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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King's Choice, The (2016): Dir. Erik Poppe
Feat. Jesper Christensen, Anders Baasmo; Vibrant war-time drama set during the three days in 1940 when German forces occupied Oslo and King Haakon VII and his family went into hiding. A spectacular production which was a nomination for the foreign language film Oscar.
BPM (2017): Dir. Robin Campillo
Feat. Nahuel Pérez Biscayar, Arnaud Valois, Adele Haenel; Remarkable and inspiring drama by the director of EASTERN BOYS, set in 1990's France and following a group of passionate aids activists who take on pharmaceutical companies and government agencies in their bold challenge of the systemic inaction around AIDS prevention research.
Square, The (2017): Dir. Ruben Östlund
Feat. Claes Bang, Elisabeth Moss, Dominic West; A smart and ambitious art world satire from the director of FORCE MAJEURE set in and around a cutting-edge contemporary art museum, where a respected curator confidently commissions a ridiculous art installation, but the theft of his smart phone threatens to send him spiraling into existential crisis. A…
Sami Blood (2016): Dir. Amanda Kernell
Feat. Lene Cecilia Sparrok , Hanna Alström; Emotionally powerful female coming-of-age movie set in 1930's Sweden, where a reindeer-herding teenager, an indigenous Sami child, is forcefully removed from her parents to attend a racist boarding school (traditional at the time), which trains children to be acceptable to white society. A unique and…
Teacher, The (2016): Dir. Jan Hrebejk
Feat. Zuzana Mauréry; Black comedy set in 1983 Bratislava, where a school teacher takes advantage of Communist traditions, manipulating the parents of her students into doing increasingly outrageous favours. A hilarious satire of political corruption from Oscar-nominated writer/director duo Jan Hrebejk and Petr Jarchovsky…
Faces Places (2017): Dir. Agnes Varda, JR
Feat. Agnes Varda, JR; Charming French documentary created by and starring beloved new wave director Agnes Varda, who recruits a charismatic young photographer/muralist named only JR and sets off on a road trip around rural France. On the way, they create fantastically large portraits of the people they encounter. A unique…
Happy End (2017): Dir. Michael Haneke
Feat. Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Mathieu Kassovitz…; Michael Haneke lends his impeccably chilly style to this blackest of comedies about the disintegration of family relationships amidst the enduring French class divide. The plot follows a powerful construction dynasty, with Jean-Louis Trintignant as a failing patriarch and Isabelle Huppert as his daughter…