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Rental > Foreign Cinema: 3248 Films to Rent
Phone (2002)
- Dir. Byeong-ki Ahn
Feat. Ji-won Ha, Yu-mi Kim
- Down the more cluttered and preposterous end of the Korean–horror genre, this finds a new cellphone being the centre of all the terror for an…
Ping Pong (2002)
- Dir. Fumisiko Sori
Feat. Yôsuke Kubozuka, Arata
- A madcap, yet gently humourous Japanese sports tale, set around two table tennis hotshots (Kubozuka and Arata) preparing for a ferocious battle at a…
Private Property (2002)
- Dir. Joachim Lafosse
Feat. Isabelle Huppert, Jeremie Renier
- Isabelle Huppert is held to emotional ransom by her two grown–up twin sons in this ‘Mexican standoff’ of family dysfunction and domestic…
Radical Digital Cinema - Vol. 1 (Egoshooter, Half the Rent) (2002-2004)
- Dir. Christian Becker, Oliver Schwabe, Marc Ottiker
Feat. Tom Schilling, Stephan Kampwirth
- The brainchild of Wim Wenders, this digital cinema incubator provides a supportive framework for young filmmakers to push the envelope of the…
Radical Digital Cinema - Vol. 2 (Summer Moon (aka Junimond), Fools) (2002-2003)
- Dir. Hanno Hackfort, Tom Schreiber
- The brainchild of Wim Wenders, this digital cinema incubator provides a supportive framework for young filmmakers to push the envelope of the…
Respiro (Grazia's Island) (2002)
- Dir. Emanuele Crialese
Feat. Valeria Golino
- Highly charged and mostly insightful depiction of a free–spirited woman whose near–psychotic episodes have a profound effect on her small…
Returner (2002)
- Dir. Takashi Yamazaki
Feat. Takeshi Kaneshiro
- Kitted out with a charismatic cast, CGI–action that delivers, and tongue–lightly–in–cheek, this slick, big–budget…
Russian Ark (2002)
- Dir. Alexandr Sokurov
- Distinguised by its dazzling cinematic conceit – 300 years of Russian history staged in the Hermitage Museum (with 2000 extras) and captured in…
Satin Rouge (2002)
- Dir. Raja Amari
Feat. Hiam Abbass, Hend El Fahem
- A still–attractive but lonely widow is liberated through the world of belly–dancing in this infectious romantic drama from Tunisia.
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Sea is Watching, The (Umi wa miteita) (2002)
- Dir. Kei Kumai
- Set in the red–light district of 19th century, Edo–period Tokyo, this sensitively mounted drama concerns the lives of prostitutes…