Subgenre Sampler
Foreign Cinema: 3342 Films to Buy & Rent
Rare Exports - A Christmas Tale (2010)
- Dir. Jalmari Helander
Feat. Onni Tommita, Jorma Tommila
- A wicked brew of 80s adventure movie and twisted horror comedy, centred on an archaeological discovery which may prove to be the remains of the real…
Reign of Assassins (2010)
- Dir. Chao-Bin Su
Feat. Michelle Yeoh, Woo-sung Jung, Kelly Lin…
- Classy John Woo–produced swordplay, with Kelly Lin as a feared wuxia assassin who, seeking a new life, surgically alters her appearance (to…
Revenge (Shadow Boxing 2) (2010)
- Dir. Anton Megerdichev
Feat. Denis Nikiforov, Andrey Panin, Victor Lopez…
- Punchy crime thriller with a Russian boxer taking on a Mexican mafia boss after mortally injuring his son in the ring. Leave your brain parked in…
Revenge: A Love Story (2010)
- Dir. Ching-po Wong
- 'Hammer and tong' serial killer potboiler centres on a lowly store clerk who begins murdering policemen (and their pregnant wives) after his…
Rise and Fall (Jew Suss) (2010)
- Dir. Oskar Roehler
Feat. Tobias Moretti, Martina Gedeck, Moritz Bleibtreu
- Wrenching true story about German actor Ferdinand Marian who, despite being married to a Jewish woman chose to play lead in the antisemitic…
Romantics Anonymous (2010)
- Dir. Jean-Pierre Améris
Feat. Benoit Poelvoorde, Isabelle Carré
- Two would–be lovers must overcome their timidness via a mutual passion for chocolate in this sweet–toothed romantic comedy.
Room in Rome (Habitación en Roma) (2010)
- Dir. Julio Medem
Feat. Elena Anaya, Natasha Yarovenko, Enrico Lo Verso…
- Erotic chronicle of a brief encounter between two women set almost entirely within the confines of a hotel room. More porno–profundity from…
Round Up, The (La Rafle) (2010)
- Dir. Rose Bosch
Feat. Jean Reno, Mélanie Laurent, Gad Elmaleh…
- A sensitive recreation of the tragic events and personal stories surrounding the Vel' d'Hiv Roundup of 1942, where some 13,000 French Jews were…
Sarah's Key (2010)
- Dir. Gilles Paquet-Brenner
Feat. Kristin Scott Thomas, Mélusine Mayance, Niels Arestrup…
- Kristen Scott Thomas plays an American journalist whose life and work becomes entwined with a young Jewish girl whose family was torn apart during…
School is Over (2010)
- Dir. Valerio Jalongo
Feat. Fulvio Forti, Valeria Golino, Vincenzo Amato
- Documentary–like account of a bored, and frequently stoned, teenager who comes to the attention of his science teacher, who believes she can…