Aro Favourite: Foreign Cinema
43 Foreign Cinema Films have attained the hallowed status of Aro Favourite
Troll Hunter (2010)
- Three college kids who set out to make a documentary about illegal bear hunters encounter more than bargained for in this thrilling Norwegian…
- DVD
$20 $15
Dogtooth (Kynodontas) (2009)
- An astringent, blackly comic tale of a modern Greek family whose adult children have been imprisoned in their home since birth.
Something of a…
- Blu-Ray $34.95
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The (2009)
- One of the highest–grossing foreign language hits at the NZ box office, this riveting, full–bodied Swedish thriller follows an escalating…
- DVD
$30 $22.50
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
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
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
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
City of Lost Children (1995)
- Visual wonderstuff from the unique genius pairing of the creators of DELICATESSEN, this is as good a follow up as one could wish for.
While…
- DVD
$20 $15
Police Story (1985)
- The incomparable Jackie Chan – a mix of Bruce Lee and Buster Keaton – is in prime form here, weaving his brand of sly Asian humour into a series…
- DVD
$30 $20