici.

Despre film in cartea "The 100 Best Movies You've Never Seen" de Richard Crouse (pag.237):

"The Virgin Suicides is one of those rare occasions when a film surpasses the book it is based on. Writer and first-time director Sophia Coppola manages to render the complex novel down to its core, without losing the heart and suburban spirit of the book. [...]

Set in the upscale suburb of Grosse Pointe, Michigan, in the early 1970s, the film introduces us to the Lisbon sisters. They are five blonde and sweet girls ranging in age from 13 to 17, who have captivated the neighborhood boys with their angelic beauty The group of guys, led by Tim Weiner (Jonathan Tucker), worship the sisters from afar, using binoculars to secretly watch them.

The girls are unattainable, not because they don't like the boys, but because their strict parents (James Woods and Kathleen Turner) barely let them out of the house. In a misguided effort to protect their kids

from the big bad world, the elder Lisbons are overprotective and smother the girls with rules and regulations. [...]

Coppola has taken a beautifully but densely written book and boiled it down to its essentials. Eugenide's novel is obsessed with details, so much so that the book threatens to collapse under the weight of its own minutiae. On film, Coppola follows the golden rule of directing, "show us, don't tell us," and avoids the downfall of the book. The wonderfully choreographed Lisbon party scene, for example, quickly conveys the whole awkwardness of the social gathering, from the well-meaning interruptions of the parents to the harmless flirting of the girls. 

[...]

As the most luminous of all the sisters Kirsten Dunst shines as Lux. On her face you can see the struggle of a young woman trying to find out who she is but never quite succeeding. Even when she is smiling there is a sadness that comes through, as though "the imprisonment of being a girl" is too much for her to bear. And in the end, I guess it was.

The Virgin Suicides is Sophia Coppola's directorial debut, and it is a strong, self-assured piece of work. She balances the dark humor of the piece with real emotion and treats the young characters with respect,

not as some strange mutations who are trying to learn the ways of the adult world. She realizes that the boys who loved these girls couldn't give them the one thing they needed most: understanding."

Fight Club -David Fincher

 Despre film: aici si aici.

Evident, despre un club unde se caftesc unii cu pumnii dezgoliţi ca sã simtã durerea adevãratã. De fapt, este despre toxicitatea societãţii de consum (mã rog, o chestie cam ciudatã având în vedere cã rolul anarhistului e dat lui Brad Pitt), angoasã existentialã, refuzul de a trãi o viaţã anodinã şi expune o detaşare cinicã faţã de toate acestea. Si e amuzant. Sarcastic-amuzant.