Subgenre Sampler
Foreign Cinema: 3335 Films to Buy & Rent
Say Yes! (2013)
- Dir. Leste Chen
Feat. Godfrey Gao, Hailu Qin, Bo Huang
- A Mainland spin on popular Japanese television series “101st Proposal”, about an eternally unsuccessful blind dater who finally meets the girl of…
Shield of Straw (2013)
- Dir. Takashi Miike
Feat. Takao Ohsawa, Nanako Matsushima, Kishitani Goro…
- The prolific Takashi Miike returns with a tale of a team of cops who must protect an accused killer with a billion–yen bounty on his head.
Shooter, The (2013)
- Dir. Annette K. Olesen
Feat. Trine Dyrholm, Kim Bodnia, Nikolaj Lie Kaas
- The Scandinavian crime wave continues with this high tension thriller about an eco–terrorist whose grand designs are incited by a journalist…
Siddharth (2013)
- Dir. Richie Mehta
Feat. Rajesh Tailang, Tannishtha Chatterjee
- Another bracing neo–realist drama from the director of AMAL about a tea–seller from Delhi who travels across India in search of his…
Stranger by the Lake (2013)
- Dir. Alain Guiraudie
Feat. Pierre Deladonchamps, Christophe Paou, Patrick d'Assumçao
- An unnerving, sexually frank thriller set around an idyllic gay cruising spot, where two lovers strike up a heated romance that threatens to turn…
Suspect, The (Yong-eui-ja) (2013)
- Dir. Won Shin-yun
Feat. Gong Yoo, Park Hee-soon
- Explosive action film following a betrayed North Korean special agent who defects to the South to seek revenge on his family's killer.
Tangerines (2013)
- Dir. Zaza Urushadze
Feat. Lembit Ulfsak, Elmo Nüganen
- Immeasurably moving drama set durng the war in Georgia in which an Estonian man stays behind to harvest tangerines and care for a wounded fighter.
Tattoo (Tatuagem) (2013)
- Dir. Hilton Lacerda
Feat. Irandhir Santos, Jesuíta Barbosa, Rodrigo Garcia
- Singular Brazilian film set in the 70's, where the leader of a debaucherous cabaret theatre troupe falls in love with a soldier, and is torn between…
Tour de Force (2013)
- Dir. Laurent Tuel
Feat. Clovis Cornillac, Bouli Lanners, Elodie Bouchez
- French cycling comedy tells the unlikely tale of a forlorn cycling fanatic attempting to win back his wife's affections by entering the Tour de…
Turning Tide (2013)
- Dir. Christophe Offenstein
Feat. Francois Cluzet, Samy Seghir, Virginie Efira…
- Francois Cluzet stars as an intrepid solo round–the–world yacht racer battling the elements, a crippled ship, and an immigrant boy…