Subgenre Sampler
Foreign Cinema: 3343 Films to Buy & Rent
Mongol (2007)
- Dir. Sergei Bodrov
Feat. Tadanobu Asano
- A fiercely–mounted early history of Genghis Khan, from the Mongol leader’s childhood years through to his all–conquering warpath across…
Monkey Magic (2007)
- Enjoyable Japanese action based on the cult MONKEY! TV series, rejoining our adventurers as they travel into the mountains to recover a magical orb…
Muay Thai Chaiya Boxers (Chaiya) (2007)
- Dir. Kongkiat Khomsiri
Feat. Akara Amarttayakul, Sonthaya Chitmanee, Don Ferguson…
- Rough–and–tumble ONG–BAK impersonator centred on three country boys, trained in the unique ‘Chaiya’ Muay Thai discipline, who…
My Brother Is An Only Child (Mio Fratello è Figlio Unico) (2007)
- Dir. Daniele Luchetti
Feat. Elio Germano, Riccardo Scamarcio, Angela Finocchiaro…
- The struggle between popular Communist and Fascist groups in 60's Italy is the stage for this tale of hot–headed sibling and filial conflict.…
Night Bus (Notturno Bus) (2007)
- Dir. Davide Marengo
Feat. Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Valerio Mastandrea
- Fast paced comedy/thriller follows the misadventures of a
petty thief, who gets more than she bargained for when she comes into possession of a…
Noodle (2007)
- Dir. Ayelet Menahemi
Feat. Mili Avital, BaoQi Chen
- Satisfying, well–realized tale of an Israeli flight attendant who becomes the reluctant guardian of a six–year–old Chinese boy…
O'Horten (2007)
- Dir. Bent Hamer
Feat. Baard Owe, Ghita Norby
- The director of KITCHEN STORIES follows up with another comic delicacy about a 67–year–old engineer and his oddly challenging quest to…
Om Shanti Om (2007)
- Dir. Farah Khan
Feat. Shahrukh Khan, Deepika Padukone
- From the dir. of MAIN HOON NA, this super–lush, mega–lavish Bollywood spectacular tells the story of a love that overcomes death (through…
One Hundred Nails (Centochidi) (2007)
- Dir. Ermanno Olmi
Feat. Raz Degan, Luna Bendandi
- Quiet, thoughtful drama involving a jaded professor who in a fit of apostasy flees to the countryside only to be taken for Jesus by the locals.
Orphanage, The (El Orfanato) (2007)
- Dir. Juan Antonio Bayona
Feat. Belen Rueda, Geraldine Chaplin, Fernando Cayo
- Exemplary exercise in suggestive horror storytelling from first time feature director Bayona, with Belen Rueda superb as a woman who returns to her…