The Hours (2002)

Pretty good movie combining three stories, I am sure you can read all about that at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0274558/. Great acting by Nicole Kidman and Merys Streep. But I really liked Julianne Moore most. 6.5/10.

Rescue Dawn (2006)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0462504/.

Herzog goes to Hollywood? Not quite, though definitely not one of his best. To me Herzog is rain-forests and significant in the protagonist's character, as he takes on the...mountain, jungle, river, whatever. This movie has both. 7.50/10 for me.

Evening (2007)

Story of a woman on her death-bed as she remembers about a "mistake" committed in past, long long time ago. Long long time ago she went to one of her best friend's wedding, whose younger brother had a crush on her. She did not, and ended up sleeping with this guy who both her best friend and her younger brother had a crush on. And the brother died in a hit and run. While she was in bed with this guy, or so she thinks.

Some think its mesmerizing, others find it boring. I find it somewhere in the middle. Good acting by Venssa Redgrave and others. 5.5/10.

Zir-e noor-e maah (2001)

In what I am now discovering to be a typical Iranian style (if it is a formula it is a rather complex one) Seyyed Reza Mir-Karimi's Under the Moonlight starts with a simple trigger and goes on to take serious shape. A madarada student doesn't really want to become a priest and go to back to village finally decides to do it for his father's sake. He buys cloth and shoes for the ceremony, which is stolen by an urchin on the train. The rest of the movie is this guys hunt for the stolen goods, his meeting "people under the bridge" where the urchin hangs out and discovering things more important then ceremonies. Perhaps a little naive, black and white; the poor are essentially nice people suffering for no fault of theirs. Still, very touching. 7/10.

I have seen now a few "hunting for stolen goods" movies. From best southwards, I would order them Nora Inu, Blue Umbrella and then this, Under the Moonlight.

Se, jie (2007)

Completed Ang Lee's much hyped thriller set in WWII China. Definitely very enjoyable but far from a classic. 6/10