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Dead Sushi (2012)
- An innkeeper proficient in both karate and sushi making must fend off a hoard of flesh–eating California Rolls after one of her guests injects…
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Le Chef (Comme un chef) (2012)
- Tangy French comedy, with Jean Reno as a pretentious culinary master whose renowned restaurant is threatened by a young chef specializing in…
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Le Grand Soir (2012)
- A wrinkling middle–aged punk and his soon–to–be–unemployed middle–class brother attempt to spark a cultural revolution…
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Vulgaria (2012)
- Amusingly scattershot showbiz satire of a struggling film producer who turns to making pornography under the financing of a twisted triad…
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A Happy Event (Un Heureux Evenement) (2011)
- Keenly felt depiction of the baby blues as a young couple struggle to come to grips with parenthood.
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Ages of Love (Manual of Love 3) (2011)
- Third installment in the fluffy romantic series has benefits from the presence of De Niro as a visiting professor seduced by his neighbour's…
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And If We All Lived Together (2011)
- Five 70–something friends resolve to move in together when faced with life in a retirement home, much to the fascination of a ethnology student…
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Art of Love, The (2011)
- The French try their hand at the ensemble romantic comedy with this episodic insight into the dramas, dilemmas, and delights of love between a cast…
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Chinese Takeaway (2011)
- Wry comedy of clashing cultures centres on an unlikely friendship between a curmudgeonly hardware store–owner and a young immigrant.
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Delicacy (2011)
- Audrey Tautou breezes through yet another whimsical French souffle, here playing a widowed gamine beauty who rediscovers love in the form of a…
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Footnote (2011)
- A father and son squabble over the award of a vaunted academic prize in their shared field of Talmudic studies in this eccentric, bittersweet Jewish…
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Intouchables, The (2011)
- Uplifting hit French comedy of an unlikely friendship between an aristocratic quadriplegic and a young ex–con he hires as his caretaker.
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Italian Film Festival Collection, The - 2011 (2011)
- Comprehensive box–set collection of 11 of the best Italian films featured at the 'Italian Film Festival 2011' spread over 5 discs.
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Le Havre (2011)
- An old–time shoe–shiner befriends a young African refugee in hiding from immigration authorities in this soft–centred comedy from…
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Monsieur Lazhar (2011)
- An asylum seeking Algerian attempts to pass himself off as teacher in a Canadian school bereft after the suicide of a popular teacher.
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Salt of Life, The (2011)
- Gianni Di Gregorio's delightful follow–up to MID–AUGUST LUNCH, about a house husband at the whim of his wife, daughter, neighbour, and…
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Source, The (La Source des femmes) (2011)
- A dashing feminist dramedy sprung from the male bias in the Middle East, about a village of women who take up a 'sex strike' after their husbands…
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Spark of Life, The (As Luck Would Have It) (2011)
- An aggressive media satire centred around the frenzied bidding war that erupts for a permanently and publicly immobile man's story, with the man…
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This Girl is Badass!! (2011)
- Jija Yanin (CHOCOLATE) stars in this martial arts comedy about a girl whose family life is turned upside–down when she gets mixed up with…
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Turn Me On, Goddamit! (2011)
- Deadpan sex comedy in a sleepy Norwegian hamlet with a hormone ravaged teen determined to lose her virginity.
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What Women Want (2011)
- Amiable remake with Andy Lau stepping into Mel Gibson's shoes as a chauvinistic executive who gains the ability to hear what women are really…
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Women on the 6th Floor, The (2011)
- An immensely entertaining comedy of the classes, about an uptight Parisian couple who welcome a gaggle of Spanish maids into their lives for the…
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3 (Three) (2010)
- Dir. Tom Tykwer energises this simple love story of a forty–something couple who fall for the same man with the frenetic visual and narrative…
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A Somewhat Gentle Man (2010)
- A dry, deadpan delight, about a gentle but explosive ex–con (Skarsgard) whose efforts to go straight after a long stint in prison are thwarted…
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Abel (2010)
- Sweet and satisfyingly unpredictable child fantasy about an imaginative young boy who returns from a psychiatric ward to declare himself the father…
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Age of Reason, The (With Love... from the Age of Reason) (2010)
- A frazzled career woman at breaking point reconnects with her childhood in this soul–searching romantic comedy.
More melodramatic, and less…
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Beautiful Lies (2010)
- Sweet and scenic Audrey Tautou confection, about a mother and daughter competing for the same secret admirer.
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Copacabana (2010)
- Free–spirited and perpetually unemployed Isabelle Huppert must get with the program after learning her newly engaged daughter (played by her…
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Gallants (2010)
- An exuberant homage to the Shaw Brothers films of yesteryear, this kung–fu comedy delights as an old–school actioner, replete with…
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Heartbreaker (L'arnacoeur) (2010)
- Romain Duris exploits his handsome charms as a professional heartbreaker hired to ruin relationships – that is, until he strikes upon a woman…
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Human Resources Manager, The (2010)
- An absurdist odyssey from the director of LEMON TREE, about an Israeli bakery manager who must accompany the body of one of his employees back to…
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Jo's Boy (2010)
- Very undemanding French fare set amongst a family of rugby legends whose legacy is under threat by their particularly unsporty progeny.
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Klown (2010)
- Danish comedians Frank Hvam and Casper Christensen play debauched versions of themselves on a weekend canoe trip away with their long–suffering…
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Let the Bullets Fly (2010)
- Cocksure 'noodle' western – best described as a Chinese variation on Kurosawa's YOJIMBO – pits a notorious bandit against the mob boss of…
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Little Big Soldier (2010)
- Charismatic anti–war comedy stars Jackie Chan as a lowly foot soldier who strikes it lucky when he captures a wanted enemy General (Wang).…
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Mammuth (2010)
- Slyly subversive comic tale with Gerard Depardieu in fine fettle as a retiree battling to secure his state pension.
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My Name is Khan (2010)
- Well–meaning plea for racial tolerance with an Aspergers–afflicted Muslim detained in the U.S. as a terrorist and undertaking a journey…
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Names of Love, The (2010)
- Witty cocktail of sex and politics about an extroverted left–wing activist who sleeps with her political opponents to convert them to her cause.
