Subgenre Sampler
Foreign Cinema: 3375 Films to Buy & Rent
Blissfully Yours (Sud Sanaeha) (2002)
- Dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul
- One–of–a–kind filmmaker Weerasethakul embarks on a delicate, ethereal journey through Thailand’s magical wilderness, to beguiling…
Bollywood Hollywood (2002)
- Dir. Deepa Mehta
Feat. Rahul Khanna, Lisa Ray
- The dir. of the 'elements trilogy' (FIRE, EARTH, WATER) conceived this less artful, but rather clever insider's take on the Bollywood musical…
Braquo (TV Series) (2002)
- Dir. Olivier Marchal, Xavier Palud
Feat. Jean-Hugues Anglade, Joseph Malerba, Karole Rocher…
- Grungy French police series in which four officers of the SDPJ Hauts–de–Seine have their lives turned upside down after a colleague…
Broken Wings (K’nafayim Shvurot) (2002)
- Dir. Nir Bergman
Feat. Orly Silbersatz Banai, Maya Maron
- The fraught shuffle of daily life for an Israeli family after the death of the male head of the household, is depicted with touching and intimate…
Butterfly, The (Le Papillon) (2002)
- Dir. Phillippe Muyl
Feat. Michel Serrault, Claire Bouanich, Nade Dieu
- Gentle family drama concerns the relationship between a gruff old man and his eight year old neighbour. Setting out one day in search of an elusive…
Chaos (2002)
- Dir. Coline Serreau
Feat. Vincent Lindon, Catherine Frot
- A witty French thriller where, through a chance meeting, a middle–class woman comes to the rescue of an Algerian–born prostitute who is…
Chihwaseon (Painted Fire) (2002)
- Dir. Kwon-taek Im
Feat. Min-sik Choi, Sung-kee Ahn
- A mainstay of Korean cinema, Im Kwon–taek helms this impassioned portrait of one of the country's most celebrated painters, Jang…
Chinese Odyssey 2002 (2002)
- Dir. Jeff Lau
Feat. Tony Leung (Chiu-wai), Faye Wong, Chen Chang…
- Silly only in appearance, this in–joke laden spoof of Hong Kong cinema stapes – Chinese opera, gender–bending romances, and…
City of God (Cidade de Deus) (2002)
- Dir. Fernando Mierelles
Feat. Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmano da Hora, Phellipe Haagensen
- An incendiary Brazilian drama depicting two decades of blood–drenched rivalry between two youth gangs who control a slum area of Rio De…
Code, The (La Mentale) (2002)
- Dir. Manuel Boursinhac
Feat. Samuel Le Bihan
- Convincingly gritty crime drama set in the drab outer zone of Paris' apartment estates and trailer parks, with a recently paroled hood (Le Bihan)…