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Sword Of The StrangerSword Of The Stranger (Sutorenjia: Mukô Hadan) (2008)
Dir. Masahiro Andô
Ferocious feature–length anime sees a young boy and his dog accompany a nameless samurai as they try to escape relentless Ming warriors. A…
Tears for SaleTears for Sale (Charleston and Vendetta) (2008) Recommended
Dir. Uros Stojanovic
Feat. Katarina Radivojevic, Sonja Kolacaric
The sombre title belies what is in fact a joyously bawdy Balkan fairytale that blends fantastical folklore, striking burlesque visuals and ample…
Three KingdomsThree Kingdoms (Resurrection of the Dragon) (2008)
Dir. Daniel Lee
Feat. Andy Lau, Sammo Hung, Maggie Q
Rousing take on a Chinese literary classic rehashes the legendary Han Dynasty power struggle between three warring kingdoms (recently given the royal…
Three MonkeysThree Monkeys (2008)
Dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Feat. Yavuz Bingol, Hatice Aslan, Ahmet Rifat Sungar
A brooding detective story from Turkish auteur Nuri Bilge Ceylan, about a wealthy businessman who bribes one of his underlings to take the wrap for a…
Tokyo Gore PoliceTokyo Gore Police (2008)
Dir. Yoshihiro Nishimura
Feat. Eihi Shiina, Itsuji Ltao, Yukihide Benny
Trashy, imaginative Japanese gore fest aims to out–splatter Peter Jackson’s BRAINDEAD with its outrageous hybrid of ROBOCOP and…
Tokyo SonataTokyo Sonata (2008) Recommended
Dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Feat. Teruyuki Kagawa, Kyôko Koizumi, Yû Koyanagi
A devastating contemporary drama from the master of modern malaise, this piercing study of social collapse focuses on an downsized Japanese corporate…
Tony ManeroTony Manero (2008) Recommended
Dir. Pablo Larrain
Feat. Alfredo Castro, Paola Lattus, Héctor Morales
Unsettling drama set against the Pinochet regime in Chile in 1978, where a psychopathic disco fan steals and kills in an effort to become the…
Treeless MountainTreeless Mountain (2008) Recommended
Dir. So Yong Kim
Feat. Hee-yeon Kim, Song-hee Kim, Mi-hyang Kim
Korean–American So Yong Kim directs this moderate, heartfelt drama of two sisters, aged 3 and 6 respectively, who are abandoned by their mother…
TulpanTulpan (2008) Recommended
Dir. Sergey Dvortsevoy
Feat. Askhat Kuchinchirekov
A goofy love story is eked out of this astonishing account of nomadic life, where a family not only survive but relish sheep and goat herding on the…
Ugly MelanieUgly Melanie (Vilaine) (2008)
Dir. Jean-Patrick Benes, Allan Mauduit
Feat. Marilou Berry, Frédérique Bel
Mild black comedy set in a world of beauty or death, where ugly Melanie (Berry, not really ugly at all) plots a series of contrived punishments for…

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