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Nothing to Declare (2010)
- Actor–director Dany Boon follows up his hit regional comedy WELCOME TO THE STICKS with another lite French farce founded in stubborn parochial…
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Once a Gangster (2010)
- Nimble action–comedy with two jaded gangsters urged by their elders to fight for the position of Dragon Head of the Hong Kong Underworld.…
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Perfect Date, The (L'amour, c'est mieux à deux) (2010)
- A derivative French rom–com nonetheless delivered in good spirits, this focuses on the ingrained patterns of two male friends whose wildly…
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Potiche (2010)
- Bubbly satire has 60–something Catherine Deneuve transform from trophy wife to a strong–headed businesswoman after her chauvinist husband…
- DVD $39.95
Rare Exports - A Christmas Tale (2010)
- A wicked brew of 80s adventure movie and twisted horror comedy, centred on an archaeological discovery which may prove to be the remains of the real…
- DVD $39.95 | Blu-Ray $49.95
Romantics Anonymous (2010)
- Two would–be lovers must overcome their timidness via a mutual passion for chocolate in this sweet–toothed romantic comedy.
- DVD $29.95
Room in Rome (Habitación en Roma) (2010)
- Erotic chronicle of a brief encounter between two women set almost entirely within the confines of a hotel room. More porno–profundity from…
- DVD $34.95
Simple Simon (2010)
- Sensitive feel–good romantic–comedy of an Asperger's sufferer whose brother sets out to find him a new girlfriend. Eccentric Swedish…
- DVD $34.95
Vincent Wants to Sea (2010)
- Likeable though lightweight road comedy in which a Tourette's sufferer escapes from a clinic with two others (an obsessive and an anorexic) and…
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A Matter of Size (2009)
- Sweet comedy about four overweight men fed up with the pressure of losing weight who decide to take their girth where it's appreciated, into the…
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Change of Plans (Le code a changé) (2009)
- Stacked Gallic dramedy stars Karin Viard and Dany Boon as a swanky French couple who invite six equally wealthy Parisians to dinner – their evening…
- DVD $29.95
Coco (2009)
- The hapless soul of many a French Farce, comedian Gad Elmaleh stars and directs in this feature–length adaptation of one of his popular…
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East West East (2009)
- An amateur cycling team from Albania heads to France to take part in a tournament only to discover on the way that revolution has broken out back…
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French Kissers, The (Les Beaux Gosses) (2009)
- Gallic hormonal comedy about two unkempt, sex–obsessed adolescents and their wavering exploits with the school's most popular girl.
Is quite…
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Hedgehog, The (Le hérisson) (2009)
- Charming, melancholy comedy in which a precocious, jaded 11–year–old from a well–to–do family decides to commit suicide on…
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I Killed My Mother (J'ai tué ma mère) (2009)
- An angst ridden teen grapples with growing up gay and his neurotic, overbearing mother in this feisty first feature from young French Canadian…
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Kung Fu Chefs (Gong fu chu shen) (2009)
- This gastronomic spin on the martial arts movie lacks the invention or absurdist comedy of GOD OF COOKERY, however still delivers plenty of chopsocky…
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Life Coach, The (Le Coach) (2009)
- Affable comedy with a business coach, up to his eyeballs in debt, taking on a most difficult assignment help an irredeemable miquetoast close an…
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Matter of Heart, A (Questione di cuore) (2009)
- Two men recovering from heart attacks strike up an unlikely friendship in this enjoyably sentimental farce, with much of the humour derived from…
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Me Too (Yo, Tambien) (2009)
- Affecting tale of a bittersweet friendship between an office worker with Down syndrome and his restless, free–spirited colleague.
- DVD $24.95
Micmacs (2009)
- The dir. of AMELIE and CITY OF LOST CHILDREN stays true to form(ula) with his visual chutzpah lavished upon another idealised scenario that this time…
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OSS 117: Lost in Rio (2009)
- Bumbling intelligence officer and shameless chauvinist, Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, returns for Brazilian adventures in this bright and breezy spy…
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Over the Hill Band, The (Meisjes) (2009)
- A modest old age delight centred on recently widowed mother who resolves to kick start her middle–aged son's music career by recruiting the…
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Please Please Me! (Fais-moi plaisir!) (2009)
- Boudoir laughs a–plenty in this sexy farce from the 'French Woody Allen' as a goofy inventor's date with the President's daughter descends into…
- DVD $34.95
Puzzle (Rompecabezas) (2009)
- Low–key charmer with a bored housewife discovering her freakish aptitude for puzzles and partnering with a rich bachelor for an international…
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Soul Kitchen (2009)
- Light but hearty food comedy from the dir. of THE EDGE OF HEAVEN, about a soulful Greek immigrant who sets about relaunching his failed restaurant…
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Tracing Shadow (Zhui ying) (2009)
- This batty Ming Dynasty comedy is a worthy throwback to Hong Kong’s campy martial arts movies of the early 90s, with an extravagant blend of…
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Vampire Girl vs Frankenstein Girl (2009)
- Another enjoyable stock effort from the makers of TOKYO GORE POLICE et. al, this combines home–brewed splatter, ropey special effects, and…
- DVD $29.95
Asterix At The Olympic Games (Astérix Aux Jeux Olympiques) (2008)
- Fairly loose adaptation of the original comic follows the oddball duo as they try to win the Olympic Games in order to set their friend up with a…
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Country Wedding (Sveitabrúðkaup) (2008)
- Two busloads of wedding guests get lost on their way to the church in this lively Icelandic comedy, improvised and shot on the fly. Farcical and…
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First Day of the Rest of Your Life, The (Le Premier Jour du Reste de ta Vie) (2008)
- Five days in the life of an average, functional family form the basis of this universally appealing French comedy spanning the decade of the…
- DVD $19.95
Good, the Bad, the Weird, The (2008)
- The high–end stylist behind Korean box office hits A BITTERSWEET LIFE and A TALE OF TWO SISTERS, dir. Kim Ji–woon flavours this eastern…
- DVD $29.95
Her Whole Life Ahead (Tutta La Vita Davanti) (2008)
- A brilliant recent graduate struggles to find work. After falling into a babysitting job, she is introduced by the child's mother to the world of the…
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LOL (2008)
- Sassy French comedy stars Sophie Marceau as the loving, long–suffering mother of a rebellious teen lass.
