Foreign Cinema

Films from corners of the world where the audio language track or original language track is other than English. English subtitles are customary, and denoted where applicable.

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Story of Souleymane, The (2024): Dir. Boris Lojkine
Feat. Abou Sangaré; A soulful and sometimes nail-biting story of a West African cycle courier in Paris preparing his application for legal asylum. Souleymane’s story is closely aligned to the real experiences of Guinean refugee Abou Sangaré in his first lead role, and he is mesmerizing - on screen for most of the running…
I'm Still Here (2024): Dir. Walter Salles
Feat. Fernanda Torres, Selton Mello, Fernanda Montenegro…; Fernanda Torres gives a powerhouse performance as Eunice Paiva, a mother-of-five and wife to a former congressman who has become targeted by Brazil’s tightening military dictatorship in 1970. It’s a tragic true story that holds a candle to the many casualties of political brutality, but it’s also a…
Count of Monte Cristo, The (2024): Dir. Matthie Delaporte
Feat. Pierre Niney, Bastien Bouillon, Anaïs Demoustier…; Pierre Niney leads a stellar cast in Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de La Patellière’s thrilling new adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ epic adventure THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO, the first French cinematic treatment of the iconic tale of romance and redemption in over fifty years. Marseille, 1815. The…
My Everything (2024): Dir. Anne-Sophie Bailly
Feat. Laure Calamy; Laure Calamy gives another knock-out dramatic performance in Mon Inséparable (French title), a stirring portrait of a loving mother and her still-dependent, special needs adult son. Learning that he has impregnated a co-worker at a specialized facility, the course of their relationship takes a dramatic…
Anatomy of a Fall (2023): Dir. Justine Triet
Feat. Sandra Huller, Swann Arlaud, Jehnny Beth…; An extraordinary, multi-layered dramatic thriller from France that deservingly won the Palm D'or at Cannes. For the past year, Sandra, a German writer, her French husband Samuel, and their eleven-year-old son Daniel have lived a secluded life in a remote town in the French Alps. When Samuel is found dead…
Godland (2022): Dir. Hlynur Pálmason
Feat. Elliott Crosset Hove, Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson; A masterly work of slow cinema from Iceland, inspired by 19th-Century period photography in both narrative and style, and the contemporary influence of Werner Herzog. Elliott Crosset Hove plays a Danish priest and photographer sent on a god-awful mission to establish a parish on the far side of…
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000): Dir. Ang Lee
Feat. Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi…; A fantasy-fuelled, Chinese feudal melodrama laced with jaw-dropping combat sequences (arguably the best ever staged), this represents a new high watermark for Asian cinema both artistically and commercially (now the highest-grossing foreign-language film of all time). While indebted to a long tradition…