Subgenre Sampler
Foreign Cinema: 3319 Films to Buy & Rent
- A Touch of Sin (2013)
- Dir. Jia Zhang-ke
Feat. Wu Jiang, Baoqiang Wang, Zhao Tao
- Another striking modern tale of urban discontent from leading Chinese auteur Jia Zhang–ke, one which remains as perceptive and…
- Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas (2013)
- Dir. Arnaud des Pallières
Feat. Mads Mikkelsen, Mélusine Mayance, David Kross…
- Mads Mikkelsen plays a Robin Hood–esque horse trader who rallies against an oppressive regime in 16th century France.
A stern medieval tale…
- Attila Marcel (2013)
- Dir. Sylvain Chomet
Feat. Guillaume Gouix, Bernadette Lafont, Anne Le Ny…
- Offbeat French comedy about a thirty–something pianist who forms a bond with his eccentric neighbour which results in long buried memories…
- Back in Crime (2013)
- Dir. Germinal Alvarez
Feat. Jean-Hugues Anglade, Mélanie Thierry, Philippe Berodot
- Offbeat police thriller with Anglade as an obsessive cop who finds himself inexplicably transported back in time.
- Berlin File, The (2013)
- Dir. Ryoo Seung-Wan
Feat. Jung-woo Ha, Gianna Jun
- After an illegal arms deal in Berlin is disrupted by unknown assailants, a South Korean intelligence agent finds himself embroiled in a vast…
- Blind Detective (2013)
- Dir. Johnnie To
Feat. Andy Lau, Sammi Cheng, Yuanyuan Gao
- Dir. Johnnie To has a bob each way with this entertaining policier, effortlessly combining action, comedy and slapstick romance. Andy Lau plays the…
- Blue is the Warmest Colour (2013)
- Dir. Abdellatif Kechiche
Feat. Léa Seydoux, Adele Exarchopoulos
- The Cannes Palm D'Or–winning drama that explores, in a series of elongated sequences, a young woman's blossoming sexuality and maturity when…
- Borgen - Series 3 (TV Series) (2013)
- Feat. Sidse Babett Knudsen, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Pilou Asbæk
- Further episodes from the Bafta–winning Danish political drama in which an idealistic prime minister's rise to power brings with it a web of…
- Borgman (2013)
- Dir. Alex Van Warmerdam
Feat. Jan Bijvoet, Jeroen Perceval , Hadewych Minis
- Unforgettably creepy home–invasion thriller from Dutch director Alex van Warmerdam, where a rural vagrant preys on an arrogant upper class…
- Brats, The (Les gamins) (2013)
- Dir. Anthony Marciano
Feat. Alain Chabat, Max Boublil, Sandrine Kiberlain…
- Something of a French take on the Judd Apatow school of middle–aged stupor, this finds a dissatisfied married man bromancing his daughter's…