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Louise - Michel (2008)
- A black comedy treasure about a newly redundant factory worker who hires a dodgy hit man to take out her rich employers. The trouble starts when the…
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Me Two (La Personne Aux Deux Personnes) (2008)
- This French farce sets up a straight–laced, friendless accountant for possession by the spirit of an 80s one–hit–wonder, with…
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Mid-August Lunch (2008)
- A comedy of manners and good taste in form and content, this soulful comedy sets up a middle–aged man forced to play host to a gaggle of…
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My Friends My Loves (Mes amis, mes amours) (2008)
- A buddy movie for middle–aged divorcees, this lightweight odd–coupling follows two Parisian single dads who decide to raise their…
- DVD $39.95
Peaceful Times (Friedliche Zeiten) (2008)
- A sweet, if slender trip back to 1960s West Germany, where a mother's mental health issues are remembered from the naive, but loving perspective of…
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Rudo and Cursi (Rudo y Cursi) (2008)
- The charismatic stars and co–writer of Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN reunite in this biting satire about two brothers from rural stock who have an intense…
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Silent Wedding (2008)
- Gentle comedy of a bride and groom whose wedding is interrupted by the death of Stalin, and the period of one weeks mourning effective immediately.…
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Speak To Me of Love (Parlami d'amore ) (2008)
- Sasha is a boy in his twenties, deeply loving the beautiful Benedetta, who doesn't seem to recognize his existence. Nicole is a French woman in her…
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Tears for Sale (Charleston and Vendetta) (2008)
- The sombre title belies what is in fact a joyously bawdy Balkan fairytale that blends fantastical folklore, striking burlesque visuals and ample…
- DVD $39.95
Wushu - The Young Generation (2008)
- Under the auspices of genre legends Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan (in producing role), this standard–issue kung fu flick introduces a bevy a…
- DVD $19.95
Band's Visit, The (Bikur Ha-Tizmoret) (2007)
- Sweet and sensitive Israeli comedy following an Egyptian police band who get way laid in a small Israeli town and unexpectedly break down cultural…
- DVD $12, $29.95
Chacun Son Cinema (To Each His Own Cinema) (2007)
- 35 auteurs convey the meaning of cinema in less than three minutes each, in this epic commission to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film…
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Dinner Guest, The (L'Invité) (2007)
- The side order of French fries to THE DINNER GAME’s comedic cassoulet, this overly contrived yet lightly amusing farce serves up a class–clash…
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Empties (Vratné lahve) (2007)
- This cheeky Czech favourite comically indulges the disobedience of its retirement–aged protagonist, who, after losing his teaching position and…
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Kung Fu Dunk (Gong fu guan lan) (2007)
- Inane sporting comedy about a skilled martial artist recruited to play basketball at the local university in return for help in finding his birth…
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Lessons in Chocolate (Lezioni di Cioccolato) (2007)
- A building contractor on the verge of closing his biggest deal to date finds his future jeopardized when an illegally hired worker is injured on the…
- DVD $169.95
Maiko Haaaan!!! (2007)
- An oddball slice of Japanese farce following an obsessed fan of geisha who competes with a fellow fan to win the affections of the girls at a geisha…
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Metro (2007)
- Talk–of–the–town Shilpa Shetty (of Big Brother and Richard Gere controversy) plays a dissatisfied housewife in this collective of…
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Mind the Gap (Se upp för dårarna) (2007)
- Feelgood coming–of–age comedy drama focused on two twenty–somethings from different backgrounds who form a solid friendship when…
- DVD $34.95
Moliere (2007)
- Jaunty period rom–com in the spirit of SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE speculates on the creative catalysts for the comic masterpieces of famed French…
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O'Horten (2007)
- The director of KITCHEN STORIES follows up with another comic delicacy about a 67–year–old engineer and his oddly challenging quest to…
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Persepolis (2007)
- Exceptional black–and–white animated feature for adults based on the autobiographical graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi, who grew up in…
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Shall We Kiss? (Un baiser s'il vous plaît) (2007)
- Delicate French comedy focused on two strangers who share a romantic evening but stop short of a kiss on her opinion that there is no such thing 'as…
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Suso's Tower (La Torre de Suso) (2007)
- Forced to return to his native Spain following the death of a friend, a hard–living man decides to fulfill his dead mate’s dream of…
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Tonight, I'll Sleep At Yours (Ce Soir, Je Dors Chez Toi) (2007)
- Feather–light French comedy scripted around a stubborn commitment–phobe who goes to desperate extremes to retain both his freedom and…
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Twice Upon a Time (Désaccord parfait) (2007)
- Agreeable Pan–Euro comedy recounting what happens when a former showbiz couple – a director and his actress muse – reunite thirty years after…
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Two Days in Paris (2 Days in Paris) (2007)
- Delightful, self–starring directorial debut from Julie Delpy about an angsty Franco–American couple who drop in to visit her very…
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Bad Faith (Mauvaise foi) (2006)
- Likeable cross–cultural fare contemporizes the oft–told GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER predicament by throwing Judaism and Islam into the…
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Boss Of It All, The (Direktøren for det hele) (2006)
- Crude, but refreshing change of pace from perennial troublemaker Lars von Trier sees the Danish renegade chance his arm at a corporate–styled…
- DVD $29.95
Bothersome Man, The (2006)
- A black comedy with a typically Scandinavian sense of absurdity and style, in which an amnesiac finds himself in an unfamiliar city with a new job,…
- DVD $29.95
Conversations with My Gardener (Dialogue avec mon jardinier) (2006)
- Leisurely mateship comedy about a jilted artist (Auteuil) who retreats to his remote country home, forging a mid–life bond with a local…
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Dynamite Warrior (2006)
- As if to accommodate an escalating reputation for martial arts outrageousness, Thailand’s stunt extraordinaires risk life and limb in their most…
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Family Law (Derecho de familia) (2006)
- Fatherhood and career jitters converge in this wry comedy of family matters.
