Subgenre Sampler
Foreign Cinema: 3342 Films to Buy & Rent
Founding of a Republic, The (Jian guo da ye) (2009)
- Dir. Sanping Han, Jianxin Huang
Feat. Guoqiang Tang, Guoli Zhang, Qing Xu…
- The People’s Republic of China rolls out the big guns for this 60th anniversary epic, chronicling in big, sweeping gestures, the uprising of Mao…
French Kissers, The (Les Beaux Gosses) (2009)
- Dir. Riad Sattouf
Feat. Vincent Lacoste, Anthony Sonigo, Alice Trémolière…
- Gallic hormonal comedy about two unkempt, sex–obsessed adolescents and their wavering exploits with the school's most popular girl.
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From Beginning to End (Do Começo ao Fim) (2009)
- Dir. Aluizio Abranches
Feat. João Gabriel Vasconcellos, Rafael Cardoso, Júlia Lemmertz
- Controversial Brazilian ode to incestuous half–brothers that's evocatively shot and titillatingly steamy but strangely coy on the consequences.
Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest, The (2009)
- Dir. Daniel Alfredson
Feat. Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist, Lena Endre
- Satisfying conclusion to the trilogy features some lengthy courtroom scenes as Salander and Nyqvist fight to clear her name and unravel the…
Girl Who Played with Fire, The (2009)
- Dir. Daniel Alfredson
Feat. Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist, Lena Endre
- Part two of Stieg Larsson's 'Millennium Trilogy' sees the return of touch–as–nails Lisbeth Salander, who must clear her name of murder…
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The (2009)
- Dir. Niels Arden Oplev
Feat. Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Lena Endre
- One of the highest–grossing foreign language hits at the NZ box office, this riveting, full–bodied Swedish thriller follows an escalating…
Giulia Doesn't Go Out at Night (2009)
- Dir. Giuseppe Piccioni
Feat. Valerio Mastandrea, Valeria Golino, Sonia Bergamasco
- Understated romantic drama with an enigmatic Golina as the titular character, a swimming instructor with a dark secret who embarks on a romance with…
Goemon (2009)
- Dir. Kazuaki Kiriya
Feat. Yosuke Eguchi, Takao Osawa
- The dir. of CASSHERN helms this visionary medieval spectacle, based on a 16th century bandit whose Robin hood–style exploits are steeped in…
Haeundae (Tidal Wave) (2009)
- Dir. Je-gyun Yun
Feat. Kyung-gu Sol, Ji-won Ha
- Corny, king–sized Korean blockbuster of a mega–tsunami bound for Busan, and the marine geologist in a race against time to save the…
Hedgehog, The (Le hérisson) (2009)
- Dir. Mona Achache
Feat. Josiane Balasko, Togo Igawa, Garance Le Guillermic…
- Charming, melancholy comedy in which a precocious, jaded 11–year–old from a well–to–do family decides to commit suicide on…