Subgenre Sampler
Foreign Cinema: 3342 Films to Buy & Rent
Under the Same Moon (La Misma Luna) (2007)
- Dir. Patricia Riggen
Feat. Adrian Alonso, Kate del Castillo, Eugenio Derbez…
- Stirring drama following Carlitos (Alonso) a young boy living in Mexico and his mother Rosario (del Castillo) living in LA, and their epic journey to…
Vexille (2007)
- Dir. Fumisiko Sori
- Brawny sci–fi anime set in the year 2077, in which a special agent is sent to examine the capabilities of Japan’s robot technology, and its…
Warlords, The (Tau ming chong) (2007)
- Dir. Peter Chan
Feat. Jet Li, Andy Lau, Takeshi Kaneshiro…
- Spectacular, if now commonplace amongst a legion of Chinese historical epics, this tale of feuding warlords relays its angst, betrayal, and gory…
Witnesses, The (2007)
- Dir. Andre Techine
Feat. Michel Blanc, Emmanuelle Beart, Sami Bouajila…
- Told in three chapters, this matter–of–fact ensemble drama centred on the AIDS crisis as it hit Paris during the eighties, develops into…
XXY (2007)
- Dir. Lucía Puenzo
Feat. Ricardo Darín, Ines Efron, Martin Piroyanski
- Articulate portrayal of the life of an intersex teenager searching for identity and exploring the complexities of coming–of–age in a…
Yella (2007)
- Dir. Christian Petzold
Feat. Nina Hoss
- Engrossing metaphysical thriller set in a predatory corporate world in which a divorcee accountant (Hoss) decides to leave behind her redundant life…
You the Living (2007)
- Dir. Roy Andersson
Feat. Jessica Lundberg, Elisabeth Helander, Björn Englund
- Master of the painstaking, deadpan vignette, Roy Andersson, continues his singular and obsessive vision with this absurdist comedy of…
[REC] (REC) (2007)
- Dir. Jaume Balaguero, Paco Plaza
- Sinister Spanish horror, from European creepy movie maestro Jaume Balaguero, which follows a callout from a Barcelona fire station to an apartment…
13: Game Of Death (2006)
- Dir. Chukiat Sakveerakul, Stewart St. John
- Twisted Thai horror in which a down–and–out salesman, targeted by a mysterious phone call, is offered millions if he can complete 13…
After the Wedding (Efter brylluppet) (2006)
- Dir. Susanne Bier
Feat. Mads Mikkelsen, Sidse Babett Knudsen
- A rewarding drama with a political conscience and a romantic heart, Mads Mikkelsen plays a teacher at an Indian orphanage who returns to Denmark to…