Promising young dir. Burman displays a dry wit in looking at three…
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Gucha (Guca!; Distant Trumpet) (2006)
- A catchy successor to Emir Kusturica's gypsy theatrics, this ingenious, musically–infused jive on Serbian ethnic tensions frames a…
- DVD $24.95
Hey Good Looking! (Comme t'y es belle!) (2006)
- Frank French chick flick centred around a SEX AND THE CITYish cast of four gal pals who share with each other the trials of finding (and keeping) the…
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I Served the King of England (2006)
- Whimsical yet biting Czech farce centres on the exploits of an endearingly opportunistic waiter, whose thrifty wiles propel him into all manner of…
- DVD $19.95
Land, The (La Terra, Our Land) (2006)
- Compulsive Italian dramedy depicting a man who returns to the home of his childhood to tie up the sale of the family estate, but is instead…
- DVD $164.95
My Best Enemy (Il Mio miglior nemico) (2006)
- Capricious Italian comedy concerning a bitter rivalry between a father and his daughter's new lover – who also happens to be the son of a woman…
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My Best Friend (2006)
- Daniel Auteuil lends his lovable persona to this textbook French comedy as a frosty antique dealer who has 10 days to disprove his work colleagues'…
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No Mercy For The Rude (2006)
- A mute hitman limits his contract killings to ‘rude’ individuals, saving up for a voice–restoring operation in this unconventional riff on the…
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Offside (2006)
- Filmed using non–professionals, in and around the unfolding events of an actual World Cup qualifier, Jafar Panahi expertly weaves a…
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OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006)
- Dusting off a little–known French spy spoof from the 1960's, this remake upgrades rather than updates the franchise, combining the Bond school…
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Priceless (2006)
- Ultra–glamorous French romantic comedy, in which one can gorge on (or gawp at) Riviera culture at its most opulent – the clothes, the…
- DVD $12, $19.95
Reprise (2006)
- Touching, keenly perceptive Norwegian film fest favourite centres on two twenty–something writers whose vastly divergent personalities and…
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Robin-B-Hood (Bo bui gai wak) (2006)
- Chan hams it up in this big–budget action caper as a compulsive gambler who inadvertently ends up with a kidnapped baby as a means to pay off…
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Science of Sleep, The (2006)
- A delightfully self–conscious, self–indulged fantasy for cine–wizard Michel Gondry, the director's follow–up to ETERNAL…
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Sheitan (2006)
- A gaggle of young hedonists on a bender expend their energies at a disco and are invited by pouting barmaid Mesquida (A MA SOUER) to her remote…
- DVD $24.95
Valet, The (La Doublure) (2006)
- Another inspired comic concoction from Francis Veber (dir. of most everything French and funny), that this time follows a meek parking valet who…
- DVD $12.50, $19.95
Adam's Apples (2005)
- Roguishly sardonic Danish black comedy about a sanguine country vicar (CASINO ROYALE’s Mikkelsen) who encounters resistance from a neo–Nazi…
- DVD $19.95
Fever, The (Febbre, La) (2005)
- Multi–layered Italian comedy following a thirty–something drifter living at home with mummy dearest who is given the life–altering…
- DVD $139.95
Garam Masala (2005)
- Frantically screwball Indian romcom juggles a plotline concerning the numerous female entanglements of a playboy photographer (Kumar) and his former…
- DVD $24.95
Go For Zucker! (Alles auf Zucker!) (2005)
- Oxymoronic ‘German–Jewish’ comedy that looks at the literal and metaphorical reconciliation of two estranged brothers; one an East German…
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How Much Do You Love Me? (Combien tu m'aimes?) (2005)
- Akin to THE VALET’s improbable live–in relationship, but offering entirely different results, this peculiar comedy–romance stars Monica…
- DVD $24.95
Italian Film Festival Collection, The - 2007 (2005-2006)
- Comprehensive box–set collection of 11 of the best Italian films featured at the 'Italian Film Festival 2007' spread over 6 discs.
Films…
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King and the Clown, The (2005)
- Subversive yet broadly–appealing Korean comedy with a gay streak that turns the Chosun Dynasty on its head with its story of two bawdy court…
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Koi Aap Sa (2005)
- Fruity Bollywood number with Aftab Shivdasani as a hunky football captain torn between his spunky girlfriend and coltish childhood sweetheart.
- DVD $24.95
Manual of Love, The (Manuale d'amore) (2005)
- Four couples experience the agony and ecstasy of modern love in this appealing romance of intertwining relationships.
An agreeable, attractive…
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One Stays, One Leaves (L' un reste, l'autre part) (2005)
- Witty French comedy with an undercurrent of angst in which two philandering middle–aged husbands do their utmost to juggle fresh–faced…
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Russian Dolls (Les Poupées russes) (2005)
- A sequel of substance to the pan–Euro comedy THE SPANISH APARTMENT, which will again strike an entertaining chord with the young globetrotting,…
- DVD $19.95
Takeshis' (2005)
- Returning to his comedic roots, dir. Takeshi Kitano springs layer upon layer of self–reference and in this conceptually ambitious, though…
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Tokyo Zombie (2005)
- An enormous garbage dump in Tokyo begins to spawl hoards of the walking dead, prompting two dumb–and–dumber garage workers to unleash…
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Agatha and The Storm (Agata e la tempesta) (2004)
- Loosely woven tale of a middle–aged bookshop owner, who becomes embroiled in a surreal swirl of romance and family secrets of infidelity, her…
- DVD $24.95
As it is in Heaven (Så som i himmelen) (2004)
- A feelgood arthouse hit about a renowned classical music conductor who rediscovers his roots in the far north of Sweden.
