Aro Favourite: Foreign Cinema
40 Foreign Cinema Films have attained the hallowed status of Aro Favourite
Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The (Le Scaphandre et Le Papillon) (2007)
- Justly celebrated adaptation of the autobiography of the late Jean–Dominique Bauby, who enjoyed the high life as editor of Elle magazine before…
- DVD
$20 $15
Killing, The - Series 1 (TV Series) (Forbrydelsen) (2007)
- A ripping Danish homicide serial in the long–form tradition of THE WIRE, which weaves a plot of intrigue, corruption, and bureaucracy around a…
- DVD
$39.95 $29.95
Valet, The (La Doublure) (2006)
- Another inspired comic concoction from Francis Veber (dir. of most everything French and funny), that this time follows a meek parking valet who…
- DVD
$20 $15
Wallander (TV Series) (2005)
- Suspenseful Scandinavian procedural finds drama within the inner–workings of a police force in southern Sweden, chiefly between the series’…
- DVD $44.95
Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner) (2001)
- A ‘cause celebre’ of recent film festivals worldwide, this filmed folktale from the ice–bound Innuit communities of northern Canada,…
- DVD
$29.95 $15
Amores Perros (Love's a Bitch) (2000)
- Bursting forth with passion, cinematic mettle and pungent local flavours, this debut feature, a triptych of stories set in polyglot Mexico City, is…
- DVD
$29.95 $15, $29.95
El Mariachi (1992)
- A cause celebre of low–budget film–making, this $7000 Tex–Mex wonder about a guitar–player mistaken for a gangster contains…
- DVD
$15 $11.25
Nikita (La Femme Nikita) (1990)
- A stylish thriller if ever there was one. The director combines the visual ostentation from his THE BIG BLUE with the plot mechanics of a classic…
- DVD $19.95
Babette's Feast (1987)
- Oscar–winning and mouth watering delight which tells a wistful, wise tale with a subtle sense of humour. Exiled French housekeeper Stephane…
- DVD
$20 $15
Tokyo Story (1953)
- The master of Japanese cinema, this is Ozu's masterpiece. An emotional tour–de–force is drawn from an elderly couple's ill–fated…
- DVD
$39.95 $29.95