青楼春上春

Fraught with over obvious symbolism, Hartley's early feature is nonetheless a joy to watch. Hal here shows us his uncanny ability to cast his characters perfectly came early in his career.Adrienne Shelley is a near perfect foil to herself, equal parts annoying teen burgeoning in her sexuality (though using sex for several years); obsessed with doom and inspired by idealism gone wrong she is deceptively – and simultaneously – complex and simple. Her Audrey inspires so many levels of symbolism it is almost embarrassingly rich (e.g., her modeling career beginning with photos of her foot – culminating her doing nude (but unseen) work; Manhattan move; Europe trip; her stealing, then sleeping with the mechanics wrench, etc.)As Josh, Robert Burke gives an absolutely masterful performance. A reformed prisoner/penitent he returns to his home town to face down past demons, accept his lot and begin a new life. Dressed in black, and repeatedly mistaken for a priest, he corrects everyone ("I'm a mechanic"), yet the symbolism is rich: he abstains from alcohol, he practices celibacy (is, in fact a virgin), and seemingly has taken on vows of poverty, and humility as well. The humility seems hardest to swallow seeming, at times, almost false, a pretense. Yet, as we learn more of Josh we see genuineness in his modesty, that his humility is indeed earnest and believable. What seems ironic is the character is fairly forthright in his simplicity, yet so richly drawn it becomes the viewer who wants to make him out as more than what he actually is. A fascinatingly written character, perfectly played.The scene between Josh and Jane (a wonderful, young Edie Falco . . . "You need a woman not a girl") is hilarious . . . real. But Hartley can't leave it as such and his trick, having the actors repeat the dialogue over-and-over becomes frustratingly "arty" and annoying . . . until again it becomes hilarious. What a terrific sense of bizarre reality this lends the film (like kids in a perpetual "am not"/"are too" argument).Hartley's weaves all of a small neighborhood's idiosyncrasies into a tapestry of seeming stereotypes but which delves far beneath the surface, the catalyst being that everyone believes they know what the "unbelievable truth" of the title is, yet no two people can agree (including our hero) on what exactly that truth is. A wonderful little movie with some big ideas.

工作干练但不擅长家务的单身女子相原芽衣在生日夜晚，突然遇到身披围裙的大叔鴫野渚（大森南朋 饰），殊不知大叔是个家务全能的超级家政夫。芽衣起初有些抵触，却在相处中慢慢依赖上了家政夫。

本片為華南影帝張瑛與梁天合作的清末喜劇，二人在片中分別飾演「刁師爺」荒唐鏡及「足智多謀奇人」陳夢吉，角色既鬥智力亦鬥演技，拼擦出火花。故事描述足智多謀的陳夢吉，為打聽師妹下落，連同僕人來到順德。後得知當地有名「刁師爺」荒唐鏡，刻薄成性，遂扮成僕人應聘且提出三項條件，荒不虞有詐。誰料往往被陳抓到痛處，一連串「鬥智鬥力」的腦筋比拼隨即展開。

在首尔金融业独自打拼的单身女子郑海媛（池成媛 饰）自然承受来自方方面面的巨大压力，她的情绪越来越紧张，最终不得不被迫休假。利用假期，海媛回到阔别已久的家乡无岛。这里风景秀美，民风粗犷甚至有些野蛮，男尊女卑的现象依然十分严重。海媛重逢了童年的玩伴金福南（徐英姬 饰），这是一个温和开朗、任劳任怨的女人，但是她的丈夫和家人都视其为猪狗，任意欺负和凌辱。福南希望女儿小燕拥有更好的人生，只是在这个蛮荒所在，人的尊严被肆意践踏。巨大的压力下，逆来顺受的福南化身为悲剧的复仇女王……本片为韩国名导金基德的导演助理张哲秀的长片处女作。