Foreign Cinema

Films from corners of the world where the audio language track or original language track is other than English. English subtitles are customary, and denoted where applicable.

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Who You Think I Am (2019): Dir. Safy Nebbou
Feat. Juliette Binoche, François Civil, Nicole Garcia…; Juliet Binoche is outstanding at the helm of this elegant psychological thriller, playing a French literature professor and middle-aged divorcee who impulsively creates a fake Facebook profile as a beautiful 24 year old woman, which begins a complicated web of deception. A smart and compelling film…
It Must Be Heaven (2019): Dir. Elia Suleiman
Feat. Elia Suleiman, Tarik Kopty, Kareem Ghneim…; Brilliantly absurdist comedy of errors following a Palestinian filmmaker who leaves his country for the West and the promise of a new and better life, but finds himself encountering the same problems as he did back home. Written, directed by and starring the award winning Elia Suleiman, who was behind the…
Water Lilies of Monet: The Magic of Water and Light (2018): A journey through the masterpieces and obsessions of the "Genius of Impressionism", with Ross King, author of Mad Enchantment: Claude Monet and the Painting of the Water Lilies, leading a journey down the River Seine, from Le Havre to Paris and then up the river towards Argenteuil, Poissy, Vétheuil, Giverny…
Monos (2019): Dir. Alejandro Landes
Feat. Julianne Nicholson, Moises Arias, Sofía Buenaventura…; A dark contemporary fable inspired by Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, set in a remote and mountainous region of Columbia, where a group of teenage rebels are living in a self-organised military training camp. A visually breathtaking film that metaphorically explores Columbia's dark history as a nation…
Bacurau (2019): Dir. Kleber Mendonca Filho, Juliano Dornelles
Feat. Sonia Braga, Udo Kier, Bárbara Colen…; Fiercely political and utterly distinctive film blending elements of neo-western, ethnography, gonzo and horror, set in a fictional Brazilian back country town beset by sinister occurrences.
Pain and Glory (2019): Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Penelope Cruz…; A more restrained, but no less pretty and witty outing for septuagenarian director Pedro Almodóvar, which narrates evocative vignettes from the life of a fictional aging film director, reflecting on his past as he battles chronic illness and writer's block. A beautifully self-reflexive celebration of the…
In The Aisles (2018): Dir. Thomas Stuber
Feat. Franz Rogowski, Sandra Huller; A German wholesale supermarket is the setting for this gentle romantic drama following a reclusive blue-collar shelf stacker (Andreas Leupold, TRANSIT) and his charming co-worker (Sandra Huller, TONI ERDMANN).