Main content | Search | Section navigation menu | Site-wide navigation menu

Main menu

 
 
 

Subgenre Sampler

 
Flowers of War, TheFlowers of War, The (2011)
Dir. Zhang Yimou
Feat. Christian Bale, Ni Ni, Paul Schneider
Dir. Zhang Yimou tackles the Nanking massacre with equal parts grim realism and stylish melodrama – befitting of a lavish wartime epic, less so…
FootnoteFootnote (2011) Aro Favourite
Dir. Joseph Cedar
Feat. Shlomo Bar-Aba, Lior Ashkenazi, Micah Lewnsohn
A father and son's complicated relationship is tested over the award of a vaunted academic prize in their shared field of Talmudic studies in this…
Forgiveness of Blood, TheForgiveness of Blood, The (2011) Recommended
Dir. Joshua Marston
Feat. Tristan Halilaj, Refet Abazi, Zana Hasaj
Dir. Joshua Marston (MARIA FULL OF GRACE) helms this engrossing Albanian drama of family blood feuds and the tensions between tradition and…
Giants, TheGiants, The (2011)
Dir. Bouli Lanners
Feat. Zacharie Chasseriaud, Martin Nissen, Paul Bartel
The misadventures of two teenage brothers and a local misfit are engagingly recounted in this balmy Belgium picaresque.
Goodbye, First LoveGoodbye, First Love (2011)
Dir. Mia Hansen-Love
Feat. Lola Créton, Sebastian Urzendowsky
The director of FATHER OF MY CHILDREN turns her nuanced lens on the passionate but slow–maturing romance between a couple who break up in their…
Hara-Kiri: Death of a SamuraiHara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011) Aro Favourite
Dir. Takashi Miike
Feat. Koji Yakusho, Naoto Takenaka
The ever–versatile Takashi Miike changes tack from his rollicking samurai adventure, 13 ASSASSINS, to deliver a restrained and resonant tale of…
HimizuHimizu (2011)
Dir. Sion Sono
Feat. Shota Sometani, Tetsu Watanabe, Fumi Nikaido
Bleak coming–of–age story with two teens scraping out an existence in post–tsunami Japan and embarking on a campaign of violence…
House of PleasuresHouse of Pleasures (House of Tolerance) (2011) Recommended
Dir. Bertrand Bonello
Feat. Hafsia Herzi, Jasmine Trinca, Noemie Lvovsky
Richly designed elegy set in a Parisian bordello at the end of the 18th century follows the working lives of its varied inhabitants. Bonello's…
I WishI Wish (2011) Recommended
Dir. Kore-eda Hirokazu
Feat. Koki Maeda, Ohshiro Maeda, Yui Natsukawa
Two brothers living in different cities because of their parents' separation conspire to reunite them through a mythical 'wish' in this delicate,…
In DarknessIn Darkness (2011) Recommended
Dir. Agnieszka Holland
Feat. Robert Wieckiewicz, Agnieszka Grochowska, Kinga Preis
A stirring, endlessly suspenseful wartime resistance drama from dir. Agnieszka Holland (EUROPA, EUROPA), about the ordinary men and women surviving…

Results Page   Prev | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 Next    Show All

Display
Display
Order
Order