Acquiring a rundown…
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Bride and Prejudice (2004)
- Bollywood meets Hollywood in this rather original Jane Austen adaptation, with ex–pat Kiwi Henderson playing a blueblood American who falls…
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Conversations with Mother (Conversaciones con mamá) (2004)
- Chaotic, poignant and amusing, this Argentinian drama has a newly redundant man try and persuade his 80–year old mother to sell her apartment…
- DVD $24.95
Enter the Phoenix (2004)
- The disowned gay son of a dying triad leader must inherit control of an organised crime family in this typically scattershot Hong Kong comedy…
- DVD $24.95
Hulchul (2004)
- Snowballing tale of comic conspiracy between two families, one, mostly comprised of males who have sworn off "the women" and the other, more balanced…
- DVD $24.95
King of Bollywood (2004)
- A tongue–in–cheek satire of the Bollywood movie industry, in which a star (Puri) with notions of his own timeless importance becomes…
- DVD $24.95
Kung Fu Hustle (2004)
- Hong Kong superstar Stephen Chow trumps all previous efforts (and that's saying something) with this dynamic, bust–a–gut funny…
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Life is a Miracle (Zivot je cudo) (2004)
- Another feverish, frenetic and heartfelt vision from Balkan dir. Emir Kusturica (UNDERGOUND), attempting here to fathom and unknot the bloody Bosnian…
- DVD $15, $29.95
Marriages! (2004)
- A messy, if diverting marriage farce brings together three generations of couples at a picturesque wedding in southern France.
- DVD $19.95
Matando Cabos (2004)
- Energetic Mexican 'farce of errors' in which two teenagers kidnap a coldly ruthless businessman, not realising he is also a coveted prize for a…
- DVD $29.95
Narco: Secret Adventures of Gustav Klopp (2004)
- A narcoleptic comic–book writer finds illusion and reality blurring between his fantastical imagination, a succession of dead–end day…
- DVD $29.95
People (2004)
- Raucous French comedy starring one Rupert Everett as the Parisian Jet Set's party organiser, who finds himself departing to Ibiza in order to retain…
- DVD $19.95
Rice Rhapsody (Hainan ji fan) (2004)
- Light, good–natured familial farce about a sturdy single mother who, fearing a drought of grandchildren, plots to ‘straighten’ the…
- DVD $29.95
Survive Style 5+ (2004)
- Hitmen, hypnotists, murdered spouses, and a trio of oddball thieves converge in this delirious, unclassifiable comedy–mystery–drama by…
- DVD $29.95
Unconscious (Inconscientes) (2004)
- Boisterous 'Freudian farce' set amidst the extravagent architecture of Barcelona in 1913, where a disturbed psychiatrist suddenly adandons his…
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3 is a Crowd (I'm Staying) (2003)
- Farcical French romantic comedy about a wife, fed up with her stubborn husband's cycling obsession, who invites another man to move in. Unfortunately…
- DVD $29.95
Goodbye Lenin! (2003)
- This comedy of concealment set around the fall of the Berlin Wall was a justifiable success around the world, with a bittersweet mood of political…
- DVD $19.95
Green Butchers, The (De grønne slagtere ) (2003)
- Grim comedy focused on two down–and–out butchers who discover they can make a killing out of their customer's oblivious cannibalistic…
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Munnabhai M.B.B.S. (2003)
- An unusually comedic Bollywood musical, sees a smalltime gangster staging an elaborate deception to prove to his straight–laced father that, in…
- DVD $29.95
Noi Albinoi (Noi the Albino) (2003)
- Distinctive drama about a 'gifted' 17–year–old who rebels against the limits of life in a remote Icelandic town.
Brimming with…
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Seducing Doctor Lewis (La Grande séduction) (2003)
- Amiable and crafty, this Québécois comedy has a small fishing village trying to gently persuade a visiting young doctor to take up permanent…
- DVD $30
Tais Toi! (Ruby and Quentin) (2003)
- Another reliable entertainment from the writer–director of THE CLOSET and THE DINNER GAME, this screwball crime comedy boasts a central comic…
- DVD $19.95
Asterix and Obelix - Mission Cleopatra (2002)
- The core cast of 1999's disastrous ASTERIX AND OBELIX TAKE ON CAESAR return for a far more successful adaptation of one of those classic…
- DVD $24.95
He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not (A la Folie pas du Tout) (2002)
- A slyly–structured tale of adultery which uses the ambiguous qualities of actress Audrey Tautou (AMELIE) to deliver some thrilling…
- DVD $34.95
Housekeeper, The (Une Femme de Menage) (2002)
- Charming "French souffle" about a forlorn divorcee who hires a housekeeper to clean up his slovenly act.
However, it turns out she's never done a…
- DVD $19.95
Man Without a Past, The (2002)
- Another understated, double–take comedy from Finnish dir. Kaurismaki, making perhaps his most cleverly balanced work yet.
An itinerant…
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Monday Morning (Lundi Matin) (2002)
- A whimsical comic journey for a French factory worker, who uproots from his village and family in search of philosophical and liquid refreshment in…
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Monsieur Batignole (2002)
- An ironic comedy set in WW2 Paris, in which the titular butcher helps himself to an apartment vacated by a Jewish family who have been rounded up by…
- DVD $20
Respiro (Grazia's Island) (2002)
- Highly charged and mostly insightful depiction of a free–spirited woman whose near–psychotic episodes have a profound effect on her small…
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Spanish Apartment, The (L'Auberge Espagnole) (2002)
- Summery comedy set in a Barcelona apartment, where six international exchange students variously mingle, cavort and fall messily in love.
