Aro Favourite: Foreign Cinema
40 Foreign Cinema Films have attained the hallowed status of Aro Favourite
Big Man Japan (Dai-Nipponjin) (2007)
- A genuine inductee to the 'Incredibly Strange' hall of fame, this gonzo monster mash bounds between deadpan mock–u–mentary following the…
- DVD
$19.95 $14.95
La Vie en Rose (2007)
- Marion Cotillard excels (and deservingly won a Best Actress Oscar) in this stunning new biopic of the life and times of French singer Edith…
- DVD
$20 $15
Pan's Labyrinth (El Laberinto del fauno) (2006)
- A stunning, sinister netherworld fantasy that parallels an equally compelling story of uprising against a fascist military unit in WWII Spain, this…
- 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
Downfall (Der Untergang) (2004)
- Widely acclaimed for its claustrophobic intensity, intelligence and detail, this vivid re–enactment of the last ten days in the life of Adolf…
- DVD
$25 $18.75
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
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
- A fantasy–fuelled, Chinese feudal melodrama laced with jaw–dropping combat sequences (arguably the best ever staged), this represents a…
- DVD
$20 $15
Kolya (1996)
- A beautifully sentimental Oscar winner for Best Foreign film – set during the 1988 Russian occupation of Czechoslovakia, when a…
- DVD
$25 $18.75
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
Seven Samurai, The (1954)
- Kurosawa's classic 'Eastern Western' about a village who hire an elite band of warriors to fend off marauders. Compassionate storytelling with combat…
- DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95