Subgenre Sampler
Foreign Cinema: 3335 Films to Buy & Rent
Like Crazy (La Pazza Gioia) (2016)
- Dir. Paolo Virzi
Feat. Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Micaela Ramazzotti
- Gratifying comedy–drama following two women, one a troubled introvert, one an impassioned mythomaniac, who break out of a psychiatric facility…
Lost in Paris (Paris pieds nus) (2016)
- Dir. Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon
Feat. Emmanuelle Riva, Pierre Richard, Dominique Abel…
- Another gem from husband–and–wife team, Abel & Gordon, featuring a roster of typically clever sight gags that follows the trail of a…
Mermaid, The (2016)
- Dir. Stephen Chow (Chiao)
Feat. Chao Deng, Lin Yun, Zhang Yuqi…
- Madcap comic fantasy that marks a return to form for director Chow tells the tale of a beautiful mermaid who falls for the property developer she was…
My Life as a Zucchini (Ma Vie de Courgette) (2016)
- Dir. Claude Barras
- Expressive, bittersweet French stop–motion animated feature about a boy (Courgette) who must adjust to life in a foster home of orphans, who…
Neruda (2016)
- Dir. Pablo Larrain
Feat. Gael Garcia Bernal, Luis Gnecco, Mercedes Morán
- Universally acclaimed biographical drama about poet and communist senator Pablo Neruda, who was forced into hiding with his artist wife when the Cold…
Odyssey, The (L'odyssée) (2016)
- Dir. Jérôme Salle
Feat. Lambert Wilson, Pierre Niney, Audrey Tautou
- A shimmering yet unvarnished biopic of pioneering Frenchman Jacques Cousteau, who invented the aqualung and went on to become a world–famous…
Olive Tree, The (El olivo) (2016)
- Dir. Iciar Bollain
Feat. Anna Castillo, Javier Gutiérrez, Pep Ambros
- Spanish actor–director Iciar Bollain and Ken Loach's regular screenwriter Paul Laverty join forces for this warm and sometimes humorous road…
Penny Pincher (Radin!) (2016)
- Dir. Fred Cavaye
Feat. Dany Boon, Laurence Arné, Noémie Schmidt…
- Farcical French comedy starring Dany Boon as a gifted violinist and secret "penny pincher" – obsessed with saving money at all costs, he leads…
Perfect Strangers (Perfetti sconosciuti) (2016)
- Dir. Paolo Genovese
Feat. Giuseppe Battiston, Anna Foglietta, Marco Giallini…
- A clever comedy of manners for the iphone–era, this Italian award–winner follows a dinner party debacle that unfolds after seven…
Personal Shopper (2016)
- Dir. Olivier Assayas
Feat. Kristen Stewart, Lars Eidinger, Anders Danielsen Lie…
- Utterly beguiling psychological horror closely following a troubled personal shopper to a fashion–world celebrity, who attempts to make contact…