Although…
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Amelie (2001)
- A charming romantic comedy stamped with the purely cinematic style of dir. Jean–Pierre Juenet, who here remixes intricate set pieces, editing…
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Autumn Spring (Babí léto) (2001)
- Spry Czech comedy of elderly bad manners, concerns an aging prankster (Brodsky) who spends his retirement impersonating people in league with a…
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Closet, The (Le Placard) (2001)
- More comic gold from the king of French farce, Francis Veber, who understands the value of a good premise, great actors, and simple, unpretentious…
- DVD $19.95
Crying... Silicon Tears (Klama) (2001)
- One of the biggest hits of recent Greek cinema, this is a lavish parody of 1960s Greek movie melodramas, mixing musical, comedy and suspense into a…
- DVD $29.95
Ghislain Lambert's Bicycle (2001)
- Less sports drama than celebration of the endearingly average, this comical biopic charts the 30–year career of big–hearted, but…
- DVD $19.95
God is Great, I'm Not (Dieu est grand, je suis toute petite) (2001)
- Slim Audrey Tautou vehicle has the AMELIE–ingénue unable to settle on a religion, eventually converting to Judaism in order to win over a…
- DVD $19.95
Italian For Beginners (2001)
- A likeable ensemble comedy in which six vulnerable characters orbit a drab Copenhagen suburb, each seeking some form of solace, romance or…
- DVD $39.95
Minor Mishaps (2001)
- Emerging from the lighter end of the Dogme 95 movement, this drama reunites a father and three children after the death of their mother in a car…
- DVD $15, $29.95
My Wife is an Actress (Ma Femme est une Actrice) (2001)
- Obviously modelled on his own life, first time writer/director Yvan Attal tailors a project for his real–life wife, Charlotte Gainsbourg, who…
- VHS $10
Shaolin Soccer (2001)
- With an astounding mix of Eastern fantasy, CGI effects and the game of soccer, Hong Kong’s one–man comedy machine Stephen Chow kicks one out of…
- DVD
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Va Savoir (Who Knows) (2001)
- Skilful romantic farce interweaves the lives of six characters connected to an Italian theatre troupe on tour in Paris (doing Pirandello’s ‘As You…
- DVD $24.95
Would I Lie to You Again? (2001)
- Boys–will–be–boys comedy revisits the ‘Jewish’ entrepreneurs of WOULD I LIE TO YOU?, now in need to an all–new…
- DVD $19.95
Y Tu Mama Tambien (And Your Mother Too!) (2001)
- Acclaimed universally (and here in NZ beset with censorship wrangles), this Mexican joyride, taken by two teenage boys and an older woman, is indeed…
- DVD $39.95
Barking Dogs Never Bite (Flandersui gae) (2000)
- An accomplished black comedy from Korea, which follows an unemployed lecturer's annoyance with the barking of neighbourhood dogs through to its…
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Tears of the Black Tiger (Fah Talai Jone) (2000)
- A blast of wild inspiration from the New Thai Cinema, this restages a Hollywood Western within a luridly kitschy setting using back–projection,…
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The Best Man's Wedding (Jalla! Jalla!) (2000)
- A racy comic swirl through the family, romantic, sexual and general personal dilemmas of two Swedish best friends.
While one must suffer the…
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Attack the Gas Station (1999)
- Four disaffected youths take hostage an entire gas station in this subversive, blackly–comic masterpiece from Korea.
Gleefully tearing apart…
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Cup, The (1999)
- This charming, slyly comic tale of soccer–mad young monks obsessed with viewing the World Cup has found broad worldwide appreciation with its…
- DVD $20 | Poster (VG) $12.95
Kikujiro (Kikujiro no Natsu) (1999)
- An uncharacteristically easy–going, episodic road movie from one–man movie machine, Beat Takeshi, whose impassive screen persona snugly…
- Poster (U) $12.95
Dinner Game, The (1998)
- Gourmet–grade French farce from the maestro of the genre – well–packaged, delivered without haste, indeed delicious, if a slightly…
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Life Is Beautiful (1998)
- Winner of both Best Foreign Film and Best Actor Oscars (a first for an actor speaking a foreign tongue) as well as the top prize at Cannes, Roberto…
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Shall We Dance? (Shall We Dansu?) (1997)
- Happiness eludes a successful Japanese salaryman, so he plucks up the courage to attend dance lessons. Hugely popular home and international hit got…
- VHS $20
Three Men and a Leg (1997)
- Slapstick magic from favourite Italian comic trio, Aldo, Giovanni and Giacomo, this frantic yet first rate farce was naturally a box–office…
- DVD $39.95
Western (1997)
- Soulfully transposing the conventions of the Western to the forlorn landscapes of modern–day Brittany, this road movie owes equal allegiance to…
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Beaumarchais (1996)
- Wigs and quippery at the ready, this is 18th century French history conceived in vivacious strokes of social satire and perfumed with a savoury wit,…
- DVD $25
Guantanamera (1996)
- A quirky mix of low–speed road movie and romantic comedy following the unsteady progress of a funeral procession across the length of Cuba…
- Poster (G) $9.95
Belle Epoque (1994)
- Oscar–winning comedy set in thirties Spain will have you grinning from ear to ear as its young army deserter finds the ultimate sanctuary at…
- DVD $19.95
City Hunter (1994)
- Jackie Chan is the popular Japanese comic book character Ryu Saeba: part detective, part mercenary, all womanizer – is contracted to return the…
- DVD $24.95
Future Cops (1994)
- Good dumb fun is the pure agenda of this kitsch, kinetic fantasy–comedy based on the popular ‘Streetfighter’ arcade game.
On the trail of a…
- DVD $34.95
Sonatine (1994)
- Those familiar with 'Beat' Takeshi's films will know what to expect from this latest elegy to gangster violence. His personal demons manifest in…
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Jamon Jamon (1993)
- Brazen mix of absurd humour, outrageous melodrama and body fluid, though with all the excitement to be had during the puffing and panting, the climax…
- DVD $19.95
Kika (1993)
- A make–up artist juggles the dubious attentions of a porn stud, a philandering crime writer, and a trash TV journo. The perils of media…
- DVD $19.95
Les Visiteurs (Visitors, The) (1993)
- Beleaguered, not to mention slobbish, medieval knights Jean Reno and Christian Clavier are plonked down is present–day Paris to duel over…
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Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1993)
- Unabashed low–brow comedy about a gang of misfits who tussle it out in a Tokyo University wrestling ring, which also serves as the circle in…
- DVD $29.95
Wedding Banquet, The (1993)
- A simple white lie gets way out of hand for a gay Chinese–New Yorker when his excited parents fly in from Taiwan to celebrate his 'straight'…
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Window to Paris (1993)
- A constantly inventive comic fantasy about a group of luckless Russkies who find they can enter gay Paris from a window in their appalling St.…
- DVD $20
Dear Diary (Caro Diario) (1992)
- Often hilarious and inspiring film travelogue follows the endearing Nanni Moretti's personal experiences over 18 months. Over three chapters, he…
- DVD $39.95
Delicatessen (1992)
- Two former Ad–men splash down with an audacious, darkly comic masterpiece set in a vegetarianist, post–apocalyptic future. Consumed with…
- DVD $19.95 | Blu-Ray $29.95
Johnny Stecchino (1992)
- Celebrated comedian Roberto Benigni, also co–writes and directs this tale of a meek bus–driver mistaken for a notorious gangster. The…
- DVD $39.95
High Heels (1991)
- Victoria Abril finds herself accused of murder while trying to fill the 'high heels' of her glamourous celebrity mum. At once ludicrous and enjoyable.
