Subgenre Sampler
Foreign Cinema: 3343 Films to Buy & Rent
Musa - The Warrior (2001)
- Dir. Kim Sung-Su
Feat. Woo-sung Jung, Ahn Sung-Ki, Zhang Ziyi
- Genuinely spectacular 14th century restaging of "The Seven Samurai" that was the (then) most expensive film made in its native…
My Wife is an Actress (Ma Femme est une Actrice) (2001)
- Dir. Yvan Attal
Feat. Charlotte Gainsbourg, Yvan Attal, Terence Stamp
- Obviously modelled on his own life, first time writer/director Yvan Attal tailors a project for his real–life wife, Charlotte Gainsbourg, who…
Naked, The (Golasy) (2001)
- Dir. Witold Swiêtnicki
- Genuine oddity, this Polish satire upon the tedium of the Soviet era, as experienced by an office full of white–collar workers, is lent a…
Night Shift (Trois Huit) (2001)
- Dir. Phillippe Le Guay
Feat. Gérald Laroche, Marc Barbe
- Tense French workplace drama about a mild–mannered factory employee who must cope with a vindictive and domineering co–worker.
Working…
One Take Only (Som and Bank: Bangkok for Sale) (2001)
- Dir. Oxide Pang
Feat. Wanatchada Siwapornchai, Pawarith Monkolpisit
- Another visually dizzying trip into the dens of the Thai capital for dir. Pang, this time steering a tale of two streetwise lovers – a…
Pauline and Paulette (Pauline et Paulette) (2001)
- Dir. Lieven Debrauwer
Feat. Dora van der Groen, Ann Petersen
- An amusing, poignant tale of two elderly sisters and their unique relationship, portrayed by two grand old dames of Belgian theatre.
After her…
Piano Teacher, The (2001)
- Dir. Michael Haneke
Feat. Isabelle Huppert, Annie Girardot, Benoit Magimel
- Isabelle Huppert gives the bravest and possibly best performance of her career as a brittle, imbalanced music teacher in a drama that might prove too…
Pistol Opera (2001)
- Dir. Seijun Suzuki
Feat. Makikio Esumi, Shirley Yamaguchi, Kirin Kiki…
- A comeback of sorts for brilliant Japanese director Seijun Suzuki, who brings a self–referential and at times incomprehensibly abstract style…
Princess Blade (Shurayuki-Hime) (2001)
- Dir. Shinsuke Sato
- Post–apocalyptic Japanese samurai action adapted from a graphic novel, employs a stark visual style to convey its tale of a disturbed young…
Pulse (Kairo) (2001)
- Dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Feat. Kumiko Aso, Koji Yakusho, Koyuki…
- A clandestine by–product of the post–RING phenomenon, this refined and wholly disconcerting tale of a supernatural internet pandemic…