Subgenre Sampler
Foreign Cinema: 3354 Films to Buy & Rent
Point Blank (2010)
- Dir. Fred Cavaye
Feat. Gilles Lellouche, Roschdy Zem, Gerard Lanvin…
- Literally breathless French thriller centred on the exploits of a nurse who becomes entangled with a wounded gunman on the run from the law. Higher…
Potiche (2010)
- Dir. Francois Ozon
Feat. Catherine Deneuve, Gerard Depardieu, Fabrice Luchini…
- Bubbly satire has 60–something Catherine Deneuve transform from trophy wife to a strong–headed businesswoman after her chauvinist husband…
Princess of Montpensier, The (2010)
- Dir. Bertrand Tavernier
Feat. Mélanie Thierry, Lambert Wilson, Gaspard Ulliel
- French veteran Bertrand Tavernier tackles the period costume drama with a firm classical and intellectual grip, shifting effortlessly between the…
Question in Details (2010)
- Dir. Zsombor Dyga
Feat. Ferenc Elek, Roland Raba, Katya Tompos
- Dark romantic drama with two strangers having their blind date take an odd turn when the woman's brother turns up.
Raavan (2010)
- Dir. Mani Ratnam
Feat. Aishwarya Rai, Abhishek Bachchan
- Bullish, jungle–set spectacular, based on the Indian legend of 'The Ramayan', is both a vanity project for glamour couple Abhishek Bachchan and…
Rare Exports - A Christmas Tale (2010)
- Dir. Jalmari Helander
Feat. Onni Tommita, Jorma Tommila
- A wicked brew of 80s adventure movie and twisted horror comedy, centred on an archaeological discovery which may prove to be the remains of the real…
Reign of Assassins (2010)
- Dir. Chao-Bin Su
Feat. Michelle Yeoh, Woo-sung Jung, Kelly Lin…
- Classy John Woo–produced swordplay, with Kelly Lin as a feared wuxia assassin who, seeking a new life, surgically alters her appearance (to…
Revenge (Shadow Boxing 2) (2010)
- Dir. Anton Megerdichev
Feat. Denis Nikiforov, Andrey Panin, Victor Lopez…
- Punchy crime thriller with a Russian boxer taking on a Mexican mafia boss after mortally injuring his son in the ring. Leave your brain parked in…
Revenge: A Love Story (2010)
- Dir. Ching-po Wong
- 'Hammer and tong' serial killer potboiler centres on a lowly store clerk who begins murdering policemen (and their pregnant wives) after his…
Rise and Fall (Jew Suss) (2010)
- Dir. Oskar Roehler
Feat. Tobias Moretti, Martina Gedeck, Moritz Bleibtreu
- Wrenching true story about German actor Ferdinand Marian who, despite being married to a Jewish woman chose to play lead in the antisemitic…