- DVD $29.95
Tatie Danielle (1991)
- Brilliantly absurd black comedy about an elderly widow who does her best to make life miserable for her relatives. Tsilla Chelton is irresistible as…
- VHS $10 | DVD $29.95
Skinny Tiger Fatty Dragon (Shou hu fei long) (1990)
- Amusing action spoof starring the incomparable Samo Hung as one of a pair of bumbling cops who go on the hunt for drug traffickers in Hong Kong, but…
- DVD $19.95
I Want To Go Home (1989)
- Satirical French comedy focused on a washed–up American comic artist who reluctantly visits France for an exhibition, only to run into his…
- DVD $34.95
Leningrad Cowboys Go America (Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses, Total Balalaika Show) (1989)
- Laconic, often funny road movie follows an awful Soviet rock group with outlandish hairstyles across backwater USA. Director is Europe's answer to…
- DVD $34.95
Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down (Atame!) (1989)
- A mental patient kidnaps his sexy B–movie idol in the hope that she will fall in love with him. Teasingly politically unsound, Almodovar…
- DVD $39.95
Trop Belle Pour Toi (Too Beautiful For You) (1989)
- Car salesman Gerard Depardieu has a beautiful wife, but becomes infatuated with his plain yet passionate receptionist. Insightful, melancholy comedy.
- DVD $29.95
As Thick As Thieves (1988)
- A practical joke goes awry for a group of successful business men who mislead an aspiring friend into thinking he's struck it rich. Hilarious…
- VHS $19.95
Dragons Forever (1988)
- Final martial–arts rumble for the 'three brothers' team of Chan, Hung and Biao (see PROJECT–A), here playing three spokes in a nefarious…
- DVD $19.95
Police Story 2 (1988)
- Jackie Chan directs this follow–up to his landmark hit, playing a demoted detective who must use his wiles to track down bomb–scare…
- DVD $19.95
Women On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
- Speedy sparkling slapstick from Almodovar, in which pregnant Carmen Maura is dumped by her boyfriend, harassed by his suicidal ex–wife and…
- DVD $39.95
Fugitifs, Les (1986)
- The inept Pierre Richard teams up with the innocent Gerard Depardieu in a madcap criminal escape after a botched bank–job. The situation…
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Matador (1986)
- Almodovar breaks a few more screen taboos with this erotic black comedy about a bull–fighter and a smart female lawyer who share a morbid…
- DVD $15, $19.95
Millionaire's Express (Foo gwai lit che) (1986)
- Camp and hysterical genre mash–up, has Samo Hung as a bumbling brothel–owner who entraps a group of millionaire's in his hometown (by…
- DVD $19.95
Tampopo (1986)
- A crazy, satirical comedy in which heroine Tampopo and her cronies strive to create the perfect noodle. A wonderful movie full of hilarious madness…
- DVD $29.95
Mr. Vampire (1985)
- Influential kung–fu ghostbusting flick is a distinctively Eastern slant on the 'vampire' genre – less like caped Counts, more like…
- DVD $19.95
Police Story (1985)
- The incomparable Jackie Chan – a mix of Bruce Lee and Buster Keaton – is in prime form here, weaving his brand of sly Asian humour into a series of…
- DVD $19.95
Comperes, Les (1984)
- Pierre Richard and Gerard Depardieu star in this screwball film as two strangers enlisted to help a mutual ex–lover, both thinking they are the…
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What Have I Done to Deserve This? (1984)
- Carmen Maura plays a delirious feminist housewife in this early black–comic farce from Almodovar, here working at his freshest and most…
- DVD $19.95
Wheels on Meals (1984)
- The kung–fu trio of Chan, Hung and Biao travel, to Spain for this rambunctious minor classic, in a tale about food–vendors helping out a…
- DVD $19.95
Dark Habits (1983)
- Red–light denizen on the run, Cristina Pascual holes up in a bizarre, wildly improbable Convent of the Humble Redeemers, frequented by…
- DVD $19.95
Impossible Kid, The (1982)
- Chop–socky sequel with world's smallest spy again coming up another baddie intent to destroy the world. Comical dialogue, and more ball busting…
- DVD $24.95
For Your Height Only (1981)
- Schlocky riff on the 007 franchise with pint sized ass–kicker Weng Weng as the world's smallest super spy, Agent 00, doing battle with mad…
- DVD $24.95
Francis Veber Box Set (La Chevre, Les Comperes, Les Fugitifs) (1981-1986)
- Three early films by French farce exponent Francis Veber, each starring the supreme comedy pairing of Pierre Richard and Gerard Depardieu.
