Subgenre Sampler
Foreign Cinema: 3363 Films to Buy & Rent
Good, the Bad, the Weird, The (2008)
- Dir. Ji-woon Kim
Feat. Kang-ho Song, Byung-hun Lee, Woo-sung Jung
- The high–end stylist behind Korean box office hits A BITTERSWEET LIFE and A TALE OF TWO SISTERS, dir. Kim Ji–woon flavours this eastern…
Headless Woman, The (2008)
- Dir. Lucrecia Martel
Feat. María Onetto, Claudia Cantero, César Bordón…
- A mystery surrounding a woman's hit and run accident – and whether she in fact killed someone – is the riveting hook of this oblique,…
Her Whole Life Ahead (Tutta La Vita Davanti) (2008)
- Dir. Paolo Virzi
Feat. Isabella Ragonese, Micaela Ramazzotti, Giulia Salerno…
- A brilliant recent graduate struggles to find work. After falling into a babysitting job, she is introduced by the child's mother to the world of the…
Honey (Bal) (2008)
- Dir. Semih Kaplanoglu
Feat. Bora Altas, Erdal Besikçioglu, Tülin Özen
- A gorgeous, contemplative coming–of–age tale, centred on a young boy and his father, a rural beekeeper, in an idyllic mountainous region…
I've Loved You So Long (Il y a longtemps que je t'aime) (2008)
- Dir. Philippe Claudel
Feat. Kristin Scott Thomas, Elsa Zylberstein, Serge Hazanavicius
- Gratifying, melancholy French drama featuring a career–best performance by Kristen Scott–Thomas as an enigmatic woman struggling to fit…
Ichi (2008)
- Dir. Fumisiko Sori
Feat. Haruka Ayase, Shido Nakamura, Yôsuke Kubozuka
- ZATOICHI spin–off turns tradition on its head by casting a woman in the role of a blind singer who also happens to be handy with a samurai…
Il Divo (The Deity) (2008)
- Dir. Paolo Sorrentino
Feat. Toni Servillo, Anna Bonaiuto, Flavio Bucci
- Dazzling, high–end political intrigue from dir. of CONSEQUENCES OF LOVE speculates on the years following Giulio Andreotti’s seventh term as…
Ip Man (2008)
- Dir. Wilson Yip
Feat. Donnie Yen, Simon Yam, Siu-Wong Fan…
- Kung fu stalwart Donnie Yen assumes the legend of Ip Man, celebrated master of the rare and deadly form of martial arts, Wing Chun (later adopted by…
Italian Film Festival Collection, The - 2008 (2008)
- Comprehensive box–set collection of 13 of the best Italian films featured at the 'Italian Film Festival 2008' spread over 6 discs.
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Jerusalema (2008)
- Dir. Ralph Ziman
Feat. Daniel Buckland, Robert Hobbs
- A punchy, gun–toting gangland epic following the rise to two Soweto teenagers seduced by crime and violence in South Africa.
Although…