Subgenre Sampler
Foreign Cinema: 3335 Films to Buy & Rent
Woman in the Fifth, The (2011)
- Dir. Pawel Pawlikowski
Feat. Ethan Hawke, Kristin Scott Thomas
- Intriguing, if ultimately baffling Parisian thriller about a struggling American writer (Ethan Hawke) who embarks on a passionate affair with an…
Women on the 6th Floor, The (2011)
- Dir. Phillippe Le Guay
Feat. Fabrice Luchini, Sandrine Kiberlain, Natalia Verbeke…
- An immensely entertaining comedy of the classes, about an uptight Parisian couple who welcome a gaggle of Spanish maids into their lives for the…
Wu Xia (Swordsmen) (2011)
- Dir. Peter Chan
Feat. Donnie Yen, Wei Tang, Takeshi Kaneshiro…
- Oddball homage to ONE ARMED SWORDSMAN, set on the cusp of China's transition to a republic, with a Yen as a gentle papermaker who's killing of two…
Wunderkinder (2011)
- Dir. Markus Rosenmüller
Feat. Gedeon Burkhard, Natalia Avelon
- A history of Germany in broad strokes, this heartrending coming–of–age tale charts the upheaval of WWII through the eyes of three child…
You Will Be My Son (2011)
- Dir. Gilles Legrand
Feat. Niels Arestrup, Lorànt Deutsch
- An intense, boldly flavoured father–son melodrama centred on a prestigious French wine label, whose arrogant owner (Arestrup) begins to groom…
13 Assassins (2010)
- Dir. Takashi Miike
Feat. Koji Yakusho, Yamada Takayuki, Yusuke Iseya…
- Takashi Miike turns in perhaps his most entertaining and accomplished film yet with this rollicking SEVEN SAMURAI–inspired adventure, centred…
14 Blades (2010)
- Dir. Daniel Lee
Feat. Donnie Yen, Chun Wu, Sammo Hung…
- A secret agent of the emperor’s court is betrayed by his colleagues in this spectacular Ming Dynasty–set thriller. Something of a return to…
18 Years Later (Diciotto anni dopo) (2010)
- Dir. Edoardo Leo
Feat. Edoardo Leo, Marco Bonini
- Picturesque road trip movie following two estranged brothers (played by writer and co–writer/director Marco Bonini and Edoardo Leo) who take a…
20 Cigarettes (2010)
- Dir. Aureliano Amadei
Feat. Vinicio Marchioni, Carolina Crescentini, Giorgio Colangeli
- Wry autobiographical story about an assistant director who receives an offer to fly to Iraq in order to shoot a film, surprisingly sincere.
22 Bullets (L' Immortel) (2010)
- Dir. Richard Berry
Feat. Jean Reno, Marina Fois, Richard Berry…
- Violent gangland thriller has Jean Reno out for revenge after his former friend shoots 22 bullets into him.