Subgenre Sampler
Foreign Cinema: 3363 Films to Buy & Rent
Amal (2007)
- Dir. Richie Mehta
Feat. Rupinder Nagra
- A stoic tale of hardship and humanity in New Dehli, centred on an upstanding rickshaw driver whose code of honesty and responsibility sees a dying…
An Old Mistress (Une vieille maîtresse/The Last Mistress) (2007)
- Dir. Catherine Breillat
Feat. Asia Argento, Fu’ad Ait Aattou, Caroline Ducey…
- Fervent, visually opulent costume drama finds feminist firebrand Catherine Breillat tempering her sexually explicit tendencies to present a…
Angel (2007)
- Dir. Francois Ozon
Feat. Charlotte Rampling, Sam Neill, Lucy Russell…
- Pretty costume drama follows the fortunes of an aspiring lady writer in Edwardian England.
Based on the novel by Elizabeth Taylor (MRS PALFREY AT…
Apartment 1303 (2007)
- Dir. Ataru Oikawa
Feat. Noriko Nakagoshi
- A woman is led to investigates a series of suicides in an apartment after her sister moves in and then throws herself off the balcony during her…
Appleseed Ex Machina (2007)
- Dir. Shinji Aramaki
- Propulsive, bulked–up sequel to the hi–tech APPLESEED movie, continuing the exploits of its kiss–ass female heroine, now deployed…
Assembly (2007)
- Dir. Feng Xiaoning
Feat. Hanyu Zhang
- Searing Chinese war drama set during the country's last days of Civil war, in which a courageous army captain fights tooth and nail to stave off a…
Band's Visit, The (Bikur Ha-Tizmoret) (2007)
- Dir. Eran Kolirin
- Sweet and sensitive Israeli comedy following an Egyptian police band who get way laid in a small Israeli town and unexpectedly break down cultural…
Banishment, The (2007)
- Dir. Andrei Zvyagintsev
Feat. Konstantin Lavronenko, Maria Bonnevie
- A discordant marriage is framed against a breathtaking visual backdrop in this grand and elemental narrative from the dir. of the equally masterful…
Ben X (2007)
- Dir. Nic Balthazar
Feat. Greg Timmermans, Marijke Pinoy, Laura Verlinden
- A provocative Dutch drama of 21st century teen angst, centred on an Asperger’s Syndrome–afflicted gamer whose addiction to online…
Big Man Japan (Dai-Nipponjin) (2007)
- Dir. Hitoshi Matsumoto
Feat. Hitoshi Matsumoto
- A genuine inductee to the 'Incredibly Strange' hall of fame, this gonzo monster mash bounds between deadpan mock–u–mentary following the…