- DVD $49.95
La Chevre (1981)
- Irrepressible comic duo Richard and Depardieu are paired for the first time; here, the chronically unlucky daughter of a businessman goes missing in…
- DVD $24.95
Amour en fuite, L' (Love on the Run) (1979)
- The fifth and final entry in dir. Truffaut's loosely autobiographical 'Anoine Doinel' series. Here, the footloose hero reaches his 30s and a new…
- DVD $19.95
Man Who Loved Women, The (1977)
- Charles Denner plays a dedicated skirt–chaser, who falls in love with women so constantly he is brought to the point of…
- DVD $39.95
Stroszek (1976)
- Powerful tragi–comedy follows a simple–minded Bruno S to America with a prostitute trying to escape her unsavoury past. The film's…
- DVD $24.95
Martha (1974)
- Addressing his favourite subject, emotional cruelty, Dir. Fassbinder skillfully works a vein of pitch–black comedy in depicting Margit…
- DVD $49.95
Slightly Pregnant Man, A (1973)
- Minor, though broadly enjoyable Demy farce partners Mastroianni and Deneuve as expecting husband and wife. The twist? He's pregnant! Gender politics…
- DVD $29.95
A Gorgeous Girl Like Me (Une Belle Fille Comme Moi) (1972)
- Twisted French black comedy of a licentious, manipulative murderess recounting her sordid past to a green criminology student. Dripping in silly…
- DVD $29.95
Lo Scopone Scientifico (1972)
- Little–known Italian comedy stars Bette Davis as a wealthy, Nora Desmond–esque countess who entices those less fortunate to gamble with…
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Beware Of A Holy Whore (Warnung vor einer heiligen Nutte, The Little Chaos, The City Tramp) (1971)
- Dubbed Fassbinder's most autobiographical work, this ambiguous comedy investigates relations between a clan of artists attempting to make a film in…
- DVD $34.95
Trafic (Traffic) (1971)
- Mr. Hulot's final clownish outing sees him invent a revolutionary motor car which proves to be problematic en route to Amsterdam.
- DVD $49.95
Domicile Conjugal (Bed and Board) (1970)
- Serio–comic misadventures of Truffaut's alter–ego, Antoine Doinel, an immature father–to–be who is unsettled in matrimonial…
- DVD $29.95
Red Lion (Akage) (1969)
- A fine samurai comedy from dir. Okamoto (KILL!), has a luckless soldier (Toshiro Mifune) don a brilliant red hairpiece (thus impersonating a…
- DVD $24.95
Kill! (Kiru) (1968)
- A sharp and blackly comic tale set in 1830s Japan around two bedraggled swordsman – one a former samurai (Nakadai), the other a farmer aspiring…
- DVD $24.95
Firemen's Ball, The (1967)
- Early film from the director of AMADEUS and CUCKOO'S NEST is an engaging, off–beat collection of comic vignettes, including a clumsy beauty…
- DVD $19.95
Playtime (1967)
- Tati's satirical vision of modern city life is his magnum opus. His alter–ego Mr. Hulot goes about his third adventure on a imaginative,…
- DVD $29.95
Thief of Paris, The (Le Voleur) (1967)
- Enjoyable comedy with Belmondo as a young man cheated of his inheritance who in turn develops a taste for thieving. Set in Paris at the turn of the…
- DVD $14.95
Paris vu par (Six in Paris) (1965)
- Passionate, parochial anthology of New Wave shorts from six of France's best: Godard, Chabrol and Rohmer headline a concoction of Parisian sketches…
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Sucker, The (Le Corniaud) (1965)
- Quintessential French farce finds the affable Bourvil tricked into driving a Cadillac to Bordeaux containing thousands of dollars of jewelry and…
- DVD $19.95
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963)
- A compendium of three stories starring Sophia Loren in her luscious prime in three very different roles. Together with Marcello Mastroianni, it…
- DVD $14.95
Zazie Dans Le Metro (Zazie in the Underground) (1960)
- Anarchistic comedy drops the impudent 11yr old Zazie into the care of Uncle Phillipe Noiret and the whirlygig chaos of modern Paris.
Adapted from…
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Good Morning (Ohayo) (1959)
- Ozu’s most accessible and scathing film amuses with its deceptively light–hearted tale of two boys’ vow of silence after being refused a…
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Mon Oncle (1958)
- Monsieur Hulot returns in another gag–laden adventure. His whimsical ways endear him to his nephew, but leave the boy's trendy parents cold.…
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Elena and Her Men (Paris Does Strange Things) (1956)
- Ingrid Bergman plays a Polish princess torn between marrying for love, or wealth, in this slinky, sweet–natured comic romance. Mel Ferrer, Jean…
- DVD $34.95
French Can Can (French Cancan, Only the French Can) (1955)
- Jean Renoir returned to France after 15 years absence to make this vibrant tribute to the Parisian world of his father, the Impressionist painter…
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Smiles of a Summer Night (Sommarnattens Leende) (1955)
- An enjoyable, ultimately serious comedy of deception set among the Swedish gentry of the early 20th century who are engaged in a poetic dance of…
- DVD $29.95
Dov'e La Liberta...? (Where Is Freedom?) (1954)
- Legendary Italian comic Toto plays a barber who cannot abide the hypocritical society he is thrust into after spending two decades in prison, and…
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Mr. Hulot's Holiday (Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot) (1953)
- Jacques Tati fine–tunes the virtues of JOUR DE FETE to create his most eponymous character. The first of four Hulot features follows the…
- VHS $10 | DVD $29.95, $84.95
Flavour Of Green Tea Over Rice, The (Ochazuke no aji) (1952)
- Dir. Ozu once again explores the subtleties of Japanese family life, this time drawing our attention to the struggles of those in arranged marriages…
- DVD $34.95
French Comedy Greats: Louis De Funès ( Monsieur Leguignon, Lampistel; Peek-a-Boo; The Bouncing Beauty; The Big Vacation.) (1952-1968)
- Four films starring legendary French funnyman Louis de Funès.
- DVD
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Golden Coach (Le Carrosse d'or) (1952)
- Dir. Renoir's classic comedy focuses on a group of commedia dell'arte actors in the eighteenth Century and the much–desired central figure of…
- DVD $34.95
White Sheik, The (Sceicco bianco, Lo) (1952)
- Fellini’s against–the–grain feature debut coaxes the marital problems of a newlywed couple into a light, playful comedy that wasn’t in…
- DVD $34.95
Jacques Tati Boxset (Jour De Fete, Mon Oncle, Mr. Hulot's Holiday, Playtime) (1948-1967)
- Four films from the legendary French comedian.
- DVD $89.95
Jour De Fete (1947)
- Jacques Tati established himself as a major new comic as a postman who attempts to modernise his mail service. Such precise visual humour had not…
- DVD $29.95