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Subgenre Sampler

 
OmarOmar (2013) Recommended
Dir. Hany Abu-Assad
Feat. Adam Bakri, Leem Lubany
This gripping new film from the dir. of PARADISE NOW concerns a Palestinian freedom fighter who is tricked into becoming an informant for the Israeli…
On My WayOn My Way (2013)
Dir. Emmanuelle Bercot
Feat. Catherine Deneuve
A fine late–life outing for the ageless Catherine Deneuve, here playing a free–spirited grandmother who takes to the road with her…
On the JobOn the Job (2013)
Dir. Erik Matti
Feat. Joel Torre
A hard–hitting, hard–edged Filipino thriller reminiscent of THE RAID (particularly its sequel), based on a real life scandal concerning…
Paradise: HopeParadise: Hope (Paradise Hope) (2013)
Dir. Ulrich Seidl
Feat. Melanie Lenz, Joseph Lorenz
Austrian provocateur Ulrich Seidl dispatches a typically unvarnished portrait of institutional ritual with this concluding chapter to his PARADISE…
Past, ThePast, The (2013) Aro Favourite
Dir. Asghar Farhadi
Feat. Bérénice Bejo, Tahar Rahim, Ali Mosaffa
Dir. Asghar Farhadi's follow–up to the acclaimed A SEPARATION centres on a man who must face the complications of divorce after he leaves his…
Protector 2, TheProtector 2, The (Tom yum goong 2) (2013)
Dir. Prachya Pinkaew
Feat. Tony Jaa, Marrese Crump, RZA
ONG–BAK superstar Tony Jaa punches below his weight in this undercooked sequel to the 2005 Sydney–set action romp about a country boy who…
RealReal (2013)
Dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Feat. Takeru Sato, Haruka Ayase, Joe Odagiri
A misstep, though an interesting one, from dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa (CURE), here crafting an uneven story of a grieving man who employs a neurosurgical…
Rock the CasbahRock the Casbah (2013)
Dir. Laïla Marrakchi
Feat. Morjana Alaoui, Nadine Labaki, Lubna Azabal
Culturally–specific family comedy in which three women reunite in Morocco to mourn in accordance with Muslim tradition following the death of…
Rocket, TheRocket, The (2013) Recommended
Dir. Kim Mordaunt
Feat. Sitthiphon Disamoe
The uplifting story of a cursed boy who strives to prove himself by building a giant rocket for the occasion of Laos' famous Rocket Festival.
Salamander (TV Series)Salamander (TV Series) (2013-2018) Recommended
Dir. Frank van Mechelen
Feat. Filip Peeters, Koen De Bouw, Mike Verdrengh
A compelling Flemish–Belgian spin on the Euro–crime template in which an incorruptible, old–school police inspector becomes the…
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